English oral and written communication essentials through the 5E methodology

Abstract

This study investigates the challenges of English language teaching-learning in Cuba and proposes the 5E methodology as a solution to enhance communication skills. Current practices often fall short, with ineffective methods and inadequate teacher training hindering student development. The 5E model, emphasizing engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation, promotes active student learning and aligns with constructivist principles. By incorporating this approach, teachers can foster a more dynamic and engaging learning environment, improve student motivation, and ultimately enhance their oral and written communication skills in English. The study explores the theoretical underpinnings of the 5E model, its implementation strategies, and its potential benefits for both students and teachers. It also addresses strategies from the didactic point of view, with methodological recommendations based on theoretical foundations of this methodology. It is also based on the micro-curriculum organized to carry out the mechanical, meaningful and communicative practice in the classroom, as a learning goal for oral and written communication today, with the intention to reinforce the teaching of micro-oral and written communication skills in a cyclical way in correspondence with levels of pedagogical-didactic-methodological help offered for the planning, execution and control of the 5E lesson, lead to the achievement of didactic coherence of the teacher, which is also favored by the integration of contents of other subjects of the curriculum of the grade in each case, which brings communication in the foreign language closer to real life. Theoretical and empirical level methods were used to convey the veracity of the information.