"Methods in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL)"

Nowadays, English has become the global language that allows communication with different countries. Even though the Ministry of Education has included English as a special subject in the curricula and it is taught from a very early age, Ecuador remains at the top of the list of Latin American countries with the worst level in the development of competencies in this foreign language. Because, in educational institutions, English teachers use inadequate or traditional methods, which only generate superficial learning. Therefore, the purpose of this research work is to identify the type of methodology used by teachers to teach English. Thus, this is a quantitative diagnostic study since the reality of teaching English as a foreign language will be analyzed through the application of an online survey to English teachers of a public educational institution in the urban sector in Latacunga. The results showed that teachers use traditional methodologies such as grammar-translation, Audio-lingual, and direct method. Also, some of the teachers have a dominant and authoritarian role in the teaching process since it is believed that they are the only ones with knowledge, while the students are only passive receivers. In addition, the most common techniques used to teach vocabulary and grammar focus on repetition, memorization, and translation exercises. Finally, teachers rarely involve students in discussion activities, question and answer exercises, theater, and group or pair work, which does not allow students to practice the target language and thus develop their communicative skills. Based on the findings, it is suggested that teachers inform themselves about the existing new teaching methods so that they can apply various new methodologies in order to improve the process of teaching English as a foreign language.

• Päätekijä: Chasipanta Vega, Jessica Viviana (author)
• Muut tekijät: Ortega Guayasamín, Mayra Estefania (author)
• Aineistotyyppi: bachelorThesis
• Kieli: eng
• Julkaistu: 2022
• Aiheet: LENGUA EXTRANJERA; MÉTODOS INNOVADORES; MÉTODOS TRADICIONALES; ENSEÑANZA-APRENDIZAJE; INGLES
• Linkit: http://repositorio.utc.edu.ec/handle/27000/9377