RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis T1 Working with Emotions in the English Classroom: A Lesson Proposal for Secondary Education A1 Gevorgyan Grigoryan, Mariam A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras K1 Emotion(s) K1 Task-Based Language Teaching K1 Gamification K1 EFL K1 Short Story K1 Emoción(es) K1 Enfoque basado en tareas K1 Gamificación K1 ILE K1 Historia corta K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas AB In an era in which the acquisition of knowledge is based on stimuli, English as a ForeignLanguage (EFL) teaching and learning calls for methodologies that awake the interest of thestudents. For that reason, the present Master’s dissertation provides a didactic proposal thatseeks to foster learners’ communicative competence through the elaboration of a Podcast as afinal task. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (O’Connor, 1953) has been selected as a vehicle thatfacilitates the learning process. In this way, the main aims are to offer learners a deep reflectionon emotions considering five components of Emotional Intelligence (Goleman, 1998; 2004) aswell as to raise awareness of the society of the post-war Southern United States. The set ofactivities and tasks to be done involve Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) as a primarymethodology complemented by Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Gamification, andthe use of ICTs YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66883 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66883 LA eng NO Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y Literatura DS UVaDOC RD 17-jul-2024