Andragogical Strategies and Oral Skill

Abstract

The andragogical strategies promoted confidence among teachers and students, prioritizing selflearning, a responsible attitude, acting freely and engaging in their learning process. For this reason, the main objective of this research work was to analyze the influence of andragogical strategies like collaborative work, debate and brainstorming in development of oral skill in adult students. In addition, a quasi-experimental design was used with a single group that consisted of 20 students of fifth semester of Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros major at Universidad Técnica de Ambato. The intervention was applied in 5 face-to-face modality sessions using PPP (presentation, practice, and production) lesson plans for collecting data and a Cambridge Preliminary English Exam (PET) as pretest and posttest. For the results of this research work, the SPSS Software was used to reject the null hypothesis because the andragogical strategies showed a meaningful improvement with an average before the treatment of 5.6 and an average of 8.2 after the treatment. Consequently, the andragogical strategies were effective in the improvement of oral skill because students enhance their, fluency and pronunciation.