gist: A Pathfinder

This is a computer-generated pathfinder created against the Distant Reader study called gist.

Each Distant Reader study carrel is composed of many individual items. Each item is bibliographically described with author, title, date, summary, and keyword values. Below is a list of the items' most signficant keywords as well as lists of the items themselves. Purpusing the content of this pathfinder provides the student, researcher, or scholar with one way to get their heads around the scope of the carrel. The keywords include:

Students; Learning; English; Teachers; Teaching; Education; January; Nov; July; Que; Teacher; Knowledge; Colombia; Bilingualism; Covid-19; Creation

Depending on how this pathfinder was created, many of the bibliographic sections will include elaborations on the meaning(s) of the given keywords. These elaborations were generated by feeding the items' summaries to a large langauge model and asking the model to address the question, "What is X?", where "X" is the keyword. The result will be a few sentences of elaboration. Be forewarned. The elaborations are often plausible, but they should not be take as truth. Instead, they should be taken as points for consideration.

• Using Digital Formative Assessment to Evaluate EFL Learners’ English Speaking Skills by Çetin Köroğlu, Zeynep (2021) - In this study, digital formative assessment and traditional speaking tests were utilized comparatively to evaluate 52 upper-intermediate EFL learners’ English language speaking skills. Although they have positive views on digital formative assessment, participants are dissatisfied with it in terms of technical problems that they encountered during the administration of digital formative tests. Keywords: assessment; digital; exam; formative; language; learners; learning; new; participants; research; skills; speaking; speaking skills; students; test
• Moving from What Do English Teachers know? to How Do English Teachers Experience Knowledge? A Decolonial Perspective in the Study of English Teachers’ Knowledge by Castañeda-Londoño, Adriana (2021) - The literature in ELT education validates the concept of teacher knowledge base (Shulman, 1987) in international and local academies (see for example Pineda Báez 2002; Cárdenas & Suárez, 2009; Macías, 2013; Fandiño, 2013; Freeman and Johnson, 1998; König, et al., 2016; Freeman, 2019; Asl, Asl, & Asl, 2014; Mu, Liang, Lu, & Huang, 2018). One category of knowledge experience is emotion as it will be evidenced by analyzing the next testimonial narrative through its communal interpretation, and participant’s theorization. Keywords: castañeda; decolonial; education; elt; english; english teachers; experience; knowledge; knowledge castañeda; language; learning; londoño; lorena; perspective; santos; school; sousa; students; teachers; teaching; testimonial
• A Comparative Linguistic Analysis of English and Spanish Phonological System by Silva Valencia, Juan Carlos (2022) - Now, let us notice that the number of English vowel sounds shown above is only referring to the basic ones; if we consider the variations coming from those pure sounds, we can get more. If we start from saying that English vowel sounds can be divided into several categories: monophthongs (short and long vowels) diphthongs, triphthongs, vowels before historical R, and weak vowels. Keywords: english; language; learners; learning; phonemes; pronunciation; sounds; spanish; speakers; stress; students; system; vowel; words
• Exploring the Barriers to online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A case of Pakistani Students from HEIs [Higher Education Institutions] by Nazir, Muhammad Arsalan; Khan, Mohsin Raza (2021) - This was apparent when during COVID-19 students learning online require internet access (Alsoud, 2021). Switching to online learning has had many advantages such as flexibility, affordability, ac cessibility, an d pe rsonalized le arning experience. Keywords: access; barriers; covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; education; faculty; internet; khan; learning; nazir; online; pakistan; pandemic; students; study; teaching; theme; time; tools
• EFL Teachers’ Cognitions about Teaching Speaking Skills by Adem, Habtamu; Berkessa, Mendida (2022) - Introducing language teacher cognition. Language teacher cognition in the case of Japanese teachers of English at secondary school in Japan: An exploratory study. Keywords: adem; beliefs; berkessa; classroom; cognitions; efl teachers; english; experience; grammar; language; language teaching; learners; learning; percent; skills; speaking; students; study; teachers; teaching
• Motivation Factors Of Candidates Teachers For Their Professions by Yarım, Mehmet Ali; Yildirim, İsa; Akan, Durdağı (2022) - Keywords: Motivation; teacher motivation; intrinsic motivation; meaninglessness; extrinsic motivation; prospective teacher. Teacher motivation in educational organizations is an extremely important situation that activates many factors in the school system and increases the effectiveness, efficiency and quality in practices. Keywords: akan; candidates; codes; dergisi; education; factors; motivation; motivation factors; profession; que; research; school; students; study; teacher candidates; teachers; teaching; work; yarim; yildirim
• Constructing Critical Thinking Scenarios in Online Legal English Classes by Roberto Florez, Eliana Edith; Arias-Rodríguez, Gladis Leonor ; Herreño-Contreras, Yomaira Angélica (2022) - Nowadays, education aims at developing students’ critical thinking skills, and EFL teaching and learning scenarios (English as a Foreign Language) are increasingly including methodologies intended to foster the in-tandem development of communicative and critical thinking skills. In this way, the benefits of developing students ’critical thinking not only help them to increase their capacity to enhance their knowledge, but also to be accurate while making decisions as a collaborating member in the society. Keywords: analysis; arias; case; classes; english; english classes; knowledge; language; law; learning; online; research; scenarios; skills; students; teaching; thinking; use
• The Contribution of the Activities Prepared with Web 2.0 Technologies to the Level of Learning by Çakan Uzunkavak, Melike; Gül, Gülnihal (2022) - Key Words: Technology; web 2.0 tools; music education; z-generation; learning level; education Resumen Esta investigación tiene como objetivo evaluar la contribución de las actividades preparadas con tecnologías Web 2.0 para la unidad de formación de sonido en el ámbito de una lección de música a los niveles de aprendizaje de los estudiantes. En consonancia con los hallazgos obtenidos de este estudio, se determinó que las actividades elaboradas con tecnologías Web 2.0 contribuyeron al autoconocimiento, la confianza en sí mismos, la protección de la voz, el cambio de voz y el conocimiento experto de campo de los estudiantes, lo que también proporcionó facilidad de aprender conocimientos teóricos. Keywords: activities; activity; data; education; environments; eğitim; gül; journal; knowledge; learning; music; question; research; students; study; table; teaching; technologies; technology; tools; use; web; çakan
• Experiences of English as Foreign Language student using ICT in their learning process by Silva-Perdomo, Julian Dario; Duero-Naranjo, María Soledad; Castañeda Trujillo, Jairo Enrique (2022) - Educational innovation through ICT-mediated teaching strategies in the initial teacher education of English language teachers.  According to Castañeda-Trujillo and Cruz-Arcila (2012), university teachers require constant training in ICT use. Keywords: castañeda; duero; education; efl; efl students; english; experiences; ict; language; language learning; learning; participant; perdomo; research; silva; students; teachers; teaching; trujillo; use
• Student Motivation in CORONAPOLIS: Effects of Transactional Distance Perceptions on EFL Undergraduate Students’ Motivation by Takkaç Tulgar, Ayşegül (2022) - undergraduates participating in distance education courses held at a Turkish university within the boundaries of CORONAPOLIS, an imaginary city which is under the threat and destructive effects of Covid-19 pandemic. In the light of the results, theoretical and practical training of the faculty and integration of distance education courses in under/graduate programs are suggested. Keywords: autonomy; course; distance; distance education; distance perceptions; effects; efl; experiences; face; face education; learner; learning; motivation; participants; perceptions; structure; students; study
• An investigation of Prospective Teachers’ Reasons for Preferring Teaching as a Progression: Turkish Context: Teaching Profession, Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program by Kaya, Halil İbrahim; Korucuk, Murat (2022) - When the results obtained in this study were evaluated in general, it was seen that the level of pedagogical formation education certificate program students choosing to teach for internal reasons was higher than the level of choice for external reasons and being influenced by others. In addition, it was found that female pedagogical formation education certificate program students chose to be a teacher for internal reasons higher than males; pedagogical formation students, who were the first choice of teaching, had a higher level of choosing teaching due to external reasons than the students who have second+ preference; pedagogical formation education certificate program students living in districts, villages and towns preferred teaching for internal reasons and generally were higher than students living in provincial centres; It was found that the pedagogical formation education certificate program students with an income of 5.001-10.000 TRY preferred to be a teacher, higher than the students with an income of 0-5.000 TRY and 10.001+TRY; pedagogical formation education certificate Prospective Teachers’ Reasons For Preferring The Profession Kaya And Korucuk 80 No. 25 program students whose mothers were illiterate and graduated from high school or above had higher levels of choosing teaching due to internal reasons than students whose mothers were secondary school graduates; pedagogical formation education certificate program students whose fathers graduated from high school or above were higher than students whose fathers were illiterate. Keywords: certificate; education; education certificate; formation; formation education; income; profession; program; program students; reasons; school; students; study; teachers; teaching
• Future Teachers Discuss their Readiness to Teach EFL in Ecuador by Burgin, Ximena; Daniel, Mayra (2023) - This study explores teacher candidates (future teachers’) perceptions of their readiness to teach in Ecuador’s diverse context, the challenges they anticipate they might encounter in their work as educators, and how governmental mandates for English language teaching (ELT) influenced their preparation. SQ 2: What barriers do teacher candidates perceive will challenge them in their careers as EFL educators? Keywords: candidates; ecuador; educación; education; educators; efl; english; focus; future; language; learning; ministerio; participants; qualitative; strategies; students; study; teachers; teaching
