Using Research-Based Strategies for Improving L2 Speaking SkillsFrancisca Silvia Lima Rose Santamaria Hincapie

About us Sra Silvia Lima

2nd/3rd grade – Portuguese teacher

Sra Rose Hincapie

3rd grade – Spanish teacher

ICS

Sharing2 – What is an issue

that you would like to research in your classroom?

4 - How do you differentiate speaking in your classroom?

1 – How do you value speaking in your classroom?

3 - How do you group students in your classroom?

Steps for a Research Project

Research Question

What teaching strategies and techniques will enhance my 2nd/3rd grade bilingual students’ Portuguese speaking skills?

Data collectionTeaching Journal

2 weeks (each group)

VideosCooperative learning groups, sharing

time, Social Studies project

Observation checklistWho speaks Portuguese? When?

SurveyAdditional information

ClaimsClaim 1: Differentiating and

integrating skills improve speaking fluency.

Claim 2: There is a correlation between gender and speaking Portuguese.

Claim 3: Teacher and more fluent students help less fluent students to speak Portuguese.

Argument:The level of L2 speaking in a dual language classroom will increase if the teacher differentiates activities and integrates reading, writing, and listening with speaking. Another effective way to promote speaking in the same setting is to group students into cooperative learning groups, according to their levels of proficiency in the target language as well as gender.

Impact of Results on our Instruction• Grouping students into cooperative learning

groups

• Socializing with students during morning meeting, snack, recess, lunch, and dismissal

• Integrating reading, writing, listening and speaking with content taught daily

• Providing opportunities for students to write prior to their turn to speak.

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PracticingThink about something you want to research in

your classroom

Make a plan

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