Carlos Nuñez Mercado

Teaching Cohesive Devices in EFL Classrooms for a B2 Speaking Test

The Use of Cohesive Devices in the Speaking Skill

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Produktbeschreibung

This action research reports a study carried out in a private high school located in the southeast of Mexico. The aim was to improve students' performance in a B2 language test by acknowledging additive-adversative cohesive devices (whereas, while, however, on the other hand). To this end, an action plan was implemented in a group of 16 students who were enrolled on a B2 language course. To evaluate the action plan, pre- and post-speaking tests were administered, and also, semi-structured interviews were carried out. The results of the post-test showed that most of the participants improved in terms of fluency and coherence. Moreover, during the interviews some students agreed that the targeted cohesive devices were helpful in the organisation of their spoken discourse. Findings of the study contribute to present literature on teaching cohesive devices or discourse markers explicitly in foreign language classrooms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9783659576041
• ISBN-10: 3659576042
• Artikelnr.: 49722018

Autorenporträt

Carlos Nuñez teaches at the BA in English Language Teaching Online at the University of Veracruz in Mexico. He has an MA in TELF, and he has over 5 years¿ experience teaching EFL students. Carlos¿ research interests focus on the use of corpus in Cohesive Devises. He has presented a number of papers at national and international conferences