Oral Production through Interaction with Role-plays in EFL classes

Abstract

To foster the oral production through role-plays in fifth grade in EFL classes at Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo School during first semester 2017.This Project was carried out at Colegio Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with 26 students from fifth grade. The main objective was to improve the oral production in English according to the policies from the Ministry of Education of Colombia (MEN), because students did not demonstrate the proper level of oral expression in English, and at the same time they had problems with their interaction in class. To solve this important communicative element, it was stablished as a strategy the use of role plays. To identify the problem, it was necessary to collect data through the analysis of institutional documents (tests, curriculum plan, achievements of fifth the grade in English), teaching English policies (Guide No. 22, DBA (Basic Learning Rights), field notes, interviews and videos. This is a qualitative research and its approach was action research because researcher can realize about behaviors, attitudes, and reflect and act that the moment of an activity.This Project was carried out at Colegio Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with 26 students from fifth grade. The main objective was to improve the oral production in English according to the policies from the Ministry of Education of Colombia (MEN), because students did not demonstrate the proper level of oral expression in English, and at the same time they had problems with their interaction in class. To solve this important communicative element, it was stablished as a strategy the use of role plays. To identify the problem, it was necessary to collect data through the analysis of institutional documents (tests, curriculum plan, achievements of fifth the grade in English), teaching English policies (Guide No. 22, DBA (Basic Learning Rights), field notes, interviews and videos. This is a qualitative research and its approach was action research because researcher can realize about behaviors, attitudes, and reflect and act that the moment of an activity. Key words: English Oral production, role-plays, interaction en the classroo