UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ORAL PRODUCTION SKILLS AMONG EFL LEARNERS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN COLOMBIA

Abstract

This case study, carried out at a public university in Colombia, aimed at understanding strategies that improve the oral production of EFL learners in a public university. Participants were four A1 EFL learners who were selected by using purposeful sampling. Two questions guided this case study: 1) what strategies does the teacher use to improve EFL learners’ oral skills? 2) How do the teachers’ strategies improve EFL learners’ oral production skills? The data were gathered through non-participant observations and unstructured interviews.