La Virgen High School Survey

La Virgen High School Survey
Date: February 23rd , 2009-02-25
Viviana Baltodano Córdoba.





Historical background

This school is located in Sarapiqui, it is the first school in the community that implement technology in the whole classes. Teachers and students have the opportunities to work with computers, communicate with other schools and countries around the world. It is one of the few schools in the country that have that great opportunity.
La Virgen High School it was founded in 1996 with approximate 100 students. Nowadays the school has 590 students with 34 teachers from different areas, since 2007 conversational English classes were implemented given to students more opportunities to learn the language. Students are interested learning English because they opportunities to work to tourism.
There are 4 teachers of English.
According to the environment, La Virgen High School is located surrounded by a lot nature where students feel more comfortable and it makes they get the knowledge better the school has excellent infrastructure area.
Socio-Economic- it is a rural area. Sarapiquí depends on the most on tourism and agriculture activities. There are a lot of tourist centers, and pineapple plantations, around the town.

Methods

The high school has a lot of resources that implement interest teaching methods. Teachers use those resources to make interesting and funny activities. Teachers are based on the communicative approach classes are interactive and participative.
Communicate them in the target language and use a lot audio bilingual and total physical response the tool.
Teachers have excellent relationship with students; it helps the due development of classes. Teachers are able to evacuate doubt from students. Teachers think that syllabus is fine and that teachers are uncharged to develop correctly the program by making fine and funny activities that call students attention. Teachers use a lot technology resources and authentic material like pictures.
Teachers were improving good English classes.