A View to Interlanguage and its Impact in the Development of L2 Writing Skills in a Group of Fourth Semester Students of Modern Languages at the University of Quindío

Grajales Cardona, Juliana | 2016-11-28

Interlanguage is understood as a linguistic system which is inherently built upon the growing knowledge of a second language (L2) and that of the one already acquired that is basically known as the mother tongue or L1. Relevant here is to know that the learner happens to be the center of the SLA process and his performance is fundamental at the time of noticing such phenomenon. Therefore, the present study aims to identify and examine the notion of interlanguage and the way it influences the learners’ performance, especially in written contexts. As there are both advantages and disadvantages, the major focus of this study is to shed light on the L1 negative transfer through an error analysis of written assignments in a group of fourth semester students at the University of Quindío. Additionally, a focus group and an interview were carried out as a way of strengthening this investigation. As the research project took the shape of a case study, it was convenient to analyze the collected data under qualitative standards. Since there is little knowledge and awareness when it comes to this issue, it is of paramount importance to undertake an investigation on this subject matter. Undoubtedly, the results achieved come to provide enough evidence to confirm that there is indeed an L1 interference which affects directly the L2 learners’ written production. Furthermore, such results serve as a way to broaden some perspectives with respect to interlanguage as a prevalent factor to which attention must be given, primarily in academic environments.

Accent as part of cultural identity: analysis of the interaction in l2 (English and French) among students and professors of 4th and 6th semester in a languages program at the university of Quindío

Ibarra Díaz, Daniela Andrea | 2018-12-05

This qualitative research provides insight into how the mother tongue’s accent present in the L2 oral production entails the culture of the speaker and how this, in turn, is a sign of the subject’s identity. This project was carried out within a languages program at the University of Quindío. Two groups from 4th and 6th semester were observed at four different times to achieve the purpose of the study. The interviewed population consisted of four professors and twenty students who answered questions that inquired what their perceptions were concerning native-like accent and L2 accented speech. Likewise, the data analysis showed that L2 accented speech was a signature of the speaker’s identity and worldview. It also reflected that social stereotypes regarding the mother tongue’s accent in the L2 production, was seen as something undesirable and necessary to eliminate. This study concluded that although there were some subjects who considered L2 accented speech as a trait that had to be neutralized, the vast majority asserted that their mother tongue’s accent was a symbol of who they were in the world

An analysis of the impact that false cognates have in the reading comprehension skills of second semester students in the modern languages program at the University of Quindío

Chicaiza Consuegra, Lizeth Paola | 2017-05-29

False cognates are understood as those groups of words equal or similar in form in two languages but have different etymologies and different meanings. This phenomena becomes as real problem for language learners. The transfers of L1 words can affect the learner’s communicative skills if they are not prepared in a special way for detecting this kind of words. Therefore, the present study aims at analyzing the difficulties learners have when it comes to use these words. Likewise, it is intended to shed light in the impact that False Cognates have in the reading comprehension skill of second semester students in the Modern Languages Program at the University of Quindío. In all probability, the conclusions of this study will provide new insights into this phenomenon and establish the influence that False Cognates have in the reading comprehension skill.

An english and french conversational club as an extracurricular activity to improve modern languages students’ communicative competencese

Garcia Garcia Cristian Felipe | 2018-05-27

La base de este proyecto fue determinar cómo una actividad extracurricular como un club de conversación en inglés y francés podría ser útil para mejorar la competencia comunicativa de los estudiantes de lenguas modernas. La investigación se llevó a cabo con un grupo de estudiantes del quinto semestre del programa mencionado anteriormente. Esta investigación de acción involucra principalmente datos cualitativos considerando que esto fue recolectado a través de una observación de clase y una entrevista informal a los estudiantes. La comparación entre los resultados de un examen diagnóstico y la prueba final ayudó a confirmar que los estudiantes mejoran su forma de expresarse en ambos idiomas desde el momento en que comenzó el club hasta el final del mismo. Los diarios de campo indicaron que los estudiantes se sentían cómodos aprendiendo en un entorno diferente y la prueba de escritura y conversación realizada después de la implementación mostró que usaban los idiomas objetivo de manera más efectiva cuando se trataba de discutir, analizar o simplemente comunicar una idea. Este informe busca explicar todo el proceso de una manera detallada y proporcionar información valiosa sobre el desarrollo del proyecto, como los planes de clase utilizados para la etapa de implementación, los hallazgos, las conclusiones, entre otros.