• EFL Teachers' Stress and Coping Strategies: the case of public primary schools in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia by Ayalew , Teshale; Woldemariam, Getachew Seyoum; Alemu, Adege (2022) - Work overload, inadequate income, toxic work environment, job ambiguity, extracurricular activities, household duties, and other factors all lead to teacher stress (Atsbeha, 2015; Wole, 2002). EFL foreign teacher stress in Korea: Causes and coping mechanisms a survey study and brief literature review. Keywords: alemu; ayalew; education; efl stress; efl teachers; english; factors; job; lack; language; learning; problem; result; school; seyoum; strategies; stress; students; study; teaching; techniques; work
• A Creative Nonfiction Narrative Inquiry into an EFL Online Learning Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ypsilanti, Angeliki; Karras, Ioannis (2022) - A polyphonic perspective on life narratives, where creative nonfiction as reflection takes the lead, has been conducted by Peters et al. (2020) who offer a compilation of 15 autoethnographical pieces detailing student experiences as active participants of China’s current IHE under the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings reflect the researcher’s need to smooth non-uniformity in the participants’ personal narratives or put differently, to re-narrate the immanent story. Keywords: community; coronavirus; covid-19; efl; efl community; experience; inquiry; karras; kim; learning; narrative; narrative inquiry; nonfiction; nonfiction narrative; participants; personal; research; story; students; writing; ypsilanti
• Exploring Instructors’ Beliefs about and Practices in Promoting Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Writing Classes by Bayou, Yemeserach; Kitila, Tamene (2023) - Exploring Instructors’ Beliefs and Practices in Promoting Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Writing Classes1 Explorando las creencias y prácticas de los instructores para promover las habilidades de pensamiento crítico de los estudiantes en las clases de escritura Yemeserach Bayou Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia Tamene Kitila2 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 1 Received: Instructors’ Beliefs and Practices for Promoting Critical Thinking in Writing Classes 131 No. 26 Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in Promoting Students’ CT in Language Learning Class Examining teachers’ beliefs is a daunting task due to different conceptualizations of the term. Keywords: ability; activities; beliefs; classes; classroom; education; english; feedback; instructors; language; learning; participants; practices; research; skills; strategies; students; study; teachers; teaching; thinking; university; writing
• The Contribution of Information Gap Activities to Support Honduran Ninth-grade Students’ speaking Fluency by Caballero Guillén, Mary Elizabeth; Cisterna Zenteno, Cecilia (2023) - Abstract This article presents the process and results of an action research project which explored the contribution of information gap activities to support a group Honduran ninth-graders’ speaking fluency. Moreover, participants expressed that information gap activities had impacted positively their motivation and their awareness of mistakes. Keywords: activities; fluency; gap; gap activities; information; information gap; level; participants; post; pre; score; speaking; students; test; use
• Views From the Fields: Turkish Novice Teachers’ Struggles for Teaching and Learning to Teaching: Turkish Novice Teachers’ Struggles for Teaching and Learning to Teaching by Kocabaş, Cihan; Deniz, Ünal (2023) - These schools, which continued to train teachers until about forty years ago, then passed the responsibility of teacher education to the Education Institutes. Reflections on teacher education in Turkey. Keywords: classroom; curriculum; education; experience; factors; individual; learning; novice; novice teachers; parents; participants; problems; process; profession; public; research; school; students; study; teachers; teaching; theme; training; türkiye
• Social Media Strategies for EFL Students: Enhancing Speaking Proficiency by Tasisa Dinsa, Mitiku; Teshome Taddese, Esayas (2024) - Moreover, social media learning strategies can help students to share thoughts and feelings orally in the target language in an interactive way. Conversely, there is some evidence about the use of social media learning strategies in convalescing learners’ speaking proficiency. Keywords: efl; english; language; learners; learning; media; oral; proficiency; purposes; results; skills; speaking; strategies; strategy; students; study; test; use
• The effect of flipped classroom audiovisual content on students’ talking time and speaking skills in an adult EFL class by Rojas, Javier (2024) - Differences in student talking time between the control group and the experimental group in Unit 10, Lesson 1 Note: Student talking time in Unit 10, Lesson 1. Despite the evident increase in student speaking time, the increase was thought to be higher at the beginning of this study. Keywords: class; classroom; control; grammar; group; learning; lesson; research; speaking; students; talking; time; unit; videos
• EFL Students’ Suggestions to Maintain Their Willingness to Communicate in Online English Language Lessons by DARIYEMEZ, Tevfik; YASTIBAŞ, Ahmet Erdost (2023) - Online English language lessons appear to affect the maintenance of WTC because the participants’ responses focus on several aspects of online English language lessons which are the way online English language lessons are taught, the length of online English language lessons, the pace of online English language lessons, and the nature of online English language lessons. Sub-theme 1: Creating intimacy in online English language lessons Three participants mentioned that if the environment or atmosphere in an online English language lesson is not intimate, they may not maintain their WTC in that lesson because intimacy in an online lesson seems to trigger student WTC in that lesson. Keywords: efl; english; english language; language lessons; online; participants; students; suggestions; theme; willingness; wtc
• Using Global Englishes to Improve Listening Comprehension in Pre-intermediate English Learners by Segura Arias, Roger; Herrera Rodríguez, Karla Daniela (2024) - In addition, Puri (2021) argued that “global Englishes perspectives need to be adopted in English language teaching elsewhere because it is supposed to enhance learners’ interpersonal communication, mutual support and respect, multidialectal competence, and analytical skills” (p. 124). The emergence of World Englishes: Implications for English language teaching. Keywords: communication; comprehension; english; englishes; exposure; global; language; listening; research; speakers; students; teaching; varieties; world
• So Easy to Write a Story with a Mind Map: An Experimental Study by Uysal, Hümeyra; Sidekli, Sabri (2024) - Abstract This study aimed to determine the effect of mind mapping on story writing skills of the students. Comparison of Pre-Test Results of the Students by Groups Source of Sum of sd Average of F p Significant Variance Squares Squares Difference Between-groups 11.62 2 5.81 2.27 .11 In-group 212.20 83 2.56 - Total 223.82 85 When Table 5 is analyzed, in the group consisting of 86 students from three different third grade, the mean scores of the levels of story writing skills of the groups formed according to their classes were compared with a one-way analysis of variance for the unrelated samples in order to test whether there was any difference between the levels of story writing skills before the practice. Keywords: control; experimental; group; map; mind; mind map; post; pre; skills; story; story writing; students; study; test; writing; writing skills
• EFL Teachers' Job Burnout Its Associated Factors: Public Primary School of Jimma Zone in Focus by Mengistu, Teshale; Seyoum Woldemariam, Getachew; Alemu, Adege (2024) - 125 No. 28 126 No. 28 Abstract Because of environmental and personal factors, EFL teachers are often exposed to job burnout. The finding shows that the majority of EFL teachers underwent a high level of burnout, and all the hypothesized factors had a significant association with burnout and its dimensions. Keywords: burnout; efl; efl teachers; factors; finding; job; job burnout; lack; level; predictors; problem; school; stress; students; study; teachers; work
• Investigating the Impact of Test Anxiety and Self-Regulation on Foreign Language Learning: A Quantitative Correlational Approach by Ispinar Akcayoglu, Duygu; Ozer, Omer (2024) - Abstract The present study investigated the self-regulated learning strategies adopted by EFL learners, their levels of cognitive test anxiety, and the potential correlations between self-regulated learning and cognitive test anxiety. Furthermore, the results consistently found a correlation between self-regulated learning and cognitive test anxiety, with self-regulated learning effectively predicting cognitive test anxiety. Keywords: efl; language; language learning; learners; learning; levels; proficiency; regulation; self; strategies; students; study; test anxiety
• The Effects of Flipped Classroom on EFL Students’ Autonomy and Motivation : English by Çiftci Aksoy, Büşra Nur; Takkaç Tulgar, Ayşegül (2024) - The flipped classroom concept has gained significant popularity in English language teaching since Bergmann and Sams’ (20012) pioneering use of the model, which involved the provision of video recordings for language students. To improve the language skills of EFL students, in countries including Turkey, authorities and educators have been searching for innovative teaching strategies and techniques. Keywords: activities; autonomy; classes; classroom; design; education; efl; english; experimental; fcm; group; implementation; journal; language; learning; model; motivation; participants; research; students; study; teaching; test; university
• Ethiopian EFL Students’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and the Factors Associated With It in Oral Communicative English Classes by Teshome Abebe, Dereje; Syoum Weldemariam, Getachew; Legese Birassa, Guta (2024) - Similarly, Karnchanachari (2019) also reported a relatively high level of students WTC among the Thai students in the international program, similar to the finding by Liu and Jackson (2009) where more than half of the students were reported to have positive attitudes toward speaking with others and more willing to communicate in English classes. This study therefore explored EFL students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in oral communicative English classes together with the factors underlying it in the Ethiopian higher education context. Keywords: classes; classroom; communicate; confidence; context; data; efl; efl students; english; factors; language; learners; learning; macintyre; oral; self; students; studies; study; willingness; wtc
• Community-based explorations and visual literacies: A key interplay to enhance writing skills in early high school students by Sabogal Bedoya, Johanna Marcela; Durán Narvaez, Norma Constanza (2024) - Shifting to writing as the central construct of this research, Chala and Chapetón (2012) present relevant perceptions about writing as part of a social and situated practice that seeks to provide students opportunities to stand their voices so that they express, communicate, share, and negotiate their views of the world and feelings through the written text. This action research revealed how students, through systematic and consistent work, were smoothly guided in the writing process with the help of visual elements that served as triggers or supporters to produce short texts in which their voices were relevant by exploring their context and portraying their realities. Keywords: activities; cbp; classroom; community; data; english; ideas; knowledge; language; learners; learning; literacies; literacy; practices; process; research; school; skills; students; study; tasks; visual; writing; writing process
