“DESCRIPTIVE AND COMPARATIVE STUDY ABOUT THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE IN THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OF EIGHTH GRADERS FROM SUBSIDIZED AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

“DESCRIPTIVE AND COMPARATIVE STUDY ABOUT THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE IN THE USE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OF EIGHTH GRADERS FROM SUBSIDIZED AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF LA

SERENA AND OVALLE”.

Thesis to get the Bachelor ‘s Degree.

Authors: Francia Cortes ArredondoClaudio Salinas SalinasRicardo Villalón Guzmán

La Serena Diciembre, 2010

Methodology Adviser: Claudia Boniche Castillo

BACKGROUND FRAMEWORK

THEORIC FRAMEWO

RK

Second language

acquisition

Krashen’s 5 hypothesis

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

METHODOLOGIC FRAMEWORK

QUANTITATIVE STUDY

NON EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, TRANSVERSAL /DESCRIPTIVE AND COMPARATIVE.

UNIVERSE

SAMPLE

HYPOTHESYS

The appropriate use of teaching methods and strategies, promote the student’s oral production of English language.

Methods

Strategies

learning Stiles.

Motivation.

VARIABLES

Questionnaire

TECNIC/ INSTRUMENTFOR

DATA COLLECTING

Identification of the Sample.

Instrument Aplicability.

Information Analisys.

PROCEDURESFOR

DATA COLLECTING

CRITERIA OF SCIENTIFIC RIGOR

RESULTS

Teachers’ total score

STUDENTS’ PEREPTION TOTAL SCORES

Perception of the Use of Strategies of Oral Production in L2

Discussions

Teachers use strategies that promote the ability of oral expression.

Methods and strategies used by teachers to develop oral expression, it goes in a direct correlation which was observed empirically in this research process, since the efficiency and effectiveness of the methods which develop the four skills are linked directly with the perceptions of students, both to the language and the teacher leading a better availability for the students to learn the target language.

Conclusions

There is a great amount of teachers that are considered to be efficient in the use of the methods and strategies to develop the oral expression and this are feasible when there are:

-Training courses - Teachers have traveled abroad

- The oral expression in eighth grade students is meaningful when there is an appropriate use of the teaching methods and strategies and these are set to exposed the students to language in order to make the acquisition–learning process a meaningful experience.

Suggestions  - It is recommended to the teachers of

English in being interested and making all the training courses implemented by the Ministry of Education

  - It is important teachers get

implementation to the correct execution of teaching and improvement of the teaching strategies.

- Teachers who work focused on the traditional method, to rethink and reflect on their practice because the innovative strategies individualized and direct ones that are attractive and interesting for them and for students.

- Teachers must be able to meet the different learning styles in the classroom, in the creation use tools and strategies.