La gamificación en lengua extranjera en el bachillerato general unificado

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Abstract:The purpose of this research was to know the effectiveness of the use of gamification in foreign language teaching as an alternative to improve the oral production of students. It was developed in a publicinstitution located in the rural sector and whose participants were 26 students who were in their second year of high school and whose ages range between 16 and 17 years. This quasi-experimental study uses qualitative and quantitative approaches. For this, it was necessary to use a pre-test of speaking skills in English and in the same way a post-test, a rubric, and a perception questionnaire. This study showed that with the use of gamification, a significant improvement was achieved in the development of English-speakingproficiency by students. In addition, it showed that most of the students appreciated and were motivated by the use of gamification. The results obtained showed an advance of 0.81 points, 0.73 points and 0.73 points in the criteria of "grammar and vocabulary", "pronunciation" and "interactive communication" respectively, thus demonstrating that the use of gamification has caused a positive impact in the students.