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Item The starfall app and the reading skill(Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Idiomas, 2021-07-01) Robayo Rivera, Jessica Andrea; Iza Pazmiño, Sara JacquelineThe main objective of this research is to help third year students of basic education of the "Continental School" by using the application "Starfall" which will serve as a participatory pedagogical resource in the process of improving the ability of reading in the children studied, for this it was necessary to focus on a quantitative methodology due to the surveys, pretest and posttest applied in relation to the tests carried out before using the application with the data after having used it, obtaining a result favorable to the application demonstrating that there is a notable improvement with the use of the application "Starfall" which helps, strengthens and improves the ability to read, and understand the English language in 11 children which are in an age range of 7 and 8 years to which the study was subjected, mentioning that the improvement obtained was due to the fact that it was carried out in a didactic way and with different activities. It is to the liking of students and with support in technology for its development, it is worth mentioning that the application serves as support due to the current reality that is experienced by the COVID-19, making it easier for students to actively participate from home.Item The Starfall app and the English pronunciation(Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Idiomas, 2021-01-01) Cando Sánchez, Johanna Lizbeth; Calero Sánchez, Ximena AlexandraThis study aimed to research how the Starfall app develops in the English pronunciation since it is a new alternative to learn the language oriented to children in preschool, kindergarten, first, second and third grade. This program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement, encouraging kids to feel safe and motivated to learn. For the research development, a quasi-experimental qualitative methodology was used with 10 fourth-year students from Basic Education School "Marcial Augusto Soria", whose ages fluctuated between 8 and 9 years OLD. They were evaluated before and after the five-week intervention. At the end of the research, the results of the pre and post-test were compared and it was possible to verify the effectiveness of the Starfall application in English pronunciation. Before the experimentation, most of the students were in level 1, that means, there was limited control of phonological characteristics and incomprehensible speech. However, at the end of the experimentation, the majority were placed at level 3 which was satisfactory, and at level 4, being very good because the speech was understandable, there was good intonation, use of accent and in general, good articulation of words