Fortalecimiento de la competencia oral (speaking) en lengua extranjera a través del rescate de la Cosmogonía Muisca de la zona cundiboyacense en estudiantes de noveno grado (9°) de la IEM Técnica Comercial Santa Rita

Abstract

The importance of oral production in the classroom for the proper development of the foreign language acquisition process is undeniable. Due to several factors, this production can be affected, so the application of strategies and topics that allow students a better approach to oral production activities is particularly important. All this taking into account formal aspects such as learning new vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar. The above without forgetting the students' previous knowledge, as well as their local, regional and national context. The present research sought to deepen the improvement of the speech production of 9th grade students of the IEM Técnica Comercial Santa Rita, located in the municipality of Facatativá, in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. This improvement was made with the mediation of the myths and legends of the Muiscas, inhabitants in pre-Hispanic times of the Cundinamarca region of Colombia. Through the use of a topic known to the students, as well as the application of the project-based learning strategy, the students achieved a noticeable improvement in their oral production in English language, which is corroborated through the results obtained in the present research, framed within the mixed method, which allows concluding how meaningful activities involving prior knowledge foster the development of speaking competence and oral production.