Collaborative Learning in the English Class: the Case of the Oral Communication I Course at Pacific Campus of the Universidad de Costa Rica

Abstract

This is an article that consists on the systematized process that is followed for the implementation of a different didactic strategy as a product of the experience lived in the “didáctica Universitaria” course of the University of Costa Rica by the instructor of Oral Communication I course that was been taught at the Pacific Campus of the University of Costa Rica. The experienced lived after using activities related to the collaborative learning technique is described. This article also describes the population that was used, the techniques applied, the reasons why those techniques were used and their result from the teacher’s and the students’ perspective. An analysis based on the strategy’s advantages and limitations is provided as well as its utility in the language teaching-learning process. The collaborative learning, based on the results of this strategy, has many advantages to provide to education.