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Challenges posed by virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunities offered by communicative language teaching in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)
Since the COVID-19 started, the education field has been forced to adapt to the new reality to continue with the learning process of students. However, this virtual process took a lot of effort and patience from all the ...
Understanding the methodology and techniques to teach english for specific purposes in public technical high schools
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)
This paper describes that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a new tendency suggested by the Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica for the curricular transformation in all the specialties that the system offers ...
English language teaching in Costa Rica: reflections on emergent challenges
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)
Teachers everywhere are always faced with new challenges as they engage in their pedagogical praxis; it is not easy to cater for students' needs (whether special or not) and bring about new ideas to teach and arouse students' ...
Implementation of Oral Production Activities through Remote Learning: A Case Study of EFL Students at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
During the school year 2020, as in many other educational settings, classes at Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica, had to be rapidly transformed and adapted so that the pedagogical mediation process could be changed ...
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 ...
Desarrollo de competencias comunicativas por medio del aprendizaje cooperativo aplicado desde la práctica docente durante el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en la asignatura de inglés para el fortalecimiento de las habilidades oracy en 9 personas estudiantes de octavo año del Colegio Técnico Profesional Agropecuario de Corredores
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023-02)
Este Trabajo Final de Graduación estudia como el aprendizaje cooperativo se desarrolla en la asignatura de inglés y fortalece habilidades oracy en 9 personas estudiantes de octavo año del Colegio Técnico Profesional ...
Análisis de los desafíos pedagógicos derivados de las prácticas docentes durante el desarrollo de actividades de comprensión auditiva del inglés en un grupo de estudiantes de la sección 10-6 del Liceo de Ciudad Neily
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023-01)
Las prácticas pedagógicas de las y los docentes de inglés suponen un punto de partida relevante en la construcción de saberes y en el fortalecimiento de las competencias lingüísticas. La literatura vigente demuestra una ...
Pertinence of the Standardized TOEIC Testing for Costa Rican Teachers: Boost or Hurdle for Professional Development
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)
In different countries around the world, private and governmental institutions require pre-service language teachers to be certified in order to work. In Costa Rica, teachers must obtain a B2 or C1 level of English to apply ...
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 ...
The Use of the Dialogic Teaching Approach to Promote Communicative Competencies with a Group of Intermediate English Adult Students
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09)
This essay intends to explore how the use of the Dialogic Teaching Approach enables my
intermediate English adult students to acquire communicative competencies in a globalized
society. Many Costa Ricans have been moved ...