The impact of communication strategies under PBL on ninth graders' speaking skills at a public school on a caribbean island

Agudelo, Milagro

dc.contributor.advisor	Carpenter, Carolyn
dc.contributor.author	Agudelo, Milagro
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-25T13:13:48Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-25T13:13:48Z
dc.date.issued	2023-07-24
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.ucaldas.edu.co/handle/ucaldas/19539
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dc.description.abstract	spa:Este artículo presenta un estudio de investigación-acción que tiene como objetivo determinar el impacto de las estrategias de comunicación bajo el enfoque ABP en las habilidades orales de los estudiantes de noveno grado en una escuela pública de una isla del Caribe. El investigador seleccionó a propósito a 19 estudiantes de noveno grado como participantes en el estudio. La intervención se dio a través de la implementación de seis talleres basados en el enfoque ABP que tuvieron una duración de entre dos a tres semanas cada uno. Los estudiantes tuvieron que trabajar en tres proyectos durante los talleres. En cada taller, los estudiantes tenían que usar una estrategia de comunicación para mejorar sus habilidades orales en inglés. Los datos fueron recolectados mediante un pre-test antes de la etapa de acción y un post-test después de la misma. Durante la etapa de acción, el investigador recolectó datos a través del diario del docente, la lista de chequeo del observador no participante y una autoevaluación que el investigador administró a los estudiantes después de cada taller. Los hallazgos revelaron que el uso de estrategias de comunicación bajo el enfoque ABP mejoró las habilidades de habla de los estudiantes y mostró una mejora, especialmente en vocabulario, fluidez y precisión. El investigador también encontró que las lecciones de ABP ayudaron a aumentar el rango de vocabulario de los estudiantes.	spa
dc.description.abstract	eng:This research report presents an action research study that determined the impact of communication strategies while implementing the PBL approach on ninth graders' speaking skills at a Caribbean Island public school outside of Cartagena, Colombia. The researcher purposely selected 19 ninth-graders as participants in the study. The intervention took place through the implementation of six workshops based on the PBL approach that lasted between two to three weeks each. Students had to work on three projects during the workshops. In each workshop, students had to use one communication strategy to improve their speaking skills. Data were collected using a pre-test before the action stage and a post-test after completion. During the action stage, the researcher collected data through the teachers' journal, non-participant observation checklist, and a student self-assessment that the researcher administered after each workshop. Findings revealed that using communication strategies under the PBL approach improved students' speaking skills and showed improvement, especially in vocabulary, fluency, and accuracy. The researcher also found that PBL lessons helped increase students' vocabulary range.	eng
dc.description.tableofcontents	Acknowledgments / Introduction / 1. Research Problem / 1.1 Rationale / 1.2 Description of the Context and Setting / 1.3 Description of the Problem / 1.4 Research Question and Objectives / 1.4.1 Research Question / 1.4.2 Objectives / 2. Literature Review / 2.1 Theoretical Framework / 2.1.1 Speaking Skills / 2.1.2 Assessing Speaking / 2.1.3 Fluency / 2.1.4 Accuracy / 2.1.5 Vocabulary / 2.1.6 Communicative Language Teaching / 2.1.7 Communication Strategies / 2.1.8 Project-Based Learning / 2.1.9 Essentials for Project-Based Learning / 2.2 Related Research / 3. Methodological Design / 6 3.1 Type of Study / 3.2 Participants / 3.3 Instruments / 4. Stages of the Study / 4.1 Diagnostic Stage / 4.2 Action Stage / 4.2.1 Project One: Island Promo Video / 4.2.2 Project Two: Saving the Island Campaign / 4.2.3 Project Three: Fisherman’s Day Fair / 4.3 Evaluation Stage / 4.3.1 Results and Analysis of the Workshops / 4.3.2 Overall Workshops Results / 4.3.3 Pre-Test and Post-Test Results / 5. Findings / 6. Conclusions, Pedagogical Implications, and Limitations / 6.1 Conclusions / 6.2 Pedagogical Implications / 6.3 Limitations / 8. Appendices	eng
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dc.title	The impact of communication strategies under PBL on ninth graders' speaking skills at a public school on a caribbean island	eng
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dc.subject.proposal	Accuracy	eng
dc.subject.proposal	Communication strategies	eng
dc.subject.proposal	Fluency	eng
dc.subject.proposal	Project-based learning	eng
dc.subject.proposal	Speaking skills	eng
dc.subject.proposal	Vocabulary	eng
dc.subject.unesco	Pedagogy
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