Innovación Pedagógica en Medellín: Fortalecimiento del discurso oral en inglés mediante la ejecución del enfoque metodológico ABT en una universidad pública

Abstract

The present study reports on the impact of the Task-Based Learning (TBL) pedagogical approach with the support of blogs on the oral proficiency in English of third-semester financial engineering students at a public university in Medellín, Colombia. The participants in this research were third semester students of the financial engineering program. This study focused on improving English oral expression using a participatory action research strategy and a mixed data collection approach, thus obtaining both qualitative and quantitative data to understand the phenomenon in depth. The findings demonstrate that the TBL approach, along with the use of blogs, improved the students' oral proficiency. The students reported increased motivation and a positive evaluation of classroom interaction. It was also evident that the TBL approach strengthened other communicative language skills, such as listening ability. This study provides evidence on the effectiveness of task-centered pedagogical approaches and the use of blogs to improve English teaching in Colombian university contexts