For this situation, the important aspects of the Grammar Translation Method are: the native language is used to teach second language which emerges by some exercises,  the meanings of difficult words are given in the list form, the teacher explicates grammar points and exceptions that students might face, the rules present the right forms and their influences in words, starting with reading literary texts, also, the students apply the grammatical rules on the read texts, translation a variety of sentences to the first language, finally, a little concentration on communication activities. 

The main attention is placed on reading, translation, and grammatical rules with a notable ignoring to the pronunciation. (Aqel, 2013) 

For this fact, some people has found some cons in this method of teaching languages as it is Grammar Translation Method, which had been seen and used as a classical method for language learning and it had negative side effects such as decreasing learner autonomy and motivation. (ÖLÇER, 2017)

As applied to my topic, this theory holds that I would expect my independent variables: autonomy and motivation in the students to influence or explain the dependent variables verbal agility, acquisition of student’s vocabulary, because, lot of studies have been conducted in which they showed different results as to whether translation helps second language (L2) students improve their language skills or not. Some teachers consider using first language (L1) within L2 classroom setting causes a huge harm on acquiring L2 while others recommend teachers to use it (Aqel, 2013). 

The theory that I will use is the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), which, at a time, is based on Content Based Instruction approach (CBI). It was developed by Anna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael O’Malley, in earlies 90s, and it was used to study the learning processes of second and foreign language learners, based on cognitive theory and research, in which, contents, instructions, academic language and learning strategies are integrated or blended to accomplish some specific goals of knowledge in academic tasks developed by curriculum at school.

This theory indicates that it is possible to consolidate learning and to acquire knowledge by developing certain language skills, through cooperative work, as a result of prior knowledge. Moreover, teacher are invited to increase students’ motivation and self-confidence in their abilities in order to make them be successful at school, using widely, all tools, and available materials and resources to reach their goals. As applied to my topic, this theory holds that I would expect my independent variable(s)  age, and gender of teachers to implement, not only available technological resources  but also, up to date  available technological tools (ICTS) such as, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in the processes of learning into the classroom, to influence or explain the dependent variable concerning the second and third grade students’ scores science tests, and how often students can carry out Science projects. As it was mentioned before, CALLA pursues some strategic goals related to the emotional effectiveness to respond to specific necessities that can be solved through the application of learning strategies for contents and motivation.  It is concluded that if teachers can increase their motivation for the use of ICTS tools into the classroom, it is possible for students to get involved and motivated, so that they can get high scores in Science tests, as well as, carry out science projects easily and usefully. 

de ISMAEL ANTONIO OCHOA - sábado, 6 de octubre de 2018, 13:34

 

Good afternoon partner, according to the guide of collaborative work should choose a topic of interest applying the method of quantitative research, which must be taken into account the bibliographical references where they describe the variables to be taken into account in this class of methods of information gathering. After that, you should analyze the different possible variables that exist in your chosen topic and check if they are dependent or independent, that is, an independent variable is the one that can be modified, for example, if the level of growth of a plant exposed to the sun is being investigated. , we can modify the degree of solar exposure, in this case this would be an independent variable, in contrast the level of growth of the plant would be a variable dependent on the previous varible taking into account that the more solar exposure has possibly its growth will be higher . Having clear the above, you should review the variables of the chosen topic and verify which are dependent and independent according to the method of quantitative research.

Remember that in a quantitative method we review variables that can be measured, for example, the number of centimeters the plant grew, for each method the variables and the way of collecting them are taken into account, which is contained in the bibliography.

I hope you have been able to guide, support yourself in the format.

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de ISMAEL ANTONIO OCHOA - lunes, 8 de octubre de 2018, 21:15

 

Good evening Jesus, I read your contribution and I think you need to expand the introduction as to the explanation of the theory, since this allows the reader to have a better knowledge of the subject of study and what you pose is too shallow. Regarding the identification of the variables that you expose, I am in doubt as to how they could be measured, taking into account that they should be for a quantitative investigation, I would like you to solve this doubt.

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de ISMAEL ANTONIO OCHOA - jueves, 11 de octubre de 2018, 21:34

 

Good evening Comrade Cesar I see that you did a good job, you see the effort and dedication that you used in this work, it seems very complete and it is very well explained the variables studied. The only thing that needs to change are the corrections made by the tutor that are very small and is ready to upload to the padlet.

 The link to enter is:

https://padlet.com/isma2280ster/8a0qqk15kai

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de ISMAEL ANTONIO OCHOA - lunes, 15 de octubre de 2018, 21:32

 

Thank you very much Leonardo for your comments and contribution, tomorrow I will upload the final work in the monitoring and evaluation environment. The other partners that are missing to increase their contribution to the padlet please do it as soon as possible, tomorrow the activity is closed.

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       -Rosamond Mitchell, Florence Myles, Emma Marsden, Second Language Learning Theories, 2012, London