Enhancing the Language Learning Process of Students in the Costa Rican Educational System by Considering the Use of Authentic Materials in the EFL Classroom

Enhancing the Language Learning Process of Students in the Costa Rican Educational System by Considering the Use of Authentic Materials in the EFL Classroom

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/re.v20i40.3308

Palabras clave:

Learning, Authentic materials, Communication, Action Oriented Approach

Resumen

Each student has different personality traits and processes information in multiple ways. Learning takes place more effectively when conditions are optimal and enriching. Teachers should provide students with meaningful and authentic materials in order to guarantee and help students attain their own learning.

The following article intends to offer practical ideas on how to incorporate authentic materials in the teaching process as vehicles to help students get the most out of them in order to enhance their learning development. The expressed ideas will focus on receptive skills; that is to say, aural and reading skills. A connection to the implementation of the new syllabus of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), the «Action Oriented Approach», is also addressed in the following paragraphs.

Biografía del autor/a

Margoth Arley-Fonseca

Máster en Administración Educativa, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Costa Rica. Licenciada en Lengua Inglesa y bachiller en la Enseñanza del Inglés, UCR. Profesora y asistente académica de la carrera Enseñanza del Inglés para I y II Ciclos, de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), de Costa Rica. Correo: marley@uned.ac.cr

Tobías Brizuela-Gutiérrez

Master en Educación con Énfasis en la Enseñanza del Inglés, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica. Licenciado en Educación con Énfasis en Currículo y Evaluación, Universidad de las Ciencias y el Arte, de Costa Rica. Bachiller en la Enseñanza del Inglés para I y II ciclos, Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED). Encargado de la Cátedra de Enseñanza del Inglés de la Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, de la UNED. Profesor titular del área de Enseñanza del Inglés y docente de grado de asignaturas relacionadas con la carrera de Enseñanza del Inglés para I y II ciclos, de la UNED. Correo: tbrizuela@uned.ac.cr

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Publicado

2020-11-05

Cómo citar

Arley-Fonseca, Margoth, y Tobías Brizuela-Gutiérrez. 2020. «Enhancing the Language Learning Process of Students in the Costa Rican Educational System by Considering the Use of Authentic Materials in the EFL Classroom». Revista Espiga 19 (40):121-39. https://doi.org/10.22458/re.v20i40.3308.

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