• Bolstering Intercultural Communication among EFL Learners in Online Conversation Clubs by Ávila Ávila, Laura Rocío; Medina Riveros, Rosa Alejandra (2024) - In the 2nd semester of 2023, 10 seniors from the Philology and Languages - English undergraduate program interned as language tutors. Our descriptive case study involved conducting conversation club sessions with four students by adapting materials and plans and complying with the Program of Education in Foreign Language regulations. Keywords: autonomy; clubs; colombia; communication; competence; conversation; conversation clubs; education; english; intercultural; language; learners; learning; materials; online; research; students; study; tutor; ávila
• Syntax of DP Deletion and Pragmatics of DP Movement in Passive Voice by Wongkittiporn, Abhinan (2024) - Passive voice and the vicinity of passive voice in applied linguistics research articles were found in the section of research methodology. Passive voice was found to be colligated with various syntactic structures, such as passive voice, transitive complements, subjective complements, and noun clause complements. Keywords: analysis; complement; data; english; language; linguistics; methodology; movement; research; scopus; students; study; vicinities; voice
• An Experimental Study on the Impact of Collaborative and Active Learning on Vocational Students' Learning Achievement and Self-Motivation by Li, Ruijuan; Srikhao, Sarit; Jantharajit, Nirat (2024) - Teachers served as coaches and guides, offering resources, technology, and feedback to support student learning. Student learning motivation and psychological hardiness: Interactive effects on students’ reactions to a management class. Keywords: achievement; control; education; experiment; group; impact; learning; methods; motivation; post; pre; research; self; students; study; teaching; test; vocational
• Using data-driven learning approach to enhance EFL learners’ academic speaking skills by Chanie Gashaw, Getasew; Teklesellassie, Yinager; Shifere, Kassie (2024) - Partial Eta of Squares Square Squared Test Sphericity Assumed 4019.228 7 574.175 166.537 .000 .912 Greenhouse‒Geisser 4019.228 3.908 1028.360 166.537 .000 .912 Huynh-Feldt 4019.228 5.330 754.144 166.537 .000 .912 Lower-bound 4019.228 1.000 4019.228 166.537 .000 .912 Error(Test) Sphericity Assumed 386.147 112 3.448 Greenhouse‒Geisser 386.147 62.534 6.175 Huynh-Feldt 386.147 85.272 4.528 Lower-bound 386.147 16.000 24.134 Corpus analysis results In addition to the above quantitative analysis, a corpus-based analysis of participants’ academic oral presentations was used to determine the frequencies of using the target formulaic sequences. As the students stated in the student-reflective journal, the inputs given to them in the form of concordance lines and model extracts were helpful to know more about formulaic sequences that are used to make academic oral presentations. Keywords: academic; corpus; data; ddl; efl; formulaic; instruction; intervention; language; learners; learning; mean; oral; participants; presentations; skills; speaking; students; study; test
• EFL Students’ Writing Strategies, Self-Efficacy, and Performance in Ethiopia: Exploring Interrelationships by Tasisa, Mitiku; Tadesse, Essayas (2024) - Descriptive statistics for the frequency use of writing strategy Strategies Mean (M) SD Level of strate- gy use Frequency of use Rank Memory 2.57 0.833 Medium Sometimes used 1st Compensation 2.51 0.828 Medium Sometimes used 2nd Social 2.33 0.744 Low Not usually used 3rd Affective 2.21 0.678 Low Not usually used 4th Cognitive 2.18 0.653 Low Not usually used 5th Metacognitive 2.11 0.624 Low Not usually used 6th Grand total 2.32 0.727 Low Not usually used Table 1 illustrates that students generally used writing strategies at a low frequency. The results showed a fragile but positive relationship between students’ self-efficacy and their use of writing strategies (r=0.119). Keywords: correlation; efficacy; efl; efl students; english; feedback; language; performance; relationship; research; self; students; use; writing; writing performance; writing strategies
• Teachers Prepare to Infuse Social-Emotional Learning in English as a Foreign Language Classes in Uruguay by Daniel, Mayra C; Burgin , Ximena D. (2024) - During the first week of training, the teachers defined SEL, explained, and provided examples showing how SEL skills help EFL students in school and life. Similarly focused, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2024) divides SEL skills into five categories that teachers must support: regulating one’s emotions, thoughts, and actions; demonstrating social awareness, empathy, and acceptance of others’ social and ethical norms; establishing and maintaining healthy rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups; and making constructive and respectful choices in personal and social interactions based on consideration of the person’s identity and well-being. Keywords: crp; development; educators; efl; instruction; language; learners; learning; participants; research; sel; skills; students; study; teachers; training; uruguay
• Teaching Oral Skills in Ethiopian Secondary Schools: Practices and Challenges by Deressa, Wakgari; Alemayehu Getachew Beyene (2025) - In Ethiopia, oral communication has often been overlooked or inadequately addressed in language curricula, and teachers continue to face numerous barriers in developing effective oral language skills in students. What English language teachers need to know: Vol. Keywords: accuracy; activities; communication; discussions; english; ethiopia; fluency; language; oral; practice; schools; skills; speaking; students; teachers; teaching
• EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Designing Classroom- Based Tests by Tewachew, Abebe (2025) - Maingi (2015), for example, examined how language teachers perceived the use of reading methods in the classroom and found considerable individual variation in theoretical approaches to teaching. Additionally, since superficial familiarity frequently leads to problems when creating tests, language teachers must internalize the material they plan to teach. Keywords: assessments; classroom; design; development; efl; english; evaluation; grade; instruction; items; knowledge; language; learning; students; study; teachers; teaching; test; testing
• Editorial by GiST, Editor GIST (2024) - The flipped classroom approach, explored by Javier Rojas, echoes this focus on active learning by shifting the traditional classroom dynamics. Similarly, the flipped classroom study leverages audiovisual materials to extend learning beyond the classroom, offering an exciting perspective on how technology can enrich language learning experiences. Keywords: learning; students
• Motivation as a Predictor of Language Proficiency: Evidence from Iranian Management Students by Farrokh, Parisa; Hamtay, Gholamreza (2025) - Motivation as a Predictor of Language Proficiency 105 No. 30 The following research question guides this investigation: RQ: What is the relationship between Iranian management students’ motivation and their language proficiency?” Given the limited research on language learning motivation among Iranian management students, this exploratory study aims to examine the potential relationship between these variables. Motivating language learners: A classroom- oriented Investigation of the effects of motivational strategies on student motivation. Keywords: business; correlation; english; language; language proficiency; learning; management; management students; motivation; oqpt; proficiency; questionnaire; research; speaking; students; study; test
• Enhancing Students’ Writing Performance through Self-Regulated Learning Strategies by Abate, Zelalem Ayalew; Yigzaw, Abiy; Teklesellassie, Yinager (2025) - For example, Wang (2023) found that the use of SRL writing strategies contributed to the writing performance of EFL learners. These explanations showed that EFL/ESL writing and SRL strategies are interconnected. Keywords: diary; essay; instruction; intervention; learning; learning strategies; performance; regulation; results; self; skills; srl; srl strategies; strategies; strategies instruction; students; study; test; time; writing; writing performance; writing strategies; zimmerman
• Editorial by Granados, Carlo (2025) - What happens when teachers and students are not simply expected to follow the rules and deliver lessons but are instead seen as thoughtful, creative, and critical participants in the learning process? They find that teachers often use interactive activities such as group discussions and pair work, but a strong focus on getting things exactly right sometimes prevents students from speaking freely. Keywords: students; teachers
• Promotion of Learner Autonomy in a Freshmen’s English Course at a Colombian University by Ramírez, Alexander (2018) - Learner Training for the Development of Autonomy For the purposes of this study, learner training was deemed a paramount element in the promotion of learner autonomy: in order for a student to become autonomous, he/she needs to be equipped, through training, to cope with a new vision of learning. Results Self-Access Centers, English Course Syllabi, and the Institutional Promotion of Autonomy The data yielded in the Diagnosis Stage the lack of an actual promotion of learner autonomy in the institutional context. Keywords: autonomy; course; december; del; design; english; july; july december; language; learner; learner autonomy; learning; ramírez; self; students
• Phoneme -Grapheme decoding in Phonics-Based Instruction of English as a Second Language at an Italian High School: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Coates, Robert; Gorham, Judith; Nicholas, Richard (2018) - This would suggest that L2 phonics instruction involves discovering how an L1 may either interfere or aid PG decoding in English. Martinez (2011), did show the advantages of using English L1 phonics techniques for Spanish TESOL learners. Keywords: coates; cohort; control; decoding; efficacy; english; esl; gorham; instruction; july december; language; learning; material; nichols; patterns; phonics; pronunciation; research; results; skills; students; teaching; techniques; tesol; test; trial; vowels
• Revisiting the Concept of Self-efficacy as a Language Learning Enhancer by García Gutiérrez, Carol Andrea; Durán Narváez, Norma Constanza (2018) - For this purpose, autobiographies become a springboard to examine students’ language learning experiences. As a result, the research question of the study was answered extensively, and the theoretical constructs that support the relationships between students’ self-efficacy beliefs, language learning experiences and narratives were verified in this study. Keywords: autobiographies; bandura; beliefs; classroom; duran; efficacy; efficacy beliefs; english; enhancer; experiences; garcía; july december; language; language learning; learners; learning; learning experiences; que; research; self; states; students; study; teachers