Analyzing the contribution of the fellows’ program in the PNB of Colombia: perspectives from the different areas involved in a public school in Armenia, Quindío

Ceballos Guzmán, Nicolás | 2018-12-05

Considering the importance of bilingual education in Colombia, it is very important to know how the “Fellows Program” has been perceived and the impact that it has in the EFL classrooms. Plus, it’s crucial to know the brunt that the Cultural interaction with the Fellows has in these spaces, considering that they come from different parts of the world. Also, knowing that there are not studies of how Colombian teachers perceive this program, this research aims at analyzing the reality that they are facing. In addition, the results and conclusions are hoped to be read by local education authorities, as well as the Colombian public in general. The objective of this research relies on personal and professional issues. First, referring to the personal factor, the researcher has close contact with people who are working with the program and all of these people have stated that the program has both benefits and disadvantages. In addition, knowing that the program is applied in public schools and that the government invests a great amount of resources to do so, the interest relies on knowing how the program is working. In the professional arena, this study can contribute to the state of the art in the Modern Languages Program at the University of Quindío and for future teachers since the revision made so far demonstrates that little research has been done upon this topic

Análisis De Resultados De Las Pruebas Saber Pro (2012- 2015) En Un Programa De Licenciatura En Lenguas Modernas De Una Universidad Pública De Colombia: Fortalezas Y Debilidades Del Programa De Acuerdo Con El Desempeño En Las Competencias Evaluadas

Bolaños Daza, Anyela Dorelly | 2017-11-28

Este trabajo de investigación educativa de enfoque cuantitativo, alcance exploratorio y diseño no experimental analiza los resultados de las pruebas Saber Pro presentadas, entre 2012 y 2015, por estudiantes de último semestre de un programa de licenciatura en lenguas modernas de una universidad pública colombiana, con el propósito de encontrar fortalezas y debilidades en dicho programa, teniendo en cuenta el desempeño de los estudiantes en las competencias evaluadas .La revisión de la literatura evidenció algunos trabajos que evalúan el desempeño de los estudiantes universitarios de distintas carreras, pero no en el ámbito de las licenciaturas en lenguas modernas o extranjeras donde, al parecer, se ha indagado poco sobre el tema. Por ello, nuestra investigación estará entre las pioneras en el campo de los estudios de las pruebas Saber Pro en el contexto de una licenciatura en lenguas modernas.

Un Análisis Fonético De Los Errores De Pronunciación Vocálicos Más Comunes En Estudiantes De 3er Semestre De Una Licenciatura En Lenguas Modernas De Una Universidad Pública Colombiana

