Task-based activities used to foster the speaking skills of eleventh graders at “Carlos Cueva Tamariz" high school

Abstract

The aim of this project was to determine the importance of the use of task-based activities to foster speaking skills in nineteen students of the Eleventh grade at Carlos CuevaTamariz High School. The outcome of task-based activities is communication, so when teachers use these kinds of activities, students have to work and communicate with each other in order to complete a task. The data collected through tests, a survey, and an interview with an expert have shown that these activities foster speaking skills and motivate students to participate in an active way. As a conclusion, this study showed that task-based activities were useful tools to foster speaking skills in teenagers because during the interaction students were able to acquire language and vocabulary which let them communicate effectively.