Increasing children motivation as a way to foster english language learning: A case study in an elementary school in Bogotá

Motivation plays a significant role in the process of learning a language. Language teachers cannot effectively teach a language if they do not understand the relationship between motivation and its effect on language acquisition (Oroujlou & Vahedi, 2011). This paper is an innovation proposal which follows an action research strategy to implement a solution to a problem presented in the educational context of a public school in Bogotá. During one semester I did my practicum at an elementary school teaching English to second-grade students, and after some observation, I realized students had low motivation to learn English. For this reason, I proposed a strategy to implement in the classroom to increase children¿s motivation. These were, using Spanish as a medium of instruction, using audiovisuals, and using Total Physical Response (TPR) method. After implementation evidence suggested that audiovisuals and TPR were very appropriate in the educational context and help increase students¿ motivation to learn English in the classroom.

• Autores: Rozo Matiz, Angela Geraldine
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/31002
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/31002
• Palabra clave: Motivation in SLA; TPR; EFL; Young learning; Motivación en educación; Adquisición de segundo lenguaje; Inglés - Enseñanza; Lenguas y Cultura
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/