Victorian fairy tales to develop the speaking skill for children of sixth level of basic education at Maria Auxiliadora High School

Abstract

This research paper examines the results of a study conducted at Maria Auxiliadora High School in Cuenca, on the use of Storytelling as a communicative strategie for improving the English speaking skill of the students studying English as a foreign language. This paper will attempt to demonstrate that storytelling is a suitable pedagogical method to develop speaking skills in students of sixth level who are enrolled in classes of English as a foreign language. The significant results are reported using the Rubric two times before the process and after of it. The statistical test used was Wilcoxon and the critic value was 0,05. The results showed improvement in all of the five different components of the rubric. The most important conclusion is that Victorian Fairy Tales can be included inside the class and it motivates to speak English language.