Reflective journals in WhatsApp to improve writing skills in a2 level students

Resumen

The objective of this research work presented was to determine if the implementation of reflective journals in WhatsApp has a positive incidence in the development of writing skills in the English language in students at second baccalaureate level, informatics specialization, parallel “C” at Unidad Educativa Salinas Innova, which hypothesis is based on the premise that writing skills in English can be improved by the implementation of reflective journals in WhatsApp. The quantitative research approach was used; the research theoretical methods were analysis-synthesis, inductive-deductive and systemic-structural, and the techniques for data collection were a survey and statistical interpretations, whereas the instruments were a questionnaire, the second model of needs analysis proposed by Hutchinson and Waters, a diagnostic test, a pretest before and another after the implementation of the proposal. The results showed that the average level of students’ proficiency in English was A2, the students wanted to improve their writing skills by composing reflective journals in WhatsApp outside the classes, whilst the analysis of the results after the implementation of the reflective journals evidenced an improvement on students’ writing skills. Based on the results of the research, it was concluded that reflective journals in WhatsApp had a positive incidence on the improvement of writing skills in the English language.