Developing speaking skills through the use of board games in sixth graders at Unidad Educativa Bilingüe

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to show how efficient board games can be when used in the classroom to develop English-speaking skills. For this project, three different types of board games that demand high levels of speaking, which is the objective to develop, have been selected. These board games are Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Pictionary. To extend the application of these board games, the help of methods and strategies such as Content-based Instruction and Cooperative Learning were necessary. The topic of the book Our Discovery Island, which is used by students between 10 and 11 years of age at UnidadEducativa “BilingüeInteramericana”, has also been taken into account. In the same way, the lesson plans that had been designed by the teacher of the class have been used for the application of the board games as well, with the objective of showing the difference in learning that board games can offer. The results of the application show that a percentage of students improved their speaking abilities, while another percentage remained the same.