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Francisca Lazcano-Santibáñez; Nataly Valeria Quezada-Telles – HOW, 2025
This study adopted an action research design to analyze the contribution of the Elevator Pitch technique on English as foreign language learners' oral fluency. Six 11th graders in a rural at-risk context in a vocational public high school in Hualqui, Chile participated in this study. The Elevator Pitch technique was implemented during seven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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Nicoll Stefanie Castillo-Torres; Angie Quintanilla-Espinoza – HOW, 2025
This action research centered on features of oral fluency among Chilean higher education students, focusing on the 'describing picture strategy' innovation. Set in the context of the Advanced English II course, the study determines the effects of the strategy in boosting oral fluency. The intervention of this investigation was enhanced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods
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Velásquez-Hoyos, Angela Patricia – HOW, 2021
The present qualitative study with an action research orientation focuses on the strengthening of students' oral fluency in English through the implementation of six theme-based teaching workshops. The participants were students of an EFL pre-intermediate English language course in the institute of foreign languages at the Technological University…
Descriptors: Thematic Approach, Oral Language, Language Fluency, College Students
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Avila, Hernán A. – HOW, 2016
This article introduces a pedagogical intervention that includes a set of creative activities designed to improve the oral and written production of students in the English classroom, especially those who have shown a lack of interest or attention. It was observed that participants initially seemed careless about studying the language. Eventually…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)