Implementing a pedagogical improvement proposal on listening skill through the support of audiovisual material and cooperative learning: watching the film Shrek as as a helping audiovisual tool to teach adjectives and descriptions on 2nd year students of Compulsory Secondary Education

Abstract

English, with the increasing globalisation and the development of Internet, has become an indispensable language for communication and for having access to job positions. Spain has adapted to this reality by incorporating structural and legislative changes in its education system. Specifically, the Organic Law 8/2013 for the improvement of the educative quality (LOMCE) proposes the creation of multilingual centres with the aim of fostering the working future of students and their inclusion in a globalised society. These changes are reflected in the classrooms with the use of new technologies as well as with the emeregence of new educational methodologies and audiovisual resources. The current Final Master’s Degree Dissertation evaluates the results of an implementation of a research project on two groups of 2nd year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) students with the goal of improving the listening skills of English language through the use of audio-visual material and cooperative work. The sample was composed by 48 students from a Secondary school of Castellón de la Plana. The analysis concludes that the use of audio-visual media enhances the listening skill of English. Likewise, the study stresses that students like to work in the classroom with innovative and collaborative methodologies.