The role of art-based activities in promoting engagement in third-grade students of english as a foreign language in a private school in Guayaquil in the scholastic year 2025 - 2026.

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze how engagement can be improved while using art-based activities among third-grade EFL students of a private school in Guayaquil. This project used a descriptive research methodology, and adopted the mixed methods which helped to analyze information. The quantitative data was collected through a teacher survey, taken by two teachers in the private school chosen for the study, which analyzed the frequency in which art activities were implemented in the classroom. Also, a student survey was performed to showcase how interested students would be in different art activities. Two different classrooms were surveyed: classroom A made up of 22 students and classroom B made up of 26 students. For the qualitative data, an observation checklist was used to gather information concerning the level of engagement in the classroom. After analyzing the data, it was found that some factors that influence engagement can be the type of strategies used in the classroom and the access to varied instructional materials. Therefore, it is through art-based activities that a viable solution can be found to improve engagement of third-grade students by giving them a variety of materials that are related to their different learning styles.