Verbal Aptitudes for the Comprehensive Diagnosis of the Learning of English as a Foreign Language in Major in Education, English Specialty, at the University of Pedagogical Sciences "José de la Luz y Caballero" in Holguín

Abstract

This Diploma Paper is intended to increase the efficiency of the comprehensive diagnosis process of the learning of English as a foreign language through the variable verbal aptitudes in order to give a solution to the increasing low efficiency in the career Major in Education, English Specialty, caused by an insufficient diagnosis and characterization of the students. The main intention of the research, beyond diagnosing the students themselves, is run trial of the tools devised to be used in the 2014-2015 school courses for diagnosing freshmen. This investigation is one of the results of the Major Research Project of the Department of Foreign Language, English, at the University of Pedagogical Sciences “José de la Luz y Caballero”. Thus, the present work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter deals with theoretical and facto-perceptible elements as well as the current state of the learning diagnosis in the career Major in Education, English Specialty, at the University of Pedagogical Sciences “José de la Luz y Caballero”. It also contains several definitions of diagnosis as a process, and functions that the diagnostic processes should carry out from a pedagogical profile. The second chapter includes the proposal, verbal aptitudes, its dimensions and instruments, that allow to diagnose not only what the students do not know but also to explain the causes of why they do not learn as well as their potentialities for future development. The third chapter deals with the corroboration of the proposal developed through a Critical Reflection Workshop and experimentations on verbal aptitudes with the participation of the Integrated English Practice staff and a sample of freshmen.