The smart board: an interactive tool to enhance the speaking skill in first year bachillerato learners at ciudad de Cuenca high school

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of theInteractive Whiteboard also called the Smart board as an educational tool, as well as its influence on the development of the students’ communicative skills. Taking this into account, the purpose of incorporating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based- activities in this research is to engage students to produce the target language in an effective manner. In addition, the task-based language learning and the constructivist approach are studied in this research in order to support this technological strategy. The treatment was applied atCiudad de Cuenca to first year high school students.The results obtained in the data analysis and interpretations of students’ outcomes at the end of this research, showed the expected results.Therefore,the use of the Interactive Whiteboardis considered a very innovative and powerful support for language acquisition as well as for the enhancement of the speaking skills.