Licienciatura

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ESMERALDAS
“LUIS VARGAS TORRES”

Science Education and Health Faculty
Social Studies School “English Carrere”

Disinterest in learning English as a second language in the eighth grades students from the:
“MARGARITA CORTES HIGH SCHOOL”

Luis Quintero Torres
Author
Lcda. Karla meza
Tutor

Esmeraldas - Ecuador

2010-2011

Index pg
Chapter 1Theorical frame 1
Outlining approach 1
Contextualization 1
The tree of the problem 2
Prognosis
Formulation of the problem

Chapter 2

Theme 3
The problem 3
Special delimitation 3
Time delimitation 3
Objectives 3
Justification 4
Fundamental categories 5

Chapter 3

Modality of the Investigation 7
Populationand Sample 7
Operationalization of the Objectives 9

CHAPTER 4

Conclusions 15
Recommendations 16
Solution of the problem 17
Bibliography 18
Annexes
Survey Nº 1 19
Survey Nº 2 20
Survey Nº 3 21
Survey Nº 4 22
Pictures 23
Annual plan 24
Unit plan 25
Lesson plan 26


THE Problem

THEORICALFRAME
Margarita Cortes high school has nine parallels of eighth grades. I am going to research the reasons, why the students do not want to learn English as a second language. I selected this high school for been one of the oldest Educational Establishment a high level all of these parallels to make the investigation
THE PROBLEM
1. Students’ cannot communicate in English.

THEME
1.1Disinterest in the learning of English language of students of class 8th

OUTLINING APPROACH

1.2 The students of class 8th parallels a,b an c, haven’t attended English classes in primary school, so they don’t like to listen to a teacher speaking English because they don’t Understand anything, so they can’t communicate with somebody and they can’t read the books in this language.CONTEXTUALIZATION
1.2.1 English learning language has. Micro and macro functions. The functions are divided in four skills: Listening, reading, writing grammar and vocabulary are included, too.

1.2.2 The tree of the problem



PROGN

PROGNOSIS

1.2.3. With this investigationI’m going to motivate the students to learn English and they can use it very well with their classmates and the teacher, too. They will be very confidence by themselves; they can participate without scare and shame. This investigation may help other colleagues in the teaching learning process of the English subject.

FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM

1.2.4. Why do the students of class eight don’twant to participate in the English classes?


THEORICAL FRAME

THEME

1.2.5. Students can´t communicate in English.

PROBLEM

1.2.6.desinterest in the learning of English language of students of class 8th
SPACIAL DELIMITATION

1.2.7. this investigation is going to take place in the technical Margarita Cortes school in 5 de Agosto urban parish, Esmeraldas canton , Esmeraldascity. In the province of Esmeraldas

TEMPORAL DELIMITATION

1.2.8. This project will be investigated in 4 months.

2.- objectives
GENERAL

2.1. the students will be able to speak English very well.

SPECIFIC

1.2.1 students can share their own ideas with their classmates in the school.
1.2.2 The students collaborate and work in groups in the developing of the process.
1.2.3 Studentscan use the dictionary very well.
1.2.4 Students can feel happy at the end of the year.
1.2.5 Many teacher can use this estrategies

3.- JUSTIFICATION

3.1. I decided to choose this theme of investigation in the Margarita Cortes school, because there are a lot of students with low level of English and they don’t speak it, though they studied at least six years in the school. So they...