Browsing by Author "Lipe, Balmore Ernesto"

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    Pregnancy is the principal reason why students dropped out studying the english major in the University of El Salvador during the years 2002, 2003 and 2004
    (2006-05-05) Castro Sánchez, Mario Antonio; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Molina Castellón, Edwin Antonio; Salazar Murcia, Pedro Antonio; Salazar Murcia, Pedro Antonio
    “In the majority of Latin American countries during the year 2001, a 43% of students deserted in higher education and a 60% of them had to quit studying because they had to look for a job and support themselves and their families as well” (Ciudad-Universitaria.com) Nowadays, studying a major in higher education is such essential; the majority of people desire to get a Bachelor degree in order to be well-prepared. Unfortunately, not all of the higher education students have the possibility to conclude their majors. Some of these students need to carry out different labour activities for coping with their needs and some others have to forsake the major they are coursing in order to work in a full-time schedule; as a consequence, desertion is as worriedly as those cases in which people who never had the opportunity to start a bachelor degree, since in both cases students do not get the knowledge to develop a profession. Throughout the country, there exists a certain amount of universities which offer a contingency to have access to them in a determined period of time. Due to such opportunity, during the year 2004, it was counted up about 370.000 new registrations to apply to study in Salvadorian Universities; this number is the same as the 2.31% of the total population of our country. What is alarming is not the low amount of pupils, but the scarce percentage of the schooling rate. According to the MINED only the 4.7% of higher education students attended classes regularly, and the 95.3% of students hardly ever attended classes.
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    Strategies to reduce the effects of interlanguage fossilization in the second language performance in the students enrolled in the intensive advanced English I subject from the Bachelor in Modern Languages: specialization in French and English from the school of arts and sciences of the University of El Salvador, semester II, 2018
    (2019-02-07) Mártir Ascencio, Erick Edenilson; Rodríguez Romero, René Humberto; Melara Hidalgo, Karla Patricia; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Contreras Cárcamo, Mauricio Salvador
    The following research explores Interlanguage Fossilization (ILF) and its implications in the students’ English performance from the University of El Salvador enrolled in the Intensive Advanced English I subject, from the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages: specialization in English and French, Semester II 2018 and the use of strategies to reduce its effects. Seen as a main problem in the second language acquisition process, the need to explore fossilization in English learners in the University of El Salvador arose as a result of findings that showed scarce or no information in the subject and that required to be more scrutinized. The research design selected for this particular investigation will be exploratory. This paper focuses on current data from a previous dissertation, and it will explore the students’ profile based on their study habits and current teaching methodology being used at the University of El Salvador. This achieve through interviews, analysis of teaching methods and analysis of previous researches, in order to contextualize the current state of things; all with the purpose of establishing the most effective ways of reducing ILF that will lead to a methodology-based fossilization reduction proposal from this research.
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    The effects of authentic material exposure in the listening skill proficiency level of intensive intermediate English II students at the foreign language department of the University of El Salvador, semester i-2017
    (2018-12-05) Claros Hernandez, William Geovannii; Cornejo Meléndez, Ismael Alexander; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Contreras Cárcamo, Mauricio Salvador
    The process of learning a second language involves many steps as elements to be consummated. Teachers, resources, and materials are vital to develop this process of reaching a desired level in students. Regarding to material, there have been many studies or arguments that support or encourage the use of them when teaching-learning a second language. The University of El Salvador offers the opportunity to study a second language, and even though the access to technology gives a wide variety of materials and resources, there is still a high level presence of text book material or not authentic material inside the classroom. Despite this fact, many students reach an acceptable level of English at the end of the career; however, theory proposes that results might be considerably different if students were exposed to authentic material in longer periods or at least in more often opportunities. Concerning to one of the most difficult skill, which is listening, they might increase their proficiency level. This research was carried out with the purpose of identifying the relation that exists between the exposure to authentic materials and the Listening proficiency level. The Intensive Intermediate English II students at Foreign Language Department were taken as population for this research. This project presents the results obtained that demonstrate the level of influence that authentic material has in the process of teaching-learning as a second language.
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    The foreign language department social impact within the framework of the New Nation Educational system proposal “Escuela Inclusiva de Tiempo Pleno”.
    (2021-08-19) Castellanos Ortiz, Karla Andrea; Escobar Tenorio, Nasary Ivanova; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Carranza Campos, Miguel Ángel
    Making a social impact through community service from university students has demonstrated the importance of knowing how national programs can be the perfect scenario to involve such participation from students in society. This research tries to expose the importance of such relationships and the benefits that the University students, Government, and Society could have from that interaction. In order to accomplish this, data was collected through the revision of the national project “ESCUELA INCLUSIVA DE TIEMPO PLENO'' and a close study to the mission and vision of the institutions involved in this relation; also, coordinators of the national project, as well as coordinators of the SUPS in the Foreign Language Department of the University of El Salvador, were contacted. The results demonstrate the possible benefits that both entities could obtain if a communication strategy for active participation and interaction is established to include the community service from students in the development of national programs such as the one mentioned. With these results, the FLD could create a profile of students to participate in this type of project to generate more experience for students, awareness of the importance of community service, and an important social impact on vulnerable areas of society at a national level.
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    The influence of internet as an academic tool in the development of second language acquisition in students of Intensive Intermediate English courses from the Foreign Language Department at the University of El Salvador, year 2018
    (2018-01-01) Menéndez López, Mirta Betsai; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Contreras Cárcamo, Mauricio Salvador
    New methodologies, resources, techniques, approaches and technologies are becoming more and more popular at the time of teaching and learning a foreign language. In all these interaction with new ways of teaching and learning, the internet is becoming probably the most used and reliable tool that offers an almost unlimited source of resources to improve the second language acquisition. Thus, the interaction, use or integration of internet as an academic tool is becoming more and more necessary. Institutions all over the world are implementing new methodologies based on internet to improve or make the learning process more attractive and convenient not only for students but also for educators. Different types of academic platforms, social networks, general websites,authentic material and many other examples of resources are offered by this technology. This, at the same time requires relying on the access of equipment that allows controlling the use of technology with an academic purpose. Academies and other institutions that offer the opportunity to learn a foreign language are evolving and updating their resources in order to take advantage of this technology. By doing so, they not only assure a close interaction between the and the student but they also offer a wide variety of tools and opportunity for the students to improve their skills.
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    The relationship between students’ english background knowledge and their oral proficiency level in Readings and Conversation I course of the Bachelor of Arts in English with Emphasis in Teaching in the Foreign Language Department at the University of El Salvador semester II, 2017
    (2018-11-12) Díaz Cortez, Alejandro Antonio; Rodríguez Escoto, Efraín Arturo; Lipe, Balmore Ernesto; Contreras Cárcamo, Mauricio Salvador
    The research was held with students of the course Readings and Conversation I from the Bachelor of Arts in English with Emphasis in Teaching in the Foreign Language Department at the University of El Salvador semester II, 2017. This research is descriptive since the researchers describe characteristics of the population or phenomenon that was studied in order to determine if there exists a relation between English background knowledge and their English Oral Proficiency. Regarding the communicative competences this research also presents information that can help to know if it is needed to set linguistic knowledge requirements for future students who want to apply to study the major in English Teaching in the Foreign Language Department at UES.