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Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
Print version ISSN 0123-4641
Abstract
HENRIQUEZ, Tania; VON, Harry; PENA, Victor and LLANQUILEO, Elena Adriana. The Effects of Memory and Social Strategies on Oral Production. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.2, pp.209-218. ISSN 0123-4641. https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.10535.
Language learning strategies (LLS) play a significant role in enhancing learning (Hedge, 2000; Oxford, 1990, 2003). In spite of this, little attention has been given to LLS in oral production in English as a second language (ESL) in Chile. This quasi-experimental research aimed to improve learners’ oral production achievements through a direct instruction period (DIP) of memory and social learning strategies. The participants included 10 eleventh grade students from a state-subsidized school. Both qualitative and quantitative instruments were used to collect data including: ethnographic field notes, surveys, and a pre/post-test. Moreover, due to sample size, non-parametric statistics were used to analyze the results obtained from the pre- and post-tests. Results showed that students’ oral production improved as a result of the memory instruction and social strategies suggesting that the former is more influential than the latter. These findings also suggest that a change in teaching methodologies and sample size might have influenced the results.
Keywords : memory strategies; oral production; social strategies..