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UNIT 2: VARIABLES TO TAKE INTO ACCOUN IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE…
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1. ‐ INTRODUCTION
At Primary Education Stage the basic level of competence should be taken into account
in both understanding and production of texts and the communicative interaction.
Therefore it will be essential to always refer to familiar contexts for students of this
age, taking advantage of previously acquired knowledge and abilities and experiences
they have had. Based on this fact, a contextualized language use will be encouraged,
framed by communicative situations of different fields and allowing for a real and
motivating use of language. Using games, especially at early ages, as well as the
realization of group tasks, are not only essential elements to properly lay the basis for
the language acquisition, but they can also contribute to that subject, far from being
limited to a mere object of study, but becoming also an instrument of socialization at
the service of the group.
Royal Decree 126/2014, which sets the curriculum of Primary Education states in
article 17.2
“schools will develop and complete the curriculum and the measures to
cater to diversity which have been established by the Education Administrations, by
adapting them to the students’ characteristics and their educational reality in order to
attend to all pupils. Thus, schools will use a variety of methods that consider the
different students´ learning processes, which promote the capacity for learning by
themselves and through group work”.
This unit is closely related to most of the other units; due to the fact that aspects such
as students´ grouping, space and time distribution, teachers’ and students´ roles, and
the selection of methodology are all related to the legal framework, as well as
programming, and must be kept in mind when teaching any topic in the foreign
language class.
This unit is divided into
9 individual parts
which are all inter‐related. Thus, we will start
with an introduction followed by the analysis of the Communicative Approach when
teaching English. Then, we will study the variables that influence the development of
the teaching‐learning process related to students´ grouping, and the space and time
distribution. We will continue describing the methodology selection, and after that, we
will explain the students’ and teacher´s roles. Then, we will talk about other important
aspects which will influence the organization of the English class and ending with a
brief conclusion and bibliography of the unit.