Contextualized Materials to Change Attitudes Towards English Learning

ABSTRACT: The current action-research study conducted with sixth graders at a public school was aimed at exploring students' attitudes towards English, after being exposed to context-specific materials in their classes. Data were collected through a research journal, an interview with the cooperating teacher, a focus group, and some survey attitudes. The analysis showed that using context- specific materials may be a good strategy to modify students’ negative attitudes towards English learning, in the three dimensions of attitudes: behavioral, affective, and cognitive. It also evinced the importance of the teacher’s role regarding cognitive processes, participation, and confidence. However, time constraints emerged as a considerable limitation in this study, an institutional issue that was out of my direct control.

• Autores: Gómez Alvarez, Diego Alejandro
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/26067
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/26067
• Palabra clave: Action research; English language-Study and teaching-Foreign speakers; Attitude change; Cambio de actitud; Language learning; Investigacion accion - Medellin; Aprendizaje de idiomas; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043710; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000722; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3299
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/