Attitude towards learning English of teachers who are being trained by Secretara de Educacin of Honduras at Escuela Estados Unidos.

English

UniversidadPedaggicaNacional
FranciscoMorazn
FacultyAdvisor:
PhD.GloriaUlloa
Presentedby:
JuanCarlosPagoadaAguilar

Introduction
English is widely recognized as one of the
languagespeopleismoreinterestedtolearn.For
that reason a variety of studies have been made
to explore the attitudes of learners towards this
language, however in Honduras the information
about the attitude of learners of English is
insufficient. This research studies the attitude
towards learning English of the teacher that are
beingtrainedtolearnthelanguagebySecretara
deEducacindeHonduras.

Objectives

General:

To know what is attitude towards learning the English

language of teachers who are being trained by Secretara
deEducacindeHonduras.
Specifics:

1. Determine the type of attitude towards learning the

Englishlanguage.
2. Describe the attitude of the participants while they are
beingtrainedtolearnEnglish.
3. Analyze the information gathered by the observation
and interviews of the attitude towards learning the
Englishlanguageoftheparticipantsoftheresearch.

Methodology
Typeofresearch:
Qualitative
Participants:
5Randomlyselectedparticipants
Setting:
EscuelaEstadosUnidos
Instruments:
ParticipantobservationandInterviews

Participant observation
Toobtainthedata,arubricwiththreeaspectswas
used.Thesethreeaspectswere:studentsbehavior,
studentsclassroombehaviorandclassroom
managementconcernedwiththestudents
procedures.
Interviews
Theinterviewsweresemi-structuredandopenendedtypeinterviews.Sinceitisasemi-structured
interviewtherewastheopportunitytohave
opennesstochangethesequenceofquestionsin
ordertofollow-uptheanswergiven(Kvlae,1996,p.
124).

Key findings
All of the participants contributed in class and showed
interestintheactivitiespresentedbytheteacher.
All of the participants but number participant number 5
showed engagement with the discussions and activities
donebythetimeoftheobservations.
Alloftheparticipantssaidtheyenjoyedbeingpartofthe
trainingcourse.
The participants see themselves teaching English in the
future.

Conclusions

The participants of the study were not receiving any

economicincentivebythetimethisresearchtookplace.
Meaning that; they are attending to the training course
becausetheywanttolearnEnglish.

The data collected revealed that the participants of this

study have a positive attitude towards the English
language.

Itwasfoundthattheparticipantshaveapositiveattitude
towardsthetrainingcourse.

Theparticipantsstatedthattheyfeltthatinthewaythey
arebeingtaughtisagoodwaytoteachEnglishinpublic
schools.

Recomendations

Itisrecommendedthatthetrainingcontinuesdoingits
efforttoteachEnglishtoalltheteachersthatinterested
inlearningthelanguage.

Onemorerecommendationisthatthetrainingfindsa
specificplacetoteachEnglishsinceitslocationhasbeen
changedmultipletimes.

Anotherrecommendationforfuturestudiesonthis
matteristhatmoreandlongerobservationwouldbring
betterdatatounderstandhowthewholeprocessof
learningEnglishactuallyis.

Lastly,itisrecommendedthatthistrainingcoursebe
implementednotonlytoalimitednumberofteachersor
justfewdistrictsofTegucigalpabutnationwide.

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