sin antes agradecer al Ing. Jerry González quien está administrando el sitio. Rectoría, Universidad Magister. – 2019.

1. UNIVERSIDAD MAGISTER
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN
CARRERA DE LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS
TESIS DE SEMINARIO DE GRADUACIÓN PARA OPTAR AL GRADO
DE LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS
“ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE
PARENTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
PROCESS OF 10TH GRADERS AT ABC EDUCATIONAL
CENTER, GRECIA, 2019”
Jose Fernando Salazar Richmond
Mayo, 2019

2. BACKGROUND
 Students face different stages during their life
 The parents of elementary schoolers are constantly in
contact with the educational life
 Connections between parents and students, and parents
and teachers can provide a motivational and comfortable
environment for students to learn EFL.

3. PROBLEM STATEMENT
How can the involvement of the parents affect the
English language acquisition process in 10th graders
at ABC Educational Center?

4. GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To determine the relationship between the English
language acquisition process and the involvement of
the parents for the improvement of the performance
of 10th graders at ABC Educational Center, 2019.

5. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 To determine the social and emotional factors that affect in the
performance of students of English with the intention of
provide strategies for the improvement of the learning
process.
 To determine the involvement of the parents in the
performance of students of English as a Foreign Language
(EFL) with the purpose of enhance an accurate relationship
between parents and students.
 To determine the relationship between parents and teachers in
the process of teaching and learning of English for
encouraging a closer relationship that creates a warm
environment for students.

6. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 To identify the motivation of students for learning EFL as a
starting point for improving the performance in EFL
acquisition.
 To determine the influence of the environment for the process
of learning EFL.
 To develop a proposal of a model that allows the incorporation
of an effective involvement of the parents in the process of
acquisition of EFL, for improving the performance of 10th
graders.

7. VARIABLES
 Social factors that affect the performance of students of
English.
 Emotional factors that affect the performance of students of
English
 Involvement of the parents in the performance of the
students.
 Relationship between parents and teachers and between
parents and students.
 Motivation of the students for learning EFL.
 Influence of the environment for the English language
acquisition.

8. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
 The Educational Center ABC S.A, was founded
in 1999.
 In the year 2000, the opening of the school is
given, starting with first grade, in the year 2001,
second grade and so on; and in 2006 the
secondary part was created starting with the
seventh year.

9. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
English language acquisition
 It has become a must in the current world. Involves many
aspects and factors that will enhance or ban the correct
learning. The development of new strategies and
methodologies allows to achieve better results, but still
there are some other elements that become obstacles in
the intention of being bilingual. The acquisition of a second
language is not as natural as the first language, and the
first language often interferes in the acquisition of a foreign
language.

10. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
MEP (2013:114), states that: The large number of individuals
who speak English either as their first or as a second or
foreign language justifies the fact that English is considered a
universal language.
The educational system in Costa Rica is intended to promote
bilingual students in order to produce qualified professionals
for the future. But the methodology and evaluation exhibits
English as an academic subject rather than as a language,+
and encourages students to run after a grade and an exam
instead of pursuing language skills.

11. NEUROEDUCATION
Neuroeducation is a new vision of teaching based on the
brain.
Neuroeducation is to take advantage of the knowledge about
how the brain works integrated with psychology, sociology and
medicine in an attempt to improve and enhance both the
processes of learning and memory of students and teaching
better in teachers.

12. METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
TYPE OF RESEARCH
 Descriptive research looks for the characteristics of an
environment and its members. It follows the description
of the elements and the events that take part during
the regular interaction of the community.
 Exploratory research: directed to a more detailed
investigation, in which the causes for the phenomena
that occur in a specific area of study are studied.

13. APPROACHES OF THE RESEARCH
 QUALITATIVE: Observation of the classroom
phenomena in their everyday development.
 QUANTITAVE: Analysis of the data found in the
instruments in regards to percentages.
 MIXED: Analysis of the percentages and numerals
considering the context of the classroom
phenomena.

14. SUBJECTS OF INFORMATION
Subjects of this investigation will be the 10th
graders in ABC Educational Center, in Grecia,
Alajuela.
The English teachers who work in this
institution will also be subjects in the inquiry.

15. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
 PRIMARY SOURCES Students and teachers
observed.
 SECONDARY SOURCES Review of previous
investigations on the topic. Analysis of literature
related to the analysis of the different
methodologies of investigation, and data relevant
for the interpretation of the results found with the
application of the primary sources.

16. POPULATION AND SAMPLE
POPULATION in this research is constituted by the seventeen
10th graders in the institution. As well, the three English
teachers of the English department will be included in the
population of the study.
SAMPLE No sample will be used since the size of the
population allows to work with all the 10th graders and all the
teachers in the English department.

17. TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS TO COLLECT DATA
Instruments Subjects
Observation Students and teacher
Interview Teachers
Questionnaires Students

18. ANALYSIS OF THE OBSERVATION
 Social influence modify behavior of students
significantly since they feel the pressure of their
classmates.
 Students who do not feel confidence and
friendship in the class may feel that they cannot
share their emotions and feelings.
 Involvement of the parents affects the performance
of students not only academically but also at
behavior levels.

19. ANALYSIS OF THE OBSERVATION
 Motivation and emotion towards the class can
prevent or boost the learning process.
 Environment can change the feeling of a person,
and with students it can deviate the accuracy of
the EFL teaching and learning process.

20. ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEW
 Peer pressure can become an issue if the teacher
does not manage it well.
 Confidence makes students feel right about what
they are doing and also allows them to express
themselves more comfortably .
 Involvement and confidence of the parents support
their kids and makes them feel more relaxed and
safe which helps them for a good development.

21. ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEW
 Involvement of the parents is fundamental, and the
communication between parents and teachers has
to be reinforced and it is necessary to teach
parents how important their involvement is for the
educational process.
 Motivation, inspiration and emotion improve the
results of the performance of students in the EFL
acquisition.

22. ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES
IMPORTANCE OF PEER PRESSURE IN CLASS

23. MAIN FACTORS THAT AFFECT ENGLISH LEARNING

24. IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVEMENT OF THE PARENTS IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF THEIR CHILDREN
17.65%
11.76%
35.29%
29.41%
5.88%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
100% 75% 50% 25% 0%

25. REASONS FOR DISTANCE OF PARENTS TOWARDS ACADEMIC
LIFE OF STUDENTS
11.76%
17.65%
11.76%
35.29%
17.65%
5.88%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Prefer
independence
Do not know
English
Lack of interest Lack of time Trust the
capacity of their
children
Work

26. MAIN FACTORS THAT AFFECT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
STUDENTS AND PARENTS
5.88%
11.76%
58.82%
23.53%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Fear Traumas Lack of confidence Parents do not speak
English

27. EFFECTS OF PRESSURE OF PARENTS IN STUDENTS
29.41%
41.18%
5.88%
11.76%
5.88% 5.88%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Bad grades Stress Lack of interest Desperation Sadness Demotivation

28. DEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MOTIVATION
29.41%
47.06%
23.53%
0.00% 0.00%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
100% 75% 50% 25% 0%

29. FACTORS THAT AFFECT MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS
0.00%
35.29%
29.41%
5.88% 5.88%
23.53%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Classroom Relationship
with
classmates
Attitude of
teachers
Topic Class activities Time of class

30. POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF TEACHERS TO IMPROVE MOTIVATION
OF STUDENTS
52.94%
11.76%
0.00%
29.41%
0.00% 0.00%
5.88%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Games Movies Written tasks More
conversation
More
explanation
Videos Other

31. ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT AFFECT ENGLISH
CLASSES
0.00% 0.00%
58.82%
23.53%
17.65%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Light Smell Noise Temperature Classmates

32. CONCLUSIONS
 Teenagers have a deep social pressure and a necessity to
develop a process of socialization that allows them to feel
confidence in a group and be able to express their own
feelings.
 Emotional aspects change the accuracy of any educational
process as it predispose the feelings of a person towards
any activity.
 The involvements and motivation of parents towards
students can help students perform better in their
academic life.

33. CONCLUSIONS
 Parents and teachers must have a clear communication to
promote a healthy, warm and comprehensive environment
for students.
 Motivation triggers the attention and emotion for the
upcoming classes and events and will enhance the
effectiveness of the neuroeducation.
 The environment in the classroom modifies can trigger the
attention, emotion and motivation or can predispose a
negative energy in students.

34. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
 Parents and teachers play a fundamental role in the
motivation of teenagers and recognition of their capacities
and progress to improve their self-confidence.
 The pressure of peers and parents affect the performance
of students as they feel frustrated or pressed to be
completely successful.
 Constant communication between all the members of
educational processes allows comprehension of the
situations of students to reinforce their capacities and solve
the problems.

35. COST OF THE STUDY
ITEM QUANTITY
UNIT COST
(COLONES)
TOTAL COST
(COLONES)
TOTAL COST
(DOLLARS)
Photocopies 54 20.00 1080.00 1.77
Professional hours 6 13602.60 81615.60 133.44
Transportation 4 1000.00 4000.00 6.54
Food 2 2500.00 5000.00 8.17
Total 66 17622.60 91695.60 149.92
Source: Salazar, Jose. (2019)
Note: Exchange rate established at 611.66 colones per dollar by BCCR on February 27th,
2019.
Professional hour Colypro rated at 13.602.60 colones on February 27th, 2019.

36. RECOMMENDATIONS
Teachers build spaces for healthy interaction and
promote confidence so students can express ideas
freely and respectfully.
Teachers point out progress of the students to
improve motivation and strengthen emotional areas
of the mind of students.
Advise parents to be in constant communication with
teachers to cooperate for the benefit of students.

