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1. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE CURRENT
TEACHING OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR AT
ESCUELA JUAN SANTAMARÍA, 2016
UNIVERSIDAD MAGISTER
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN
VLADIMIR ARROYO ARGUEDAS
SAN JOSÉ, ENERO 2017
TESIS DE GRADUACIÓN PARA OPTAR AL GRADO
DE LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL
INGLÉS

2. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, the English language provides positive
benefits in costa Rica, that is why the ministry of
public education is making a big effort on enhancing
its English programs at elementary and secondary
level.
JUSTIFICATION
Currently, the English programs by the Ministry of
Public Education do not have the teaching of
grammar as a fundamental skill to be learnt and this is
affecting the way students are learning the foreign
language.

3. GENERAL OBJECTIVE
 To analyze the current teaching of English grammar
in 6th graders at Escuela Juan Santamaría, 2016.
 To review the current learning process of English
teaching
 To identify techniques implemented to teach English
grammar
 To recognize didactic methodologies implemented to
teach English grammar
 To determine the implications of English grammar in
the development of English linguistics competences in
6th graders
 To elaborate a didactic proposal that helps to the
learning process of English as a foreign language
where grammar teaching can be incorporated as the
main skill
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

4. What would be the outcomes of teaching English
grammar to 6th graders at Escuela Juan Santamaría?
PROBLEM STATEMENT
VARIABLES
 Learning process of English grammar teaching
 English grammar teaching techniques
 English grammar teaching methodologies
 English grammar role in a foreign language
 Sixth graders linguistics competences

5. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
 Institution: Escuela Juan Santamaría
 Location: Las Vueltas de la Guácima, Alajuela
 Mission: To offer the required elementary
academic formation to children in the community

6. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Purposes of English teaching in Costa Rica
 It is propose students to be in contact with a
second language in which they can communicate
in CR and other countries around the world with a
big social economic context
 English is presented as a tool to expand their
knowledge to access scientific, humanistic, and
technological information of the world
 Studying a foreign language exposes learners to
new experiences and permits them to make
connections in a possible way

7. English Skills:
 Listening (students should be prepared to
understand basic speech in different environments)
 Speaking (it is vital to obtain communicative
competence)
 Reading (it facilitates the understanding of the
language)
 Writing (students are able to express their feelings
and opinions)

8. Teaching Methods:
 Grammar-translation Method
 Direct Method
 Audio-linguistic Method
 Communicative language teaching Method
Teaching Techniques:
 Teaching from rules
 Teaching from examples
 Teaching though texts
Multiple Intelligences
 It is important to take into account how the different
intelligences work in every individual in order to implement
the adequate teaching methods and techniques

9. METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Type of Investigation:
 Mixed investigation, it involves collecting, analyzing
and integrating the quantitative (experiments,
surveys) and qualitative ( focus groups, interviews)
researchers.
Sources:
 Primary – instruments used
 Secondary – literature review
Population:
 The subjects are students at Escuela Juan
Santamaría studying at Elementary level.

10. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE RESULTS
The following instruments were applied during this
investigation:
 Observation: it was applied to 5 different
classrooms scenarios in which different
methodologies and techniques were observed to
be analyzed.
 Interview: it was applied to a professional in the
field. Different questions related to the English
grammar role in a foreign language were asked.
 Questionnaire: it was applied to 18 students from
6th grade at Escuela Juan Santamaría.

11. OBSERVATION
Learning process of English grammar teaching
 English teachers are not fully prepared with the necessary
equipment to teach good English
 Lack of didactic resources to teach/ big groups/ different
needs
 Lack of English grammar instruction (inductive way
 Lack of time to work with students
English grammar teaching techniques
 Different situations and specific behaviors are presented in
classes which interfere with the techniques used
 Use of the native language to teach English (positive and
negative aspects)
 Time management

12. English grammar teaching methodologies
 Topics are in the majority of the time introduced in
oral way
 Use of examples and creative activities for better
comprehension
 Traditional model to teach English grammar
 Error correction method is not frequently
implemented
OBSERVATION

13. Students opinions about the English macro skill most
frequently used in English class
17%
17%
55%
11%
Speaking Listening Reading Writing
Source: Chart N°3
QUESTIONNAIRE

14. Students opinions about the English macro skill that
should be implemented the most to enhance the English
language
67%
22%
11%
0%
Speaking Listening Reading Writing
Source: Chart N° 4.

15. Students opinions about the importance of teaching
English grammar for better understanding of the
language
28%
55%
17%
0%
Strongly agree Agree Strongly disagree Disagree
Source: Chart N° 5.

16. Students opinions about the implementation of
teaching of English grammar in English classes
0%
100%
Strongly agree Agree Strongly disagree Disagree
Source: Chart N° 10.

17. CONCLUSIONS
Learning process of English teaching
 Lack of or minimum English grammar instruction
 Students understand and comprehend what is taught
 Lack of technological resources
 Lack of time
English grammar teaching techniques
 Teaching techniques are important during the learning
process of students
 They are required to facilitate the understanding of topics
and to create excellent standards in the study of the
language

18. CONCLUSIONS
English grammar teaching methodologies
 English grammar is notoriously difficult to learn so good
methodologies should be implemented
 Teachers should combine different methodologies to
address all the needs of their students
 Students learn in different ways
English grammar role in a foreign language
 Foreign language teaching is an interesting and complex
process
 Abilities are different for every student
 Teaching of grammar is important and necessary for better
understanding and comprehension
English Linguistic competences
 English skills and different resources to be implemented to
enhance each skill

19. RECOMENDATIONS
 Teachers should be able to find a good balance within all
the macro skills and the time they are implemented and
also care about different tools that can be used as sub-
skills for addressing each macro skill
 Grammar should be implemented combining both
deductive and inductive methodologies
 Teaching oriented method
 Technological resources and good didactic resources
should be used
 Combined different techniques accordingly to each
student
 Needs of the students
 Time management
 Language teaching is an art and a science

20. PROPOSAL OF A BASIC ENGLISH
GRAMMAR MANUAL FOR 6TH GRADERS

21. GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To create a Basic English Grammar Manual for 6th graders
by gathering important information of specific grammar
topics

22. COST OF THE PROPOSAL
DETAILS
QUANTIT
Y
TOTAL AMOUNT
(COLONES)
TOTAL AMOUNT
(DOLLARS)
Bus transportation 2 weeks 10000 17.92
English Grammar Basic
Manual
18 57000 102.15
Markers 5 3000 5.38
Erasers 1 1000 1.79
Paper (package) 1 5500 9.86
Pens or pencils 18 2700 4.84
Professional hours 30 450000 806.45
Total 520200 948.39
Note: Exchange rate, BCCR, ₡ 650.
Source: Arroyo, Vladimir (2016)

23. IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL
Academic Impact: bringing up confidence to students
while learning the foreign language as they would be able
to better understand and produce the language in oral and
written ways
Institutional Impact: to have more prepared students who
are able to better understand and express themselves
using the English language

24. FURTHER POSSIBLE STUDIES
Topics related to:
 Teaching of English grammar during the learning of
English as a foreign language
 Use for other types of educational systems besides the
Ministry of Public Education
 To apply on elderly population
 To apply on adolescents population
 To apply on indigenous population