The usage of mother tongue when teaching English as a foreign language: The case of décimo año de Educación General Básica “B” at Unidad Educativa “Juan de Velasco”, in the city of Riobamba, Chimborazo province during the academic period february 2021 – july 2021

Over the years, mastering English has become an indispensable requirement in educational and work environments. Therefore, learning English in the reality in which we live is irreversible. However, it is hard to deny that the teaching and learning of this language does not include grammar, pronunciation, or cultural characteristics of the students' mother tongue. Despite the daily use of the mother tongue by English teachers during classes, it has been determined that the acquisition of the second language has not been achieved as expected. Through the previous analysis carried out in the Unidad Educativa “Juan de Velasco”, it was detected that the problem in the learning of the English language revolves around the overuse of the mother tongue of the students and the teacher of Décimo Año de Educación General Básica, hindering the process of learning the second language since it is not known that the mother tongue should be used solely and exclusively as a teaching tool within the teaching-learning process of the English language as well as when and how to use it during the classes. Thereby, this study focuses on analyzing the use of the mother tongue in the teaching of English in the Unidad Educativa “Juan de Velasco”. In order to achieve the established objectives, an English teacher and thirty-six students of Décimo Año de Educación General Básica "B" were considered as the study population. The type of study that was developed is qualitative research with descriptive level; while the research method used was ethnographic. Still further, three types of techniques were used which were observation, interview and survey with their respective instruments which are the observation sheet, the ethnographic interview, and the questionnaire. The results of the research are based on a descriptive-qualitative analysis of the importance, process and effectiveness of the correct use of the mother tongue in the teaching of English.

• Auteur principal: Escobar Gullqui, Leonardo Alexander (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Langue: spa
• Publié: 2021
• Sujets: Lengua materna; Herramienta de enseñanza
• Accès en ligne: http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/8446