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English language teaching in Costa Rica: Facing challenges
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
Undoubtedly, it is every teacher's life quest to find the best way to teach; there are no universal formulas to accomplish that. A committed teacher is a life-long learner, which shows why being an educator is not an easy ...
Promoting the use of Cartoon Characters to Motivate First Grade Students of Porrosatí School to Engage in the English Language Learning Process
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09)
This article proposes to promote the use of cartoon characters to motivate first-grade students
to Engage in the English language learning process. To do so, a qualitative research project
was conducted. The participants ...
Reconsidering English Language Learning in Costa Rica: Exploring Teachers’ Well-Being and its Importance, Challenges, and Recommendations in the Wake of a New Era in Education
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
The lack of empathy and support that educators constantly face has serious consequences. However, this does not seem to be enough to make a significant change in the way this is perceived. The following paper aims to study ...
The pertinence of addressing the affective filter in EFL Costa Rican classrooms and strategies to lower it
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
This paper explains the relevance that the affective filter has on students’ learning processes and the different approaches that can be implemented to reduce its negative effects. At this time, several studies have confirmed ...
Understanding and coping with foreign language anxiety
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
Foreign Language Anxiety or FLA has become one of the most constant and persistent
issues to be faced in the English classroom; thus, FLA is currently a complex obstacle for
students to achieve a meaningful learning ...
Empowering sexually diverse EFL students: Embracing diversity in the english language classroom towards a more inclusive learning community through complementary strategies and activities to work with sexually diverse classrooms at Liceo de Santo Domingo, Heredia
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
The ultimate purpose of discussing sexually diverse issues in the foreign language
classroom is to improve educational and coexistence outcomes. Teaching education
agendas oriented towards the embracement of sexually ...
Experiencia para favorecer el aprendizaje de inglés en el estudiantado de escuelas unidocentes costarricenses mediante el proyecto UMBRELLA (2020-2022)
(Universidad de Barcelona, España, 2022-10-27)
El póster sistematiza la experiencia desarrollada en Costa Rica, en el marco del proyecto “Una propuesta pedagógica para la contextualización de la enseñanza del inglés en escuelas unidocentes de Costa Rica: The Umbrella ...
Experiencia para favorecer el aprendizaje del inglés en el estudiantado de escuelas unidocentes costarricenses mediante el proyecto UMBRELLA
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-10-27)
Este trabajo sistematiza la experiencia desarrollada en Costa Rica, en el marco del proyecto
“Una propuesta pedagógica para la contextualización de la enseñanza del inglés en escuelas
unidocentes de Costa Rica: The ...
Challenges and possible solutions for english teaching and learning in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
This essay explores and presents challenges and possible solutions associated with English teaching and learning in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It covers the reality of public bilingual education in Guanacaste, single-teacher ...
The usage of a differentiated instruction strategy to teach heterogeneous english groups in a Costa Rican context
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
Heterogeneous groups, also called mixed ability groups or classes, are one of the most challenging student populations for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. Currently, the lack of contextual research on the ...