Perception of 11th. grade students in relation to their oral skills development through task-based learning in Academia de Humanidades school

Abstract

This investigation aims to obtain the perceptions students have about their speaking skill. An intervention of a of a task-based learning activity was conducted in order to strengthen and encourage a meaningful and motivated learning process in the classroom to develop the students‟ speaking skills in the target language. The research was implemented at the Academia de Humanidades School, where the sample selected were nine students of eleventh grade, female and male, between sixteen and eighteen years old. The data collection method was a structured interview applied to each student before and after the intervention. The data results obtained showed that the students‟ perceptions were, as thought, that the task they made helped them to improve their spoken English, since they had learnt vocabulary, how and when to use it, and the correct pronunciation; and because it helped them to feel confident at the moment of speaking English. It was also shown that this investigation they went through was meaningful, since it made them feel important, considered and protagonists of their learning process.