DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH COMPETENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH CIT SUPPORT

In the Bachelor Program in Spanish Language in English, formative investigation courses are offered. During the years 2015 and 2016, this work's authors have taught said classes with little use of the newer technologies. As a consequence, an investigation for the new cycle (2017-2019) was designed, with the purpose of making better pedagogical use of the CIT in favor of the development of research skills. The experience is developed in two classrooms. Both cases must pose problems, determine objectives, formulate hypothesis or scientific questions, recover information and synthesize, diagnose, design proposals, and discuss results. All these steps are accompanied by a strong preparation in investigation methodology. In addition, one of the groups addresses subjects in regard to teaching Spanish as a foreign language; the other group addresses the theoretical assumptions of critical pedagogy and the construction of alternative pedagogic proposals. The methodology used is research-action. As a result, a pedagogical strategy is implemented that incorporates and evaluates the research process carried out by students with various computer resources: Brightspace (mailbox, forums, rubrics and checklist); Office 365 Platform (Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Microsoft Forms); Turnitin, Atlas Ti. The integration of these tools favors teamwork, critical thinking and self criticism through various forms of evaluation, academic integrity by avoiding plagiarism, and software application for qualitative research. At the same time, students are trained on the pedagogical use of new technologies for their subsequent performance. Short title: Formative research and CITs.