This action research study sought to incorporate students’ local identity as the set of traditions, language, history and norms of conduct as a potential element to enhance the foreign language learning process. The purpose of this study was to strengthen local cultural identity in high school students, facilitating a meaningful foreign language learning process and promoting the active participation of students in their local communities (Sharkey, Clavijo, & Ramirez, 2016), through inter-generational dialogue. The research questions proposed were: a) what were the perceptions students had about their local identity? and b) how did high school students strengthen their identity by writing chronicles in English class about their family history? Findings posit the impact of the study on students’ perception about their local identity, how they proudly identify themselves as Villanuevas (people from Villanueva), their active involvement in the community by fostering an intergenerational communication, the improvement on the students’ L2 competence as well as the impact of the sutdy on the researcher teaching process and its cross curricular influence.

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通过在EFL课堂中编写编年史来增强本地身份

这项行动研究试图将学生的当地身份作为传统，语言，历史和行为规范的集合，作为增强外语学习过程的潜在要素。这项研究的目的是通过代际对话，加强高中学生的当地文化认同感，促进有意义的外语学习过程，并促进学生积极参与当地社区（Sharkey，Clavijo和Ramirez，2016）。 。提出的研究问题是：a）学生对当地身份有什么看法？b）高中生如何通过在英语课上写有关他们的家族史的编年史来增强他们的身份？研究结果对学生对当地身份的认知产生了影响，