Los ecuatorianismos como elementos de la identidad cultural y social en el ámbito educativo

Abstract

In Ecuador, currently it does not have a dictionary of ecuatorianismos, in which the particularities that identify the dialectal form the country are reflected, nor the words that characterize our culture and they still exist known. This research aimed to analyze the words used in Ecuador and its application in education. It was conducted by obtaining data through thirty interviews containing forty words taken from DRAE, applied to professionals and lay people of the city of Machala, between 18 to 67 years old. The following methods were used: descriptive statistics, field; besides literature research technique and interview. At the end of the investigation it was determined that most of the words are used by the investigated as part of speech as cultural and social identity of Ecuador, reason why it is considered important to promote the use of terms to the educational community through a ecuatorianismos mural with the most representative words of our Ecuadorian culture.