Fostering Students’ Speech Based on Academic Videos

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Gladis Leonor Arias Rodríguez
Eliana Edith Roberto Flórez

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This article reports an action-research study on the impact of developing the students´ oral production through academic videos at a Colombian university. This study aimed at describing the impact of working academic videos as a strategy to encourage Law students’ oral competences in English. Data were gathered with sixth Law semester students to foster and improve English use and guide student to become critical in legal issues in the English language by using three instruments which were students’ journal, observation and videos. Findings displayed how English teachers were able to implement new techniques and methodologies that really contributed to improve the English level. To sum, law students had more possibilities to use this language in different contexts and contributed with theories related to English teaching and learning process.

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Arias Rodríguez, G. L., & Roberto Flórez, E. E. (2023). Fostering Students’ Speech Based on Academic Videos. Shimmering Words: Research and Pedagogy E-Journal, 12(1), 122-142. Retrieved from http://revistas.ustatunja.edu.co/index.php/shimmering/article/view/2752
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