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Context:

Towers is a well-known language institution that is located in the city of Cúcuta-Norte de Santander. Apart from teaching English, you can also learn German, Portuguese, and French with native teachers of the language in the case of Portuguese. Classes are taught based on an autonomous and cooperative learning model where the teacher is in charge of teaching classes both face-to-face and virtually. Specifically, I am going to give some details about the classes given in the virtual environment, since it has been the methodology that I have been working on since I joined the institution thanks to my pedagogical internship process at the university.

Problem / Issue:

I have been given the task of teaching English at basic levels of learning (A1-A2) and I have been able to identify a problem in reading skills in students, it is very surprising that an A1 level student has a better level in that reading skill than an A2. The classes are in a virtual learning environment and the bibliographic material is divided into (speaking-listening-reading-writing) for the reading stage the idea is that they listen to a brief audio before reading the text and with this they can have a structured base in relation to the pronunciation of diphthongs, vowels and consonants, however,  The mispronunciation of some words often delays the learning process and progress of students. For this reason, I have decided to work with them on the phonetic alphabet.

Solution / Response:

Basically, my solution is based on the previous teaching of phonetic approach (IPA) and its alphabet, I also want to emphasize diphthongs which is usually a very struggling topic in foreign language learners. It has been shown that thanks to the correct teaching of phonics sounds at the learning level and development in the reading part tends to improve notoriously, I want to propose reading exercises based on phonetic transcription so that they become familiar with the different blends of vowels and others. Finally, to know whether phonics can adjust the students’ reading pronunciation, we must conduct an observation from the different meetings and the result will be compared.

-Extra practice blending letter sounds helps struggling readers:

Taken from: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231127132401.htm

-The effectiveness of using phonics instruction and interventions in elementary classrooms:

Taken from: https://red.mnstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1845&context=thesis

-The importance of phonics:

Taken from: https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/nais-manila/news/2023/04/25/the-importance-of-phonics

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