• EFL Learners’ Development of Voice In Academic Writing: Lexical bundles, Boosters/Hedges and Stance-taking Strategies by Christian Fallas Escobar, Christian; Chaves Fernández, Lindsay (2018) - The last one encircles an accomplished sense of worth that allows student writers to compose with authority. These three interrelated strands are seldom explored in traditional academic writing courses despite the fact these are likely to allow student writers to build a stronger sense of worth in the work that they produce. Keywords: boosters; bundles; chaves; composition; devices; essays; fallas; hedges; july december; learners; stance; strategies; students; taking; voice; writers; writing
• Constructing Sociocultural Awareness from the EFL Classroom by Bautista Pérez, Nancy Yolanda (2018) - No. 15 (July - December, 2017) 158 Main question: What does the implementation of the Raising Cultural Consciousness Macrostrategy, taken from the Postmethod Pedagogy, show with respect to the development of a group of university students’ sociocultural skills in their English learning process? Following these thoughts, as a language teacher at a higher educational institution, I am aware that one of the challenges we have is to promote competences university students need to improve their quality of life. Keywords: awareness; bautista; classroom; cultural; culture; efl; english; intercultural; july december; language; local; pedagogy; postmethod; process; que; research; socio; students; study; teacher; teaching; university
• Lesson co-planning: Joint Efforts, Shared Success by Carreño Bolívar, Laura; Hernandez Ortiz, Luz Stella (2018) - This is the main intention of having LD teachers planning together, since they are the ones who are using the planners, they are the ones who know what works best and how their practices can get better every semester. No. 15 (July - December, 2017) 175 Introduction Lesson planning is a demanding task that language teachers embark on every day. Keywords: activities; efforts; july december; lesson; mentors; planning; process; strategy; students; success; teachers; teaching
• Using the Seminar Format to Explore Pre-service Teachers’ Argumentative Abilities in English as a Foreign Language by Orellana, Pelusa (2015) - El Uso del Seminario Socrático como Formato para Explorar las Habilidades Argumentativas de Futuros Docentes de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera Pelusa Orellana2* Universidad de los Andes, Chile Abstract The current study describes the introduction of seminar discussions in a literature course to track students’ growth in argument production across the semester. Seminar discussions are a suitable context for future teachers to engage in argumentation, to understand how to use discussions that foster reflection and divergent thinking, and for instructors to assess the quality of arguments. Keywords: argument; argumentation; discussion; format; frames; january; january june; june; maieutic; orellana; paideia; quality; questions; research; seminar; students; teachers
• The Articulation of Formative Research and Classrooms Projects in the Language and Culture Class in an Undergraduate English Teaching Program by Ramírez Marroquín, Paula (2015) - Doing teacher research: From inquiry to understanding. Los resultados que se presentan se derivan del análisis de las guías metodológicas de los proyectos de aula del programa y de las percepciones de los estudiantes y docentes acerca de los mismos. Keywords: classroom; classroom projects; competences; january; january june; june; knowledge; learning; process; product; projects; que; ramírez; reality; research; students; teachers
• An Approach to Integration: The Integration of Language and Content to promote L2 Learner Autonomy at the College Level by Oliva Parera, Pablo M.; Núñez Delgado, María del Pilar (2015) - Through this adaption, the research aims to broaden the research base of the PEL, thus providing more insight into the role of portfolios in encouraging student autonomy in other contexts. Prior to discussing this gap in greater detail, this literature review considers content and language integrated learning (CLIL), content-based instruction (CBI), and the use of language portfolios in terms of their contributions to autonomy. Keywords: autonomy; clil; content; control; experimental; group; integration; january; january june; june; language; learning; level; núñez; oliva; portfolio; research; students
• A Baseline Study of Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking in the Preschool Classroom by Melo León, Jenny (2015) - The variables taken into account for these techinques were the following: a) the presence of critical thinking in students, b) the incidence of teacher’s instruction in the development of critical thinking and the presence of pedagogical strategies that promote critical thinking skills, and c) teachers’ beliefs as to the importance of developing critical thinking in preschoolers. This research showed a different perspectives of the development of critical thinking in preschoolers and opens the opportunity of researching different aspects, but especially in terms of diagnostic tools to determine the level of critical thinking development in preschoolers as well as teachers believes in supporting children`s critical thinking. Keywords: children; development; january; january june; june; preschool; skills; strategies; students; teachers; thinking
• Effects of Classroom Assessment Practices in a Foreign Language Reading Course by Lopera Medina, Sergio Alonso (2015) - The contradictory culture of teacher-based assessment: ESL teacher assessment practices in Australian and Hong Kong secondary schools. effects of classroom assessment Practices loPera 12 No. 11 (July - December 2015) Keywords: assessment; classroom; comprehension; course; december; effects; july; july december; language; learning; practices; reading; students; teacher
• Evidence of Critical Thinking in High School Humanities Classrooms by Vargas Alfonso, David (2015) - Improving student critical thinking and perceptions of critical thinking through direct instruction in rhetorical analysis. The effects of environment-based education on students’ critical thinking skills and disposition toward critical thinking. Keywords: analysis; argumentation; class; classroom; december; evidence; focus; group; july; july december; motivation; order; que; research; school; skills; students; studies; teachers; thinking
• Mitigation of Disagreement in Peer Review among L2 Learners and Native Speakers in a College Writing Class by O'Donnell Christoffersen, Katherine (2015) - The research on mitiGation of disaGreement o’donnell 50 No. 11 (July - December 2015) No. 11 (July - December 2015) classroom and online course contexts cited above demonstrate that Korean (Bell, 1998) and Greek (Kakava, 1993) L2 learners of English tend to express unmitigated disagreement, while a class of students from varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds favors mitigated disagreement (Maíz-Arevalo, 2014). A cross-cultural study of disagreement strategies to suggestions between Persian EFL learners and American native English speakers. Keywords: december; disagreement; english; july; july december; learners; mitigation; peer; review; speakers; students; writing
• Factors Affecting Academic Resilience in Middle School Students: A Case Study by Rojas F., Luisa Fernanda (2015) - Keywords: academic resilience, risk factors, protective factors, low income, family factors 1 Further research includes four next steps: 1) design a tool to collect information from all families students; 2) define clear support strategies for families who do not show protective factors; 3) create sessions for parents focused on how to foster academic resilience; and 4) teacher coaching and training. factors affectinG academic resilience roJas 77 No. 11 (July - December 2015) Keywords: case; children; december; factors; family; individual; july; july december; parents; research; resilience; risk; school; students; study
• Foreign Language Learning Strategies in the Context of STEM Education by Han, Turgay (2015) - Keywords: Language learning strategies, engineering students, English as a foreign language 1 Received: July 15, 2015 / Language learning strategies of undergraduate students. Keywords: december; english; july; july december; language; language learning; learning; learning strategies; mean; reading; research; strategies; strategy; students; use; words
• Speaking Skill Development through the Implementation of Multimedia Projects by Contreras Ospitia, Letty Hazbleidy; Charry Garzón, Sandra Milena; Castro Garcés, Angela Yicely (2016) - Students were all required to follow the school principles, which sometimes limited the amount of time that students could spend using technology in class. Hence, this study gave us the opportunity to discover whether the use of multimedia projects as authentic learning materials was effective in terms of improving fluency, pronunciation and the acquisition of vocabulary. Stanley (2006) and Pun (2006) have pointed out the strong benefits that podcasting may offer to language education, especially in reference to developing students’ listening and speaking skills. Keywords: castro; charry; development; january; january june; june; language; learning; multimedia; projects; pronunciation; skills; speaking; students; use
• Using a Mobile Application (WhatsApp) to Reduce EFL Speaking Anxiety by Han, Turgay; Keskin, Fırat (2016) - Interestingly, another result of the study was that female students showed more enthusiasm for using technology in language classrooms than male students. Therefore, EFL students should be trained to use this mobile application by forming groups with their classmates to improve language skills. Keywords: anxiety; application; efl; experience; han; january; january june; june; language; learning; mobile; speaking; students; study; whatsapp
• The Interpaly of Teacher Training, Access to Resources, Years of Experience and Professional Development in Tertiary ESL Reading Teachers' PerceivedSelf-Efficacy by Kraut, Rachel; Chandler, Tara; Hertenstein, Kathleen (2016) - Hoy and Woolfolk (1993) examined two major independent variables: teacher efficacy and organizational support and found that all teachers at various years in the profession need a strong sense of self-efficacy and organizational support to make the best use of their professional development training. Differentiated instruction, professional development, and teacher efficacy. Keywords: development; education; efficacy; english; esl; january; january june; june; reading; resources; self; students; teacher; teaching; training
• Questions in English as a Medium of Instruction versus non-English as a Medium of Instruction Lectures by Maíz Arevalo, Carmen (2017) - Improving Classroom Questions: A Teacher’s Guide to Increasing Student Motivation, Participation, and Higher- Level Thinking. Following previous taxonomies (e.g. Dalton-Puffer, 2007; Sánchez- García, 2010; 2016), it is possible to distinguish five types in the corpus under study: rhetorical questions, display questions, comprehension checks, referential questions and clarification checks. Keywords: answer; classroom; discourse; e.m.i; english; instruction; interaction; january; january june; journal; june; language; lectures; maiz; questions; research; second; spanish; students; study; teacher; university
