Curriculum effects on university students’ English Language achievement

Abstract:

This research work deals with the curricular effects on the linguistic achievement of university students for the English learning development at the ESPOCH Language Center, in Riobamba, Chimborazo. The research objective is to analyze, identify and determine the curricular effects to implement a curricular redesign and improve the English language teaching-learning in students and teachers of the Language Center. The communicative method is used by means of several integral techniques based on the language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It is also considered that the critical-propositive paradigm will improve different points of view in order to look for solutions in an environment of description and understanding the educational, social and cultural process. The two variable surveys were analyzed: the English achievement, as an independent variable, applied to one hundred and fifty students and the curricular effect, and as a dependent variable, directed to fifty-five teachers of the Language Center, as well as interviews to four senior managers of the Language Center. The results of the survey demonstrate that student skills are still at a basic level at the end of their study program, therefore they need a new instrument that proposes: methodology, techniques and updated contents to reach a competitive level in the language. Most teachers, for their part, considered that the curriculum established by the Center must be updated to make teaching more effective. The results obtained allow establishing conclusions and recommendations. One of the most important conclusions states that teachers have to ensure their students …

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2018

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