Fostering speaking fluency through the implementation of jigsaw as a cooperative learning technique

Abstract

This document describes a research Project of a pedagogical intervention carried out in a group of sixth grade students at Colegio Fundación Nueva Granada in Bogota city, according to the directions established by the Santo Tomas University. It emerges from a school problematic and a class observation which revels the lack of speaking skill deeping on fluency descriptor, the technique chosen to Foster speaking fluency is Jigsaw that belongs to the cooperative learning. For the implementation of this technique 6 online workshops are carried out with the purpose to provide an answer to the research question. This research also contains the information about pedagogical practice, the roles of the teacher researchers and students, syllabus design, lesson plans based on the 10 steps of jigsaw technique and the data collection instruments , these instruments are video recordings, interviews and field notes which demonstrate the evidence and perceptions of the participants in terms of the improvement of speaking fluency.