B-learning: its influence in a communicative-approach EFL classroom, language department, University of Cuenca

This research has been done through an analytical and critical process, whose main objective is to determine the influence of B-learning, which stands for Blended Learning, in a Communicative-Approach English as a Foreign Language, EFL, classroom, Language Department, University of Cuenca, during th...

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Autor Principal: Pacheco Salazar, Vicente Guillermo
Outros autores: Jácome Guzmán, Marco Vinicio
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:spa
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en liña:http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/2801
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Summary:This research has been done through an analytical and critical process, whose main objective is to determine the influence of B-learning, which stands for Blended Learning, in a Communicative-Approach English as a Foreign Language, EFL, classroom, Language Department, University of Cuenca, during the school trimester March - May. Constructivism was first in mind when creating virtual activities to teach English as a foreign language to fourth-level students at the University of Cuenca. Moodle was the main software used in order to teach the class with some other technological devices helping to create a virtual class, leading to B-learning. The virtual material created is there to promote motivation in the teaching faculty as well as in students, generating a multiplying effect.