TY - BOOK AU - AU - TI - Facilitating Self-regulation with Mobile Devices to Improve Speaking Skills in Elementary School Students: : Presented as Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Magíster en Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros con Mención en la Enseñanza de Inglés U1 - POS 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - PB - Universidad Casa Grande. Departamento de Posgrado, KW - DISPOSITIVO MÓVIL KW - ENSEÑANZA DE INGLÉS KW - TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LA COMUNICACIÓN KW - TESIS DE MAESTRÍA N1 - 2019 N2 - This study aimed at improving speaking skills through self-regulation with mobile devices in elementary school students of a public institution. The weakness in the students’ speaking was the reason of implementing this innovation. This mixed-method research used qualitative and quantitative methods during seven weeks. Twenty-six students participated in this innovation and they took pre-tests and post-tests, self-assessed using a rubric, completed a survey, wrote reflections, and were interviewed. After the innovation, results showed that the intervention had a large effect size, Cohen’s d=0.99. The findings also showed that students’ perspectives were positive towards the use of self-regulation since it helped them noticing their mistakes and let them practice inside and outside school. This study affirms that if public school elementary students are trained to self-regulate using mobile devices they improve their oral skills as well as gain strategies to become active, and independent learners UR - http://dspace.casagrande.edu.ec:8080/bitstream/ucasagrande/1890/1/Tesis2067VEGf.pdf ER -