Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English

• Main Author: Yeferson Romaña Correa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-01-01
• Series: Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
• Subjects: Computer-mediated communication tools; Skype™ conference calls; speaking skill
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/41856/49765

This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. The research was carried out with a group of 12 English as a foreign language adult learners in the language institute of Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. The findings of this study suggest that Skype™ conference calls might be considered as an influential computer-mediated communication tool in order to promote English as a foreign language adult A1 learners’ speaking skill, especially for social interaction purposes and oral reinforcement of both language fluency and course contents outside of classroom settings.