Cooperative learning as a didactic strategy to develop speaking skills in 3rd level students at Universidad Técnica del Norte

Abstract

Speaking skills is whatstudents consider challenging to learn due to little practice in the classroom. However, teachers consider it an essential skill in English because it begins with learning knowledge and then putting it into practice by speaking correctly. So for that reason, this research project aims to use cooperative learning strategies to develop the speaking skillsin the students of the third-semestersemester of Universidad Técnica del Norte.Appropriate cooperative learning strategies for use in the classroom for the development of speaking, with the teacher’s helpwho is in charge of motivating and changing dynamic strategy forthe practice with the use of cooperative learning. The researcher used a qualitative and quantitative investigation to collect, analyze, and interpret the data obtained; student surveys and teacher interviews were used to get results that provided information on the problem found from both perspectives. In this way, some issues will be identified.As a result, a didactic guide is proposed within the classroom to develop the speaking skillsin English using strategies in cooperative learning in third-semester students. Some of the strategies such as think-pare-share, Jigsaw, Role plays, or Round Robin are implemented in activities for the practice among students with the supervision and qualification of the teacher.