• Oral Skills Development Through the Use of Language Learning Strategies, Podcasting and Collaborative Work by Devia Grisales, Martha; García, Andersson Smith (2017) - The use of podcasts is said to have the capability of improving students’ motivation (Hegelheimer and O-Bryan, 2007) and attitudes towards the class (Li, 2010), and when implemented as a form of cooperative work can also enhance students understanding of the subject matter and improve students interaction (Stoltenkamp et al. 2011). The results evidenced how students were positively influenced by these strategies to improve their oral skills. Keywords: collaboration; devia; january; january june; june; language; learning; oral; podcasting; self; skills; strategies; students
• Improving English Language Learners’ Academic Writing: A Multi-Strategy Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Challenge by Marulanda Ángel, Nora Lucía; Martinez García, Juan Manuel (2017) - Professors from different faculties often expect that students enter universities with the required reading/writing competences to embrace academic writing tasks (Zhu, 2004). Key Words: Academic writing, peer review, tutoring, writing lab, systemized feedback, TOEFL practice, Process Approach Resumen Los requerimientos del área académica y las limitaciones de los estudiantes al aprender a escribir exigen mejores estrategias para la enseñanza de la escritura académica. Keywords: course; english; feedback; january; january june; june; language; martínez; marulanda; process; research; skills; students; tasks; writing
• Educational videos: a didactic tool for strengthening English vocabulary through the development of affective learning in kids by Celis Nova, Jonnathan; Onatra Chavarro, Clara Isabel; Zubieta Córdoba, Any Tatiana (2017) - Students’ Questionnaire Another instrument that showed how students felt in class was the questionnaire applied to the students after the implementation. Student video project as a means to practice constructivist pedagogy in the foreign language classroom. Keywords: affective; class; english; january; january june; june; language; learning; onatra; process; students; videos; vocabulary
• The Logic of Sense incorporated to the notion of Inquiry as an Orientation for Learning: two classroom experiences by Camacho Vásquez, Gonzalo (2017) - The purpose of this division was to evaluate the effectiveness of the model in the construction of problem questions and make further decisions on the sequence of learning. I provided further practice in the way problem questions should have been formulated and expected to see the improvements in protocols 3 and 4 (see figure # 5 for analysis of data). Keywords: camacho; deleuze; experience; inquiry; january june; learning; logic; orientation; problem; questions; sense; students; teaching
• Exploring English Language Teaching in an Ecuadorian Urban Secondary Institution by Burgin, Ximena; Daniel, Mayra C (2017) - Data analyses of nine observations of practicing teachers seems to suggest the curriculum used to prepare English teachers does not fully meet the educational needs of teachers or students. They stated unequivocally that “the majority of English teachers in Ecuador have neither the language proficiency nor the methodologies to teach English effectively in the schools” (p. 109). Keywords: burgin; classroom; daniel; development; ecuador; education; elt; english; instruction; january june; language; learners; participants; questions; research; students; study; teachers; teaching; verbal
• Understanding the Interconnectedness between Language Choices, Cultural Identity Construction and School Practices in the Life of a Latina Educator by Mercuri, Sandra Patricia (2014) - The lack of primary language literacy affected her development of English literacy and, in return, did not allow her to access the privileges of a middle class education and a position of power in society. I was placed in the non-college track even though I always wanted to go to college but I did not have the level of English language and have not taken the more challenging classes needed to attend college. Keywords: construction; cultural; culture; development; english; identity; interconnectedness; irma; language; language choices; literacy; mercuri; nov; practices; school; social; spanish; students; understanding
• Teaching the Students and not the Book: Addressing the Problem of Culture Teaching in EFL in Argentina by Moirano, María Carolina (2012) - As for teachers’ attitudes towards culture teaching, the results also indicate that teachers hardly notice this problem and do very little to remedy it. Only when English is used to express and advocate local culture and values will it truly represent an international language (Smith, 1976).This is why it is important to evaluate the kind of textbook we are using, the kind of culture teaching it provides, the messages it passes, and it is also very important not to lose focus: if we want to learn about other cultures we first need to know about our own culture. Keywords: book; cultural; culture; english; international; language; moirano; nov; students; teachers; teaching; textbooks; topics; upstream; world
• Exploring Teachers’ Use of Technology in Classrooms of Bilingual Students by Daniel, Mayra C.; Cowan, John E. (2012) - 97 Exploring Teachers’ Use of Technology in Classrooms of Bilingual Students1 Mayra C. Daniel and John E. Cowan2* Northern Illinois University Abstract This article presents results of an investigation that documents teachers’ perceptions of the contribution of technology use in classrooms of bilingual learners. Noteworthy themes in this research can be divided into four categories: engagement of ELs, available technology, access to technology, and support for technology use. Keywords: classrooms; daniel; els; group; instruction; language; learning; new; nov; students; teachers; technology; use
• The Use of Communication Strategies in the Beginner EFL Classroom by Rodriguez, Carmen A.; Roux Rodríguez, Ruth (2014) - These ways of communicating are communication strategies (CSs). EFL teachers are not always aware of the importance of teaching communication strategies to their students or, if they are aware, they do not explicitly train their students to use them. Keywords: beginner; classroom; communication; communication strategies; efl; english; group; language; nov; que; roux; strategies; students; teachers; use
• Teaching Science in English through Cognitive Strategies by Bueno Hernández, Yuly Andrea (2012) - Language learning strategies and English proficiency in Korean university students. Language learning strategies and their relationship to achievement in English as a foreign language. Keywords: children; class; content; english; instruction; language; learning; nov; science; strategies; students; teaching; use
• Using Tasks to Assess Spanish Language Learning by Herrera Mosquera, Leonardo (2011) - The evaluation cycle for language learning tasks. However, in group tasks teachers must ensure that all students have the same load of communicative information to produce during the task. Keywords: assessment; groups; language; learning; nov; spanish; students; task; teaching; test; treatment
• Editorial by Strieff, Devin (2012) - The articles we have published in this, the sixth edition of GiST, represent our ongoing commitment to providing readers with research articles that deal with a subject that is becoming increasingly important in today’s globalized community: bilingual education. As language educators we must always be cognizant of the fact that we are building bridges between not just differing rules of grammar and vocabulary, but between cultures, as well. Keywords: article; language; nov; students; teachers
• Academic Writing and Grammatical Accuracy: The Role of Corrective Feedback by Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Gordani, Yahya (2012) - The efficacy of various kinds of error feedback for improvement in the accuracy and fluency of L2 student writing. What remains controversial, however, is the nature of this instructional treatment which includes the unresolved issue of the provision of corrective feedback to student writings. Keywords: accuracy; feedback; gordani; grammar; groups; language; nov; posttest; students; study; teacher; teaching; writing
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Considerations in the Colombian Context by Rodríguez Bonces, Jeisson (2012) - Subject teachers must be adequately trained in the target language while language teachers teaching content need to be trained in the core subject. However, it is difficult to imagine language teachers delivering highly specific contents at university level unless, of course, backed up by the subjects’ teachers. Keywords: bonces; clil; content; english; language; learning; nov; rodriguez; students; subject; teachers; teaching
• The Reality of Comenius Projects in ten Catalan Educational Institutions by Colón - Plana, Mar Gutiérrez (2012) - When comparing the amount of Comenius school projects that Catalonia was granted in 2002-2003 and 2005-2006 to the other regions of Spain (see the document Informe sobre el estado y situación del sistema educativo -2007-), we were rated in second place (Andalucia being the first). Abstract This paper submits a qualitative study on different aspects of Comenius projects undertaken in ten educational centres in Catalonia during the academic year 07- 08. Keywords: activities; colón; comenius; coordinators; education; european; gutiérrez; language; nov; plana; projects; reality; school; students; teachers; work
• Students’ Responses to the Use of Songs in the EFL Classroom at a Public School in Bogotá: A Critical Approach by Palacios, Nilsen; Chapetón, Claudia Marcela (2014) - (1st interview, October 30)27 Students stated that they were cautious to present their ideas and feelings about the topics of the songs, but at the same time, it was significant for them to construct their meaningful points of view 25 S7: Puedo decir que cada persona ve de forma diferente el mundo y que estas canciones en ciertas ocasiones hacen que uno sea más abierto a las opiniones y expectativas de vida así motivándome a ser más coherente. Los resultados indican que el uso de canciones como una práctica social situada en la clase de inglés puede motivar a los estudiantes a participar de manera más activa y crítica. Keywords: activities; chapetón; class; classroom; content; december; efl; english; july; july december; language; learning; literacy; palacios; que; responses; social; songs; students; study; use; way; world
• The Effects of Differentiated Instruction on the Literacy Process of Learners with Interrupted Schooling by Niño Santisteban, Liliana (2014) - Specific questions about student and teacher interaction in the interview and the survey format, the developing classroom management routines in the observation format, and the observations themselves during the English and literacy classes were useful in determining how the classroom conditions and the interactions among students and teachers serve to benefit the literacy process in the Procesos Básicos class. By linking something from refugees’ popular culture to what is being discussed in the classroom, refugee students can make sense of the curriculum and connect it to the reality of their lives, since academic learning and popular culture both offer survival tools (Monje, as cited in Sarroub, 2007). Keywords: classroom; comprehension; december; differentiation; english; evidence; instruction; july; july december; learning; literacy; reading; research; students; taylor; teachers
