La motivación en el aprendizaje de la comunicación oral en inglés.

Abstract

The present study focused on motivation in learning oral communication in English in elementary school students at the Aurelio Salazar School. Its objective was to design a didactic strategy to improve students' motivation. A mixed methodology combining quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Interviews were conducted with the teacher to learn about the dynamics of the process and the strategies used by the teachers, and observation sheets were conducted to learn about both oral performance and classroom behavior on the part of the students; the results showed that 62% of the students did not achieve the minimum passing grade, which led to the design of a didactic strategy consisting of a set of complementary actions to address the insufficiencies of motivation found in the groups of students where the study was carried out. For the actions, the needs and motivation of the students related to everyday life were taken into consideration; these actions are interconnected and reinforce each other for a more effective impact. The strategy was valued by the teachers through a socialization workshop where they expressed their support for the design and its future implementation.