THE USE OF TIC TO STRENGTHEN ENGLISH ORAL PRODUCTION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The outgoing investigation is based on the examination of the oral production primary level of English as a second language in students of a private institution in the city of Bucaramanga. The research is addressed through direct class observation and the researcher’s personal knowledge as a bilingual teacher considering the consolidation of speech habits in classes. As an introduction of pedagogical innovation, the report familiarizes the use of ICT to fortify genuine oral productions considering a technology platform which was used as a didactic tool planned to enhancement motivation and encourage students to speak authentically in another language. The participation in real life circumstances raised the discovery of communicative intentions, the exchange of ideas leading to respect different opinions, and collaborative work using audio forums. The research employs a Qualitative Action Approach, techniques as questionnaires, field journals, and participant observation guiding on the insights of linguists and principles from the Ministry of National Education. Outcomes were derivatives of categorizing the use of technological devices as educational resources that energies oral interaction focuses on real conversations enabling the transfer of acquired knowledge to other contexts different from school. Audioforum was characterized as a method to speak but also to build knowledge in collaborative teams. The summary settles that it is relevant to integrate TIC in educational environments because this action helps to reinforce communicative competences concerning the proficiencies that a global citizen needs to be a leader in this contemporaneous century by being intercommunicated with the actual world using Internet.