Past simple academic reinforcement in a virtual environment

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to improve the teaching of the simple past of the English language in high school students through an activities system based on the use of digital tools that improve learning in the new educational reality, and the teaching must adjust to the changes that include a new modality for needs that have arisen, it was possible to demonstrate insufficiencies in the use of methodologies for teaching English, so through the use of digital tools is trying to improve this educational practice with the creation of didactic activities. The research responds to an interpretative paradigm with a qualitative approach, non-experimental design, with the object of study aligned according to the Common European Framework at level A2.2 corresponding to 1st year of General Unified Baccalaureate (BGU), with a descriptive method, making use of theoretical and empirical methods such as: interview, participant observation and pedagogical tests for diagnosis and final evaluation, which allowed the collection of information and essential data for the initial diagnosis of the study population made up of first-year high school students of the "Carmen Mora de Encalada" high school of Pasaje. In this way, the external manifestations and needs of the students are considered, contributing with a didactic strategy based on the use of digital tools, which facilitates the teaching-learning process in children and which was planned for a unit of study. Finally, it is suggested to follow up on the topic and reinforce it if necessary, making use of new technological tools that adjust to the educational reality and needs identified in the future in such a way as to achieve learning.