Role play techniques to enhance pronunciation to A2 english level students from business administration major course 8-1 at Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena

Abstract

This research project analyzes the effectiveness of utilizing role play activities as techniques for learning English as a foreign language applied in the English classes received by Business Administration students’ course 8-1, to improve their oral skills, mainly focused on enhance pronunciation to A2 English level. To develop this study an interview and questionnaires were applies to students and one teacher in order to determine the effects to practice speaking skills in English classes. The findings revealed that, all students from Business Administration major course 8-1 have several problems with pronunciation and recognize sounds of the words used in the oral communicative process. This fact provided contributions to study what techniques and strategies are used in English classes to practice pronunciation, the results were that, teachers practice more exercises focused on grammar and writing becoming classes boring and rather difficult to comprehend. Role play activities are presented as support techniques for practicing pronunciation and also as an aid to create a more dynamic, entertaining and productive learning environment. In addition to that, those kind of activities provide a rich and extensive vocabulary related to work environment which students are immersed.