E-learning in communicative competence
English oral production in times of pandemic in university students
Keywords:
verbal communication, competence development, English language teaching, specific didactics, foreign languageAbstract
Background: Oral expression as a linguistic skill is part of the communicative approach, being necessary the implementation of communicative activities. In terms of its linguistic manifestation, the nature of oral expression has three components: phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic. Objective: To know the levels of communicative competence in English oral production in university students in times of pandemic using E-lerning. Methodology: The study was conducted under the quantitative approach, positivist paradigm, non-experimental cross-sectional design, descriptive method; the sample consisted of 155 students of a private university of intermediate level of English language. Results: In the levels of communicative competence in oral production of English, 74.2% of the 155 respondents were found at the low level; 25.2% presented an average level and 0.5%, an excellent level; in each of the dimensions, the low level was the predominant one. This research provides useful and timely information about the design and inclusion of a proposal of communicative strategies -as a methodological resource- to facilitate the learning of English as a second language in students.
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