The present investigation contributes to the development of the oral expression of the foreign language with eighth grade students in person, in which intervention was made through extracurricular activities to promote the learning of English, so that students are able to interact and express themselves correctly and fluently in class. For this, some strategies were used, such as: discussions, conversations, presentations and interactive learning, these exercise for the practice and improvement of the second language in terms of its expression, interaction and production, taking into account a simple and real context. This proposal promotes meaningful learning in real contexts, so the main objective of the research is to determine the way in which extracurricular activities strengthen the development of oral expression in English, of eighth grade students in an institution of the official sector. from the city of Bucaramanga. The methodology is characterized by being research-action with a qualitative approach, likewise 36 surveys were carried out on students and a semi-structured interview with the head teacher of the English area, to collect data and with this it was possible to obtain information of interest to carry out the classes, then these data were tabulated and analyzed in order to obtain the results and reflect on what was done in the entire investigation in relation to the stated objectives.