Improving EFL Teaching Methodology. It's research, not a guide

      Аннотация: The current study took a qualitative approach which was carried out by following a plan of activities with the objectives of identifying the factors that caused rejection on students when learning a Foreign Language, afterwards, recognizing the learners’ needs and interests and determining what active methodologies enhanced meaningful learning of EFL. The data collection procedures used were: direct observation, examination of interests and preferences and Interview to students and to the teacher-researcher. The study context was a public school in Sincelejo-Sucre; I.E. T?cnico Industrial Antonio Prieto, with learners from tenth grade. This course had forty students who belong to a low socio-economic status. The justification of this research was mainly the students’ rejection lo learn English; therefore, there was an essential need to implement active methodologies to turn them into learners-centered classes; bearing in mind the professor’s insights after the A.M usage (Gamification, Project Based Learning, cooperative learning, flipped learning).

Ключевые слова: Active methodologies, meaningful learning, EFL teaching-Learning, Colombian contexts