TY - JOUR AU - Lagunes-Reyes, Nadia Lilian AU - Cruz-Ramos, María de los Milagros AU - Sandoval-Sánchez, Mario Alberto PY - 2022/11/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Perceptions on the Use of the Flipped Classroom in the EFL Class JF - HOW JA - HOW VL - 29 IS - 2 SE - Research Reports DO - 10.19183/how.29.2.690 UR - https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/690 SP - 33-55 AB - <p>The present action-research study analyzes students’ basic perceptions about the use of the Flipped Classroom as part of their EFL class in a Mexican technical high school. To this end, 47 5<sup>th</sup>-semester students took two versions of a survey, which combined provided an understanding of their views after having taken part of a six-week intervention. The intervention focused on what is typically considered the most challenging topic of the semester: the simple past and its functions included in the official syllabus. On the one hand, the ‘flipped’ part of the lessons was divided into before and after-class online activities following a set of principles for the Flipped Classroom, Communicative Language Teaching, and Multimedia Instruction. On the other hand, in-class activities focused on reviewing content and communicative oral practice. The Flipped Classroom was favorably regarded. Students perceived it as a technique to facilitate a rapid improvement of certain aspects of speaking performance, especially in regards to fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.</p> ER -