A Research about changes in oral productive communication strategies in English mention teaching degree students

Abstract

This aim of this research is to provide information about any changes that may occur in the strategies declared to solve oral production problems by future Primary Education teachers of English as a foreign language, in accordance with Nakatani’s Inventory of Oral Communication Strategies (2006). The participants are teacher training students of English studying at the University of Granada (UGR), the University of Malaga (UMA) and the Associated Teaching Centre María Inmaculada of Antequera (Málaga) (CAMMIA). The data was taken at: at the beginning of the Mention of English and at its conclusion. In this research, a descriptive study was carried out for the initial phase, since the number of volunteer participants was greater than in the final sample. For the final sample, the results were statistically analysed and compared. In two kinds of strategies, significant changes have taken place however in the other types, no significant changes are evident. It could be concluded that the Mention has contributed to these changes and perhaps, if specific instructions had been included, it would have contributed to an even greater difference in the use of this type of strategies between the beginning of the Mention and its ending.