Dialogue journals and writing skills development in students of the Second Semester in Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación de la carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato

Abstract

Being able to acquire another language requires time, practice, develop the four skills speaking, writing, listening, and reading; besides of the application a good strategy can make it possible. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between the use of the Dialogue Journals and writing skills development in the students of the second semester in Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Data was collected through a survey that was applied to 44 students, a survey was used to collect information from students, the survey has 10 questions, and this study was conducted with students from the second semester A and B. The results were analyzed through chi-square test determined the acceptance and the utility of dialogue journals to develop writing skills. In addition, the study revealed that the non-use of Dialogue journals in the students. This application provides entertaining and challenging activities to develop writing skills. As a result, in this research concluded that the development of writing was absorbed positively in the students through the use of dialogue journal