OUTLINE OF THESIS TO OBTAIN THE BACHELOR DEGREE ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS IN ENGLISH

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ARMY POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES APPLIED LINGUISTICS IN
ENGLISH CAREER - DISTANCE LEARNING EDUCATION
VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF STUDENTS OF THE
COMPUTING FACULTY BELONGING TO UNIVERSIDAD
CATÓLICA DE CUENCA DURING THE TERM OCTOBER
DECEMBER 2010
BY Jenny Karina Vizñay Durán
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Problematic Situation
Part I
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM
Students are not able to communicate in English
A poor English Language Acquisition
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VARIABLES WORKING OUT
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
Virtual Classrooms as a Strategy
English acquisition improvement
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OBJECTIVES
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JUSTIFICATION
English is the key language to communicate with
people all over the world. In fact, this language
is a necessary tool for everyone in every fields
of work and studies. Even though its importance,
many people are not interested in learning it
maybe due to a lack of using the appropriate
tools for teaching English, by teachers, in order
to grab the students attention and interest.
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Theoretical Framework
Part II
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CHAPTER I Theoretical and Conceptual Focus
T E A C H I N G
L E A R N I N G
P R O C E S S
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CHAPTER II English Language Teaching Methodology
Affective
Linguistic
Cognitive
CONSTRUCTIONISM
CONSTRUCTIVISM
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CHAPTER III Technological Tools as a Complement
in Education
VIRTUAL SPACES
REAL
VIRTUAL
HOMOGENIZER
synthetic reality
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
NO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS
ALL YOUR SENSES WORKING
NO TIME
EASY ACCESS
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Methodologies of Virtual Classrooms
Asynchronic
Synchronic
Polarizing
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CHAPTER IV New Trends to improve English Language
Acquisition
Methodology
Experimenting with Methodology
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ResearchProcedure
Part III
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Population 230
Sample 29
GROUPS PRE-TEST TREATMENT POST-TEST
Eg Prt1 X Pot2
Cg Prt3 - Pot4
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HypothesisAnalysis Interpretation of results
Part IV
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Hypothesis System
NULL HYPOTHESIS
There is no any improvement in the learning of English in the students exposed to Virtual Classrooms methodology.
WORKING HYPOTHESIS
The application of Virtual Classrooms in English classes help students of Computing Faculty belonging to Universidad Católica de Cuenca to improve their English language acquisition
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ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP PRE-TEST EXPERIMENTAL GROUP POST-TEST
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28 30
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22 21
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10 19
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26 30
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GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE MEAN VALUE IN THE
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP (PRE POST TEST)

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CONCLUSION

• The use of Virtual Classrooms as a Strategy to
  improve English Language Acquisition had positive
  results.

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RECOMMENDATION

• Suggest to English teachers and train them in the
  use of technological tools like Virtual
  Classrooms as a complement in the English
  Language Acquisition, because it was demonstrated
  this strategy allows you to grab the students
  attention to work in an interactive way and learn
  in a funny way.

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PROPOSAL
Technical guide to use BUSUU VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
Part V
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GENERAL OBJECTIVES   To develop a technical guide
for helping students to create an account
in www.busuu.com for learning English in a
funnier way.     SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES   To
persuade students to create his/her own account
to have access to this virtual classroom (virtual
community) for learning English.

• DEVELOPMENT
•  In this technical guide students will learn how
  to
• Create an account in busuu
• Use busuu for learning grammar, listening,
  speaking, writing and chat sessions.

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1. Create an account in busuu
2. Use busuu for learning grammar, listening,
speaking, writing and chat sessions.
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Conclusion of this Research Project
Eg have improved their English Language
Acquistion with the help of virtual classrooms.
Students are happy with the use of this
Strategy as a complement in their education.
Virtual Classrooms help to teachers in their
classes.
Virtual Classrooms can be considered as an
assistant to teachers.
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