Mejorando la Fluidez Oral con la Estrategia de Descripción de Imágenes en la Educación Superior Chilena

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Nicoll Stefanie Castillo-Torres
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5194-5244
Angie Quintanilla-Espinoza
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-0579

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Esta investigación-acción se centró en las características de la fluidez oral entre estudiantes Chilenos de la Educación Superior; se enfocó en la innovadora "estrategia descriptiva de imágenes". Ubicado en el contexto del curso de Inglés Avanzado II, el estudio determina los efectos de la estrategia para impulsar la fluidez oral. La intervención de esta investigación mejora con la integración de herramientas tecnológicas como un proyector y un computador, lo que proporcionó un entorno de aprendizaje dinámico e interactivo, el cual contribuyó a los resultados positivos en la velocidad del habla y las reparaciones. Sin embargo, los resultados también destacaron otros indicadores, como la vacilación, donde los participantes mostraron resultados similares. Si bien esta investigación señala el potencial de la estrategia en este contexto chileno específicamente, también enfatiza los desafíos de generalizar los hallazgos debido a las particularidades culturales, tecnológicas y pedagógicas únicas del entorno. Este estudio concluye con la recomendación de adoptar un enfoque holístico para el desarrollo de la fluidez y sugiere realizar más investigaciones, especialmente para explorar el efecto a largo plazo de la estrategia y su adaptabilidad a diferentes entornos educativos.

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Castillo-Torres, N. S., & Quintanilla-Espinoza, A. (2025). Mejorando la Fluidez Oral con la Estrategia de Descripción de Imágenes en la Educación Superior Chilena. HOW Journal, 32(1), 49–73. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.32.1.811
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Nicoll Stefanie Castillo-Torres, Universidad de Concepción

She is a distinguished English educator with a Master's in Higher Education from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción and is currently pursuing a Master's in Innovation in English Language Teaching and Assessment at the Universidad de Concepción. With a notable tenure at Universidad Santo Tomás and international certifications from Cambridge Assessment English, her expertise lies in pioneering methodologies and contextualized English instruction.

Angie Quintanilla-Espinoza, Universidad de Concepción

She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A in Linguistics from Universidad de Concepción, Chile. She is a language teacher and teacher educator who currently works at Universidad de Concepcion as an Assistant Professor. Her field of study includes ICT, applied linguistics and language learning.

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