Estrategias de compensación como método para superar las dificultades en la producción oral del inglés en los estudiantes del nivel intermediate de la Universidad La Gran Colombia en la jornada nocturna

Abstract

The present study focused on compensation strategies as a pedagogical tool that can be used to foster oral expression in students. Additionally, the different difficulties that arise in classroom settings for the development of oral expression skills in a foreign language were taken into account. A study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the difficulties faced by students from Universidad la Gran Colombia, specifically those at the Upper Intermediate level of the evening session during the first semester of 2022, when expressing themselves orally in the English language, as well as the strategies being used by teachers. It was concluded that some of the factors that influence the communication process in a foreign language include fear, nervousness, anxiety, lack of vocabulary knowledge, among others. Furthermore, a product was delivered with the intention of enabling teachers and students to achieve optimal development of communicative skills, specifically oral expression in a foreign language. This is accomplished through the generation of compensation strategies in the classroom, which become a fundamental tool in the teaching and learning process for both students and teachers, leading to greater results in foreign language acquisition.