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Literature Gaps and Research Questions in Public Speaking for EFL Learners By Prof. Jonathan Acuña-Solano School of English Faculty of Social Sciences Universidad Latina de Costa Rica Saturday, February 20, 2016 Post 213
Comprehending that blended learning methodologies are swapping traditional teaching practices in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms, the teaching of public speaking can be improved exponentially with the addition of blended practices. Traditionally, public speaking has been “taught” and “practiced” in situ, that is, within the four walls of a classroom, but to empower learners, a different approach to work and get feedback with the aid of technology and peer feedback can be more viable for deep learning than simply stepping to the front of a class and deliver a speech. Who can oppose the idea that blended learning and teaching cannot account for a different approach to promote public speaking with a better tint of pronunciation? Working on a “hasty” but “emphatic” literature review on peer assessment in blended learning scenarios aiming at help EFL students improve public speaking and pronunciation, the scholar scene is –at this point- rather barren than fruitful. Phillips