Impact of direct method techniques in the characterization of interactive speaking situations in fifth grade students in a rural classroom at Institution Educative “El Paraiso”, in Algeciras, Huila.

Abstract

The present research study was conducted with 24 fifth grade students of which 12 students were taken for the development of the research at the El Paraíso Educational Institution of the municipality of Algeciras in the department of Huila. With the objective of characterizing the interactive situations of speaking in the students through the validation of the techniques of the direct method as a strategy to interact and learn English. To achieve this, the researcher relied on speaking skills, classroom interaction, the direct method and the role played by the student and the teacher in the teaching-learning process. In addition, to carry out this research project a pre-test was implemented before starting the application of the activities to know the strengths and weaknesses in the students' speaking ability and in the development of the project, questionnaires were implemented to know the students' perception of material, activities and their own performance in interactive speaking activities. Finally, the results of the data analysis revealed that the students improved their security and confidence in expressing themselves, they used expressions inside and outside the classroom and showed positive engagement and motivation in front of learning the second language.