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    Audiobooks and English pronunciation
    (Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2022-03-01) Sandoval Armijos, Shirley Milena; Chicaiza Redín, Verónica Elizabeth
    Pronunciation is an important sub-skill in English since it allows to articulate well the sounds and intonations of words in order to be understood by other speakers of the language. There are different learning strategies with which this aspect can be taught. The present research aims to determine the influence of audiobooks in English pronunciation in A1 level English students at Universidad Indoamérica. For this study, a preexperimental investigation was carried out with the participation of 17 students between 20 and 26 years of old. To collect the data, the Cambridge English Key (KET) was applied as pre-test and a post-test. To carry out this investigation, lesson plans were designed exclusively to improve pronunciation using audiobooks as a learning strategy. The results obtained showed a significant improvement in this indicator, because during the pre-test the students achieved an average of 3,59 points and once the experiment was applied then in the post-test, they obtained 4,50 out of 5, demonstrating an improvement of 0.91 points, which indicates that audiobooks have a positive influence on students' pronunciation. Finally, it is important to choose audiobooks according to the English level and age of the students
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    Four corners learning strategy and the critical discourse analysis
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación-Carrera de Idiomas, 2021-03-01) Acaro Ibujes, Lisbeth Carolina; Chimbo Cáceres, Elsa Mayorie
    Teachers and learners use different methodologies, strategies, and activities in classes to learn and acquire the English language. However, four corners is an innovative learning strategy that looks up for improving the critical discourse analysis level of students from 5th semester “B” of Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros program from Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Firstly, this research paper was a quasi-experimental study that worked with 29 under degree students. They were divided into two groups: 14 people were part of the control group and the last 15 learners belonged to the experimental group. After that, the critical discourse analysis pre-test was applied to the population studied. Then, the study group worked on activities that involved four corners strategy meanwhile the control group received normal classes according to their academic schedule. Finally, all students took the CDA test for second time in order to know if the strategy was effective on the improvement of critical discourse analysis level. As a result, the experimental group raised their grades from 5,21/10 to 8,30/10 while the control group did not have significant improvements. As a conclusion, four corners learning strategy is a good way to work on CDA and other activities of the English lessons