Publicación:

Mejoramiento de la comprensión oral mediante la aplicación de estrategias de escucha a través de la creación de un cuaderno de trabajo con actividades didácticas y multimodales.

Resumen

Listening comprehension is an essential skill when acquiring the English language since it enables learners to achieve a higher level of competency and communicate more naturally and accurately in the language. However, due to its complexity and limited exposure in the learning process, students continue to struggle with this ability. The purpose of this study is to analyze to what extent creating a book with didactic activities and multimodal elements improves students' listening skills. This mixed method study is divided into three phases which consist of a preliminary test from Cambridge and a structured interview to know students' perception of English (Phase 1), workbook implementation (Phase 2), and a Post test to assess students' proficiency (Phase 3). The sample was 5 students from a public school in Piedecuesta, Colombia, who had a low level of English proficiency in comparison to ‘’Los Estándares Básicos de competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras: Inglés’’ along with the CEFR. The findings analysis of this study revealed that the implementation of the didactic workbook assisted students in developing and improving their oral comprehension; this was proven by the comparison of students’ Pre-test and Post-Test results. This study promotes an enriching and innovative learning process of acquiring listening comprehension skills with didactic activities and multimodal elements.