Implementation of the theatrical practice as a pedagogical strategy to the development of the communicative English skills in the third grade students of the institución educativa Francisco de Paula Santander - Santander of Quilichao 2018-2

Abstract

This study implemented the theatrical practice as a pedagogical strategy to develop the communicative English skills in the third grader students of the Institución Educativa Francisco de Paula Santander, which ages range between 8 to 9 years old, in 2018.2. This was a qualitative research because it allowed an observation and interaction process with the students and in this way, to know the progress that caused this implementation in the children; in which 10 theatrical workshops of 1 hour were applied and through the instruments used it was possible to carry out the observation and in this way the analysis were obtained. According to the information collected, it was observed that the theater had a positive impact in the students’ communicative English skills but also in their affective filter that allowed them to increase the motivation in their English learning process.