Interviews as an activity to improve the english in the b.a. in english program

Abstract

This reflection paper has as the purpose to propose the interview as an activity in the subject of Public Speaking at the program B.A. in English from La Gran Colombia University, because this can encourage the verbal skills in the students in the process of teacher training. To do this, the professor who led the Public Speaking course in the first semester in 2015 was interviewed, with the purpose of analyzing his strategies and how he applies them in the class. As well, an analysis was conducted through interviews with students of the B.A. in English who gained experience in programs and led in 2013 (Culture & Language) 2014 (Culture and English) by State University Missouri and the Faculty of Education. The data collected showed that students who participated in the programs needed to practice more English language. Likewise the analysis determined that around the downtown branch of La Gran Colombia University immersion processes can be generated with tourists visiting the historical center of the Colombian capital. Furthermore, the effectiveness is shown there to interview foreigners whose mother tongue is English as a classroom activity to improve verbal English proficiency. Thus, students are immersed in an English-speaking context and they lose the fear of speaking overcoming the weaknesses that exist to learn this skill.