English as a Foreign Language through Whole Brain Teaching in Primary School

Identifier:  TDX:2344

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2344

Authors:  Lockhart Domeño, Edward Alvar

Abstract:
This thesis explores how the generalist methodology known as Whole Brain Teaching affects the teaching of English as a foreign language in primary education. It intends to prove that the several techniques and elements in this methodology can improve the process of acquisition of the foreign language regarding the general command of the language (oral and written comprehension and oral and written expresion) and the vocabulary acquisition, as well as the motivation of the learners (a key factor in the process of foreign language acquisition). To test these hypotheses, a design was applied with a control and an experimental group. This was combined with a mixed method that had a quantitative part to measure the differences between both groups and the variations within them, and a qualitative part to explore the reasons for those differences and to find other possible variations that the quantitative part might not show. The thesis proves that many of the previously mentioned factors were benefitted by the application of this methodology.