Action Research and Personality Growth in FLT

The book is about an essential reason to undertake action research in the integral formation process of students at any level. Practical examples are provided with primary, junior and higher education students; focused on developing moral values as well as language competences to contribute to the formation of good manners and wide cultural scope. After identifying some limitations on students´ formation, concerning language acquisition, motivation, participation in activities in and out of educative institutions and creativeness of undergraduates to improve language learning at schools; action plans were designed under the philosophy of action research to enhance the teaching learning process. Students sometimes were not aware of English usefulness from the scientific, cultural, academic, or upgrading view points. Hence, it was an important task throughout the projects to be sensitive at needs. The thorough success revealed the importance of working altogether in the development of one´s personality whatever his/her age is. Teachers, students, parents, friends and the whole communities, where the actions were developed, enjoyed the intervention of the participants.

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Arelys Rodríguez Mestre, profesora de lengua inglesa en la UO. Ha impartido cursos de grado y postgrado en la especialidad de FLT, Didáctica y diseño curricular en los programas de MSc. y Doctorado. Ha tenido experiencia docente internacional en Etiopía, Panamá, Venezuela, Ecuador y Surinam. Participa en grupos profesionales como ALC, GELI, IATEFL.