Educational innovation into English as a Foreign Language Practices for Early Children: Neuroeducation and the Total Physical Response Method

Jean Carlos López Vélez,Jhonny Saulo Villafuerte Holguin

doi:10.31014/aior.1993.04.03.346

Abstract

This work aims to improve the practices of English as a foreign language of early children through the articulation of Neuroeducation and the Total Physical Response methodology. This work subscribes to the postmodern paradigm and the mixed educational research approach. The participants were thirty-five students from the second grade of primary education from Ecuador. The research team designed an educational intervention that mixed music and dance for creating more meaningful learning environments in language practices. The instruments used were contextualized observation, semi-structured interviews, and tests of English knowledge. The results allow determining the increase in the significant level of the classes and the motivation for learning English in all students. It is concluded that the articulation of the Total Physical Response methodology and Neuroeducation can contribute positively to the creation of meaningful learning environments and to the innovation of didactics for teaching young children of English as a foreign language.

Highlights

In the concept of teaching, most people assume that children learn a foreign language in the same way that they learn their mother tongue
Teachers of young learners know the importance of teaching children how to listen
It is useful for teachers of second- and foreign-language learners to consider the JELTII Journal of English Language Teaching and Islamic Integration

Summary

INTRODUCTION

In the concept of teaching, most people assume that children learn a foreign language in the same way that they learn their mother tongue. This method tries to introduce some language skills or components in an action in which a teacher serves three roles: an order taker, a model provider, and an action monitor in which learners serve as models and action performers until they feel ready to speak out. In order to conduct English teaching for young learners successfully, teaching materials and methods are well suited For this reason, one method considered one of the efforts to English teaching for children, should be introduced. One method considered one of the efforts to English teaching for children, should be introduced This method is known as Total Physical Response (TPR). Inti Englishtina The Use of Total Physical Response (TPR) Activities for Teaching Listening to Young Learners

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