This document discusses implementing a values reinforcement strategy to influence English teaching and learning for 9th grade students at Cindea Estrada High School. It aims to identify the school's values, the main academic problems students face related to values, determine how values stratagems influence English learning, and develop a proposal considering the gap between values teaching and the school culture. The conclusion is that students currently lack values like respect, love and responsibility, which affects their academic performance. A recommendation is to create a values culture at the school and teach students how to deal with problems using values.

2. How would the implementation of a values reinforcement
stratagem influence the EFL teaching and learning
processes for III Cycle Students at Cindea Estrada High
School?

3. To identify the institutional values according to their
benefits on the learning teaching processes of English
as a Second Language (ESL) of 9thgraders at Cindea
Estrada High School through a methodological proposal
considering the culture of the academic community.

4.  To evidence the main academic problem that 9th
graders face in the English learning teaching
processes in regards to values
 To identify the values of the High School community
compared with main academic problem detected in
the 9th graders related with the lack of values.

5.  To determine the level on which value reinforcement
stratagems influence the teaching and learning of
English as a foreign language
 To develop a methodological proposal considering the
gap between the values in the English teaching learning
processes of 9th graders as well as the culture of the
academic community.

6.  The main academic problems 9th graders face
 Learning processes
 Teaching processes
 High School’s values
 Value reinforcement stratagems

7. .
The point is that through axiology is highlighted that
teachers going to an interested aim, but not only in the
quantity of knowledge that students acquire but also in the
quality of life that becomes possible.

8.  Nowadays society reflects the lost of values in citizens,
just by hearing the daily news, people know what is the
real situation that families from all over the world are
living, for example:
 Murder, kidnappings, robbery, family violence, drug
addiction make us reflect in people`s necessity to start
a change promptly with a moral philosophy

9. Location: Matina, Limon
Population:
Teachers:

10. Classification Absolute Frequency Percent
Limón 967 12%
Guanacaste 998 13%
Puntarenas 1149 15%
Alajuela 1573 20%
Cartago 721 9%
Heredia 731 9%
San José 1649 21%
Totals 7788 100%
Chart # 1 Rating of Thievery in the Provinces of C.R
Source: OIJ-La nación

11. Graph #1 Rating of Thievery in the
Provinces of C.R
13%
13%
15%
20%
9%
9%
21%
Limón Guanacaste Puntarenas Alajuela Cartago Heredia San José

12. Classification Absolute Frequency Percent
Limón 1150 20%
Guanacaste 250 4%
Puntarenas 420 7%
Alajuela 1031 18%
Cartago 624 11%
Heredia 840 15%
San José 1420 25%
Totals 5735 100%
Chart #2 Rating of Murders in the Province
of Costa Rica
Source: OIJ-La nación

13. Graph #2 Rating of Murders in the Province of Costa Rica
20%
4%
7%
18%
11%
15%
25%
Limón Guanacaste Puntarenas Alajuela Cartago Heredia San José
Source: OIJ-La nación

14.  Community Learning Language is a method that would
benefit this study about values in Cindea of Estrada
community by its implementation and development of
stratagems throughout teachers which want to promote
simple but effective ways of leading students to the real
objective and consequently obtaining set out goals.

15.  The cooperative learning is other tool that bring us a
wide open field of threaten with student in such areas
regarding to values, by its methodological way of
working teachers can establish a culture of values in
classrooms, besides that looking for a solid internal base
of values in students is the main goal when
implementing this conception in Cindea of Estrada.

16. Is considered as a principle which helps people to
understand how to really act or take right decisions in
accordance of their activities and needs.

17.  In education values can be the base of an integral
student who does not work only for academic purposes
but also a person who understands the problematic that
societies are living day by day, a student with values is
warranty to a future employer because of positives
attitudes, feelings, preferences, needs and dispositions
are aspects.

19. Categories Absolut frequency Relative Frequency
Respect 149 46.13%
Discipline 111 34.36%
Love 30 9.28%
Goodness 33 10.21%
Totals 323 100%
Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

20. 46.36%
34.36%
9.28%
10.21%
Respect Discipline Love Goodness
Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

21. Categories Absolut frequency Relative Frequency
Respect 138 43%
Affection 50 16%
Love 98 30%
Discipline 37 11%
Totals 323 100%
Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

22. 43%
16%
30%
11%
Respect Affection Love Discipline
Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

23. Categories Absolut frequency Relative Frequency
Very Agree 173 54%
Agree 119 37%
Disagree 24 7%
Very Disagree 7 2%
Totals 323 100%
Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

24. Source: Hurtado and
Zuñiga

25. Categories Absolut frequency Relative Frequency
Fights 4 40%
Theft 1 10%
Absence 4 40%
Aggression 1 10%
Totals 10 100%

26. 40%
10%
40%
10%
Fights Theft Absence Aggesion

27. Categories Absolut Frequency Relative Frequency
Economic problems 8 40.00
Family 8 40.00
Socio affective 4 20.00
Totals 20 100%

29. Categories Absolut frequency Relative Frequency
Economic 4 20.00%
Family 4 20.00%
Socio affective 2 10.00%
Pregnancy 10 50.00%
Totals 20 100%

31.  Objective 1
To evidence the main academic problems that 9th
graders face in the English learning teaching processes
in regards to values.
 Conclusion
Based on the objective number 1 there are many
problems that students are facing such as lack of values
like: respect, love, kindness and responsibility.
This entire situation is a problematic that affects
students’ academic pace and creates a negative family
atmosphere were all can be affected.

