The implementation of a handmade quiet book to develop vocabulary in students of fourth basic grade at escuela de educación básica Juan Montalvo Fiallos, Salinas, province of Santa Elena. School year 2018-2019.

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.