internship at Institucion Educativa Antonia Santos, gamification as a pedagogical strategy to teach english vocabulary in preschool

In Colombia, the government has only been promoting English teaching, with main focus, from primary to secondary education, although preschool is also recently suggested in the national educational policies. Consequently, there is a gap in the teaching-learning of the second language from the foundations of schooling. Nevertheless, early childhood education promotes different dimensions of development and competencies through a comprehensive environment where soft skills and competencies such as language acquisition and interpersonal skills are fortified. Thus, this report describes my experience during my internship teaching preschool students at Antonia Santos School in Monteria, trying to address this gap and contribute to the student’s communicative development in English as a foreign language. In this way, Gamification as an educational methodology was applied with the purpose of enhancing students' vocabulary acquisition. In addition, this document illustrates the findings and achievements related to my students’ growth, personal improvements, and professional advancement.1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………… 82. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………… 82.1. Second Language Learning in Early Childhood Education ……………………… 112.1.1. Early Childhood Learning Dimensions …………………………………… 122.2 The Use of Self-Determination Theory to Enhance Gamification …………………142.2.1. Teacher and Student’s Role in Gamification ……………………………… 142.3 The Use of Chants to Enhance Vocabulary in Early Childhood Education ……… 152.4 Soft skills in Early Childhood Education ………………………………………… 153. Methodology……………………………………………………………………............ 174. Findings………………………………………………………………………………….275. Conclusions, Recommendations, and Limitations ……………………………………...356. References……………………………………………………………………………. 377. Appendix……………………………………………………………………………… 39PregradoLicenciado(a) en Lenguas Extranjeras con Énfasis en InglésPasantía

In-Red 2019. V Congreso nacional de innovación educativa y docencia en red

La Universitat Politècnica de València convoca el Congreso de Innovación Educativa y Docencia en Red IN-RED 2019 que tendrá lugar en la ciudad de VALENCIA los días 11 y 12 de julio de 2019,organizado conjuntamente por el Vicerrectorado de Recursos Digitales y Documentación y el Vicerrectorado de Estudios, Calidad y Acreditación de la Universitat Politècnica de València. La experiencia vivida en ediciones anteriores del congreso nos ha llevado a plantear una nueva edición del mismo, con el fin de ofrecer de nuevo la oportunidad de mostrar distintas experiencias docentes basadas en la innovación, desarrollo de metodologías, implantación de mejoras en el aula, etc., todas ellas relacionadas directa o indirectamente con la calidad de los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje desarrollados en el ámbito de la educación superior.Vega Carrero, V.; Vendrell Vidal, E. (2019). In-Red 2019. V Congreso nacional de innovación educativa y docencia en red. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/127501EDITORIA