The implementation of a virtual course to reinforce the syllabi of the Intermediate I, II and Advanced English courses of the English Major at Universidad Francisco Gavidia

Abstract

The current research project revolves around the implementation of a virtual course to reinforce the syllabi of the Intermediate English I, Intermediate English II and Advanced English courses of the English Major at Universidad Francisco Gavidia. The purpose of it was to research students’ needs and expectations towards virtual classes, new technologies and methodologies available to be used in virtual courses; such information was researched in order to address the design and creation of the virtual course and to ultimately implement it to the three subjects involved in the study. The students of Intermediate English I, Intermediate English II and Advanced English courses of the English Major were on their second semester of 2018, studying the third unit of their academic syllabi, therefore the virtual classroom was based on those topics and the methodology applied was based on the previous research of the accepted ESL (English as a second language) methodologies available. Throughout all the project’s implementation and by the means of surveys and tests it was demonstrated the effectivity of the virtual courses to reinforce the current syllabi of the ESL subjects studied to a greater or lesser degree based on teachers’ involvement and students’ motivations. Which in turn shed light on its possible generalized application on not only ESL subjects but all other careers on the university or other academic institutions