Factores que motivan a los estudiantes de los grados tercero y cuarto en la asignatura de lengua extranjera (inglés) de la institución educativa técnica industrial España del municipio de Jamundí – Valle

Abstract

Motivation plays a key role in the acquisition and learning in any academic activity. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the factors that motivate students of third and fourth grades in the subject of Foreign Language (English) at “Institución Educativa Técnica Industrial España del Municipio de Jamundí – Valle”, as well as identifying the factors that motivated the students. Furthermore, this research describes the influence that the motivating factors have on the students’ in the English class. The central concepts were constructivism, motivation and its paradigms. To carry out this research, the qualitative approach and the case study were considered, seeking to understand the educational reality of the problem posed through interviews with teachers and students, surveys to parents and observations in the classroom. The results of this study reveal that students are more motivated when performing activities in a playful way when learning a Foreign Language, in this case English. In addition, parents and teachers believe that English is important, but the institution does not it provides the necessary tools for a good development of this Foreign Language and parents are not highly engaged in promoting English learning.