An?lisis descriptivo de c?mo se abord? la gram?tica en los cursos de ingles y franc?s II en la Licenciatura de lenguas extranjeras de la Universidad del Valle: un estudio de casos [recurso electr?nico]

?An?lisis descriptivo de c?mo se abord? la gram?tica en los cursos de ingl?s y franc?s II en la licenciatura de lenguas extranjeras de la Universidad del Valle: un estudio de casos? es una investigaci?n enmarcada dentro de la investigaci?n de tipo cualitativo ? descriptivo enfocada en el dise?o de investigaci?n estudios de casos ya que esta tiene como fin describir la ense?anza solo en los cuatro cursos de lenguas extranjeras y no en generalizar los resultados. Las herramientas de recolecci?n tomadas en la investigaci?n son: encuestas a los estudiantes de los cursos que hacen parte de la investigaci?n, encuesta a los profesores encargados de los cursos, observaciones de clases y programa de los cursos. Su prop?sito es describir los enfoques, m?todos o perspectivas de ense?anza de gram?tica, las actividades que se llevan a cabo en las clases con el fin de practicar las estructuras ense?adas y los materiales. Tambi?n se busca describir la importancia que tiene la gram?tica en el proceso de aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera seg?n la comunidad implicada

The role of games in the development of oral skills in Teaching english as a foreign language to adult learners from An extension course at Universidad del Valle [recurso electr?nico]

This research arose from the notorious need to promote oral production in the adult learners of the English Extension courses at Universidad del Valle in 2014. This qualitative research was carried out in a 60 hour course divided along 15 sessions on Saturdays, and with an adult population between the ages of 22 and 65 years old. Its main objective was to describe the impact of games aimed at promoting oral production in English with a group of adult learners. Data were collected from one demographic survey, video-recordings of classroom events during the implementation of games, students? surveys after each game and a teacher?s journal. The analysis of data showed that games did have an impact in students? performance which was related to a positive atmosphere in the classroom. Students showed progress in terms of fluency, interaction and even pronunciation; however they still showed difficulties with accuracy in their spontaneous utterances. These learners? achievements seemed to have a relation with the class atmosphere during games where students showed high level of involvement, confidence, mutual support and enjoyment.