• The Use of First Language in the Second-Language Classroom: A Support for Second Language Acquisition by Salmona Madriñan, Mara (2014) - Un Apoyo para la Adquisición de una Segunda Lengua Mara Salmona Madriñan2* Colegio Nueva Granada, Colombia Abstract This action research project was carried out in order to identify the role of first language in the second-language classroom. According to the curriculum for kindergarten at this school, the number of hours in English (second language) and Spanish (first language) are not equivalent. Keywords: acquisition; activity; december; development; english; fact; july; language; school; students; use
• Peer Feedback in Anonymous Peer Review in an EFL Writing Class in Spain by Coté, Robert A. (2014) - 67 Peer Feedback in Anonymous Peer Review in an EFL Writing Class in Spain1 Retroalimentación entre Pares en un Proceso de Revisión Anónima por Pares en un Curso de Escritura de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera en España Robert A. Coté2* University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Abstract The present study reports the results of a process of peer feedback through anonymous peer review in an EFL writing class. Rollinson (2005) explains, “In recent years, the use of peer feedback in ESL writing classrooms has been generally supported in the literature as a potentially valuable aid for its social, cognitive, affective, and methodological benefits” (p. 23). Keywords: comments; coté; december; feedback; july; july december; participants; peer; peer review; review; revision; students; study; writing
• Compensation Strategies: Tracking Movement in EFL Learners’ Speaking Skills by Karbalaei, Alireza; Negin Taji, Tania (2014) - Language learning strategies in Kuwait: Links to gender, language level, and culture in a hybrid context. Language learning strategies and English language proficiency: An investigation of Japanese EFL university students. Keywords: compensation; compensation strategies; december; efl; july; language; learners; learning; strategies; strategy; students; use
• Distance Education for EFL Teachers: Perceptions of Learner Support by Roux, Ruth; Trejo Guzmán, Nelly Paulina; González, Elsa Fernanda (2014) - Based on the value that students placed on this kind of support, we suggest that distance research courses include local or distant advisers, and that more research is carried out to identify better ways to provide distance tutoring. Cultural differences could have implications for the mode of support student teachers prefer and the effectiveness of the support they seek. Keywords: course; december; distance; distance education; education; efl; instructor; july; july december; learner; learning; research; students; study; support; teachers; technology; videoconferencing
• Sensitizing Young English Language Learners towards Environmental Care by Castillo, Rigoberto; Rojas, Maria del Pilar (2014) - This article attempts to provide the reader with an analysis of the instruction, underlying theory, and some practice that can contribute to environmental action. We coincide with Leff (2008), who affirms that environmental awareness is not only learning the concepts concerning the impact of human activities on ecosystems, but also the use of this knowledge to understand the situation we are in, to determine how we arrived to those circumstances, and to create alternatives to change them. Keywords: awareness; castillo; december; education; english; environment; july; july december; language; learners; research; rojas; students; writing
• Interaction in a Blended Environment for English Language Learning by Romero Archila, Yuranny Marcela (2014) - In the classroom, there was student- student interaction in the foreign language. According to Moore (1989), student- teacher interaction has as main purpose to motivate students to use the contents and provide them with enough material to practice it. Keywords: december; environment; face; interaction; july; july december; language; learning; romero; students; teacher; use; vle
• Technology-based Biliteracy Centers for the 21st Century Learner by Mercuri, Sandra; Ramos, Laura (2014) - This requires a reconceptualization of biliteracy development of emergent bilinguals in dual language classrooms with a focus on “its potential intellectual consequences where students establish and mediate relationships between two language systems and their social worlds to create knowledge and transform it for meaningful purposes” (Dworin, 2003, p. 182). Introduction During this age of academic accountability in American schools, the growing number of students who speak a language other than English present a challenge to educators across the country. Keywords: biliteracy; centers; classroom; december; development; english; july; july december; language; learning; mercuri; new; students; technology; use
• Using the Abridged Version of Some Novels as a Way to Encourage Students' Written and Oral Production by Arias Rodríguez, Gladis Leonor; Roberto Flórez, Eliana Edith (2018) - While listening to the abridged versions of novels students can develop their listening skills, which are necessary as an input in order to develop the other three skills (reading, writing and speaking). Hişmanoğlu (2015) declares that literature develops oral and written skills, it helps students understand the English linguistic system, and the students also can acquire idiomatic expressions that help them speak clearly; thus, the use of the abridged version of novels motivate students oral practice due to their wide variety of topics and activities teachers can develop in the classroom. Keywords: activities; arias; english; january; january june; language; learning; listening; literature; novels; oral; production; researchers; roberto; students; teachers; teaching; use
• Transactional Communication Strategies to Influence Pre-service Teachers’ Speaking Skill by Muñoz Julio, Wilfrido; Ramírez Contreras, Odilia (2018) - The research purpose was to determine the effect of transactional communication strategies (TCS) on pre-service teachers’ speaking skill. Key words: Attitude, fluency, grammar, interaction, speaking, transactional communication strategies, vocabulary, Resumen Este artículo explica un proyecto de investigación acción llevado a cabo en una institución pública en Sincelejo, Colombia. Keywords: communication; communication strategies; interaction; january june; language; learners; muñoz; ramírez; skills; speaking; strategies; students; use; vocabulary
• Implementation of audiovisual material in an early sequential bilingual model during the early years by Durango Isaza, Diana Carolina; Gonzalez Marín, Clara Inés; Arias Castaño, Enrique (2018) - Supporting bilingual children in early childhood, information sheet 50. Lastly, Arias et al. (2015) highlights how the lack of an official early childhood curriculum for Early Childhood Development Centers in which the didactic units and syllabus could be identified makes it hard for English language teachers to align their L2 lessons to the ECDC’s lessons. Keywords: acquisition; arias; audiovisual; childhood; children; durango; education; english; gonzález; implementation; january june; language; learning; materials; model; process; research; students; teacher; videos
• Implementing critical literacy in A1 undergraduate students by Giraldo, Fredy (2018) - The meaning of CRITICAL LITERACY IN A1 STUDENTS GIRALDO No. 16 (January - June, 2018) No. 16 (Janaury - June, 2018) 103 reflection by Kemmis (as cited in Bartlett, 1990) states that “reflection is not just an individual, psychological process. Implementing critical literacy to A1 students is not easy. Keywords: activities; class; giraldo; janaury; january; june; literacy; reading; students; teacher; teaching
• Motivating English Language Use by using the Benefits of Technology by Rivera Barreto, Adriana Maritza (2018) - A field diary, an online forum, a survey, and students’ artifacts were used to gather information in this action research study. Findings revealed two categories, firstly, Collaborative work to instill motivation which explains why students tend to work better while working in groups and secondly The use of technology to enhance language learning where it is described how the use of technology makes students more confident to learn English. Keywords: english; ict; janaury; january; june; language; language use; learning; motivation; research; rivera; students; teacher; technology; use; work
• Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills through Political Cartoons: A Pedagogical Implementation by Esteban Nuñez, Maria Teresa; Marquez Medina, Adriana; Ortiz Cubides, Jhon Everth (2018) - Political cartoons was a different didactic alternative for this population since they were involved into the analysis of different political and social issues by using a different type of text that allowed them to connect the word with the world and therefore contributed into the enhancement of different critical thinking skills. No. 16 (January - June, 2018) 144 provide these students with spaces where they analyzed, discussed and reflected about different political cartoons. Keywords: cartoons; esteban; issues; january; january june; language; marquez; ortiz; research; skills; students; study; task; thinking; thinking skills; workshops
• Intercultural Communication Competence through Experiential by Taylor, Josephine Ann (2007) - Gist1-2007.indd 65 Intercultural Communication Competence through Experiential Learning: The Importance of Student-Initiated Strategies and Dialogic Encounters Josephine Ann Taylor Acknowledgement Many thanks are due to the students of Intercultural Communication, 2nd semester 2005, of the Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana for their participation in the Subculture Project and their permission to reprint their experiences and findings here: Angela Ardila, Jennifer Calderón, Milena Jiménez, Viviana Morales, Angélica Peña and Diana Salcedo 66 intercultural communication comPetence through exPeriential learning Abstract Approaches to intercultural communication competence (ICC) generally argue the need for objective knowledge about another culture as well as knowledge about and the ability to achieve appropriate behaviors of that target culture. Interactional Perspectives Related to newer views of culture mentioned earlier, there are also alternative perspectives of intercultural communication competence which perceive culture and intercultural encounters as more fluid and unpredictable in terms of creation, emergence and interaction. hammer (in Fairley, 2000, 9) states “it is not the communication skill per se that contributes to the various adaptation and or effectiveness outcomes… Rather, it is the individual interactants’ judgments of self and other competence based upon the communication performances engaged…” Casmir (in Fairley, 2000) provides a model of intercultural communication that moves away from the unidirectional emphasis of previous models, proposing that the model should mirror the interactionality and participatory nature of real human encounters. Keywords: adaptation; communication; competence; culture; experience; group; individual; interaction; intercultural; knowledge; new; people; project; students; subculture; teacher
• Podcasting: A Preliminary Classroom Study by Aristizabal, Alexander (2009) - They are expecting more podcasts for coming units and tests. The use of podcasts was voluntary. Keywords: audio; education; feed; information; mp3; podcasting; podcasts; students; teacher; technology; use
