EXTRA-CLASS ACTIVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS AT “SAN FRANSISCO DE ASIS”HIGH SCHOOL, ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 – 2011

Abstract

The thesis titled “EXTRA – CLASS ACTIVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS AT SAN FRANCISCO DE ASÍS HIGH SCHOOL, ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 – 2011” is an important topic because it helps students during the learning process, reinforces students’ knowledge, and prepares them for future lessons. Also, it helps teachers notice if students understand the lessons given in the class, and if their strategies are effective during the teaching process. It helps parents know what they can do to help their children to develop homework; and what kind of resources they can suggest or provide. As a general objective, we want to know the influences of extra - class activities on the English language learning with the students at San Francisco de Asís High School during the academic year 2010-2011. In the methodology, the research group used the scientific, descriptive, analytical-synthetic and the explicative method; also the survey was used as technique to collect the information. The obtained information was processed through tabulation, organization of the information, graphic representation and interpretation. As a sample we took 122 students from 8th to 10th year of Basic Education and from 1st to 3rd years of Bachillerato, three English teachers and ten parents from the institution, who were surveyed inside the mentioned institution during an established schedule given from the authorities of the high school. Finally, the obtained results in the investigation were: Extra-Class activities, have a deep influence on students during the learning process, the researchers also identified that the types and homework strategies used by the English teachers are not being effective which limits the students’ progress, the results showed that there is a poor selection of homework resources which affects students’ learning and it was possible to identify that parents face difficulties in being involved in their children learning process as well.