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2. UNIVERSIDAD MAGISTER
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN
CARRERA DE LICENCIATURA EN ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS
TESIS PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ABOUT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, FAILURE GROUP 10-2, AT
CTP PAQUERA, PUNTARENAS, 2013
JUAN CARLOS MORA BARAHONA
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
SEPTIEMBRE, 2014

3. own municipality
one national highway-gavel roads
USA, Canada, Australia and others
No universities
Paquera
5th
7000
Agriculture, fishing,
tourism, goods and
services

4. Colegio Técnico Profesional de Paquera
Public 500 80 teachers
Academic-technical teachers
Bachelors tech careers
computer kitchen labs
farm 65 ht fish farm
butterfly garden
ecological program

5. Failure English instruction
Gropu 10-2 23-16
General Objective
improve promotion
Specific objectives
phenomenom failure grade
cuases
conclusions
strategic plan

6. Variable: Students’ English academic
performance
Results
Gender
Extracurricular
Academic future Basis in language
Students' effort

7. VARIABLE 2: ENGLISH TEACHER‘S WORK AND
STRATEGIES
Course last year
and present year
Work into the class
Boredom
Strikes
Training
Medical
appointments

8. VARIABLE 3: GROUP 10-2'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION
Students` supplies family income
scholarships students` jobs
family housing parents` jobs

9. SCOPES
Small population
Students identified
Causes
Conclusions, Recommendations, Solutions
Propose

10. LIMITATIONS
Students that deserted
Another high school
Teachers` resistance
Meetings
No computer labs

11. THE INVESTIGATION
Desciptive
Books Articles Magazines
PIAD
Interviews proccess instruments
Excell word pdf
physical documents

12. Graph 1
Results of the English course 2013, group 10-2 CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
69.56%
30.43%
Students that failed
regular course
Students that approved
regular course

13. Graph 3
Monthly family income, English course, group 10-2 (during 2013), CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
75.0%
12.5%
12.5%
₡100,000 to 300,000
₡300,001 to 500,000
₡500,001 to 700,000

14. Graph 6
Students who worked on vacation or free days, group 10-2 (during 2013), CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
56.25%
43.75%
Worked
Did not work

15. Graph 7
Students who had a computer at home last year Group 10-2 (during 2013), CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
37.50%
62.50%
Had a computer
Did not have a computer

16. Graph 11
Students' opinion about whether or not their economic situation affected their
academic performance, group 10-2 (during 2013), CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
YES No
68.75%
31.25%

17. Graph 12
Students' English language basis last year. Group 10-2 (during 2013)
Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
Excellent Good Bad
6.25%
31.25%
62.50%

18. Graph 15
Students' opinion if teacher took advantage of classes’ time during the course. Group
10-2 (2013), CTP Paquera
Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, Universidad Magister, July 2014
56.25%
43.75%
No
Yes

19. Graph 17
Students’ opinion about their own effort in the English course last year Group 10-2 (20
13), CTP Paquera
Source: Juan Carlos Mora Barahona, July 2014
75%
25%
No effort
Work with effort

20. CONCLUSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS
Low academic performance Strategic plans families teachers
Low family income More scholarships municipality
teachers from the community
Students` jobs Balance holidays activities
Computer and internet access MEP library
Academic future Motivation activities
Bad basis and bad classes Principal teachers Mep
Students` effort Counselor teachers
Medical or personal licences Principal meets with teachers
Students` academic work Intresting projects subjects and tasks
Emotional limitation Guides teachers religious parents

21. PROPOSAL
A STRATEGIC PLAN TO COMPLEMENT REGULAR ENGLISH CLASSES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE
STUDENTS` PROMOTION
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
* To produce advantages in English skills in the last month of the 200 days school year
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
*To prepare students for extension tests to improve promotion
*To produce English language skills in daily life
*To apply intercultural interaction

22. SCOPES
* Improve students` academic performance
*Affective apprenticeship
*Convince students to utilize their time correctly
* Daily life and high school experiences
*Interaction between students
*Free days after November 15th
*Extending tests
*Values, companionship, friendship, cooperation, respect, intercultural and
responsibility
*Native English instruction

23. Table of costs
Article Quantity Total
per day
Total
Plane Ticket A person $1000 $1000 The person pay it
Housing Per day $6 $180 Some family provides it
Alimentation Per day $6 $180 The high school
provides it
Classroom Per day $4 $100 The high school
provides it
Electricity Per day $2 $50 The high school
provides it
A guide teacher Per day $20 $20 The high school
provides it
Bus ticket Total $20 $20 The person pay it
Ferry ticket Total $4 $4 The person pay it
Students' bus
transportation
Per day $3 $75 The high school
provides it
Students' alimentation Per day $3 $75 The high school
provides it
Cooker Per day $17 $425 The high school
provides it
Internet access Per day $4 $100 The high school
provides it
Markers Total $4 $4 The high school
provides it
Books The high school
provides it
Total
$2233 Per volunteer