Browsing by Author "Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo"
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El apoyo al estudio independiente en un curso de comprensión de lectura con “Hot Potatoes”
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015)Este artículo describe el diseño y la puesta en práctica de una estrategia didáctica para apoyar el estudio independiente en un grupo de estudiantes de comprensión de lectura en inglés durante un semestre en la Universidad ... -
Boosting English Reading and Writing Skills Through the Implementation of Technological Activities that Promote Phonological Awareness in First- Grade Students
Arias Salazar, Karen (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09)The purpose of this paper is to focus on the usage of activities that promote literacy acquisition with the assistance of phonemic awareness and technology. It seeks to promote processes that can support literacy in first ... -
Challenges and possible solutions for english teaching and learning in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Castro Arias, Katherine (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)This essay explores and presents challenges and possible solutions associated with English teaching and learning in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It covers the reality of public bilingual education in Guanacaste, single-teacher ... -
Comportamiento ético en la publicación científica: malas conductas y acciones para evitarlas
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020-01-11)El presente artículo desarrolla una revisión bibliográfica sobre las principales malas conductas científicas en torno a la publicación. Para este propósito, se ejecutó una búsqueda de información en bases de datos académicas ... -
Conferencing via e-mail: An alternative way to respond to student Writing
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2010)El presente artículo reporta las conclusiones obtenidas en un proyecto de investigación cuyo objetivo fue determinar la eficacia de responder a los escritos de los estudiantes por medio de la conferencia vía correo ... -
Considering the use of Hot Potatoes in reading comprehension, autonomy in TEFL, and learning styles
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo; Seravalli Monge, Giannina (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014)El presente artículo describe la posibilidad de usar la herramienta de autor denominada “Hot Potatoes” como un recurso valioso en el diseño de ejercicios y unidades didácticas para propósitos específicos en cursos de ... -
Empowering sexually diverse EFL students: Embracing diversity in the english language classroom towards a more inclusive learning community through complementary strategies and activities to work with sexually diverse classrooms at Liceo de Santo Domingo, Heredia
Azofeifa Chaves, Froilan (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)The ultimate purpose of discussing sexually diverse issues in the foreign language classroom is to improve educational and coexistence outcomes. Teaching education agendas oriented towards the embracement of sexually ... -
English language teaching in Costa Rica: reflections on emergent challenges
Mojica Barquero, Andrea; Rodriguez Vargas, Genesis; León Ureña, Greivin; Retana Hernández, Karla; Borge González, Lucrecia; Núñez Soto, Rafael; Mesén-Hidalgo, Roberto; Solís Sequeira, Stephanie; Víquez Fernández, Stephanie; Araya Córdoba, Wendell; Ortiz-Gómez, Saiden (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)Teachers everywhere are always faced with new challenges as they engage in their pedagogical praxis; it is not easy to cater for students' needs (whether special or not) and bring about new ideas to teach and arouse students' ... -
Hegemony, educators’ critical awareness and language teaching
Robles Barrantes, Andrés Ariel (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2021)The hegemonic powers behind the education system have reduced the role of the teacher to a technician who limits his or her performance to a transitional behavior and a discipline regulator. We are lower to obedient ... -
Implementing collaborative learning to promote inference-making in a reading strategy course in English
Murillo Rojas, Adriana; Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2017-07-27)This article reports on the ndings of a research project intended to promote collaborative learning and inference-making among students from majors other than English at the University of Costa Rica. First, a diagnosis was ... -
Language Teaching Methods: There is Nothing New Under the Sun, or Is There?
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (2015)This essay intends to problematize the possible direction that the field of language teaching will follow in the XXI century. For this purpose, nine methodological parameters for conceptualizing every language teaching ... -
Listening cloze meets info-gap: A hybrid activity to fully exploit listening materials in the classroom
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of Stat, 2015)In twenty-first-century language teaching, the class should be studentcentered and provide learners with skills that empower them in reallife situations. In this regard, it is commonly said that practice makes perfect. It ... -
Métodos para la enseñanza de idiomas: no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, ¿O sí?
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Ensayos pedagógicos, vol.10 (2), pp.61-81, 2015-12-07)Este ensayo tiene como objetivo problematizar la posible dirección que seguirá el campo de la enseñanza de idiomas en el siglo XXI. Para tal fin, se describirán nueve parámetros metodológicos para la conceptualización de ... -
Métodos para la enseñanza de idiomas: no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, ¿O sí?
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (Universidad Nacional, 2015-12-07)Este ensayo tiene como objetivo problematizar la posible dirección que seguirá el campo de la enseñanza de idiomas en el siglo XXI. Para tal fin, se describirán nueve parámetros metodológicos para la conceptualización de ... -
Pertinence of the Standardized TOEIC Testing for Costa Rican Teachers: Boost or Hurdle for Professional Development
Gutiérrez Fuentes, María José (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)In different countries around the world, private and governmental institutions require pre-service language teachers to be certified in order to work. In Costa Rica, teachers must obtain a B2 or C1 level of English to apply ... -
La promoción del uso didáctico de pictogramas en personas docentes de inglés para secundaria graduadas de la Universidad Nacional
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (2020-11-25)La presente tesis sistematiza los resultados de una investigación enmarcada en el paradigma cualitativo, en la cual se desarrolló un caso de estudio instrumental con cinco personas docentes de inglés graduadas de la ... -
Promoting the Pedagogical Use of Pictograms: A Case Study of Five In-Service Costa Rican English Teachers
Zúñiga Vargas, Juan Pablo (2021)This article reports on the findings of a qualitative research project, in which an instrumental case study with five in-service English teachers graduated from Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica was carried out. Hence, ... -
Promoting the use of Cartoon Characters to Motivate First Grade Students of Porrosatí School to Engage in the English Language Learning Process
Fernández Loaiza, María del Carmen (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022-09)This article proposes to promote the use of cartoon characters to motivate first-grade students to Engage in the English language learning process. To do so, a qualitative research project was conducted. The participants ... -
Reconsidering English Language Learning in Costa Rica: Exploring Teachers’ Well-Being and its Importance, Challenges, and Recommendations in the Wake of a New Era in Education
Chaves Pérez, Jose David (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2022)The lack of empathy and support that educators constantly face has serious consequences. However, this does not seem to be enough to make a significant change in the way this is perceived. The following paper aims to study ...