Influence of motivation in the development of listening comprehension on students of tenth grade of the Unidad Educativa Veinticuatro de Mayo School

Abstract

Taking into account the importance of motivation and the use of new technologies (ICTs) in teaching English as a foreign language, the objective of this research was to design an interactive computerized program with the use of English songs and listening activities, to improve consequently the respective listening skill. In this way, the proposal was implemented with the thirty five students of the tenth year, "A" course of the morning session, of the Unidad Educativa Veinticuatro de Mayo School. These students were exposed to activities in which the songs were the main part to develop them. For this, the computer lab was used where each student had to pay attention to the videos and to carry out the subsequent tasks in class, during five weeks and a half, three days to the week. After the class time was over, students took a quizz to determine progress in acquiring their Listening skill in English as a foreign language. Subsequent to the implementation of the proposal, the results obtained are presented, the conclusions and pedagogical implications