A longitudinal attitude survey on English oral skills: classroom, curriculum, learning and pedagogy implications

Plo Alastrué, Ramón (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pérez-Llantada, Carmen (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Although English oral skills have often been a somewhat neglected aspect of foreign language learning within the Spanish educational context, they nonetheless represent a fundamental language component for successful communication in real life settings. To date, very little research has approached this issue in depth but the prospective assessment of oral skills in the 2012 Selectividad exam —as established by the Real Decreto 1892/2008— has raised debate and great concern on the issue. To contribute to this area of enquiry, this paper reports on a longitudinal survey on English teachers’ attitudes towards the assessment of oral skills in the new Selectividad English exam. The survey was conducted in 2004 and 2009 and involved almost 200
Bachillerato teachers from the Community of Aragón. Comparative results within the 5-year time span reflect similar attitudes, observations and comments from the two groups of respondents. Implications as regards classroom, learning, curriculum and pedagogy are discussed at the end of the paper.

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2010

Publicado en: Stvdivm (Teruel) 16 (2010), 309-326 [18 p.]
ISSN: 1137-8417

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/FFI2009-09792

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Filología Inglesa (Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.)