Implementation of didactic teaching material at a rural school in Puerto Arango, Florencia, Caquetá

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Mayerly Martínez Cardona
Andrés Pineda Méndez

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Currently, speaking and writing as Productive Skills play a remarkably important role, being the responsible of allowing learners to communicate their ideas and express their thoughts when learning a foreign language. Whereby, the principal objective of this study was focused on the identification, adaptation and implementation of didactic English teaching materials and strategies that fostered the English Language Productive Skills from 4 th graders at Institución Educativa Rural Puerto Arango in F1orencia, Caquetá. Toe results showed a positive impact in the students writing and speaking skills performance when they were exposed to material and strategies identified and designed in accordance to their level and academic requirements. At the same time, students evidenced satisfactory self­correction levels when maintaining short and simple conversations with other classmates and the teachers using the English Language, proving that a proper stimulation can also increase their participation and attention indices. 

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Martínez Cardona, M., & Pineda Méndez, A. (2019). Implementation of didactic teaching material at a rural school in Puerto Arango, Florencia, Caquetá. Shimmering Words: Research and Pedagogy E-Journal, 8, 10-27. Retrieved from http://revistas.ustatunja.edu.co/index.php/shimmering/article/view/1786
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Mayerly Martínez Cardona

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in English from Universidad de La Amazonia. Florencia Caquetá, Colombia. She has worked as an ELT at a primary school since 2017.

Andrés Pineda Méndez

He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English from Universidad de La Amazonia, F1orencia Caquetá, Colombia. He is a 3-year-experience English Language Teacher working with students from ali levels at prívate and official institutions. 

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