How to Help EFL Beginner Students to Communicate Fluently

 

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Autor: Espinoza Campos, Jorge Luis
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2014
Descripción:It is always difficult to make beginner level students lose the fear to speak in English due to different factors like students’ lack of confidence, insecurity, lack of motivation, fear, among others. Therefore, students need to feel motivated to communicate in English in class for a real purpose, so that they can use English in different social contexts, not just the class. This study contemplates the students’ contributions and their opinions to make them active participants of the English lessons. The presentation includes some theoretical information on the field, the results and findings of a survey carried out to some beginner students, the use of innovative activities like communicative video projects, songs and realia based activities which were selected by the students plus the results achieved after implementing those activities and some recommendations that help learners gain confidence. Additionally some possible solutions to help other EFL professors to face this issue will be given. 
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15079
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/15079
Palabra clave:beginner students
students’ contributions
use of language
innovative activities
English lessons
estudiantes debutantes
contribuciones de los estudiantes
uso del lenguaje
actividades innovadoras
clases de inglés