Design of a didactic guide for teachers based on the text book “I speak” to increase the academic level in the students of 7th grade of basic education at coronel Germanico Ribadeneira Valencia elementary school in the period 2010 – 2011.

Abstract

In the last 10 years Latin America has experienced a severe socio-economic crisis, which has resulted in increase in problems such as unemployment, migration, corruption, illiteracy, etc., which are part of the capitalist system development. Knowing English is vital for success, since English is considered the universal language of communication in science, technology, trade, tourism, etc., hence knowing and mastering at least some of the ways to communicate in English is therefore, of vitally important.