Creación de un CD para enseñar gramática: el uso de in-on-at

Abstract

Rodas Luque, Maria Jose: Creación de un CD para enseñar gramática: el uso de IN-ON-AT: 90 p. ; 30 cm. : Tesis previa obtención del título de Licenciada en Lingüística Aplicada mención Inglés. 2015 This study has as its main objective to create an innovative and modern material, applying some approaches of second language acquisition and different language methods. The chosen topic to create the material was the use of in, on, and at. The reason for this focus is that these prepositions are words used daily, and can be confusing for English language learners. These misunderstandings are due to interference errors and the lack of knowledge about the use of these prepositions. The creation of this material takes into account theories about second language acquisition, language teaching methods, teachers and learners’ characteristics, and how they are related. Also, it describes the use of technology, especially CALL and multimedia. The first one mentions how people use computers to learn a language. The second one, multimedia, explains how combining different elements (texts, sounds, images videos) makes the creation of the CD possible. The resulting CD is based on the idea that repetition helps students to use the language automatically. Also, it uses different teaching methods and activities. In summary, the results obtained in the questionnaire applied to English teachers in Esmeraldas, show that the CD could give positive outcomes if it is used in the classroom