The Use of Teaching Strategies to Develop Students' Oral Skills

The objective of this scientific article is to determine the potential of a didactic strategy to improve English language pronunciation. To achieve this, an in-depth review of psychopedagogical and didactic foundations related to English language learning was conducted. The research adopted a quantitative descriptive approach with the synthetic analytical method. The survey and test techniques were applied to eighth-grade students at the Picoazá Educational Unit in Portoviejo. The findings reveal that the students have deficiencies in pronunciation and/or oral expression. The study concludes that these deficiencies in fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary management, and communication effectiveness can be attributed to the lack of an implemented teaching strategy that fosters English language learning as an integral element in education. Furthermore, the study suggests that tackling diction issues, which are not only limited to the English subject but also prevalent in students' overall speech, should be incorporated into the curriculum for comprehensive development.