Didactic games for the English Language Teaching (ELT) according to the learning styles of the students

Abstract

This paper offers a brief reference on learning styles, specifically the NLP Neurolinguistic Programming or better known as VAK (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) of Bandler and Grinder. The results of the diagnosis applied to a group of high school students to determine the learning styles of the students in the teaching of the English language are offered. For this purpose, didactic games were elaborated taking into account the students' learning styles with the methodological procedure to be used in the classroom by the teacher. An analysis of the students' learning behavior after their participation in the elaborated didactic games was carried out through the application of instruments such as the teacher interview, student surveys and the observation of the classroom environment using the triangulation method. As a sample, a teacher and a group of 60 students in the tenth grade of the pre-university “Julio Antonio Mella” Senior High School in the city of Baracoa in Guantanamo, Cuba, during the academic period 2018-2019 were taken into consideration. As conclusions of the study, it is evident that the proposed didactic games can be adapted and applied in other subjects and grades of different educational levels.