Implementation of the new school approach teaching guides in a public rural elementary school to improve reading and writing skills of english language

Abstract

The current research project is a qualitative case study developed in the I. E. El Placer in Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca. This is a rural public institution composed of thirteen branches in the mountains of the municipality. The study was done with the intention to determine the improvement of fifth graders’ reading and writing English skills by using the learning guides designed under the “New School” pedagogical approach during the first period of the 2022 school year. In order to achieve the project objectives, a pre-test and a post-test were applied to nineteen students; four learning guides were designed following the parameters of New School pedagogical approach, and direct class observation was done during the development of the activities proposed in the learning guides. Based on the comparisons of the results between the pre-test and the post-test, almost all the students evidenced improvement in their performance after the implementation of the four learning guides. During the implementation of the four learning guides, the students showed interest in their elaboration, likewise, they were committed to the activities proposed in the learning guides.