Oral communication through teacher-created worksheets and audio short stories for in a blind student
Creators: name: Soto Bermeo, Oscar Alejandro
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pedagogía - Metodología
subject: Aprendizaje - Enseñanza
subject: Estudiantes - Estudios de caso
subject: Micro habilidades de comunicación oral
subject: Desarrollo de materiales
subject: Cuentos cortos
subject: Materials development

description: El presente estudio de caso cualitativo describe los resultados de tres micro habilidades orales comunicativas a través de la implementación de audio cuentos cortos y guias de trabjo creadas por el docente a una estudiante invidente de un colegio privado. Los instrumentos empleados para recolectar los datos fueron los artefactos de los estudiantes (guias de trabajo en clase), las notas de campo, video grabaciones y una entrevista. Los resultaron revelaron que las guías creadas por el docente fueron contextualizas considerando las necesidades del estudiante. Además, el material desarrollado provee contenido útil, diseño atractivo, y estrategias de aprendizaje para cumplir con las necesidades de la estudiante. Por otro lado, este estudio consideró los estilos de aprendizaje de la estudiante para su comodidad y poder potenciar su auto confianza. Las tres micro habilidades orales comunicativas se desarrollaron en un nivel inicial mediante la inclusión de dichas actividades como recurso motivacional para hablar con confianza. Así mismo, las actividades que incluían comunicación verbal y no verbal cumplieron con los fines comunicativos. Finalmente, este material fue desarrollado con cuentos cortos creados por el docente, los cuales tuvieron en cuenta la experiencia de vida de la estudiante y apoyaron a la estudiante a cumplir exitosamente las actividades de las guías.
description: This qualitative case study aimed at analyzing what is shown about three oral communication micro skills through the implementation of teacher-created worksheets and audio-short stories in a blind student from a private school. Students’ artifacts, teacher’s field notes, and a semi-structured interview were selected to collect and analyze data. This study was carried out at Gimnasio San Angelo School, a school that integrate students with special educational needs, one of those, a blind student. I also participated as the teacher-researcher and materials developer, text developer and short story writer. Three theoretical constructs ground this study: materials development, oral communication micro skills, and short stories. Regarding Regarding materials development, I took into consideration the theoretical contributions of several scholars, such as Aguirre (2011), Diker, Tosun and Macaroglu (2009), Febrina (2017), Gilmore (2007), Madsen and Bowen (1978), Montijano (2014), Núñez (2017), Núñez and Téllez (2009), (2015), Núñez, Téllez, Castellanos and Ramos (2009), Rico (2012), Samuda (2010), Swales (1980), Tomlinson (2012), (2012), Ur (1997). With respect to oral communication micro skills, I consulted insights from Brown (2000), Brumfit (2006), Eryilmaz and Darn (2005), Gullberg (2014), Hişmanoglu (2008), Lee, Choi and Marqués (2016), Richards (2006), Richards and Schmidt (2002), Rivers and Temperley (1981), Schmidt (2002). In relation to short stories I referred to Abrams (1999), May (2011), Okumş (2016) and Pardede (2011). The finding of this study suggested that the teacher created worksheet was contextualized for the student’s needs. Moreover, the materials provided useful content, attractive layout and learning strategies to fulfill the student’s needs and demands. Furthermore, this study included the student’s learning styles to make her feel at ease and built her self-confidence. Regarding the development of the three oral communication micro skills, two speaking strategies were included as a motivational source to speak confidently. Besides, activities that included verbal and nonverbal communication met the communicative outcomes. These materials included teacher created audio short stories which considered the student’s life experience and support the student to the activity completion.