The Effects of Audiobooks through the Implementation of Workshops in EFL Classes

Abstract

The study on to analyze the effects of audiobooks through the implementation of workshops in EFL classes in regard the sixth students’ language learning strategies development. This research arose based on a structured interview with three teachers of the Pedagogical I.E.M to know social and academic factors that influence the outcome of English learning in sixth-grade students. Using a qualitative approach, the study collected data through the use of the interview and the field diary, which were analyzed through a triangulation that included the following components: interviews, categories and subcategories and field diaries. The findings found that three categories were established which are: Language learning strategies observed by the teacher, didactic strategies adapted by teachers in their English classes and Behavior observed in students during English classes, after that two subcategories were created for categories one and three and a subcategory for category two, Based on this, they had to analyze with the information obtained from the field diaries and what relationship these have with the findings in the classroom. The results of the audiobooks reveal that they give way to reading habits, directing learning and practicing grammar and vocabulary in different social contexts, applying different workshops on relation, comprehension, reading, practical exercises and autonomous production in both the written and spoken parts, identifying the following learning strategies: memory strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, affective strategies and social strategies, therefore, it is concluded that if they continue in English classes, the level of the students would achieve a considerable improvement.