EFL classroom engagement to enhance communicative skills for ninth graders in a virtual environment.
- Authors
- Roldán Andrade, Erick Edward
- Format
- BachelorThesis
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
The present research project aimed to determine the way that engagement strategies in EFL classes can enhance students’ communicative skills while learning in a virtual environment. The research had a qualitative approach establishing two groups. The first one consisted of ten students who were interviewed using a focus group technique, while the second involved two teachers interviewed individually. In both cases, a bank of seven open-ended questions was used. The interviews were conducted via a virtual meeting. As a result of the data collection, it was possible to gain a better understanding of the participant’s perspectives on the way engagement works within a virtual environment thereby enhancing their communicative skills. The analysis concludes that motivation and classroom engagement play a crucial role in English language learning, for which it is required to combine interactive activities such as real-life scenarios, use of up-to-date digital tools, and feedback. The implications of this study are significant for EFL teachers, particularly as virtual environments have become a normalized activity since the COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
COVID-19.
- Repository
- Repositorio Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena
- Get full text
- https://repositorio.upse.edu.ec/handle/46000/9695
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Ecuador