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HERNANDEZ HAM, Sara Irish; HERNANDEZ VALERIO, Juan Salvador  e  MORENO BELTRAN, Reyna. Strategy to develop linguistic skills in English using a virtual application. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2024, vol.14, n.28, e629.  Epub 26-Jun-2024. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v14i28.1831.

This article presents a research aimed at developing a voice assistant application for higher education students with the purpose of enhancing their language skills in the English language for job interviews. A study was carried out using a Survey-type instrument with a sample of 63 students from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Queretaro. The results indicate that English language is a very important skill for the students to compete in the work market, and directly impacts the opportunities and salary they could obtain as professionals. Additionally, the results show that students do not feel confident about their English speaking abilities for professional purposes and using it for a job interview. Therefore, a strategy was designed to develop English language skills through a voice assistant application that provides students with autonomous and constant, ubiquitous, and timeless practice. After presenting the prototype of the application, as a result, students and faculty members believe that the application could be useful, innovative, and represents a tool that can be used inside and outside the classroom to practice conversation for a job interview.

Palavras-chave : Educational technology; English; innovation; autonomous learning; job interview.

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