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Viveros, M., & López, M. (Enero – junio de 2025). Inuence of the keynote e-book on the EFL skills of the A2 level students at Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador (UNIB.E).
Sathiri, 20 (1), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.32645/13906925.1328
Introduction
The Keynote e-book is a modern tool to teach English; it consists of several resources, such as: topics
related to today’s reality, videos, texts, conversations with useful expressions and photos about
important contemporary topics. These resources allow students to get immersed in meaningful
contexts. The use of technology implies the application of new teaching strategies (Ahmed, 2020);
that is the reason why this research shows how the teachers’ perspective has changed after using
an e-book to teach English. As a consequence of this change from the traditional teaching to
something innovative according to the new world, the teaching methodology changed.
The target study of this research was the English A2 level during 5 semesters in order to
determine the improvement of the students. It is relevant to emphasize on the dierence between
the paper books and the e-books, because the last ones contain more features to practice the
productive skills: speaking and writing. There was a meaningful change in relation to the other
materials used during the previous semesters. Therefore, there was plenty of information for the
research.
Moreover, we live in times under the domain of technology and it involves solving problems
through creative solutions (Nadrag,2020). According to Srinivas (2019), we live in a globalized world
where the communicative skills of the English language are very important for people to reach their
objectives and goals, therefore it is important to apply methods according to the new era, since the
traditional methods are not related to today’s times. Teachers must adapt to the new technologies
and resources, because it is not a good idea to continue applying strategies of a world that does not
exist anymore and in the future these strategies and methodologies will be replaced as well; since
we live in a changing world.
“Technological tools implement interactive and collaborative resources to create the
e-activities that are appropriate to improve students’ English pronunciation level and ability to
perceive and produce English more accurately.” Zhao (2019). Consequently, technological tools
such as e-books allow learners to practice dierent EFL skills, especially if they are not living in
an English-speaking country. Also, e-books allow them to have a better immersion in the foreign
language, since this is one of the reasons why students do not learn English properly. In Ecuador,
they are not used to practice outside the classrooms; hence, it is necessary that teachers help
students get immersed in the foreign language. Immersion includes speaking and writing, which are
the productive skills; and listening and reading, which are the receptive skills. All of them include sub
skills such as: pronunciation, use of grammar, spelling, etc.In addition, it was noticed that teachers
usually apply the transmission of models of education instead of proactive models of advocacy
(Burgin, 2017), (see gure 1.); it means that they repeat traditional methods that are useful but most
of the times should be adapted to the new world or contemporary methodologies should be applied
and new methodologies should be created to reach the EFL teaching-learning goals nowadays.
The use of technology encourages learners to self-study and it facilitates the extensive
learning, Buzarna (2019). Nowadays, technology has made it easier to learn on your own, it has
broken many barriers. In the case of the English language, it has permitted the practice outside the
classroom; however, most of the students do not feel motivated to do it; but the use of innovative
online tools boosts their own learning. In regarding to this matter, it is worth pointing out that
teachers are only guides but they must be qualied. Most students’ learning depends on themselves
with practice and dedication. Teachers are the guides and motivators.
The new material (e-book) was implemented in the semester September, 2018 - February,
2019; before that year the desertion was higher. The e-book belongs to an online platform by National
Geographic, and it contains short TED conferences as the topic of the unit. These conferences