English language skills and their influence on the academic performance of high school students in the public schools of Cereté – Córdoba
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https://doi.org/10.62486/agmu2024108Keywords:
academic performance, language skills, didactic strategy, teaching, learningAbstract
This paper highlights the crucial role of English in today's global communication and the need to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) in language teaching. The research was carried out in Cereté, Córdoba, with a population of 560 students and a sample of 229 tenth and eleventh grade students from official schools. The survey technique was used to evaluate language skills and a checklist was used to measure academic performance. The objective was to analyze how the development of linguistic skills in English impacts academic performance and to propose improvements in the teaching-learning processes. The hypothesis stated was that there is a significant relationship between the development of English language skills and the academic performance of academic average students. The results of internal and external tests were examined, as well as the educational context in Latin America, highlighting the importance of modernizing curricula and adopting new methodologies. After applying the data collection instruments and analyzing the results, the hypothesis was corroborated, finding a significant positive correlation between all the linguistic skills evaluated. The paper discusses the contextualization of the problem, theoretical and methodological bases, data analysis and conclusions. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the improvement of educational processes in secondary schools in Colombia
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