Effects of the implementation of a projects based learning methodology including cross curricular components in secondary level students

Abstract

This report shows how a research process was carried out to determine the perception of students from a private school in Sincelejo – Sucre about complementing their foreign language classes through a methodology based in projects execution. The inclusion of the methodology responds to the necessity of diversifying the regular and traditional classes that, despite the fact of being well directed and showing results, needed variations to make the language teaching process more effective. It was defined a cross sectional study to perform the process, due to the characteristics of the problem and the population. A sample of 28 students out of a total of 110 belonging to 8th, 9th and 10th grades of the school was selected to collect the data through a survey composed by ten agreement – disagreement (Likert scale) type questions. Results showed a positive impact of the application of the methodology and strategies in the students, inviting this way the school English team to continue implementing actions and methods pointing to work through projects.