EILE PROJECT (Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera)

In order to contribute with Costa Rica Multilingüe, the BID (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo) has financed, together with local counterparts, this project whose objectives are:

• To generate knowledge to enhance the teaching of English in Costa Rica and the rest of the region.
• To determine the effectiveness of some methodologies based on information and communication technology platforms.
• To revise the curriculum for primary and high school in the public system.

They are going to pilot some software packages to determine how effective they are to teach English. In the province of Alajuela they are piloting Imagine Learnig and Dyned for primary school.
In the region of Alajuela there are eight schools using Dyned, five schools using Imagine Learning and four control groups (they will not use any software). In each participant school, a group of third grade was given a computer (classmate) with the corresponding software.

EILE Project Software Demonstration

On august 25th, the companies of the sofware packages, Imagine Learning and DynEd, gave a presentation to the supervisors and principals of the institutions participating in this project. The purpose was to show how each sofware benefits the teaching and learning of English. We also had the participation of Marta Blanco and Katherine Stanley from Costa Rica Multilingue. The meeting took place at Escuela Quebradas. See the pictures here.