Study of the Didactic Resources used by English Teachers with 10th Graders of the Technical Carrer...

UNIVERSIDAD MAGÍSTER LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS

“STUDY OF THE DIDACTIC RESOURCES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS WITH 10th GRADERS OF THE TECHNICAL FIELD EXECUTIVE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AT COLEGIO TÉCNICO PROFESIONAL VÁZQUEZ DE CORONADO.”

ALEJANDRA SÁNCHEZ ALFARO JULISSA LEE CASTILLO

ENERO, 2015

INTRODUCTION

Technical Education in Costa Rica

Investment in Technical Schools

Kind and Quality of the Didactic Resources for

teaching ESP in technical schools

VÁZQUEZ DE CORONADO TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

What are the most relevant didactic resources

used by English teachers with 10th graders of

the Technical Field Executive for Customer

Service at Colegio Técnico Profesional

Vázquez de Coronado in the teaching and

learning process?

THESIS STATEMENT

To identify the didactic resources and their

effectiveness used by English teachers with

10th graders of the Technical Career Executive

for Customer Service at Colegio Técnico

Profesional Vázquez de Coronado in order to

develop a proposal that facilitates the teaching

an learning process.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To identify the background of the students in order to

evaluate its influence in the learning process.

To determine the existing didactic material that the

market offers in order to evaluate its usefulness for

the Costa Rican English Program for The Technical

Career Executive for Customer Service for 10th Graders.

To analyze the didactic material applied by teachers in

order to know its effectiveness during the teaching

process.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

To study the use of the didactic material used by

students in order to know its effectiveness during the

learning process.

To evaluate the infrastructure conditions in order to

evaluate its impact during the teaching and learning

process.

To develop a didactic proposal adapted to the needs

of the educational community in order to facilitate

the teaching and learning process.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Background of the English students

Students learning process

Existing didactic materials

Usefulness of the didactic materials

The curriculum for the Technical Specialty Executive

for Customer Service

Didactic material used

Teaching process

Infrastructure conditions

VARIABLES

The scope of this research is to give teachers and

students a didactic proposal adapted to their needs

specifically for the teaching of 10th graders of the

Technical Specialty Executive for Customer Service.

SCOPE

Type of Investigation

Subjects and Sources of Information

Population and sample

Data collecting instruments

METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Students:

Age

Gender

Affinity for English language

English level

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

OF RESULTS

GRAPH 6: RESPONSES OF STUDENTS ABOUT THE

FREQUENCY OF GAMES APPLIED BY THE TEACHER IN

THE CLASS

Source: Lee, Julissa and Sánchez, Alejandra 2014

ALWAYS USUALLY SOMETIMES NEVER

0%

16,7%

66,6%

16,7%

GRAPH N° 7: RESPONSES OF STUDENTS ON THE

FREQUENCY OF THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL

RESOURCES IN THE CLASSROOM


ALWAYS USUALLY SOMETIMES NEVER

6,7%

23,3%

63,3%

6,7%

GRAPH N°8: RESPONSES OF STUDENTS ON THE KIND

OF MATERIALS USED BY THE TEACHER


2,6%

12,9%

36,4%

19,5%

5,2%

2,6%

14,3%

6,5%

GRAPH N° 9: RESPONSES OF STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR

INTEREST TO THE MATERIALS USED BY THE TEACHER


87%

13%

YES

NO

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understand 9 30 17 56 2 7 2 7 30 100

Useful for

studying 15 50 9 30 6 20 0 0 30 100

Interesting 11 37 7 23 10 33 2 7 30 100

Nice 15 50 5 16 8 27 2 7 30 100

CHART N° 10: RESPONSES OF STUDENTS ON THEIR

PERCEPTION OF THE MATERIALS USED IN THE

ENGLISH CLASS


Class conditions

Equipment

Teaching techniques

Relationship among teacher and students

OBSERVATION

GRAPH N° 11:FREQUENCY OF THE USAGE OF

DIDACTIC MATERIALS


GRAPH N° 12: OPINION OF TEACHERS ABOUT THE

USEFULNESS OF THE DIDACTIC MATERIALS FOR

STUDENTS


Teachers and the elaboration of materials:

