An experience of vocabulary teaching in an english immersion class in a public school in Bogotá

The action research is a model that allows teachers to improve their educational practice from a critical reflection. After making observations in the seventh and ninth grades of the Enrique Olaya Herrera school in the immersion classroom, it was evident that the students had a limited vocabulary th...

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Autores:
Villamizar Palacio, Ingrid Bibiana
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:1992/31007
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/31007
Palabra clave:
English vocabulary
Action research
Pronunciation
Inglés - Vocabulario
Adquisición de segundo lenguaje
Inglés - Enseñanza
Lenguas y Cultura
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Description
Summary:The action research is a model that allows teachers to improve their educational practice from a critical reflection. After making observations in the seventh and ninth grades of the Enrique Olaya Herrera school in the immersion classroom, it was evident that the students had a limited vocabulary that restricted them to express what they wanted to say. For this reason, during four months the research emphasized in three aspects: increasing vocabulary, teach the intelligible pronunciation of the new words acquired, and, finally, promote the participation of students in the immersion classroom. To accomplish these objectives, the communicative and audiolingual methods were used. In addition, guides, songs, and flashcards were used to help students acquire new vocabulary. As a conclusion to this research, the data collected from the quizzes, questionnaires, the interview, and my own observations evidence advancement in students¿ learning of vocabulary.