Las técnicas participativas como un recurso potenciador del proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje del Inglés a los estudiantes de la Universidad Técnica de Manabí

The purpose of this article is to briefly present the results of the research: "Application of participatory techniques to enhance the teaching-learning process of English to students of the Technical University of Manabí" (UTM) to determine the contribution of the participatory techniques in this process through the identification of the appropriate techniques used by the teacher based on the needs required to obtain meaningful learning in the students, of which the most relevant are the participatory techniques for the consolidation and communications phase. The methodology used in the research was based on the application of a survey to the fifth level students of different UTM careers, which included seven closed questions, and the application of an interview to teachers who teach the subject of English, the results obtained from these instruments facilitated the obtaining of information for the development of this study. The results obtained in the investigation determined that the application of participatory techniques is important because they are an instrument of interaction between teachers and students during the teaching - learning process so that the student acquires and assimilates more efficiently the knowledge imparted.   Index Terms— participatory techniques, teaching-learning process, meaningful learning.