Learning approach based on tasks for the development of the desire to communicate in the English class.

Enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas para el desarrollo del deseo de comunicación en la clase de inglés

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the task-based learning approach on the development of the
desire to communicate in the English class in seventh grade students with little desire to communicate in the second
language (L2), belonging to the educational institution San Luis Campo Alegre. An investigative design of analysis of
variance of repeated series was followed, in which repeated measurements of the dependent variable were made desire to
communicate of the students, at the beginning, during and at the end of the intervention. For the measurement of this
variable, the WTC scale McCroskey & Richmond (2013) was used. For the analysis and tabulation of the information, the
statistical program SPSS v 21 was used, using the Wilcoxon test and anova model in repeated measures. The analysis of
the data could confirm that the application of the task-based approach positively influenced the improvement of students’
communication desire, with statistically significant results. This suggests that the task-based approach, in addition to
promoting the improvement of competencies in L2, contributes to the development of motivational aspects such as the
desire to communicate in the new language. Based on these results, task-based learning is proposed as an alternative to
transform classroom practices in the teaching of English in the context of public schools.

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