Zapata Valencia, Oscar | 2017-11-27

El presente estudio se enmarca en la Fonética y resalta los problemas más comunes que estudiantes de los primeros semestres de inglés de una licenciatura en lenguas modernas de una universidad colombiana, enfrentan a la hora de pronunciar ciertas palabras o fonemas en esa lengua, en particular los vocálicos. La pronunciación en una lengua extranjera, en este caso el inglés, es de gran importancia para el intercambio de mensajes en la conversación oral y para asegurar de que ese mensaje sea entendido. Según Fangzhi (1998:39), “Es importante prestar atención a la pronunciación ya que esto causa que realmente el mensaje de alguien pueda ser pasado o no por otra gente”. La pronunciación en inglés ha sido siempre un aspecto difícil para los estudiantes de esta lengua extranjera (EFL), ya que ellos no están acostumbrados a escucharlo o a tener contacto con este de una manera constante, y porque tal vez no reconozcan algunos fonemas que no hacen parte de su sistema fonético en su primera lengua. Cuando un estudiante teme pronunciar una palabra en inglés, puede que este se esté cerrando a la idea de aprender otro idioma o puede no desarrollar la competencia de la comunicación oral en su totalidad. La pronunciación es, básicamente, uno de los principales focos de la Fonética, y es allí hacia donde el presente estudio apunta, ya que pretende describir e identificar las dificultades de carácter fonético con referencia a los fonemas vocálicos más comunes entre estudiantes (hombres y mujeres) en un programa de lenguas modernas de una universidad pública colombiana.

Análisis Relacional Entre El Rendimiento Académico De Los Estudiantes De Décimo Grado De Tres Instituciones Educativas De La Ciudad De Armenia (Públicas Y Privadas) En El Inglés Y Su Condición Socioeconómica

Ramos Ortega, John Alexander | 2017-11-27

Este proyecto de investigación pretende determinar si existe una relación entre la condición socioeconómica de estudiantes de décimo grado de instituciones educativas de la ciudad de Armenia (públicas y privadas) y su rendimiento académico en el área de inglés. Para ello, ofreceremos los resultados obtenidos en esta investigación los cuales fueron recolectados mediante análisis documentales y la aplicación de un test de competencia en el inglés, con el propósito de comprobar si los estudiantes analizados poseen el nivel de competencia que el MEN estipula para al grado al que estos pertenecen. Esta investigación fue llevada a cabo en diferentes instituciones educativas de la ciudad, a través de las cuales se pretendía obtener información sobre la pertenencia de los estudiantes a diferentes contextos socioeconómicos y su competencia en el área.

Aprendizaje de vocabulario pasivo en inglés en niños en etapa preoperacional (3 y 4 años) a través de la modalidad virtual haciendo uso de dos plataformas (LingoKids y Árbol ABC)

Arias Ortiz, Jorge Mario | 2022-07-15

El aprendizaje virtual se destaca gracias a la autonomía que brinda a los estudiantes y así mismo les exige un compromiso mayor para cumplir con los estándares y las metas propuestas en el ciclo educativo.

Bilingualism as the main key to foster the tourism in Salento.

Ospina M, Leonardo Fabio | 2016-07-28

This research Project carries out “The bilingualism in Salento” and how to make a reality in this town to improve the communicative skills of people who work on sales, hotels, and restaurants who are in constant contact with English speakers. That is why, we develop this investigation with the purpose of creating a new mentality towards learning a second language which is the “Main Key” to promote tourism but showing that the people in charge of customer service have a basic English level. What is more, the deep intention is to guide them to the path of bilingualism and they succeed at the end with great positive results on the speaking production that is what they really need. After all, having the cognition of another language besides the native one is always a plus that is value worldwide as an advantage that brings nothing but profit in life. Lastly, the mission was accomplished since one way or another we built the first steps for this community to understand the importance of learning English, as we created an impact on this small town regarding the knowledge of a second language.

Culture and Language Teaching: a pedagogical proposal based on Quindio´s cultural heritage to teach English to 9th graders in a rural school

Garcés Runciera, Jorge Alberto | 2017-05-29

The process of teaching English has become an important challenge for the Colombian Ministry of Education. Through the last years, there have been several bilingual programs with the objective of having students finish the high school with a B1 level, based on the CEFR. In spite of the effort to accomplish this goal, the students do not feel interested in the English class, due to the traditional methods that focus the classes on grammar topics. One of the key factors when learning any language is culture; the relationship Language and Culture is unbreakable. For this reason, this research project tries to enhance this relationship inside the classroom, using Quindío’s Cultural heritage as the main topic in the English class. In this way, ninth grade students in a rural school located in the municipality of Quimbaya can learn a foreign language and empower themselves with knowledge about their own region.

