IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENTIATED EDUCATION IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE ECUADOR
Keywords:
strategies; competences; foreign language.Abstract
During the last years the Educational System in Ecuador has been through constant changes; with this, acquiring English as a foreign language has become a fundamental aspect of the educational process. This situation has created the imperative need for EFL teachers to innovate their teaching practices; by looking for effective strategies that support students to develop communicative competences in order to successfully achieve the curriculum standards for EFL programs in Ecuador. In this sense, the main objective of this research paper is to provide EFL Ecuadorian teachers with strong educational tools to enhance their professional practice through the application of differentiated instruction and strategies that involve multiple intelligence tasks. This research is grounded on the pedagogical experience that, no all-teaching methods guide us to the same quality and effectiveness, which is required in the teaching process. This research will help teachers to modify their curriculum, teaching strategies, and assessment dynamics in order to support all, developing competences in order to construct their own learning patterns, which will contribute to achieve a high level of English proficiency and academic success
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