Teaching English vocabulary through the communicative approach at elementary level using little real objects in the Técnico Humanístico Mariscal José Ballivián “A” school

In this paper we offer a summary of the project application entitled: “Teaching English vocabulary through the communicative approach at elementary level using little real objects in the Técnico Humanístico Mariscal José Ballivián ‘A’ school”. The work is structured into the following chapters: Chapter one provides the diagnostic section that helped us to have the outline to put into practice the project application. It includes a general introduction to the background, the place of the research, the students of the “Tec. Mcal. José Ballivián ‘A’ school”, the needs analysis, the objectives and the justification. Chapter two is related to the theoretical framework for this research. It contains a general overview of Bolivian education, the communicative approach in which the role of both students and teachers are placed, the natural approach, vocabulary, materials in language teaching in which the classification of materials; authentic materials, materials adaptation, realia, little real objects and material evaluation are introduced. Besides it is concerned with language learning strategies in which strategies classification system as well as direct and indirect strategies are developed. In the third part of the project application, the proposal section is presented. It includes the objectives of the proposal, the place, the time, the methodology and procedures of the proposal. This chapter also offers the syllabus design, the topics, the lesson plans in which both linguistic and functional objectives are presented, the curriculum design, and the different communicative activities. In chapter four we can find the outcomes of the project. Moreover the last and final chapter takes into account the conclusions, the recommendation in which alternatives are presented for future researches, as well as the bibliography. Finally the appendix section provides the didactic resources and the communicative activities in detail and step by step to develop effectively the English classes. Besides it contains the worksheets, the main activities developed in the English teaching – learning process and the different project certifications that finish the project application.