Communicative language teaching strategies to develop senior high school students’ English language speaking skill

Abstract

To analyze the use of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) strategies to develop the English -speaking skill, a qualitative investigation was carried out at Don Bosco High School in Esmeraldas by using the analytical – synthetical, hermeneutic, deductive and inductive methods. This research was applied to 105 students from senior education. The observation and survey were the techniques applied to collect information. The observation process revealed that teachers use strategies to develop speaking; however, everything was translated into Spanish to help the students understand the instructions. On the other hand, the survey results from learners and teachers revealed that teachers apply the CLT methodology as well as some activities to improve communication like role-plays and oral presentations. This study concludes that teachers know about the theory, techniques, strategies, processes, and methods to teach the speaking skill. However, they do not apply them properly. As a result, those students can understand the English language, but they cannot produce it.