How does Experiential Learning engage the third-grade students at Los Andes School to learn EFL vocabulary in the farm?

Abstract

This paper is aimed to present the argumentative essay of the a pedagogical practice using Experiential learning to engage the third-grade students at Los Andes School to learn EFL vocabulary in the farm. I choose to develop this idea after applying a diagnostic process through a survey (see appendix) and participant evidence. The result of this needs analysis proves that students at this context prefer to be in contact with the nature to learn, also they want to bring reality into the classroom. The first attempts to theorize about experiential learning was proposed by Kolb (1984) who maintained that effective learning requires four components: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. He proposed that learning must involve full and open engagement, in new experiences, plus reflection on and observation of, the learning experience from different perspectives. For this reason, Experiential Learning is the process of learning through experience, and is defined as “learning through reflection on doing”.