37. RECOMMENDATIONS
Teachers help parents with the direction of students in
terms of neuroeducation and positive discipline with the
goal of accomplishing a proper EFL acquisition.
Use techniques to improve the motivation of the human
mind
Teachers be aware of the temperature, ventilation, light,
seating arrangement and even the pressure of the
classmates to have a healthy environment the optimum
performance.

38. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that an integral process of
communication can enable students, teachers and
parents to help altogether and fulfill the objective of the
acquisition of EFL.
It is recommended that parents are connected to the
performance of their children in order to create
confidence and to allow them to explore their maximum
abilities and establish confidence for students to perform
accurately.

39. PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT: “WEB BLOG OF
TEACHING AND PARENTING TIPS TO IMPROVE THE
INVOLVEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
IN ABC EDUCATIONAL CENTER, 2019.”

40. GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To develop a digital space to provide information
and advice about educational processes and a space
for interaction between students, parents and
teachers in order to improve the involvement of the
parent to influence positively the performance of
the students in the EFL acquisition process.

41. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 To create a web blog that provides information
about educational processes to help parents with
the interaction with students.
 To provide a web space for the interaction,
comments and discussions between parents and
students to reinforce

42. SCOPE
Improve the involvement of the parents in the EFL acquisition
of 10th graders in the Educational Center ABC.
Expected to increase the motivation of students and improve
the conditions that surround them in order to achieve a better
performance in the English class and in the assignments.
The proposal aims to get parents closer with teachers and
their own children in order to work as motivators for students
in the class and for extra-class tasks.

43. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSAL
PHASE 1: CREATION OF THE BLOG
The creation of the blog on the web site
www.wix.com, will constitute the first step. This
site enables the user to create free web pages and
edit them, using templates and different features to
develop an intuitive and attractive web page.

44. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSAL
PHASE 1: CREATION OF THE BLOG
The web blog will be divided into some sections
that will contain characteristics that are present in
the development of EFL classes and in the necessity
of student of having motivation and good
relationships with parents. Also, positive discipline
will be addressed.

54. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSAL
PHASE 2: SOCIALIZATION OF THE WEB BLOG
TO TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
The investigator will publish the web blog
https://jfsrich05.wixsite.com/neuroparapadres to
the teachers, students and parents at ABC
Educational Center, and will explain the problem,
importance and other elements that will give the
audience the insights of this proposal and the
possible uses that the web may offer.

55. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSAL
PHASE 3: WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS
Get to know the objective of the web blog
Explanation of the content that is found on the page.
Clarifying doubts and even receive suggestions and
comments that may constitute significant help for the
improvement of the blog.

56. COST OF THE PROPOSAL
ITEM QUANTITY
UNIT COST
(COLONES)
TOTAL
COST
(COLONES)
TOTAL COST
(DOLLARS)
Photocopies 50 20.00 1000.00 1.63
Professional hours 12 13602.60 163231.20 266.87
Transportation 4 1500.00 6000.00 9.8
Food 4 2500.00 10000.00 16.34
Total 40 17622.60 180231.20 294.64
Source: Salazar, Jose. (2019)
Note: Exchange rate established at 611.66 colones per dollar by BCCR on February 27th, 2019.
Professional hour Colypro rated at 13.602.60 colones on February 27th, 2019.

57. SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS
 Create a strong connection between teachers and
parents.
 Allow the interaction between teachers and
parents, and among parents to exchange ideas
and techniques.
 Provide strategies to modify behaviors of students
with positive discipline.
 Provide space for extra practice out of class.

58. SWOT ANALYSIS
WEAKNESSES
 Lack of assessment of involvement of the parents.
 Possible lack of time for the revision of the blog.
 Problems for the connection to the internet.

59. SWOT ANALYSIS
OPPORTUNITIES
 Improvement of the involvement of the parents in
the life of the students.
 Development of interaction that enhances
feedback and improvement of the effectiveness of
the EFL class.
 Sharing own ideas and others found on the
internet, about management of the children.
 External points of view may enrich the process.

60. SWOT ANALYSIS
THREATS
 Students may feel pressured by parents.
 Lack of time.
 External agents may interrupt in the commentaries.
 Ideas can be wrongly expressed in the written form,
and might be misunderstood by other users.

61. IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSAL
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT
 Reinforce the involvement of the parents
 Parents are attracted to the interaction with students
and other parents.
 Parents aware of the reality and the performance of
the students and will be in constant motivation of the
students to keep a good level or improve it.

62. IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSAL
COMMUNITY IMPACT
The blog can reach more students and parents outside this
institution, and through the spread of the parents, more
people can learn about the blog and access to check the
ideas and techniques and apply it to their life, which will
increase the benefits of this proposal.

63. OTHER STUDIES DERIVED
 Effects of the peer pressure in the EFL acquisition
in private institutions.
 Importance of the effects of the size of the class
in the process of EFL teaching and learning.
 Social and emotional elements that may represent
a threat for using English in the EFL class.

64. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!