32.  Recommendation
To begin with the creation of a culture of values in
Cindea of Estrada and teach 9 graders students
how to deal in negative and situation practicing
love, respect, kindness and discipline.

33.  Objective 2
To identify the values of the High School community
compared with main academic problem detected in the 9th
graders related with the lack of values.
 Conclusion
It necessary to remark that the community of Matina is one
of the most dangerous and affected places of Costa Rica
by different scourges related with the lack of values, such
as: thievery, drug addiction, murder and high school
violence. By the implementation of a plan students can
learn how to overcome all this problematic with the
application of love, discipline, respect and kindness.

34.  Recommendation
To create a plan or program using
methodological elements for the explanation
of values and its importance in life, family, high
school and work place.

35.  Objective 3
To determine the level on which value reinforcement
stratagems influence the teaching and learning of
English as a foreign language.
 Conclusion
The level of students is under expectations and all
this is because they are not motivated for different
reasons, but by the implementation of a helpful
stratagem students can be benefited for the influence
of values during the learning process of English as a
foreign language.

36.  Recommendation
To implement the plan or program of values rescue in the
Cindea of Estrada and give students the possibility to be a
better person.

37.  Objective 4
To develop a methodological proposal considering the gap
between the values in the English teaching learning
processes of 9th graders as well as the culture of the
academic community.
 Conclusion
The implementation and development of the
methodological proposal in the English teaching learning
processes for 9 grades about values is what defines a
descriptive result based on the evaluation obtained and
some quantitative elements taken into consideration bring
the possibility to improve and find other levels, positive
levels in the scale of values.

38.  Recommendation
To make a feedback related implementation of the
methodological proposal in the English teaching learning
processes for 9 grades about values in order to improve all
aspects that represents a problem for students.

39. Total money average: ℄724 000 colones
Others: Electricity and Internet
Total hours average: 224 hours

40. PROPOSAL OF THE USE OF VALUES AS A
STRATEGY FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE

41.  To develop a methodological proposal considering the gap
between the values in the English teaching learning
processes of 9th graders as well as the culture of the
academic community.

42.  To develop a workshop where students going to know
more about different values and its importance for the
life by to inculcate in the society good habits and people
with Ethic.
 To show a series of videos where students can identify
society problematic for the lack of values nowadays by
motivate the students and community in the acquisition
of new language using full values.

43. September 7th,
2015.
2 hour
Diagnosis
application
Application of
a diagnosis
(Social,
economic,
psychological
and cognitive
areas)
Cindea of
Estrada, Matina
Michael
Hurtado
Aguilar and
David Zuñiga
Gómez

44. September
8th, 2015
2 hours
Training about
confronting
real life
situations
where students
had a bad
experience
Cooperative
Learning
Language
method
videos of
people with
problems
about drug
addiction,
thievery and
family
problems.
Discussion in
a round table
.
Cindea of
Estrada,
Matina
Michael
Hurtado
Aguilar and
David Zuñiga
Gómez
psychologist
Of one person
who did
confront a
bad situation
and overcome
it.

45. September
9th, 2015
3 hours
Training
about the
right use of
love as a
fundamental
value
Community
Language
Learning
students and
teachers will
develop a
discussion of
a movie
where
several
situations
about love as
a value are
shown and
implemented
in the scenes
of the film.
Cindea of
Estrada,
Matina
Michael
Hurtado
Aguilar and
David Zuñiga
Gómez and a
psychologist

46. September 10th,
2015
3 hours
Development of
a basic plan
about love and
its
implementation
in the institution
Teachers and
psychologist
will design a
plan about
different
methods of
showing and
practicing love
in the
institution
Cindea of
Estrada, Matina
Michael
Hurtado Aguilar
and David
Zuñiga Gómez

47. September
11th, 2015
3 hours
Training
about the
right use of
respect as a
fundamental
value
Feedbacks of
the training
By using the
Community
Language
Learning
students and
teachers will
develop a
discussion
based on
movie where
several
situations
about
respect as a
value are
implemented
in the film.
Cindea of
Estrada,
Matina
Michael
Hurtado
Aguilar and
David Zuñiga
Gómez and a
psychologist

48.  SOCIAL IMPACT
 ACADEMIC IMPACT
 INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT