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    The effectiveness of integrating the four language skills in EFL classes in a private school in Villa Alemana using task-based language teaching activities: A quasi-experimental research
    (Universidad Andrés Bello, 2015) Alcántara Soto, Magdalena; Galarce Labbé, Mariana; Herrera Soto, Francisca; Mandiola Villalobos, Flora; Facultad de Humanidades y Educación; Escuela de Educación
    There is common agreement among theoreticians that the integration of the four language skills in an EFL class is of vital importance in order to learn a language in an effective and holistic way, which means that the learner will not only understand it but also will be able to produce it. The aim of this study is to demonstrate empirically that the application of the four language skills through Task-Based instruction will improve learners’ results reflected in their marks of an 8th grade of a private school. The study was conducted for two months. For this quasi-experimental design, researchers had two groups available with similar characteristics, one of the 8th grades was the experimental group, to which a number of tasks were applied, while the control group continued with its regular methodology. After the application of the method, and with the unit test results, the authors applied the statistical formula T-test in order to corroborate the effectiveness of the method. Finally, results proved the null hypothesis which stated that results would not show an improvement in the students´ marks. It is important to state that a future investigation would be important in order to expose learners to the method during a longer period of time, considering that time may have been a limitation to accept the working hypothesis in this study. Since students showed a positive predisposition towards the method, it would be sound to further investigate on the matter. On the other hand, the tasks implemented in this study might provide teachers with useful ideas of lessons connected with real world situations that may contribute to learning in a more meaningful way.