UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA

ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS
PRACTICA I 2021-1
RESEARCH JOURNAL
STAGE 1

Student’s name: Diego Alejandro Gómez

Institution: I.E, El playón

TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS REFLECTIONS

7. MY ACTION STRATEGIES (10%)
At El Playón, students do not seem to be engaged or motivated to

learn English during the class time; this might be connected to the

apparent lack of contextualization and consideration of students’

needs and interests in the materials used in class.

That is why, I plan to design and propose context-specific materials

based on students’ realities and needs, and observer their attitudes

towards them. To start these materials conception, design and/or

adaptation, a need analysis will be carried out during the first two

weeks to identify the needs and interests of students regarding the The type of attitudes I expect to find so
far are negative and positive, based on
English class. The conclusions drew out of this survey will serve as the theory I have found.

basis for the materials content and focus points. At the same point, a
structured interview will be held with the cooperating teacher,

regarding the same topics tackled with the students through the
Needs analysis will be used to confirm
needs analysis survey; this to compare the answers from each side. or correct previous assumptions
regarding students needs and
Apart from the initial interventions during the first week, the interests, since the materials design
and adaptations should start a month
proposal will be socialized and the consent forms sent to students before approximately. After the needs
analysis, the necessary adjustments
and parents to ensure the legal aspects of the study. will be made.

Subsequently, the materials will be proposed in class in order to

As it happened during the first
expose the students to more contextualized and catching topics and semester, conflicts between teacher
and students’ statements might
lessons; simultaneously, observations will be carried out along the emerge, that is why it is important to
double check the information from the
whole lessons to help describe any attitude students evidence in the two different perspectives.
process.

Data collection related to students’ attitudes starts during the third

week of the action research period by the implementation of surveys

that will vary in content and aims, according to the materials and

prior information gathered. These surveys will continue to be

proposed at the end of each month, having a total of 4. As another

source of data, a focus group interview will be held between the

week sixteen and seventeen, with ten students previously selected,

considering attitudes observed during the observations and out of

the surveys results.

Class observations will finish during the week number thirteen,

synchronized with the beginning of the data analysis, which will

Since wewill carry out an action
extend until the week nineteen (as a tentative date to avoid any data
research, I will consider these surveys
as the closure of each cycle, and also as
to be excluded of analysis).
basis to make changes and
adjustments on the materials to be
During week nineteen and the twenty, an interview with the teacher proposed.

to receive feedback and provide results, and the findings

presentations will be held, respectively.

We decided on a focus group due to
the number of students in class. Here,
students will have a space to express
freely their perceptions on the
implementation.
I don’t think analysis should take so
long; nevertheless, I consider
important to take all the prior time the
presentation as data analysis period.

It is a very important point for me as

student teacher to receive feedback,
and also let the teacher know about
the results of the finding and the
outcomes available for her and the
institution.
 TIMETABLE
PROCEDURE July August September October November
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Socialization of the research proposal                                        
Informed consent                                        
Students' needs analysis (surveys)                                        
Teacher interview                                        
Class observation & reflections - Journal                                        
Units and themes design                                        
Implementation of the plan                                        
Interviews(focus group 10-12ss)                                        
Check students attitudes towards materials                                        
Teacher interview- follow up                                        
Data analysis                                        
Writing of final paper                                        
Presentation