Didactic units for teaching a foreigin language through mathematics with fourth graders at I.E.D. Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez
Fecha
2016Autor
Zapata Cifuentes, Erika Paola
Título obtenido
Licenciado(a) en Educación Básica con Énfasis en Humanidades e Inglés
Director de tesis
Montero Londoño, Yanneth CristinaPublicador
Universidad La Gran Colombia
Facultad
Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
Programa
Licenciatura en Educación Básica con Énfasis en Humanidades e Inglés
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Resumen
This study investigates how the development and implementation of didactic units based on Eclectic Approach contribute within interdisciplinary vocabulary learning process with 4th-grade students in an EFL classroom of a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. The didactic units are aimed to integrate math prior knowledge concerning vocabulary within the English class, in order to foster the students´ participation within the spoken abilities. Data from observation, journals, field notes, and interviews was used to identify the type of strategies used by the Math and English teachers in the classroom. In addition, this project is divided into three parts: the theoretical framework which analyzes the different notions and principles about auxiliary Interdisciplinarity, Language Learning, and Eclectic Approach. The methodological framework in which is explained the instruments and the procedures that were taken into account for the data analysis that is the last step followed by the conclusion and recommendations.