Influence of the web 2.0 tools (voki, vocaroo and voicethread) as techniques to improve the speaking skill in students of second year of accounting at the Alangasí High School, during the first partial of the second term of 2014-2015 school year

Authors: Rosales Cevallos, María del Consuelo; Basantes Morales, Emilio Rodrigo

Description: The project of influence of Web 2.0 tools (Voki, Vocaroo and Voicethread) was based on the necessity to improve the skills in the production speech in the students of second year of accounting at the Alangasí high school. In order to avoid the boredom in the English class, an academic record deficient in this subject and the awful consequences such as drop up from the school or worse losing the year. Previous to develop this project, looked for different information on diverse pages on the internet with the purpose of familiarize with the topic and to develop it correctly. Teens of today are in the technology, it means that the use of Voki, Vocaroo and Voicethread tools are not an obstacle and they can be inserted in their daily life. The students of second year of accounting accomplished with this objective and under the instructions of their English teachers they created avatars, downloaded videos and recorded their own personal information with minimal problems.

Topic: METODOLOGÍA DE ENSEÑANZA
TÉCNICAS DE ENSEÑANZA
METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING
TEACHING TECHNIQUES