El Desarrollo De La Comprensión Auditiva De Campos Semánticos En Inglés A Través De La Implementación De La Metodología Basada En La Narración Oral De Cuentos Infantiles

Herrera, Carolina Andrea | 2018-11-20

The present transversal correlational and action- research, has a qualitative approach and aims to determine the impact of the implementation of the methodology based on the storytelling for the development of listening comprehension of semantic fields in English in boys and girls of the CEPAS group (Center for Pedagogical and Social Studies and Practices) of the University of Quindío. The concept storytelling was adopted according to the perspective of Garzón (2010); the definition of semantic fields coined by Rodríguez (2011) and the definition of listening comprehension by Rost (2002), Wipf (1984), and Galvin (1988). The story "Aladdin” was narrated, previously selected by the children themselves, from which three semantic fields were extracted: animals, colors and sizes. To follow up on this research, the following instruments were applied: interview with the pedagogue, survey of children, integral valorative test (Echavarría, Herrera and Segure, 2002) to assess the level of listening comprehension of semantic fields. Finally, in the analysis of results there is evidence of a development in the listening comprehension skills of the CEPAS group in terms of the three semantic fields worked on.

Desarrollo De Las Destrezas Orales (Comprensión Y Producción) Del Inglés Como Lengua Extranjera A Través De La Implementación De Juegos Y Actividades Lúdicas Como Estrategia Didáctica En Estudiantes De Undécimo Grado De Una Institución Educativa Pública En Armenia, Quindio

Florez Gomez, Sebastian | 2017-11-27

El presente proyecto de investigación se enfocó en el desarrollo de las destrezas orales (comprensión y producción) del inglés como lengua extranjera a través de la implementación de juegos y actividades lúdicas en estudiantes de undécimo grado de una institución educativa pública en Armenia, Quindío. Se tomaron diez (10) estudiantes como parte de la muestra poblacional y su aplicación se hizo en un total de 2 semanas. Este proyecto ha sido desarrollado en base a un enfoque cualitativo, de diseño tipo investigación-acción. La metodología de esta investigación se ha desarrollado en tres grandes etapas: etapa de prueba diagnóstica, etapa de implementación de juegos y actividades lúdicas y etapa de prueba final. La investigación permitió concluir que éste proyecto fue pertinente para el desarrollo de la destreza de producción oral del inglés como lengua extranjera a través de la implementación de juegos y actividades lúdicas; sin embargo, señaló que el desarrollo de la destreza de comprensión oral preservó un mismo nivel; esto ligado probablemente al corto de tiempo de implementación.

Desarrollo Del Plan Nacional De Bilinguismo

Marin Arevalo, Ednny Sunileny | 2017-11-20

The main objective of the present research of qualitative, descriptive and micro ethnographic model is to identify and observe how the guidelines of the National Plan of Bilingualism are being applied and executed within the teaching practices in the classroom of a public institution of Armenia that works with a pilot program in bilingualism by early partial immersion executed from preschool to fifth grade of primary school. In addition, it also seeks to determine how these teaching practices are in the pedagogical and didactic field and if these are correlated with bilingual policies. The data collection instruments that were used throughout the investigation are the following: the first is the documentary analysis that was made to all the institutional documents such as the PEI of the institution, suggested curriculum, the Basic Learning Rights Fifth Grade (DBA) and the Municipal English Area Plan (PAMI). An interview was also held with the coordinator of the institution about the bilingual policies and the pilot plan that is being executed there, these items were also investigated in the surveys that were directed to English teachers, in addition to the daily teaching practice of each one of them and his knowledge about the pilot plan by early partial immersion in which they are participants. Finally, open and structured observations were analyzed. The aforementioned instruments facilitated the analysis and triangulation of data that resulted as a result that the bilingual educational policies Pag.5 are being consistent with the teaching practices at the level of materials implementation and class development. However, there was also a disarticulation between the primary seat with piloting in bilingualism and the main headquarters of the institution.

