Oratory skills and the improvement of communication in tenth grade students of the "Victor Manuel Rendon" school, located in Los Rios, Ecuador.

Abstract

La communication has reached different forms of representation, in which speech is transmitted effectively and efficiently. Thus, public speaking is considered one of the skills that requires the articulation of ideas through the expression of gestures accompanied by a forceful verbal message improving communication. Young people are in a constant search for communication strategies that can transmit and present their ideas, thoughts, feelings and expressions. This is where oratory can be presented as a key communicational and methodological strategy to apply in the teaching-learning process. The objective of this case study, of an exploratory type, is mainly to evaluate the oratory skills of 25 tenth grade students of Basic General Education of the “Víctor Manuel Rendón” school, located in the province of Los Ríos (Ecuador). In order to reach this goal, oratory exercises are carried out, based on the topic "Youth and Society" divided into five subtopics to be developed by students, who are evaluated during their intervention, through both qualitative and quantitative analysis, yielding as results the participation of the students, which was mostly positive, both from the speaker's perspective and from the discourse approach. Likewise, the quantitative instrument shows students' own speaking skills to effectively convey their message. Finally, the conclusions show that both the general and specific objectives established for this study were met; therefore, it is established that oratory can become an effective methodological tool of great utility in communication processes.