Types of pronunciation in the development of oral expression skills in english

Abstract

The present work focuses on the use of the types of pronunciation in the development of the ability of oral expression in English and its importance in education through the implementation of audio and video technological resources to improve the types of pronunciation in third semester students of the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages career because, although several teaching methods have been developed regarding the correct use of pronunciation, specifically the variants that predominate within the educational system such as American and British English, it can be evidenced deficiencies in the pronunciation in English. The research has a qualitative paradigm, with an action-research design, using theoretical concepts that allowed analyzing the different criteria on the subject and applying empirical methods such as participant observation, diagnostic test, and the interview directed to the teacher, with the objective of diagnose the initial state of the study population that is formed by the third semester students of the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages career of the Technical University of Machala. To then continue with an intervention proposal that will be based on the application of classes, which have a system of activities that are taught through audiovisual resources, concluding with the discussion of results that were obtained after the classes directed to students and finally make some recommendations for future researches.