Recent Submissions
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Does an English language immersion in a Catalan i5 classroom have a real impact on children when introducing a foreign language?
(2025-05-19)This study aims to determine whether a nine-week English language immersion in an Early Childhood Education classroom at a Catalan school has a real impact on young learners in the early stages of ... -
EFL teaching strategies in 6th grade primary education
(2025-01-15)This study examines the teaching strategies used by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in-service teachers in sixth-grade primary school classrooms. The primary objective of this piece of research ... -
Analysing the effectiveness of Phonics methodology and memorisation and repetition strategies in vocabulary writing in primary EFL learners
(2025-05-01)Este estudio investiga la eficacia de dos metodologías: por un lado, el método Phonics y, por otro, las estrategias de memorización y repetición, en la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera (EFL) ... -
Creating a safe learning environment: what preschoolers need to master classroom routines in a foreign language
(2025-05-01)L’objectiu del present estudi és observar i identificar quines rutines estructurades i estratègies d’aula són més efectives per afavorir l’adquisició de l’anglès com a llengua estrangera en infants ... -
Introducing english as a foreign language through nursery rhymes to very young learners
(2025-05-05)Ensenyar EFL a aprenents molt joves requereix implicació i recursos significatius. Les cançons infantils donen suport a la introducció de l'anglès mitjançant el ritme, la repetició i el joc. Aquest ... -
The power of multisensory storytelling to learn english vocabulary in early childhood
(2025-05-19)This project consists of designing a multisensory learning proposal based on an adapted version of the traditional Catalan tale En Patufet, with the objective of teaching English vocabulary to young ... -
Introducing phonological awareness through rhymes: a didactic proposal for teachers
(2025-05-01)This final year project was designed to provide teachers a useful tool to introduce English phonological awareness to very young learners. Rhymes are not a very common resource to teach English as a ... -
Development of Oral English in the Primary School Classroom: A Teaching Guide for the First Cycle
(2025-05-01)Oral communication is essential for developing English language proficiency in the youngest learners. However, it often receives less attention than reading and writing skills in primary classrooms. ... -
Use of L1 in english as a foreign language classroom for very young learners
(2025-05-19)This study explores the presence of Code Switching in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms of very young learners. The main objective was to determine if the first language (L1) is used or ... -
Integrating music into english language routines to enhance phonological awareness
(2025-05-01)This Final Dissertation Project aims to provide Early Childhood Education teachers with a practical and engaging tool to support the development of English phonological awareness in very young learners. ... -
EFL teaching strategies in 6th grade primary education
(2025-01)This study examines the teaching strategies used by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in-service teachers in sixth-grade primary school classrooms. The primary objective of this piece of research ... -
Gamification as a strategy for learning english language in primary education
(2024-05)Gamification is considered a pedagogical strategy that uses games within the teaching-learning process, having as a prominent feature its versatility when choosing both virtual and face-to-face games ... -
The discovery of the english language through the early oral literatures
(2024-05)The aim of this study is to design a didactic proposal that helps students discover the English language through early oral literatures, setting aside technologies and screens. The didactic proposal ... -
Unlocking literacy: Do efl young learners find difficulties when reading in english?
(2024-05)Els objectius d’aquest estudi estan relacionats amb el complex procés d’ensenyar a comprendre textos en anglès a joves aprenents de llengua anglesa. El primer objectiu és demostrar que els joves ... -
Design of a didactic sequence based on a book club
(2024-05)The approach of book clubs combined with other strategies is considered a good method to be used in English as a Foreign Language class for primary students. This study had as its main objective to ... -
The use of musicograms and music patterns with very young efl learners
(2024-05)The present work aims to value the use of musicograms and music patterns in a daily basis for language learning acquisition in very young learners. Through the Dual Coding Theory, combining music and ... -
Improving pronunciation in primary education using minimal pairs and tongue twisters
(2024-05-06)Pronunciation is essential for speakers to communicate effectively. Catalan and Spanish speakers present diverse difficulties when producing specific English phonemes that can impair the intelligibility ... -
Exploring grammar and vocabulary through a catalan festivity-themed escape room in the upper cycle firecrackers are gone!
(2024-05)The current dissertation aims to design an Educative Escape Room proposal for students in the upper cycle of Primary Education with the UNESCO World Heritage Site festivity Patum as the main theme, ... -
Introducing English through Rhymes and Body Movements in Early Childhood Education
(2024-05)The main objective of this final year project was to create nursery rhymes and relate them to body movements to introduce English to very young learners. Teachers can use these rhymes to give children ... -
Exploring the Power of Routines in Preschool English Learning
(2024-05-10)The aim of the present study is to observe and discover if linguistic routines fosters English vocabulary learning and its effectiveness as an educative tool in preschool classrooms. To do so, the ...