Abstract

SEPULVEDA NAVARRO, Karin; QUIROGA C., Cecilia  and  DIAZ L., Claudio. English pronunciation for first year primary school students: a didactic sequence implementation for its improvement. Comunicación [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.108-121. ISSN 1659-3820.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18845/rc.v27i1-18.3888.

English pronunciation for first year primary school students: a didacticsequence implementation for its improvement

This article presents a study conducted on 25 first-year primary school students. A didactic sequence was implemented utilizing activities that allowed participants to improve their intelligibility in the English pronunciation. The activities were primarily based on the Total Physical Response method for English teaching.

In this didactic sequence the students observed images and listened to vocabulary through videos and songs, relating them to body movements and interacting through brief dialogues. The data collection was carried out with a Pre and Post-Oral Pronunciation test, which included three items: Repetition of Words, Description of Objects, and Oral Presentation; the data obtained was processed by frequency and percentage. Likewise, a thematic analysis was conducted for field notes and interviews.

The results revealed an improvement in the pronunciation at word, phrase, and sentence levels in English, and participants achieved an intelligible message.

Keywords : Foreign language; teaching; intelligibility; pronunciation; Total Physical Response method; didactic sequence.

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