Analysis of students’ lack of understanding in the English class in the eighth grade, at Monseñor Rafael Ángel Reyes Public School, Diriomo-Granada, in the first semester of 2015.

The main objective of this research is to analyze the Students’ lack of understanding in the English class, in the eighth grade at Monseñor Rafael Ángel Reyes public school, Diriomo city-Granada department in the first semester of 2015. In order to carry out this research, it was used a wide variety...

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Autores Principales: Sánchez Quiroz, Bladimir Antonio, Picado Muñoz, Holman Eduardo
Formato: Tesis
Idioma: Español
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea: http://repositorio.unan.edu.ni/3118/
http://repositorio.unan.edu.ni/3118/1/1575.pdf
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Sumario: The main objective of this research is to analyze the Students’ lack of understanding in the English class, in the eighth grade at Monseñor Rafael Ángel Reyes public school, Diriomo city-Granada department in the first semester of 2015. In order to carry out this research, it was used a wide variety of instruments that facilitated the compilation of useful data for the achievement of the objectives. Among the instruments, it is mentioned interviews with the English teachers from the school in question, survey and class observation. In order to gather necessary data, it was prudent to give a survey to the 34 students of eighth grade and, it was administered two interviews to the English teachers. To enhance the relevance of the research and provide better understanding of students’ behavior, how they embrace the English class, classroom observations were made. This also allowed for observations of the teachers’ proficiency, her methodology, and the appropriateness of the subjects to the students’ level. All of this research was gathered to discover the main reasons why students have low understanding in their English classes as well as how these reasons affect their performance. In conclusion, the low understanding of the English class is due to: short class sessions, lack of supporting material, low motivation, and low contact with the target language.