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2. it will be nice if the students feel the need to learn, to create,
and to produce, and that the motivation be intrinsic but the real
panorama that many educators have is that students do not feel
those things most of the time they study to feel accepted, to
pass the grade, or because of the fear of failing in the school.
For this reason the following question is stated:
How to implement constructivist - based methods and
techniques to facilitate the English learning process whit group
7-8 at Roberto Gamboa Valverde high school?

3. To implement of constructivism - based methods
and techniques to facilitate the English learning
process with 7-8 group at Roberto Gamboa Valverde
High School.

4.  To identify different methods and techniques
use in the teaching process.
 To determine general aspects in the Second
Language Acquisitions (SLA) in 7th graders.
 To describe Constructivist Model in practical
teaching.
 To propose a Workshop to facilitate the
implementation of Methods and Techniques
based on the Constructivist Model.

5.  Methods and techniques for English teaching.
 Second Language Acquisition.
 Constructivism in English teaching

6. .
 Nowadays it is common to see teachers worried because
their students do not feel interested in class, or because
they do not want to learn it. Why? Because the boring
methodology do not arouse in students’ interest, the
lessons are the same all time, totally conductive and no
constructive. Their performance and triumphs will be
the result of values and learning received in their period
of diversified education.

7. Nowadays English is not just a second language to
learn. It is considered the universal language, a
language to communicate in oral and written way all
around the world, a way to get in contact with people
worldwide, a tool to do research about any topic, get
better job opportunities, to compete in large and
important companies. It also helps students to get
scholarships and graduate from leading universities.

8. Location: Sn Rafael Abajo, Desamparados
Population: 1200
Teachers:80

9.  Faunded in: 1973
 In 2011 it became an academic
school system to a technical
system

10. THE LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
IN COSTA RICA
 Learning a foreign language in Costa Rica has its
origin during the republican time right after
Costa Rica began its independent period and
established commercial relations with the
European world. Specifically, once it was
exported the first sack of what is was called “gold
grain” or coffee, to England in 1820.

11. HISTORY OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN
COSTA RICA
 The first data found about English teaching in Costa
Rica is from 1825, when the house of instruction called
Santo Tomás opened its doors for the first time.
 The students had to memorize and recite grammar
rules, which later were checked by the teacher to prove
the students had entirely internalized them.
 The first jobs for foreign English and languages
teachers came in the year of 1854, the method used
that moment for teaching languages is not impeccably
known but presumably it was the grammar translation.

12. CONSTRUCTIVISM AS AN APPROACH TO
EDUCATIONAL PSICHOLOGY
Only through learning new things, whether these were
manual skills or theoretical knowledge, people could
develop and adapt to the contemporary reality.
However, one does not have to know how the learning
process proceeds in order to learn and, thus, for a
long time there was no reason for people to
investigate into this aspect of human mind.

13. According to constructivists, learners create their
own individual representations of the world. As in
humanistic approach, the learner is treated as one
holistic unit, whose emotions and feelings are
important because they shape learners' attitude.
Similarly, their creativity allows them to construct the
view on the world in their own unique way.

15. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015).
13%
53%
33%
Entertaining Normal Boring

16. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015).
3%
40%
13%
44%
Video bean Audio player T.V Posters

17. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015)
Always
Sometimes
Never
26.67%
63.33%
10.00%

18. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015)
3,33%
36,67%
23,33%
36,67%
Reading Watching videos Listening audios Playing

19. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015)
watching
listening
manipulating
30.00%
56.67%
13.33%

20. SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015)
30.00%
36.67%
33.33%
Roleplay Play games fill in the blanks

21. 50.00%
23.33%
26.67%
Individual
In pairs
In groups
SOURCE: Chinchilla, Ivannia and Saballos, Angie (2015)

22. Methods and techniques for English teaching
 Conclusion
Taking into account the first variable of the
investigation, there is a great deal of innumerable
techniques to teach English. Based on the results,
the teachers in High School have enough
experience to determine the best techniques to
use depending on level and the student`s needs.

