Las narrativas orales: un análisis longitudinal de la precisión lingüística de profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera en formación

Oral narratives: a longitudinal analysis of English as a Foreign Language preservice teachers’ linguistic accuracy, is a case study that explores oral language improvement and describes linguistic errors of 26 English as a Foreign Language Chilean preservice teachers through oral narrative tasks supported by corrective feedback over four months. Oral narrative samples were collected through audio recordings, then transcribed and analyzed using an accuracy analytic rubric that was elaborated considering the literature review. Findings showed that oral narrative tasks improve oral accuracy eventually; a statistically significant improvement was evidenced. It could be concluded that oral narrative tasks might be valuable for enhancing oral accuracy over time.