IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cwf/moarti/mo2024108.html

English language skills and their influence on the academic performance of high school students in the public schools of Cereté – Córdoba

Author

Listed:
  • Estrada Martinez, Amparo Maria
  • Durango Warnes, Claudia

Abstract

This paper highlights the crucial role of English in today's global communication and the need to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) in language teaching. The research was carried out in Cereté, Córdoba, with a population of 560 students and a sample of 229 tenth and eleventh grade students from official schools. The survey technique was used to evaluate language skills and a checklist was used to measure academic performance. The objective was to analyze how the development of linguistic skills in English impacts academic performance and to propose improvements in the teaching-learning processes. The hypothesis stated was that there is a significant relationship between the development of English language skills and the academic performance of academic average students. The results of internal and external tests were examined, as well as the educational context in Latin America, highlighting the importance of modernizing curricula and adopting new methodologies. After applying the data collection instruments and analyzing the results, the hypothesis was corroborated, finding a significant positive correlation between all the linguistic skills evaluated. The paper discusses the contextualization of the problem, theoretical and methodological bases, data analysis and conclusions. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the improvement of educational processes in secondary schools in Colombia

Suggested Citation

  • Estrada Martinez, Amparo Maria & Durango Warnes, Claudia, 2024. "English language skills and their influence on the academic performance of high school students in the public schools of Cereté – Córdoba," SAP Multidisciplinary Open, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:moarti:mo2024108
    DOI: 10.62486/mo2024108
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://southam.pub/journals/files/mo/mo2024108en.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://southam.pub/journals/files/mo/mo2024108es.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.62486/mo2024108?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bernhofer, Juliana & Tonin, Mirco, 2022. "The effect of the language of instruction on academic performance," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    2. Lopez-Agudo, Luis Alejandro & González-Betancor, Sara M. & Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar David, 2021. "Language at home and academic performance: The case of Spain," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 16-33.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Berigel, Muhammet & Boztaş, Gizem Dilan & Rocca, Antonella & Neagu, Gabriela, 2023. "A model for predicting determinants factors for NEETs rates: Support for the decision-makers," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PB).
    2. Jinno, Masatoshi & Yasuoka, Masaya, 2024. "Effects of Relaxing Residence Status for Foreign Workers on Native Residents," MPRA Paper 120568, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Agarwal, Sandip K. & Dutta, Souvik & Naha, Maharnab, 2025. "Impact of breaking the language barrier on school education — Evidence from West Bengal in India," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    4. Giovanni Gallo & Claudia Garofoli, 2023. "Proxying the socio-economic background through real estate values. An application on performances of university students," Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) 0184, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi".

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cwf:moarti:mo2024108. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: South American Publishing Journals Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://southam.pub/journals/mo.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.