Improving English Communication Competences and Motivation of a 4th CSE Class-group Through the Implementation of Active Methodologies

Abstract

This Master's Degree Dissertation aims to respond to two of the main challenges encountered in a 4th year Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) class: the lack of student motivation and students' insufficient practice of communicative competences —specific competences of oral and written production, interaction and mediation— in English. To provide solutions to both challenges, this paper analyses the syllabus of this class to identify areas for improvement, based on the current national and regional educational legislation of the Valencian Community and education literature. Following these suggestions, this paper aims to illustrate a practical example of how all this could be applied in a learning situation: The Fast Fashion Challenge, which uses gamification, TBL and cooperative learning