The development of ninth grade students’ independent work in the English lessons

Abstract

The present research report deals with the current problems which are one of the biggest difficulties facing education, taking into account the new transformations in the junior high school model and the importance of the independent work method in regard to form the personality of the learner in relation to the creation of independent work habits and the development of research skills. Activities aimed at contributing to the development of independent work are applied, created on the basis of a pedagogical model, different from those traditionally presented in English language teaching. The objective of this research is to apply teaching activities in the English lessons in order to contribute to the development of independent work in ninth grade students at “Ramón Leocadio Bonachea” Junior High School in Sancti Spíritus city. Theoretical methods were used such as the historical-logical, the analysis-synthesis and the inductiondeduction; from the empirical level, the interview, the survey, the observation and the document review were used; and from the statistical and mathematical processing level, the procedure of percentage calculation was used. The results obtained during the stage of final research diagnosis were evaluated, which allowed us to conclude that the implementation of the activities greatly contributed to solve the existing problems as there were evident changes and an increase in the development of independent work in the selected sample.