The use of images to facilitate language learning in an EFL secondary class of third grade

Abstract

"This study was based on the use of images as a facilitator in learning English, to meet the needs and interests presented by the third-grade students from the “Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama” secondary school. Based on the difficulty of understanding the English language at an initial level and factors related to the learning method they were accustomed, which were observed and detected in the teaching practice The main purpose of using images as a facilitator in the learning process was to link them with the language itself. Its content and context (input) seen in real-life situations so that students could work with the language when communicating, instead of memorizing grammatical structures while being helped with the use of images (uncovering grammar). To know and demonstrate how the use of images impacted student’s learning, the development of this study was based on five key questions; to analyze, the student and the teacher trainee. Based on the use of instruments to demonstrate and contrast the practice with theory. For this, seven classes were analyzed, focusing on the products of each, presenting a contrast concerning how they were carried out. From the results obtained, these show variation according to how each class was carried out, reflected in the products."