Developing Oral Production through the Use of Synchronous and Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) As a Way to Improve Speaking Competences in the Michigan Test in Modern Languages Students at the University of Quindío.

Orjuela Roa, William | 2018-05-27

Development of ludico pedagogical activities  through the usage of ICTs with the purpose of strengthening  skills of a foreign language

Enciso González, Yuli Paulin | 2016-07-28

One of the main objectives of Colombia´s current government is to improve the educational system of the country adapting it to current and future demands of the world, for that reason, the national government is developing proposals such as Colombia "very well" which is focused in teaching English as a foreign language in different educational institutions of the country. Besides this, due to the large development and technological advancement in the world, the national government is carrying out the project "plan decenal de education" which consist on providing technological tools such as tables, computers, internet etc. to public institutions of the country in order to familiarize young people with the technological demands of today's world, therefore they are more qualified to compete towards the existing requirements of the job´s world now. This project aims to make use of different technological tools for teaching English in seventh grade in order to strengthen the oral competition.

The development of oral production through games with fourth graders at a private school in Armenia

Yate Castro, Luz Albreidy | 2020-06-06

The present research is focus on one of the fundamental tools for professors at the moment of teaching English as a second language, which is the use of games. The problem that was identified was the lack of participation from students at the moment of speaking in the second language. That is why the main objective of this action research is the improvement of the oral skill through the use of different games. The population were two students ranging in age of 14 to 17 of a public school. The instruments for the data collection were interviews at the beginning and at the end of the intervention, pedagogical interventions, observations and field notes. The analysis of data showed good results during the implementation of the research. There was evidence the improvement in the students not just in the speaking skill but also in the increasing of vocabulary. Furthermore, it was made a review of different studies related to the use of games in different context, International, national and local. In this sense, the conclusion was that the use of different games definitely creates a good atmosphere in order to improve the oral skill

Didactic guide for non-bilingual teachers to teach in a third grade in camilo torres school sede jorge eliecer gaitan based on the clil method

Leuro Franco, Miguel Augusto | 2016-07-28

This research is based on the creation and implementation of a didactic guide specially designed for non-bilingual teachers in third grade in a public school. This guide pretends to be an aid for the teacher whose level on the target language is not enough to teach it; that is why, it contains instructions on how they should teach the English language, but taking into account the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) Method. This is a qualitative research in which the use of observation and interviews were important to its development. As a result, the teacher felt more confident because he knew how to carry out an English class with a clear sequence and entertained activities that made students be more engaged with the class and the learning of the language.

Didactic strategies in English language teaching: analysis of the implementation of the didactic activities related to multiple intelligences in seventh grade in a public school in Armenia, Quindío

Palacios Rojas, Ana María | 2018-12-05

In this research is contained are didactic strategies used to teach English to seventh graders in order to contribute in their learning process. This action research aimed to analyze how didactic strategies related with multiple intelligences benefit the process of teaching English to seventh graders at a public school in Armenia. It consists on a didactic intervention carried out during twelve sessions in which researchers taught seventh grade topics through games, art, music, teamwork activities including multiple intelligences. The most common used intelligences were interpersonal and intrapersonal, however all of them were included during the classes. Also, motivation and students’ performance was directly related with the variety of exercises presented during the lessons. Furthermore, students’ perception about English and it importance was documented.

Differences between Modern Languages Students from Fourth Semester of Day and Night

Osorio Vélez, Jorge Andrés | 2016-11-28

This research aims to find out the differences between Modern Languages students from fourth semester of day and night at the University of Quindío related to their English proficiency level. It was carried out in two fourth semester groups, one from the day and one from the night. This investigation consists of an ethnographic research, a qualitative type of study. The data were collected through observations, interviews, questionnaires and the Michigan results. The findings revealed that students from the night do not have as much time as students from the day, therefore their performance does not equal the performance of the students from the day.