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PENINSULA OF SANTA ELENA STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES
ENGLISH TEACHING CAREER

“CREATING DIGITAL STORIES TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILL
AMONG STUDENTS OF EIGHTH BASIC GRADE AT COLEGIO
PARTICULAR ELOY VELÁSQUEZ CEVALLOS. LA LIBERTAD,
PROVINCE OF SANTA ELENA. SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016”.

RESEARCH PAPER
As a prerequisite to obtain a:
BACHELOR´S DEGREE IN ENGLISH

AUTHOR:
VICTOR ADAN GALARZA PROAÑO

ADVISER:
LIC. AURA GABRIELA MUÑOZ VENERAS, MSc

LA LIBERTAD – ECUADOR

2016
PENINSULA OF SANTA ELENA STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES
ENGLISH TEACHING CAREER

“CREATING DIGITAL STORIES TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILL
AMONG STUDENTS OF EIGHTH BASIC GRADE AT COLEGIO
PARTICULAR ELOY VELÁSQUEZ CEVALLOS. LA LIBERTAD,
PROVINCE OF SANTA ELENA. SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016”.

RESEARCH PAPER
As a prerequisite to obtain a:
BACHELOR´S DEGREE IN ENGLISH

AUTHOR:
VICTOR ADAN GALARZA PROAÑO

ADVISER:
LIC. AURA GABRIELA MUÑOZ VENERAS, MSc

LA LIBERTAD – ECUADOR

2016
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

I, Victor Adan Galarza Proaño with ID number. 100375155-7 undergraduate
student from the Peninsula of Santa Elena State University, Faculty of Education
and Languages, as a prerequisite to obtain a Bachelor´s degree in English, in my
role as author of the research paper “Creating Digital Stories To Improve The
Writing Skill Among Students Of Eighth Basic Grade At Colegio Particular Eloy
Velásquez Cevallos. La Libertad, Province Of Santa Elena. School Year 2015-
2016.”Certify that this work is of my authorship, except for the quotes and
reflections used in this research paper.

_______________________
Victor Adan Galarza Proaño
ID # 100375155-7

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ADVISER´S APPROVAL

In my role as Adviser of the research paper under the title “CREATING DIGITAL
STORIES TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILL AMONG STUDENTS OF
EIGHTH BASIC GRADE AT COLEGIO PARTICULAR ELOY VELÁSQUEZ
CEVALLOS. LA LIBERTAD, PROVINCE OF SANTA ELENA. SCHOOL
YEAR 2015-2016.” prepared by VICTOR ADAN GALARZA PROAÑO
undergraduate student of the English Language Teaching Career, Faculty of
Education and Languages at Peninsula of Santa Elena State University, I declare
that after haring oriented, studied and reviewed the project, I approve it in its
entirety, because it meets the requirements and is sufficient for its evaluation of the
Board of Examiners.

Sincerely

………………………………….
Lic. Gabriela Muñoz MSc.

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BOARD OF EXAMINERS

_________________ _____________________

Dra. Nelly Panchana Rodríguez, MSc. Lcda. Glenda Pinoargote Parra, M.A. Ed.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND ENGLISH TEACHING CAREERDIRECTOR
LANGUAGES DEAN

___________________ ___________________________
MSc. Aura Muñoz Veneras MSc. Roberto Montalván Burbano
ADVISER SPECIALIST PROFESSOR

______________________________
Ab. Joe Espinoza Ayala MSc.
GENERAL SECRETARY

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this work to my grandmother who is not here, but she guides every day
of my life.
To my family which gave me the support and enough patience to understand during
the development of my research, without them none of this long process of my
academic preparation would be possible.
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try”

Victor

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all I thank God, who guided me throughout this process, to UPSE for all the
support during these five years and to all my professors for their dedication and
patience.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to MSc. Glenda Pinoargote, English teaching
Career Director for providing me an opportunity to do this project which contributes
to learning English.

I sincerely thank MSc. Kleber Loor and MSc. Gabriela Muñoz for their guidance
and encouragement in carrying out this project work.
Victor

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DECLARATION

“The content of the following graduation work is my responsibility, the intellectual
property belongs to the Peninsula of Santa Elena State University”

DECLARATORIA

“El contenido del presente Trabajo de Titulación es de mi responsabilidad, el
patrimonio intelectual del mismo pertenece la Universidad Estatal Península de
Santa Elena”

_____________________________
VICTOR GALARZA
C.I. 1003751557

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP...………………………………………. ii
ADVISER´S APPROVAL……….……………………………………...… iii
BOARD OF EXAMINERS……………………………………………...… iv
DEDICATION……………………………………………...………………..v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………...…………….. vi
DECLARATION……………………………………………...…………... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………..……………….. viii
PICTURES PAGE………………………………………..…….…………...xi
CHARTS PAGE…………..…………………………..……………..……. xii
GRAPHS PAGE…………..…………………………..……...……….….. xiii
ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE………………………………………..........…. xiv
ATTACHMENTS PAGE……………………………………….…….…... xv
ABSTRACT….……………………………………………….………….. xvi
INTRODUCTION………………………………………...………………... 1

CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM
1.1 Title of research paper 2
1.2. Statement of the problem 2
1.2.1 Context of the Problem……….…………………………...….. 7
1.2.2 Scientific Problem………….……………………….…......…..9
1.2.3 Research Object….……...………………………………...….. 9
1.2.4 Action Research…………………………………………...….. 9
1.3. Significance……………………………………….……………...…9
1.4. General Objective………….……………………………...….…... 12
1.5. Defending Idea…………….…………………………….………... 12
1.6. Scientific tasks….………………………………………….……... 12
1.7. Research Questions..…………………………………….………... 13

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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 Previous research……………………………...……………..….….. 14
2.1.1. Research around the world.………..………………….....…… 14
2.1.2. English teaching........................................................................ 15
2.1.3. What is CEFR?…..……………..…………..…………..…...... 17
2.1.4. What is writing?........…………..…………...……..….…...…. 19
2.1.5. ICTs……………...……..…………………………………..… 23
2.1.6. Digital Stories………………………………………………… 25
2.2. Philosophical Bases………………………………………..………. 28
2.3. Pedagogical Bases…………………………………………..……... 30
2.4. Legal Bases………………………………………………...…......... 35

CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research approach………………………………………………..…. 38
3.1.1. Research Questions…………..…………………………..…… 39
3.1.2. Methods……………………………..…………………….….. 40
3.2 Level or type of research……………………………………….….… 41
3.2.1 Field Research……………………………………………....…. 41
3.2.2 Bibliographic Research…………..………………………....…. 41
3.2.3 Applied Research...………………………………………....…. 41
3.3 Population………………………………………………….………... 42
3.4 Variable Operationalization…………………………………….…….43
3.5 Techniques and Instruments for Data Collection…………………… 45
3.5.1. Observations……………...…………………………………... 45
3.5.2. Surveys…………………...…………………………………... 45
3.5.3. Interviews…………………………………...………………... 45
3.5.4. Focus group…………………………...……………………… 46
3.5.5. Instruments……………………………...……………………. 46
3.6 Data Collection Plan……………………………………………........ 47
3.7 Data processing Plan………………………………………….……....48
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