ERIC Number: EJ1465307
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
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The Contribution of the Elevator Pitch to Support 11th EFL Graders' Oral Fluency
HOW, v32 n1 p74-93 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 sessions. Data were collected by conducting a pre- and post-intervention test and a focus group. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon test; thematic analysis was used to categorize the responses from the qualitative data. Results suggest an improvement in oral fluency and a positive perception toward the technique used during the intervention, which illustrates how effective the Elevator Pitch technique could be among Chilean learners from similar contexts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods, Speech Skills, English for Special Purposes, Career and Technical Education, Intervention, Educational Strategies
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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