Evaluación del impacto del uso de WhatsApp en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés de los estudiantes de educación media.

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, ICT improvements have evolved significantly, giving a change notorious in education, the present study aims to evaluate the development of skills of reading and writing in Middle Education students is deficient when constructing the knowledge. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of WhatsApp, as a teaching resource in the development of reading and writing skills of the language English of middle school students. The selected population is made up of 30 students and 2 teachers who are in charge of teaching. This study used the methods analytical-synthetic, qualitative-deductive and quantitative-descriptive and was based on the application of a pretest and post test after the WhatsApp intervention and at the end of the study a satisfaction survey was applied. The findings revealed that WhatsApp is an effective methodological application to develop the motivation and participation of middle school students.