Perceptions on Voice Recording Speaking Tasks

Abstract

Due to the pandemic COVID-19, emergency remote teaching and its emerging online classrooms became a significant area of research. One topic of interest in this area, but also relevant to any foreign language learning and teaching context both online and face-to-face, is the use of voice recording speaking tasks to promote oral production. Nonetheless, there is a relatively nonexistent body of literature related to voice recording applications and voice recording speaking tasks and their value within the Mexican context. This mixed-method study based on an explanatory sequential design aimed to examine twenty-three students’ and forty-nine teachers’ perceptions of voice recording speaking tasks to develop speaking skills in Mexican universities. Likert-type questionnaires, written reflections, and semi-structured interviews were used to explore attitudes and opinions regarding communicative tasks using a voice recording application. Findings suggest that learners and instructors value voice recording tasks.