• Culturally Releveant Books: Connecting Hispanic Students to the Curriculum by Rodríguez, Alma Dolores (2009) - Culturally relevant books do not only display the cultural heritage of students, and they are not the same as multicultural books. Culturally relevant books are directly related to ELLs’ lives. Keywords: bilingual; books; ells; esl; freeman; language; participants; service; students; study; teachers
• Building Background: What it Takes to Really Make a Lesson Connect with Students by Calderón Pachón, Jennifer Paola; Jiménez Vargas, Milena Patricia (2009) - Sharing Personal Experiences Through the observations, when connecting student background with new concepts, professors allowed time for students to talk about their own personal experiences to tie in the lessons with student’s feelings. Building BaCkground Calderón & Jiménez �� In the investigative process, professor researchers identified weaknesses and strengths while supplementing BB principles into their work. Keywords: background; building; class; concepts; content; key; lesson; professors; research; students
• Reading Comprehension from a First a Second Language by Montes, Florencia; Botero, María Patricia; Pechthalt, Tracy (2009) - The researchers of this study supposed that an ELL’s competence in L1 reading comprehension affects or transfers to competency in L2 reading comprehension. She concludes that L1 increases L2 reading comprehension because it provides strategies and foundations to read L2 texts. Keywords: comprehension; cummins; english; grades; language; literacy; reading; reading comprehension; school; spanish; students
• Do and Understand: The Effectiveness of Experiential Education by Gama, Claudia; Fernández, Cristina (2009) - The findings deal with experiential education as a pedagogical philosophy. Keywords/Palabras claves: experiential education, emotional well- being, social interaction, service learning, outdoor education companies, physical abilities; educación experiencial, bienestar emocional, interacción social, servicio social, compañías de educación al aire libre, habilidades físicas gama & Fernández �� Introduction “I hear and I forget. Keywords: education; fernández; gama; learning; march; program; research; school; service; skills; students; trips
• ¡Preparados, Listos, Ya!: An Interpretative Case Study Centered on Teaching Hispanic Parents to Support Early Bilingual Literacy Development Prior to Kindergarten by Lang, Diane E.; Gómez, Diane W.; Lasser, Suzanne M. (2009) - Drawing on their knowledge about readiness skills being a predictor of success in literacy proficiency, facility of native language literacy transferring to second language literacy, and the importance of including Hispanic parents as partners in the American educational process, the Bronx River Falls educators set out to ameliorate the academic achievement gap prior to student entrance to kindergarten. The Pilot Program Statistical Analysis (2007-08 School Year) The program pilot began with parent literacy workshops conducted June of 2007. Keywords: children; development; education; english; gómez; kindergarten; language; literacy; parents; program; school; skills; students; workshops
• Education & Public Policy in Bogotá:Guarding the Public Interest by Parra, Juan David (2009) - Some might conclude that private education is not necessarily better, but less bad than public school education. Keywords/Palabras claves: high school education, public good, educational quality, rate of return of education; educación secundaria, bien público, calidad de la educación, tasa de retorno de la educación Introduction Discussions about educational quality can be traced back in history to as far as the ancient times. Keywords: bogotá; city; demand; education; goods; lack; parra; policy; quality; school; social; students
• Education Reform in Latin America: Equal Educational Opportunity? by Noel, Barbara (2009) - Universal access to the first 8 years of basic education; 2. Reduction in illiteracy; 3. Improvements in quality and efficiency in education systems. Two new priorities were also added, which were: developing economic opportunity and promoting equity in education systems. Keywords: america; countries; education; latin; latin america; levels; noel; opportunity; reform; reimers; school; students; systems; years
• Using Graphic Organizers as a Tool for the Development of Scientific Language by Mercuri, Sandra P. (2010) - When teachers work with students who are learning in a second language (L2), they become both content and language teachers. These elements provided a framework for content knowledge and academic language development. Keywords: analysis; content; development; language; mrs; nov; organizers; science; students; teachers; vol
• The SIOP Model: Transforming the Experiences of College Professors Part I. Lesson Planning, Building Background, and Comprenhensible Input by Salcedo, Diana M. (2010) - Students have to graduate with a B2 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)5 level, in accordance with the National Bilingual Program’s requirements for college students (Ministerio de Educación Nacional, 2007). It was believed that the SIOP model would provide some key strategies that can scaffold student academic processes so that they would be well prepared as students and future teachers (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short, 2004). Keywords: background; classes; content; language; lesson; model; nov; objectives; professors; research; siop; students; use; vol
• Identificación de estrategias de aprendizaje de idiomas: un estudio exploratorio by Pineda, Jorge E. (2010) - Language learning strategies are complex behaviors which may change according to the learning task, and they vary from one person to another. Language learning strategies are important for L2/FL learning and teaching because they develop learning autonomy, they develop language competence, and they are tools for active and self-directed involvement. Keywords: language; learning; llss; nov; program; strategies; students; study; teachers; use; vol; writing
• Marching on a Long Road:A Review of the Effectiveness of the Mother-Tongue Education Policy in Post-Colonial Hong Kong by Li, Vickie W. L.; Majhanovich, Suzanne (2010) - This paper reports a study on the impact of the mandatory mother-tongue education policy on Hong Kong students’ academic achievement, especially their English performance. At the symposium, the Education Bureau questioned publicly for the first time whether the English standard of Hong Kong students is satisfactory under the mother-tongue education policy. Keywords: education; english; hong; kong; language; mother; nov; policy; students; tongue; vol
• Explicit and Differentiated Phonics Instruction as a Tool to Improve Literacy Skills for Children Learning English as a Foreign Language by Martínez, Ángelica María Martínez (2011) - Finally, if you compare the grades results to those of the survey, in which teachers were asked to agree or disagree with the following statement: After receiving phonics instruction students’ reading comprehension increased; the teachers’ answers also confirm the results. This is where phonics instruction can help EFL students learn how to read and write in English. Keywords: average; comprehension; efl; english; instruction; martínez; nov; phonics; phonics instruction; reading; spelling; students; vocabulary; year
• Towards a Proposal for a Professional Development Programme in Pedagogy for Autonomy by Granados Beltrán, Carlo (2011) - Even though one of the advantages of carrying out workshops as a mechanism for teacher development programmes is their duration, this constituted one of the limitations encountered during this project. Workshops have been widely used in teacher training programmes for two main reasons. Keywords: autonomy; development; granados; nov; pedagogy; programme; project; research; students; teachers; workshops
• Creencias y práctica del maestro bilingüe: ¿Se alinean? by Peralta Nash, Claudia; den Hartog King, Celia (2011) - Even though various studies have explored teacher beliefs through qualitative methods (Anning, 1988; Irujo, 1998; Flores Busto, 2000) further studies are needed to investigate bilingual education teacher beliefs. Teacher beliefs in general, and some that relate particularly to bilingual education settings or those where English language learners are found, have numerous sources that include: teacher education programs; prior experiences in schools, either as students or teachers; personal or life experiences, including growing up as a member of a parallel culture; and experiences as a bilingual or with bilinguals; world view; and family. Keywords: beliefs; education; english; experiences; king; knowledge; language; learning; nov; peralta; practice; que; research; school; students; teacher; teaching
• Explicit Vocabulary Instruction in an English Content-Area Coursewith University Student Teachers:When Comprehensible Input Needs to be Comprehended by Serna Dimas, Héctor Manuel (2011) - Key words: explicit vocabulary instruction, word study notebook, instructional conversations Resumen Esta investigación acción explora la enseñanza explicita de vocabulario, en un curso de contenido en segunda lengua (inglés), con un grupo de docentes en formación. I address the issue of explicit vocabulary instruction in an L2 content-based course with a group of student teachers at Institución Universitaria Colombo-Americana, Única in Bogotá, Colombia. Keywords: activities; class; instruction; language; learning; notebook; nov; research; serna; students; study; use; vocabulary; word
• Listening to Graduates of a K-12 Bilingual Program: Language Ideologies and Literacy Practices of Former Bilingual Students by Dworin, Joel (2011) - At the same time, however, dual language immersion programs (also known as two-way immersion) have been implemented in more than half of the states. Although dual language immersion programs represent a small percentage of bilingual education programs in this country, they are growing rapidly in numbers, with 393 programs in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Keywords: bilingual; dual; education; english; ideologies; immersion; language; language ideologies; language immersion; latina; literacy; nov; participants; practices; program; research; school; social; spanish; students
• Writing to Persuade: A Systemic Functional View by Schulze, Joshua (2011) - SFL analysis of students texts revealed that students were better able to more closely approximate the register of academic texts following genre-based pedagogy. Schleppegrell & Go (2007) employed SFL as a tool for facilitating the linguistic analysis of student texts as way of helping teachers in “starting where learners are grammatically” (p. 538). Keywords: analysis; argument; candidate; clause; ells; genre; kira; language; literacy; martin; nov; obama; pedagogy; schulze; sfl; students; text; use; writing
• Spanish-English Writing Structure Interferences in Second Language Learners by López Urdaneta, Julio Lorenzo (2011) - This chart illustrates the most common mistakes with regard to L1 influence students made when writing English texts and the number of total mistakes among the whole class in each paper. Keywords: second language acquisition, second language learning, bilingual education Resumen Estudios previos han arrojado algunos resultados Keywords: english; language; learning; mistakes; nov; second; spanish; structure; students; teachers; use; writing
