System of body expression activities to develop oral skills in the english language

Abstract

The thesis System of body expression activities to develop oral skills in the English language was applied to 29 second year students, parallel A, of the M.I.E.Z school. Therefore, the following scientific question was declared as a problema, how to promote the development of oral communicative skills in the English language? For which it was declared as an objective, to design a system of activities with Body Expression techniques that promote the development of oral communicative skills in the English language. Based on the mixed paradigm, several data collection techniques were applied, such as non-participant observation, interview, and a pedagogical test. During the application of these techniques, the students' participation in English class hours, their level of comprehension, their use of body language to express ideas, and the techniques that their English teacher can implement during the classes to make them more innovative and creative were analyzed. It also describes the implementation of the aforementioned class system where the results showed that the students who participated in these activities received the information imparted during the execution of the activity in a positive way. In conclusion, this study highlights the importance of using body expression techniques so that, in this way, students achieve a more genuine language production and, thus, improve their academic performance