All We Need is a Boost! Using Multimodal Tools and the Translanguaging Strategy: Strengthening Speaking in the EFL Classroom

María Catalina Caro Torres, Yuri Natali Sarmiento Salamanca, Jennyfer Paola Camargo Cely and Jose Leonardo Bautista Aguilar
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María Catalina Caro Torres: Universidad de La Sabana, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Yuri Natali Sarmiento Salamanca: Universidad de La Sabana, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Jennyfer Paola Camargo Cely: Universidad de La Sabana, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Jose Leonardo Bautista Aguilar: Universidad de La Sabana, Cundinamarca, Colombia

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 2020, vol. 10, issue 3, 28-47

Abstract: This article reports a qualitative case study about the implementation of a translanguaging strategy with EFL learners belonging to the Language Learning Support programs at a private university, who struggled when speaking in English. In order to address this problem, this strategy aim to help participants to reflect and self-direct their oral performance development. Multimodal tools were used for learners to undertake a specific course of action to cope with their speaking difficulties. Data gathered from tutor's journals, student's e-portfolio and interviews, showed how confidence and self-regulation were fostered after including student's mother tongue and ICT tools. These findings suggest a need to expand this implementation with learners of different proficiency levels who also find it difficult to verbally express their ideas. Moreover, it takes a look at the use of the mother tongue as an advantage rather than as an obstacle to learning a foreign language.

Date: 2020
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