Estimados usuarios. Bienvenidos a nuestro sitio virtual de la UNIVERSIDAD MAGISTER en Slide Share donde podrá encontrar los resultados de importantes trabajos de investigación prácticos producidos por nuestros profesionales. Esperamos que estos Mares Azules que les ponemos a su disposición sirvan de base para otras investigaciones y juntos cooperemos en el Desarrollo Económico y Social de Costa Rica y otras latitudes. Queremos ser enfáticos en que estos trabajos tienen Propiedad Intelectual por lo que queda totalmente prohibida su reproducción parcial o total, así como ser utilizados por otro autor, a excepción de que los compartan como citas de autor o referencias bibliográficas. Toda esta información también quedará a su disposición desde nuestro sitio web www.umagister.com, Disfruten con nosotros de este magno contenido bibliográfico Magister esperando sus amables comentarios, no sin antes agradecer a nuestro Ing. Jerry González quien está administrando este sitio. Rectoría, Universidad Magister. – 2014.

1. HOW TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILLS
IN ADULTS BY USING THE
COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
BY
CINDY TENORIO MATA
ESTEBAN LORIA MOLINA

2. General Objective
• To offer alternative ways of improving the
speaking skills in adults by using the
Communicative Approach

3. Specific Objectives
• To determine the role of both teacher and
student in the learning process in an
English conversational course.
• To identify the success in learning to speak
English by using the Communicative
Approach.

4. • To identify the students` needs during the
learning process.
• To
depict
the
impact
of
the
Communicative Approach over the
learning process in an adult population.

5. Variables
• Roles of teachers
and students
• Success
• Needs
• Impact

6. Problem Statement
• Which are the aspects that affect the
learning process of English in Costa
Rica?

7. Theoretical Framework
• Communicative Approach
• The use of the Communicative Approach
in class

8. Type of Investigation

9. Sources of Information
• Human sources
• Material sources

10. Description of the Population
• Students with ages between 15 and 32
from Escuela Monseñor Sanabria

11. Description and Validation of the
Instruments
Teachers’ and students’
questionnaires
Observation Sheet

12. Data Analysis and Results

13. Graph No. 1
Teachers'Performance
Poor
0%
Regular
12%
Excellent
12%
Very Good
28%
Good
48%

14. Graph No. 2
Activities Planned by the Teacher
Good
0%
Very Good
48%
Regular
0%
Poor
0%
Excellent
52%

15. Graph No. 3
Students participate in oral activities during the lessons
Never
0%
Almost Never
8%
Always
16%
Sometimes
40%
Often
36%

16. Graph No. 4
Technology can improve the Cognitive Process
Almost Never
4%
Never
0%
Sometimes
8%
Often
32%
Always
56%

17. Graph No. 5
The activities done during the lessons increase the students'
English level
Almost Never
0%
Never
0%
Sometimes
8%
Often
24%
Always
68%

18. Conclusions and
Recommendations
• Roles of Teachers and Students
• Success

19. Conclusions and
Recommendations
• Needs
• Impact of the Communicative Approach

20. Expected Outcomes
• Students
• Teachers
• Educational System
• Escuela Monseñor Sanabria