Impact of virtual education in the teaching of the English language in higher technology careers at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico La Maná

Abstract

The objective of the research is to analyze the impact of virtual education in the teaching of the English language in higher technology careers at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico La Maná, in Ecuador. The study has a qualitative approach, with a descriptive scope and a non-experimental design, which included an educational intervention to 86 students of the institute in question for the analysis of the impact produced by virtual education in the teaching of the English language. A documentary analysis was carried out based on the use of the PRISMA methodology and a questionnaire was developed as a tool for collecting information from the student body that participated in the educational intervention. The results obtained evidenced the positive impact that virtual education had on the teaching of the English language, although it enabled a better development of reading and listening comprehension skills, as well as oral and written expression.