Extra-class activities and their influence on the english language learning with the students of 5th, 6th and 7th years of basic education, at footprints elementary school, academic period 2010-2011

Abstract

The thesis entitled “EXTRA-CLASS ACTIVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS OF 5TH, 6THAND 7TH YEARS OF BASIC EDUCATION AT FOOTPRINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACADEMIC PERIOD 2010-2011”. This problem is important because extra-class activities especially homework allows students to consolidate, reinforce and strength the skills, knowledge and understanding developed in classroom, and gives teachers the opportunity to know if students are acquiring and understanding the knowledge offered by them. The researchers establish as general objective to determine the influence of extra-class activities, especially on the English language learning. Moreover, the general hypothesis tried to know if extra- class activities influence the English language learning.

In the methodology, the scientific, descriptive, analytical-synthetic and the explicative methods were used; the survey was used as technique. The researchers worked with all the population of 5th, 6th and 7th years of Basic Education and all the English teachers.

Finally it was gotten some important results: homework influences on the students’ English language learning, the strategies used by teachers and students improve and facilitate the homework completion also teachers do not encourage students to use the different homework resources available nowadays and finally teachers do not consider students’ learning styles during the teaching learning process.