23.  Recommendation
To plan group activities. At the age of thirteen,
students are creative and very anxious, they want to
explore the environment and learn new things. At
that age, they feel identified with the others, because
they share ideas, likes and dislikes.

24. Second Language Acquisition
 Conclusion
The teacher’s role during this process requires her
to: act and display a competence in methodological
aspects that means that teachers must take
advisories and advantages of development
opportunities to renew knowledge and techniques to
draw in the student’s interest.

25.  Recommendation
 To know thoroughly the students’ reality. At
the beginning of the year, it is necessary to
interview the students and also to read their
files in order to know their interests and
needs.

26. Constructivism in English Teaching
Conclusion
 Based on the theory studied, seventh graders are
cognitively prepared to acquire a foreign language.
They are able to understand, produce and also they
are creative with their experiences lived. They also
feel motivated when working in groups, and it is
important when working in a constructivist
environment because it stimulates the student´s
learning process.

27. Recommendation
 To promote collaborative construction of knowledge.
Making the learners participate in searching the topics
they are going to study along a period, could be
significant in the teaching-learning process. It is
important not only to follow the M.E.P Syllabus, but also
to integrate interesting topics for the students, in order
to make them part of the process.

29.  To offer a guide to introduce constructivist techniques
in teaching English in Roberto Gamboa Valverde High
School.

30.  To design a lesson plan where constructivist activities will
be developed in order to introduce the English language
to the student.
 To implement constructivist strategies that contains
relevant teaching in this area in order to complement the
lesson plan.
 To introduce authentic materials to learn English based
on constructivism.

31. Introduction: The Constructivist Theory, primary
theorists, principles and some others.
Activity #1: Teaches through a Brain Storm will offer
some options about how to elaborate a lesson plan where
constructivism strategies could be established.
Objective:To introduce ideas about design a lesson plan
where constructivism strategies will be developed by a
Brain Storm

32. Activity #2: Teachers using their previous
knowledge will write in a sheet a kind of lesson
planning incorporating the ideas that their partners
already exposed during the Brain Storm.
Objective:To incorporated ideas about design a
lesson plan where constructivism will be developed
by building a lesson plan

33.  Activity #3: After that the teachers will look for
what kind of activities could be useful in order
to develop the ideas in their papers and
incorporate them to their lesson plan.
 Objective:To look for useful activities about
design a lesson plan where constructivism
strategies will be developed by incorporate
them to their lesson plan

34.  Activity #4: teachers will exchange their lesson plans
between them to evaluate the plans taking in account
the explanation details from the introduction about
¨Design a lesson plan where constructivism strategies
will be developed¨.
 Objective: To evaluate the obtain comprehension about
design a lesson plan where constructivism strategies will
be developed by exchanging the plans.

35.  Introduction: the teachers in charge will
explain to the audience the importance to use
authentic materials, as well. Using that kind
of resources teachers will have the
opportunity to introduce the task in different
and entertain ways.

36.  Activity #1: Teaches using a compound game is based on
the game "Old Maid". Pick out as many familiar compound
words as you can (some are listed below). Using the index
cards as the playing cards, place the beginning word on
one card. Then, place the ending word on a different card.
 Objective: To demonstrates that constructivist methods
can be used in language arts. Where students understand
compound words by creating their own compound words
using word strips.

37.  Activity #2: Teachers using their computers will
explore some web sites provide by the teachers
in charge (annex 6) in order to obtain
information and resources, after that each of
them will share their own experience and will let
us know if she consider that kind of resources
useful for English teaching.
 Objective: To explore options in order to introduce
other techniques to teach English language.

38.  ACADEMIC IMPACT
The students of Roberto Gamboa Valverde High
School facilitate their English learning process,
taking the opportunity to obtain better jobs in
the future and to achieve better possibilities of
higher grades in their school test.