La tecnología como herramienta para comprender el idioma inglés como segunda lengua en estudiantes de educación general básica preparatoria

Abstract

The Ministry of Education (2016) developed a foreign language curriculum that responds to the needs of the Ecuadorian population. According to Cummins (2014) the early acquisition of a second language helps to develop cognitive and metalinguistic skills, creating a separation of concepts. Therefore, this research is carried out with a mixed approach, which seeks to identify teaching practices within the classroom, regarding the use of technology as a tool for the acquisition of English as a second language, specifically the increase in vocabulary and students comprehensio of the language. The student correspond to the level Educación Básica General Preparatoria. For this, interviews, observations, logbooks and a self-prepared checklist were used. Among the results it was found that all the children in the class increased their level of vocabulary and comprehension. But this does not mean that it was thanks to the use of technology as a tool for learning a second language, but that the institutional environment in which children learn plays an important role.