Exploring task based learning an reading to learn pedagogy to encourage fourth graders’ participation in english classes at a public school

This paper reports on a trainee teacher‟s meaningful experience during his professional practice. It is a study carried out with elementary students at a public school located in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). I aimed at encouraging their participation in English classes through activities following Willis‟ (2016) Task-Based Learning framework, and Rose‟s (2005) Reading-to-Learn pedagogy. The first step was to identify a common problematic situation among the participants: they were demotivated in English language learning. Subsequently, this paper`s author conducted research on learners‟ motivation to get informed about the area and to have a better understanding of the problem. Then, while the TBL and R2L methodological cycles were developed in classroom, teacher observations focused on those students with a low-frequency participation. The results show that most of the students got motivated to participate and they become engaged in the classroom activities when Task-Based Learning and Reading-to-Learn pedagogy are used in their English classes.

• Autores: Duran Rodriguez, Yeison Arturo
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad de Cartagena
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad de Cartagena
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unicartagena.edu.co:11227/15662
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11227/15662; http://dx.doi.org/10.57799/11227/9879
• Palabra clave: primary school; reading-to-learn pedagogy; learners; motivation
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/