UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO

FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES ACATLÁN

LICENCIATURA EN ENSEÑANZA DE INGLÉS

Research Project presentation: Applied Linguistics Research

Tutor: Selene Jiménez Segura

Presented by: Aylin Allisson Márquez Ponce

Proposal of complementary didactic material about irregular plural nouns for the Global Plan course
of English in the beginner without notions level targeted to the elderly students of the Media Library
of the Technological Center of Distance Education (CETED) of the Faculty of Higher Studies
Acatlán.
• Irregular plural nouns in English.

• Media Library of the CETED , Faculty of Higher Studies

Acatlán, UNAM.

• Global Plan English course at Beginner without notions

level. Source: Google.com

• A1

1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing

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• No previous research found about the teaching of irregular plurals to elderly students of
English .

• Laal (2011): educative paradigm: Long Life Learning

• Hatar and Sona (2006): Particular needs of elderly students; Grammar-Translation Method

• Donaghy (2020): Psychosocial features of elderly learners

• There is not any didactic material targeted to the elderly students of English at
the Media Library of the CETED in the Faculty of Higher Studies Acatlán that
promotes the practice of irregular plural nouns at the Beginner without notions
level.

• Limited number of grammar text books, workbooks and bilingual dictionaries

and worksheets.
• None of the available materials are designed to the targeted population of this
project.
• This age group conforms a the majority fraction of students enrolled in this
course.
• To propose complementary didactic material about irregular plurals in English.

1. To describe the educative context of the elderly English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
students at the Media Library.

2. To apply a diagnostic test to the EFL students about common irregular plural nouns at the
beginner level of English.

3. To identify the problem that the targeted population has regarding their command on
irregular plural nouns in English.

4. To plan a proposal of complementary didactic material aimed to the elderly students of

English in the Beginner without notions level about irregular plural nouns based on the results
of the previous diagnostic test.
• The implementation of ludic based resources from an affective-humanistic
approach is appropriate for elderly students to practice irregular plural nouns.

• Humanistic-Affective teaching approach.

• Areas of Applied Linguistics: Learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and

Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TELF).

• Didactic material design.

 10 elderly students Non-probability sampling.
who are 60 years old
and more.

Short individual Diagnostic test for data

interviews. collection.

Thematic analysis of
the transcriptions. Graphic bar.

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• 90% of the targeted population have lack of command of irregular plurals
during the English course at a Beginner level.

• It is expected to provide the elderly students of English in Beginner level with a

ludic didactic material that helps them practice and improve their command of
irregular plurals.

• To present this research project as the dissertation for the Bachelor’s Degree in
English Teaching Major.
 Final reflections

• Teaching sensitiveness towards all types of students.

• Life Long Learning in English teaching.
• Awareness of the student’s specific characteristics.
• Teachers as facilitators.
• Appropiate didactic materials.

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Thank you

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