Teaching strategies and learning cognitive processes of the prepositions at, in and on
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Teaching strategies and learning cognitive processes of the prepositions at, in and onAuthor (s)
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Navarro i Ferrando, IgnasiDate
2018-07-12Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
This thesis explores the importance of teaching strategies and methods for prepositions´
learning, from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Prepositions are very difficult to be
used correctly in English and they ... [+]
This thesis explores the importance of teaching strategies and methods for prepositions´
learning, from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Prepositions are very difficult to be
used correctly in English and they can cause more problems than any other parts of
speech. Even though they are quite short, they play an important role and are crucial
markers to the structure of a sentence. The present thesis consist of the following:
First I discuss briefly the importance of English language nowadays and the role of
English grammar in the teaching and learning process. Then I dedicate special attention
to two strategies for teaching grammar, the deductive and the inductive approaches, and
I explain the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods through the analysis of
previous literature on the topic.
After that I focus on the main topic of this thesis, which is prepositions and how they
can be taught from a meaningful learning perspective. I describe first what prepositions
are and their importance in English. Then, I investigate on the cognitive approach, its
implications and ways about how to incorporate the teaching and learning of
prepositions into Secondary School classes and their effectiveness.
The last part consists of a research I carried out in a Secondary School during my
practice period. In my research I make use of both traditional and modern methods
taking into account that modern methods do not replace traditional methods but they are
just additional resources. I use particularly the following techniques: the deductive and
inductive methods and visual aids such as pictures. I also make use of games as very
common technological tools for the young generation nowadays. The results show that
both approaches, deductive and inductive, are effective with a slight difference in favour
of the deductive strategy associated with the cognitive approach based on meaningful
learning. [-]
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Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat, Formació Professional i Ensenyaments d'Idiomes. Codi SAP419. Curs: 2017/2018
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