helping children develop english listening comprehension ability through body language

130 Pages·2017·2.43 MB·English

HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP
ENGLISH LISTENING
COMPREHENSION ABILITY
THROUGH BODY LANGUAGE

Cecilia de los Heros-Morales
Piura, marzo de 2018

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
Maestría en Educación con Mención en Enseñanza de Inglés como Lengua
Extranjera

Heros, C. (2018). Helping children develop English listening comprehension ability
through body language (Tesis de maestría en Educación con Mención en Enseñanza de
Inglés como Lengua Extranjera). Universidad de Piura. Facultad de Ciencias de la
Educación. Piura, Perú.
HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY THROUGH
BODY LANGUAGE

Esta obra está bajo una licencia
Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivar 4.0 Internacional
Repositorio institucional PIRHUA – Universidad de Piura
MARIA CECILIA DE LOS HEROS MORALES

HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP ENGLISH LISTENING
COMPREHENSION ABILITY THROUGH BODY LANGUAGE

UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

MAGISTER EN EDUCACION

MENCIÓN EN ENSEÑANZA DE INGLÉS COMO
LENGUA EXTRANJERA
2017

APPROVAL

The thesis entitled “HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY THROUGH BODY
LANGUAGE” presented by MARÍA CECILIA DE LOS HEROS
MORALES in accordance with the requirements of being awarded the
degree of Master in Education with a mention in Teaching English as a
Second/Foreign Language, was approved by the thesis director Dr. Majid
Safadaran Mosazadeh, and defended on…………………before a Jury
with the following members:

_______________________
President

_________________ _________________
Secretary Informant

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank my family for their unconditional love, support
and patience during the months of this research and study when I needed
different kinds of help. They believed in my capabilities for achievement.
I would also thank God for his unconditional love and care for me
permitting me keep straight and not desist in this thesis.

INDEX

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1

CHAPTER I: INVESTIGATION OUTLINE ........................................... 3
1.1. Formulation of the Problem ........................................................ 3
General problem .......................................................................... 4
Specific problems ........................................................................ 5
1.2 Hypothesis ................................................................................... 5
General hypothesis ...................................................................... 5
Specific hypothesis ...................................................................... 5
1.3 Delimitation of the objectives ..................................................... 5
General objective ......................................................................... 5
Specific objectives ....................................................................... 6
1.4 Justification of the investigation ................................................. 6
1.5 Limitations of the investigation ................................................... 7
Spatial limitation ......................................................................... 7
Time limitation ............................................................................ 7
Resources limitation .................................................................... 7
Economical limitation ................................................................. 7
1.6 Antecedents of the investigation ................................................. 7
CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK .................................. 13
2.1 Definition of education ............................................................. 13
2.2 Education in Peru ...................................................................... 15
2.3 English Language Teaching in Peru ......................................... 15
2.4 English Language Teaching ...................................................... 16
2.5 Some methods in English Language Teaching ......................... 17
2.5.1 Grammar Translation Method ........................................... 17
2.5.2 Audiolingual Method ......................................................... 17
2.5.3 The Communicative Approach .......................................... 18
2.5.4 Total Physical Response .................................................... 18
Principles ........................................................................... 20
Teaching Materials ............................................................ 21
TPR Advantages ................................................................ 21
2.6 Characteristics of an 8-year-old child ....................................... 22
2.6.1 How an 8-year-old child learns .......................................... 22
2.6.2 Learning Theory of Jean Piaget ......................................... 23
Schema-Schemata .............................................................. 24
The developmental process ................................................ 25
Types of Knowledge: ......................................................... 26
The general principles of Piagetian thinking about learning:
........................................................................................... 27
2.6.3 Learning Theory of Lev Vygotsky .................................... 28
The process of internalization ............................................ 29
Game Psychology .............................................................. 30
Theory of mental development and educational problems 30
Zone of Proximal Development ......................................... 33
The educational theories of Vygotsky ............................... 34
Vygotsky's theory differs from that of Piaget in a number of
important ways: ................................................................. 34
Social Influences on Cognitive Development ................... 35
2.7 Multiple Intelligences ............................................................... 36
2.7.1 Multiple Inteligences in English Language Learning ........ 37
2.7.2 Linguistic intelligence ....................................................... 39
2.7.3 Body/Kinesthetic Intelligence ........................................... 39