Abstract:
These days, people are aware that learning a foreign language such as English,
implies dominating the four language skills, and of course the vocabulary since it
is a relevant part in this process. Most of the teachers who work in the educational
area teach in a monotonous way, it causes learners can not reach the results expected
to, and they can not be able to master the English language. Therefore, born the idea
to implement an innovative learning strategy focus on Cognitive methodology
which imply to use a handmade quiet book with activities to develop the vocabulary
acquisition in students of fourth basic grade at Escuela de Educación Básica “Juan
Montalvo Fiallos”. This research work has as main objective: to analyze the impact
of the didactic strategy based on the implementation of a handmade quiet book used
to teach the English language in nine years old children. To carry on the research,
four groups of people who are the UPSE specialists were studied; the principal, the
English teacher and the students of the Educational Institution previously
mentioned. The events were recorded and the data were obtained through the use
of multiple instruments and techniques: 1) interviews, 2) focus group, 3)
observation (observation guide). The results obtained contributed to the application
of the proposal. The proposal includes a handmade quiet book with 16 activities
focused on vocabulary that the students had already learned, so this didactic
resource was implemented as a reinforce the previous knowledge students acquired
in past lessons. The students who were taught with this learning strategy obtained
better results since the proposal offers them relaxing moments, while they learned
in an easy and fun way. Therefore, the application of this kind of strategy in
education can be a good pedagogical tool which can contribute to enhance the
teaching learning process and as a result aid to improve the English level in learners.
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