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Item Open Access CONTRIBUTION OF THE COLLEGE HORIZONS PROGRAMME TO THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHACHI AND AFRO STUDENTS’ DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN ESMERALDAS.(Ecuador - PUCESE- Escuela de Lingüística Aplicada, 2019-07-11) Toro Reina, Valeria PaolaWith the purpose to know the contribution of the College Horizons Programme to the Senior High School Chachi and Afro students’ development of the English language communicative competence, a qualitative-quantitative research was done in the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in Esmeraldas, with the use of the methods of analysis, synthesis and hermeneutics, and the techniques of documentary review, survey and observation guide. The research was carried out from January to September of 2018. Examination comparisons were made to the 15 Chachi and Afro students of the programme which consisted of all the exams the students took in the programme till they got the A2 level. On the other hand, the surveys were applied to both: teachers and students immersed in the programme, and the observation was done in 10 classes and revealed that they significantly improved their communicative competence in the English language. Besides, the survey applied to teachers and students revealed that students pay close attention to the teacher’s instruction, ask questions when they do not understand something and foment self-correction. Moreover, the applied surveys and the observation indicated that the teachers use different methods, among which the Communicative Method and the Direct one stand out. They also indicated that the teachers prefer to use group work and warm up activities as teaching strategies.Item Metadata only THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ACCENT IN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE(Ecuador - PUCESE – Maestría en Pedagogía del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera, 2020-11-17) Toro Reina, Valeria PaolaWith the purpose to know the relationship between cultural identity and accent in learners of English as a foreign language, a qualitative-quantitative research was done in the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, in Esmeraldas, from September/2019 to July/2020. The population was formed by 20 students from the Foreign and National Language Pedagogy career corresponding to the first and third level. The methods used were analysis, synthesis and hermeneutics, and the techniques were survey, reading test, and interview. The survey which consisted of a question bank to identify the cultural identity of the students revealed that students’ cultural identity has a big impact on students’ performance when they learn a second language. Besides, reading passages were presented to students and revealed that they had problems concerning speech production due to their natural accent and way of talking. They lacked intonation and practice. Moreover, the interview indicated that effectively there exists a relationship between cultural identity and accent when speaking English, this is why students need to have good pronunciation and accent if they want to be understood.