Use of the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language
<p><strong>Background</strong>: currently there are insufficiencies in strengthening the fluency of the English language, as a foreign language taught in the postgraduate course of Health professionals, since there are limitations in its didactic treatment.<br /><strong>...
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| author | Tamara Carpio Afonso Jesús Alberto González Valero Mallelin Bonachea Rodríguez Ignacia Rodríguez Estevés |
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| description | <p><strong>Background</strong>: currently there are insufficiencies in strengthening the fluency of the English language, as a foreign language taught in the postgraduate course of Health professionals, since there are limitations in its didactic treatment.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to analyze the benefits of using the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language teaching-learning process in postgraduate Health professionals.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: pedagogical research that included a group of Health professionals, who completed the English language postgraduate course at the Sancti Spíritus University of Medical Sciences, during the 2020-2021 academic year. Documentary review, class observation, discussion groups, interviews and methodological triangulation.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the application of different methods and techniques corroborated that the health professionals presented difficulties in fluency in writing; they spent too much time reviewing ideas; in addition to incurring in unnecessary repetitions, poor syntactic elaboration and writing of short sentences. The use of the task approach was implemented with encouraging results.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: through the qualitative assessment, the benefits of the task-based approach were evidenced, after its application in the postgraduate course of Health professionals, by favoring the strengthening of fluency in writing the English language</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d24f85d1b5ac4c54a4c0883562a18e722025-01-30T21:28:59ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2022-07-012046476552163Use of the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English languageTamara Carpio Afonso0Jesús Alberto González Valero1Mallelin Bonachea Rodríguez2Ignacia Rodríguez Estevés3Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus. Sancti SpíritusUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus. Sancti SpíritusUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus. Sancti SpíritusUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus. Sancti Spíritus<p><strong>Background</strong>: currently there are insufficiencies in strengthening the fluency of the English language, as a foreign language taught in the postgraduate course of Health professionals, since there are limitations in its didactic treatment.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to analyze the benefits of using the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language teaching-learning process in postgraduate Health professionals.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: pedagogical research that included a group of Health professionals, who completed the English language postgraduate course at the Sancti Spíritus University of Medical Sciences, during the 2020-2021 academic year. Documentary review, class observation, discussion groups, interviews and methodological triangulation.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the application of different methods and techniques corroborated that the health professionals presented difficulties in fluency in writing; they spent too much time reviewing ideas; in addition to incurring in unnecessary repetitions, poor syntactic elaboration and writing of short sentences. The use of the task approach was implemented with encouraging results.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: through the qualitative assessment, the benefits of the task-based approach were evidenced, after its application in the postgraduate course of Health professionals, by favoring the strengthening of fluency in writing the English language</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5246programas de posgrado en saludcapacitación profesionalenseñanza |
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| title | Use of the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language |
| title_full | Use of the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language |
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| title_short | Use of the task-based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the English language |
| title_sort | use of the task based approach to strengthen writing fluency in the english language |
| topic | programas de posgrado en salud capacitación profesional enseñanza |
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