Research Design and Literature Review of Children Language Teaching Competences

Resumen

This study is about teaching foreign languages to children, it is focused on the teaching competences that the children teachers already possess, the elements of the communicative competence used, the communicative competences that the teacher and students practice during the class, the strategies and activities that teachers use to develop communicative competences and the promotion of moral values of the teacher. These previous factors were analyzed in all teachers that are teaching English to children in this institution by the use of two instruments such as: an interview guide to the teachers and a class observation chart. Finally, the results gathered were discussed and analyzed.