Descriptions and narrations as efl learning resources to develop speaking skills in senior students of the high schools of Azogues

Abstract

Despite the fact that numberless teaching techniques have been implemented in the late years, teachers, linguists and education researches still complain about the gaps they detect in the language classroom when it comes to develop students’ communicative competence. On an attempt to achieve is aim, we have framed the use of descriptions and narrations in order to explore the context, and use it as clues to produce oral language. Obviously, the framing of our research topic has given way to some questions: (1) how can Description and Narration benefit low-level students? (2) In which areas of language can Description and Narration be significantly helpful? (3) What strategies are teachers supposed to use in order present attractive and motivational activities related to description and narration as an effective way of learning English language? Our proposal thoroughly responds to these questions because it is based on some previous studies that have proved to be efficient enough in developing students’ communicative competence; that’s is why, our research project focuses on exploring context-building descriptions and storytelling narrative and how it influences on senior learners’ learning, at the time that it promotes a friendly atmosphere. The above-described details justify the fact that the use of description and narration as a tool in the language classroom makes the Pedagogic component that must be included into the language syllabus in order to strengthen and fill the gap, which has affected the upgrading of the language teaching-learning process. This way, it is our endeavor to present in detail the positive characteristics of description and narration as a solution to reinforce and complement the already-existing techniques and strategies commonly used in the teaching of English language to students of beginnings levels.