Abstract:
Communicative skills have been considered essential when giving and receiving information or
establishing effective communication. For this reason, pronunciation has been considered the
core of this research using tongue twisters as a strategy to strengthen the skill. Quasiexperimental - explanatory research and qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to
collect information to support and validate the study from the student and teacher perspectives.
27 seniors’ students (18 men and 9 women) between the ages of 16 and 17 participated in the
research, all native Spanish speakers with a B1 level of English. This research allowed to raise
awareness among students and teachers about the importance of proper pronunciation of words
in the English language, applying tongue twisters and repetition through active thinking as a
strategy. This study was carried out in 8 weeks in the 2020-2021 school year in a private school,
the classes were synchronous on Zoom sessions, 4 hours per week. The Instruments that
supported the research in a significant way were PRAAT (a computerized software that analyzes
speech) and the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). The process included a pre-and postexam. which were compared and analyzed statistically in the Excel program, obtaining
important results and discoveries for the project. The tests and materials, as well as the tongue
twisters applied in the study, were analyzed according to the needs of the students by the
researcher in specific phonemes (minimal pairs) / p /, / b /, / f /, / v / in the lexicon.
