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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 ...
Boosting English Reading and Writing Skills Through the Implementation of Technological Activities that Promote Phonological Awareness in First- Grade Students
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09)
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the usage of activities that promote literacy acquisition with the assistance of phonemic awareness and technology. It seeks to promote processes that can support literacy in first ...
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 ...
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 ...