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Promoting Listening Fluency in Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners Through Meaningful Oral Tasks
Desarrollo de la fluidez auditiva en estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera a través de tareas orales significativas
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https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v20n2.62938Keywords:
Listening fluency, listening task, meaningful oral tasks, task-based language teaching (en)enseñanza basada en tareas, fluidez auditiva, tareas de fluidez auditiva, tareas orales significativas (es)
This article reports a study on the implementation of meaningful oral tasks to promote listening fluency in ten pre-intermediate English as a foreign language learners in the English language teaching program at a Colombian public university. The tasks were implemented to overcome the weaknesses these students had to understand oral messages from audio materials and daily-life conversations in classes. A qualitative action-research study with observation field-notes and semi-structured interviews served as the basis for this research. Results indicate that this methodology provided suitable opportunities to foster listening fluency through the development of meaningful oral tasks. Participants developed dynamic assignments that included pre, while, and post intensive-extensive listening practices which allowed them to understand, to interpret oral messages, and to provide suitable responses to do the required tasks.
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