Knowledge of editorials

Time

Money

Usefulness of the MEP program

Influence of the age, English knowledge of students and

gender

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

GRAPH N° 13: SOURCES OF DIDACTIC

MATERIALS


GRAPH N° 18: OPINION OF TEACHERS ABOUT THE

ATTITUDE OF THE STUDENTS TOWARDS DIDACTIC

MATERIALS


GRAPH N° 19: OPINION OF TEACHERS

ABOUT THE MATERIAL THEY PROVIDE


GRAPH N° 24: MATERIALS THAT TEACHERS USE

IN CLASS


GRAPH N° 25: ENGLISH CLASS CONDITIONS


GRAPH N° 26: APPRECIATION OF TEACHERS

ABOUT THE MEP PROGRAM FOR EXECUTIVE FOR

CUSTOMER SERVICE DESCRIPTION


Students mostly have exposure to English language in their

English classes in the high school

Students and teachers consider that the learning process is

adequate and fulfills their expectations.

There is not a specific text that includes all the contents

required in the MEP program for the technical career

executive for customer service.

CONCLUSIONS

The gender, age are not significant factors that influence in

the professors when doing research for didactic materials;

besides the English knowledge is taken into consideration.

Students consider the materials used in the class are easy to

understand, useful for studying; interesting and nice.

Students consider that their teacher’s way to teach is

appropriate for them.

CONCLUSIONS

The MEP program is an useful tool for teaching but needs

improvement.

The teachers use photocopies and material to teach and do not

use frequently games or technological resources.

There is a well equipped English lab; but the lack of internet and

desktops in good conditions restricts the use of this resource.

A single lab becomes unsufficient to supply the demand of

English teachers.

CONCLUSIONS

Use the background of students as an opportunity to find

innovative ways to transmit their knowledge creating a

meaningful learning.

It is necessary to use specific material according to the

contents and objectives of the MEP program

The teachers of the Technical High School Vázquez de

Coronado could communicate with editorials and MEP that

could be disposed to design a specific book for the specialty

Executive Customer Service

RECOMMENDATIONS

Teachers must use non traditional didactic materials to

improve the learning process; as realia, radio, voice recorders,

TV or DVD.

Ministry of Public Education should provide materials to

teachers of the specialty Executive for Customer Service to

unify the teaching criteria based on the market demands .

RECOMMENDATIONS

To develop a didactic proposal adapted to the needs of

the educational community in order to facilitate the

teaching and learning process.

GENERAL OBJETIVE

To develop a workshop for English teachers to take

advantage of the use of technology as didactic

material to be used in and outside the classroom.

To get acquainted with some techniques and activities

that can be applied with diverse didactic materials.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

NAME OF THE WORKSHOP

“ ENHANCING THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY”

T YPE OF COURSE: Practical

LENGTH: 2 days’ workshop, total of hours 8.

TARGET POPULATION:

English Teachers from technical high schools.

CONTENT

Strategies and activities that can be used with non -traditional

equipment found in the English lab .

PROPOSAL

METHODOLOGY: practical

EVALUATION: to create a “blog” and an activity using realia

and other equipment

PROPOSAL

MATERIAL

COST PER UNIT

(colons)

QUANTITY

TOTAL

(colons)

TOTAL

(dollars)

Tutor Professional

hours 12.545 8 100.360 184.15

Travel Expenses 4.000 2 8.000 14.68

Breakfast 3.000 20 90.000 165.14

Printed material 300 8 2.400 4.40

TOTAL 200.760 368.37

COST OF THE PROPOSAL

Source: Lee, Julissa and Sánchez, Alejandra, 2014.

Notes: COLYPRO, Professional hour for Bachelor’s degree ¢12545. Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, Nov 2014. Exchange rate

value ¢545.

SOCIAL IMPACT

ACADEMIC IMPACT

IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSAL

Thinking

Working

Studying

Teaching strategies

Materials Development

Budget

CTP as an example

Other modern techniques to improve the English level in

public high schools.

Analyze the impact of new technologies and teaching

materials that are being used in other educative centers in

the country to improve the level of English of the students.

OTHER DERIVED STUDIES

Analyze the economic impact caused by the misuse of

didactic resources provided by the Ministry of Education.

Develop a software created by system engineers and English

teachers in order to satisfy the needs of the teachers who

teach specialized English for technical careers.

OTHER DERIVED STUDIES

Thank You

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