The power of voices : boosting EFL speaking through intrapersonal and interpersonal podcasts.

Abstract

This paper presents an action research project that analyses the impact of podcasts with intrapersonal and interpersonal content on the speaking skills of 10th-grade students. The Instituto Pedagógico Nacional is a public school in Bogotá, Colombia, and it hosted the research. The project collected data through field notes, surveys, diagnostic tests, interviews, artifacts, and recordings made by the preservice teacher. The researcher implemented the instructional design in three cycles of interventions. The researcher then used the triangulation method to determine the project's conclusions, implications, and limitations, considering various perspectives, data collection methods, and data theories. In summary, podcasts are a tool that contributes to developing students' speaking skills. They began to converse more in English, despite their occasional linguistic errors.