The use of monologues to strengthen listening comprehension in English as a foreign language

Abstract

In the current transformations and conditions of Higher Education in Cuba, ways and alternatives are needed to achieve in English classes a better listening comprehension in students, in order to facilitate an excellent communication in the foreign language. This article is the result of a research applied to first year students of the Foreign Languages career at José Martí Pérez University of Sancti Spíritus, which starts from a bibliographic analysis from the pedagogical, psychological, philosophical and sociological point of view and assumes criteria on the different conceptions of listening comprehension and monologues. Subsequently, the factors that determine listening comprehension are presented, as well as the tactics to be followed, the characteristics and the methodology for working with monologues, to develop a better listening comprehension in this career, where the initial results, the monologues proposal, its application and final results are stated. Finally, the conclusions that corroborate the objective of the research and make the continuity of this work feasible are related.