Whatsapp as an english teaching tool for improving the listening skill to students of second high school BGU at Unidad Educativa Liceo Cristiano Peninsular. La Libertad, Province of Santa Elena
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https://doi.org/10.26423/rcpi.v5i2.166Keywords:
WhatsApp, Mobile Learning, Smart device, Applications,, Listening SkillAbstract
The present research paper established as an objective the use of WhatsApp as an English teaching tool to improve the listening skill on 15 students from second Bachillerato BGU at Unidad Educativa Liceo Cristiano Peninsular, in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. The participants of this group were allowed to use WhatsApp in a smart device, whose principal characteristics are the usefulness of audio message sending and video sharing, this interactions allowed to enhance the listening skill on this students sample through the practice of songs, video clips, lectures and podcast. For the development of this research it was required to apply the qualitative method by implementing techniques such as: Focus group, observation and interviews. The results of these analysis demonstrated that the application of mobile learning methodology, generated a meaningful learning on the listening skill of students among 12% and 20% where they passed from A2.1 toA2.2 level in listening skill according to Common European Framework Reference. These outcomes demonstrated that teachers must accept the Epistemological Rupture that establishes to change the traditional English teaching methods by applying Revista Ciencias Pedagógicas e Innovación, Vol. V No. 2 (enero-junio 2017), pp. 1-6|2modern methods according to the need of the digital natives in the current formal an informal learning environments
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