ENGLISH MATERIAL ADAPTATION. A WAY OF FACILITATING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROCESS

Abstract

The application of the policy for the improvement of English teaching in Cuban universities brings about a series of changes in the curriculum, in the syllabi, in everything related to this subject. The present article is related to the adaptation of materials, which is a key element in any subject that is taught, because each group is a new universe. The University of Sancti Spiritus has worked on it and has also achieved a better performance of the students from Physical Culture Major, which adaptation was experienced in the Elementary book, of the Face2Face series.

The objective of this article is to make an analysis of different elements that must be taken into account to carry out material adaptation and to present the results of the analysis that was developed in the Language Center to achieve better performance in the courses that are taught in José Marti University as part of the English policy.

In this study, methods like: documental analysis, interview and pedagogical test were put into practice. This experience was applied at Physical Culture Faculty students at José Martí University, by means of which the majority of third year students achieved the graduation requisite of A-2 level in the English Language.