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1. TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES
USED IN 11TH LEVEL AT COVAO:
THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS´ LEARNING
OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MATILDE LOPEZ AGUILAR
LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA
DEL INGLES
JANUARY, 2012

2. GENERAL ASPECTS
• Activities and techniques used in classes are tools that
facilitate the teaching process.
• Teachers apply different methodologies in class for
teaching topics, for instance, individual as well as group
work…
• Facilitators are in charge of choosing the correct tasks for
pupils depending on their level, abilities, interests and
needs

3. • Hospicio de Huerfanos de Cartago
• In 1874, Priest Joaquín Alvarado
• interest to build a hospice for orphans
• In 1907 the country entered the Silesians Congregation.
• In 1953 COVAO

4. VARIABLES
• Activities developed in class.
• Teaching techniques when teaching.
• Performance of students and teacher in the class during
acquiring knowledge

5. OBJECTIVES
• To evaluate different activities and techniques used by
English teachers at COVAO in order to determine their
impact on students
• To describe activities and techniques used
• by English teachers in 11th level by
• observation
• To determine the impact of those activities and
techniques used by teachers on students’ learning,

6. INSTRUMENTS’
DESCRIPTION
• Instruments such as a diagnostic exam, observations,
and results in assignments, exams assessed by the
teacher, and a final test
• The diagnostic test consisted on four items: multiple
choice, matching, short answers and questioning.

7. • Sports, arts and crafts, antonyms, synonyms, past tense of
regular and irregular verbs and personal information .
• Two surveys were applied by the researcher to students
after receiving the assigned teacher’s exams.
• They gathered pupils’ opinions about the methodologies
used in classes and the way they hindered or enhanced
learners’ performance at the tests.
• The questions were closed

8. ANALYZING GRAPHS
Population and the test
34.80%
62.50%
Source: López Aguilar, Matilde 2011
absent students
students who made
the test

9. Test Grades
grades under 70
40%
60%
Source: López Aguilar, Matilde 2011
grades over 70

10. II PARTIAL TEST, I
TRIMESTER ANALYSIS
Grades obtained
26.32%
grades over 70
73.68%
grades under 70
Source: López Aguilar, Matilde 2011

11. Activities that better suit students´
needs
21.10%
42.10%
group work
pair work
36.80%
indiv. Tasks
Source: López Aguilar, Matilde 2011

12. Activities applied by the teacher and their
impact on tests results
21.10%
31.60%
much
regular
not much
47.40%
Source: López Aguilar, Matilde 2011

13. Meaningful methodologies for learners
song
5.41%
10.81%
brainstorming
18.92%
repetition
13.51%
translation
5.41%
18.92%
group activities
discussion
8.11%
5.41%
3.51%
checking
content
explanation
individual
activities

14. CONCLUSIONS
• The application of effective
group
and
individual
activities were minimal.
•
Thus, this was considered
as a negative input.

15. • The use of activities such as game learning and
discussion was minimal
•
they did not have the opportunity to dynamically
participate in their learning process.
• Active activities such as
•
“just in time teaching,
• group work,
• peer review and problem solving”
•
were almost never applied during lessons.

16. • Individual tasks were too much
emphasized.
• Nonetheless, some students got
frustrated because they did
not know what to do and the
teacher did not offer them her
assistance.
• As a result, individual needs
were not satisfied.

17. RECOMMENDATIONS
• In order to promote effective group and individual
activities, students’ needs a variety of tasks
• Activities such as game learning and discussion should be
applied more for enhancing pupils’ performance in the tests
and class assignments and promoting dynamic participation
in their learning process.

18. STRIKING AND SIMPLE
ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS IN
THE LEARNING PROCESS
• Introduce new vocabulary and language
• Communicating with the new language
• Consolidating with more demanding
• speaking activities

19. • Variety is the key
• facilitators can prepare flashcards by using recycling
materials
such
as
old
magazines
or
newspapers, brochures, photos, postcards,
• And gestures or facial expressions are free, so it is a
must to take a full advantage of them.
• These
are
excellent
resources
to
increase
students s knowledge
• Techniques should be intrinsically motivating.
the

20. “Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may
remember; involve me and I'll
understand.”