Percepción de estudiantes de universidad sobre la participación en obras teatrales para el aprendizaje del inglés.

Abstract

In today’s society, learning the English language at a higher level has become a requirement to complete a third level degree and follow a postgraduate course; therefore the need arises to adopt new methods of teaching English as a foreign language. An innovative approach is to develop plays in English with students to improve their English language skills. The purpose of this research is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the use of English-language theatre, as perceived by students after participating in plays during the period October 2017 - August 2018. The results were obtained through surveys on linguistic and social skills applied before and after the activity, where students of the second level of English of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo Extension Morona Santiago expressed their perceptions and experiences. The results obtained are analyzed both in the improvement of language skills and in social learning. The improvement in the language skills obtained based on the results of this proposal demonstrates that there is a didactic potential in this type of activities.