Cooperative learning as a strategy to teach English Language in the Public Schools of Ecuador

Abstract

Cooperative learning is a highly motivating strategy to achieve the learning of another language. Under this notion, this article is presented whose objective is to propose cooperative learning activities for teachers working in the Ecuadorian Public Schools in order to motivate students to learn English. For this, a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach was used. The population was constituted by the students of the eighth year of basic education of the Ecuadorian public schools of the province of Tungurahua and whose sample was of 32 students and 3 English teachers. The applied instrument was a survey of 10 questions, whose alternatives of answers were Yes / No and multiple choice, the analysis of the obtained information allowed to conclude that the English teachers of the Ecuadorian Public Schools investigated did not apply cooperative learning activities in their classes They preferred individual work to facilitate evaluation and make individual comments on the structure of grammar and the use of vocabulary.