Textual Communicative Approach for Oral Expression of Primary School Students

Abstract

Introduction: Human beings have the need to communicate in order to survive or interact within their social group; consequently, body and oral language emerge as means through which they express their emotions, thoughts, feelings, desires, and knowledge.
Objective: To demonstrate that the application of a program based on the textual communicative approach improves the oral expression of second-grade primary education students at School No. 89017, Conchucos.
Method: The research design employed was quasi-experimental, and for data collection, a rating scale was applied as a pretest and posttest to a sample consisting of 40 students from sections “A” and “C.” This instrument was validated through the judgment of two experts with a high academic degree, a pilot test, and Cronbach’s alpha, achieving a reliability coefficient of 0.929. The variables were operationalized, and the necessary techniques and procedures were used to meet the objectives.
Results: In the experimental group pretest, 65% of the students were at the low level and 35% at the regular level. After applying the program, 10% of the students in the experimental group reached the excellent level and 85% reached the good level, demonstrating that the application of the textual communicative approach significantly improved the level of oral expression.
Conclusions: The program based on the textual communicative approach significantly improves the level of oral expression, yielding more favorable results in the experimental group compared to the control group.