Task 1.

Identifying a problem

Laurie Lenneth Rua Rodriguez

Course 551028 Research Project

Tutor
Edner Suarez Alomia

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia “UNAD”

School of Education, Degree In English
Degree In English Program
Bucaramanga
September
2021
Step 1.

Problem

The Challenges of Teaching English as a Second Language

Step 2.

The Challenges of Teaching English as a Second Language

Teaching English as a second language is one of the most rewarding careers you could

have. It’s an opportunity to exercise your teaching skills, immerse yourself in an exciting

culture, meet new people from all over the world, and travel to countries you’ve never

visited. Students with English as a second language constitute a significant percentage of

the population around our globe. This population continues to increase more rapidly than

that of native English speaking students (Shore, 2001), for that reason we need to make an

analysis of the challenges ESL students face and strategies that teachers can use to meet

these challenges.

The students belong to different countries where the English language is not a native

language, they learn the English language as a second language. Nowadays learning the

English language is very important for the students. They join different institutes for

learning the English language. Where the English teachers teach the English language to

them. Teaching the English language to non-English speakers is not an easy job for the

teachers. The quality of a good teacher is to recognize the problems and facilitate the best

ever environments for the students and encourage them to learn.

We can expect limited teaching resources, mostly the teachers faced this kind of problem,

the resources which are essential for delivering the lectures of the English language to the

students for effective learning are not provided to them, in your classroom back home, you

may be used to teaching with fancy projectors, whiteboards, laptops, and programs through

the Internet. Depending on where you teach abroad, you may end up in a classroom with

little to no supplies. This may come as a shock. It’s up to you as the teacher to get creative.

Instead of buying store-bought supplies, you might have to create your own using

recyclable materials.

In the other hand, students can disturbed the class, sometimes the students get bored and try

to do other activities during the lectures which disturbed the teachers during teaching the

English language. They try to speak to the other students during the lectures which

disturbed the teachers a lot. Some students come late for the lecture. They enter the class

during the lecture it disturbed the teacher. The disturbance is the biggest problem mostly

the teachers faced in teaching the English language. It defeated all the learning process of

learning the English language.

Step 3.

a. What is educational research?

R: Educational research is the process of solving problema related with education,

with the educational research we can correct errors, manipulate and control

variables, verify and extend theories, discover new things with objective to advance

in the education.
b. What is the relation between Research Project and Education Research?

R:

the relation between research Project and education research is, research Project

means a discrete scientific endeavor to answer a research question or a set of

research questions. A Research Project must include a description of a defined

protocol, clearly articulated goal(s), defined methods and outputs, and a defined

start and end date.

And education research is the systematic collection and analysis of data related to

the field of education. Research may involve a variety of methods and various

aspects of education including student learning, teaching methods, teacher training,

and classroom dynamics

c. How can educational research and the course Research Project help you in

your professional field?

R: Both courses can help me to develop my critical thinking to find solutions to

particular problems arrising in the classroom or school also will help me improve

understanding of my professional and policy context, what will enable me to teach and

lead more strategically and effectively

d. Which are the ECEDU research lines?

R:

• Argumentation pedagogy and learning

• Education and human development

• Ethnoeducation, culture, and communication

• Bilingualism in distance education mediated by technologies

• Childhoods, education, and diversity

• Visibility, knowledge management and education:

• Philosophy and education line

• History and prospects of open and distance education

• Intercultural and inclusive education

Transversal line:

• Factors associated with the quality of distance education

• Pedagogy, didactics, and curriculum line

• Mediated pedagogies

e. Why do you need to know the ECEDU research lines?

R: because the lines of research are those that allow the development of projects in a

systematic way in the different fields of study in the school of education.

f. What are other grade alternatives the university offers you besides the

research project?

R: Applied project, monograph, deepening diploma, postgraduate credits,

internship, judiciary, creation of artistic work.

g. Which degree alternative would you choose and why?

R: postgraduate credits, because at this moment I have 2 jobs and I am still studying

some subjects, I like the option of postgraduate credits because it will allow me to

finish my degree and begin the deepening that will add experience to my CV.
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 A, S. (2000). Challenges for Teaching English as a Second Language and their

Remedies. International Journal of Humanities and Management Sciences.

http://www.isaet.org/images/extraimages/P1215035.pdf

 Adil, M. (2021, 19 julio). 10+ Problems Faced by Teachers in Teaching English

Language. Adil Blogger. https://adilblogger.com/problems-faced-teachers-teaching-

english-language/

 Moore, N. (2006). How to Do Research : The Practical Guide to Designing and

Managing Research Projects: Vol. Third, edition. Facet Publishing.

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