• A Spectrum of Situatedness for World Language Educators: A Self-assessment Tool by Schwarzer, David; Bloom, Melanie (2011) - We also hope that the world language education community will find this evolving tool helpful in examining and redefining the pedagogical approaches we take in educating language students. No. 5 (Nov. 2011) 192 language learning experience for world language students. Keywords: bloom; classroom; clinic; education; educators; instruction; language; learning; nov; situatedness; spanish; spectrum; students; teacher; teaching; world; world language
• Bilingual and ESL Pre-service Teachers Learn about Effective Instruction for ELLs through Meaningful Collaboration by Rodríguez, Alma D. (2013) - 12 Bilingual and ESL Pre-service Teachers Learn about Effective Instruction for ELLs through Meaningful Collaboration1 Estudiantes de Educación Bilingüe y Maestros de Inglés como Segunda Lengua Aprenden sobre la Enseñanza Efectiva del Inglés por medio de la Colaboración Significativa Alma D. Rodríguez2* University of Texas at Brownsville, USA Abstract This article presents the results of a study conducted to identify the perceptions of bilingual and ESL pre-service teachers regarding the integration of a collaborative service learning project in a key course of their teacher preparation program. In an effort to monitor and improve the quality of experiences acquired through a bilingual and ESL teacher education program, a study was designed to explore the perceptions of bilingual and ESL pre-service teachers regarding the integration of a collaborative service learning project in a course that is a key component of their teacher preparation program. Keywords: bilingual; education; ells; english; esl; instruction; language; learning; nov; participants; project; service; students; teachers
• Pre-service Teachers’ Beliefs about the Roles of Thesis Supervisors: A Case Study by Tapia Carlín, Rebeca Elena (2014) - This research article explores pre-service teacher beliefs about the roles of thesis supervisors through the analysis of their learning diaries. This study explores pre-service teacher beliefs about the roles of thesis supervisors. Keywords: beliefs; education; language; nov; research; roles; service; students; supervision; supervisors; tapia; teacher; thesis; writing
• Enhancing Moral and Ethical Judgment through the Use of Case Histories: An Ethics Course for Pre-service Teachers by Mc Danel De García, Mary Anne (2013) - Students were enrolled in the course while simultaneously engaged in student teaching in both public and private schools in the city. It is important that those in charge of the task of providing orientation in teacher ethics strive to direct student discussion not only of extreme Ethics mattErs mcdanEL dE García No. 7 (Nov. 2013) Keywords: case; course; education; ethics; garcía; histories; judgment; matters; moral; nov; ozar; students; teacher; teaching; use; values
• Earnest Practices in Writing Processes by Arango Herrera, Margarita (2013) - Colombia Abstract This article describes a study exploring the effects of instruction in learning strategies on students’ writing. As the implementation was carried out, students completed three surveys and two questionnaires before and after implementing the writing strategies. Keywords: arango; graphic; ideas; learning; nov; practices; process; processes; strategies; strategy; students; writers; writing
• Identifying Training Needs of Novice Online English Language Tutors by Rodríguez Buitrago, Carolina (2013) - Roles of Online Tutors Teachers in online environments have been called online teachers (Bailey & Card, 2009; Bangert, 2004), instructors (Bangert, 2004; Beffa-Negrini, Cohen & Miller, 2002; Ke, 2010; Li & Pitts, 2009; and Uça-Günes & Gümüs, 2010), teacher/tutors (Matteucci et al, 2010), e-tutors (Berge, as cited in Klimova & Poulova, 2011), online tutors (Sulcic & Sulcic, 2007), as well as e-moderators (Salmon, 2002). No. 7 (Nov. 2013) 150 Conclusion This study helped the researcher confirm her hypothesis of the need to include additional materials in online teacher training courses. Keywords: analysis; competencies; learning; needs; nov; online; respondents; rodríguez; role; students; support; teachers; teaching; training; tutors
• Effectiveness of the Integration of ICT Tools and Activities to Foster Awareness as the First Stage to Reach Learning Autonomy by Ariza, Andrea; Suárez Sánchez, Mario (2013) - The activities were directed at helping students discover more about themselves as learners, recognizing their strengths and weaknesses, and exploring some of the skills likely to help them succeed as English students and future teachers. Data was gathered through students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the activities, reflections, and students performances in their English class. Keywords: activities; ariza; effectiveness; english; ict; integration; language; learning; nov; practice; process; research; self; students; suárez; tools
• Effectiveness of Understanding Relations between Community, Home, and School for Future Educators by Peralta, Claudia; Galaviz, Sonia (2013) - The question that served as the impetus for this paper was, “How can we help educators realize the wealth and relevance that culturally and linguistically diverse families and students bring to school?” Next, we explore the challenges and benefits that arose from these experiences, highlighting how integrating family events into educational experiences helps make educators “insiders” in the community, adding another dimension to the relationship with students, families, and community. Keywords: children; community; education; educators; families; home; neighborhood; nov; parents; peralta; relations; school; students; teachers; understanding
• Challenges of Bilingualism in Higher Education: The Experience of the Languages Department at the Universidad Central in Bogotá, Colombia by Granados Beltrán, Carlo (2013) - Due to the establishment of this system of credits (Decree 2566 of 2003, p.44), the university decided to withdraw English from the academic programmes in the different majors; therefore, they affected the close articulation of disciplinary subjects and foreign language and started affecting the goal of bilingual students we are aiming to attain. It is concluded that the endeavour of graduating bilingual students will not be easy to achieve unless institutions incorporate models of bilingual education as indicators for accreditation and support the labours of languages departments. Keywords: bilingualism; challenges; department; education; english; languages; nov; students; teachers; teaching; universidad; university
• 21st Century Skills and the English Foreign Language Classroom: A Call for More Awareness in Colombia by Fandiño, Yamith José (2013) - Key words: 21st century skills, new literacies, technology, English language teaching, English as a foreign language. In order to structure the analysis of 21st century skills, several conceptual models have been created. Keywords: 21st; century; century skills; education; efl; english; fandiño; language; learning; literacy; need; new; nov; skills; students; teaching; use
• Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Pronunciation Teaching and Verbal Ability on the Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Oral English by Gambari, Amosa Isiaka; Usman Kutigi, Amina; Fagbemi, Patricia O. (2014) - Aimumnondion (2008), Fagbemi (2013), Nwosuk (2002), and Odiaka (2002) in their respective studies reported that high verbal ability students achieved better than low verbal ability students. This finding agrees with the earlier findings of Nwosuk (2002), Odiaka (2002), Aimumnondion (2008), Gambari (2010) and Fagbemi (2013), who found that high ability students achieved better than low verbal ability students. Keywords: ability; achievement; capt; computer; english; gambari; group; january; june; oral; package; pronunciation; students; teaching; test; verbal
• Learners’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Voice Toolbased Tasks on their Spoken Performance by Wilches, Astrid (2014) - Gist2014FinalFinal.indd 48 Learners’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Voice Tool- based Tasks on their Spoken Performance1 Las Percepciones de los Estudiantes sobre los Beneficios de Tareas Basadas en Herramientas de Voz para su Desempeño Oral Astrid Wilches2* Centro Colombo Americano Bogotá, Colombia Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate learners’ perceptions of the benefits of tasks using voice tools to reinforce their oral skills. The findings show that tasks using voice tools are beneficial for students’ oral performance as they can raise self-awareness and self-correction of speech patterns and provide extra practice of language features such as pronunciation, fluency, intonation and accuracy. Keywords: benefits; january; january june; june; language; learners; learning; perceptions; self; speaking; students; tasks; tools; voice; voice tools
• Tucker Signing as a Phonics Instruction Tool to Develop Phonemic Awareness in Children by Valbuena, Amanda Carolina (2014) - This lack of phonemic awareness made the mispronunciation of most of the words and sentences students had to read in the test. In the process, students would see a word, do a movement with the left hand as a representation of the grapheme, and make the sound. Keywords: english; instruction; january; january june; june; program; reading; signing; students; test; tucker; words
• The Effect of Story Read-alouds on Children’s Foreign Language Development by Norato Cerón, Catalina (2014) - In a similar study, Beck & McKeown (2001) reported that the words and expressions found in the books improve verbal functioning since those words are not commonly heard in conversations; therefore, story words improve students’ vocabulary. Data collected revealed that children improved their speaking skills by talking about the story, and that they also learned new words they used to express their opinion even if they had a low proficiency in English. Keywords: alouds; children; development; january; january june; june; language; reading; story; students; subcategory; teacher; words
• Self- and Teacher-Assessment in an EFL Writing Class by Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Hajizadeh, Tahereh (2014) - Nontraditional forms of assessment and response to student writing: A step toward learner autonomy. Keywords: self-assessment, teacher assessment, writing Resumen Este estudio investigó cómo 15 estudiantes iraníes de inglés como lengua extranjera desarrollaron la capacidad de evaluar sus escritos al tener acceso a las puntuaciones de los evaluadores. Keywords: assessment; baleghizadeh; january; january june; june; language; learners; participants; rater; scores; self; students; teacher; writing
• Analyzing Bilingual Teaching and Learning in Madrid, Spain: A Fulbright Scholar Collaborative Research Project by Gerena, Linda; Ramírez-Verdugo, Dolores (2014) - In 2002, in a report to the European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture, the research team of Kelly, Grenfell, Gallagher- Brett, Jones, Richard and Hilmarsson-Dunn (2002) reported that language teachers should be trained in language skills and pedagogic strategies that meet the needs of all age and language level groups, from primary to adult vocational and beyond. Although interview responses from both primary and secondary school teachers yielded very positive perceptions and strong beliefs in the bilingual programs implemented in the region, a large majority of bilingual education teachers considered there was not sufficient teacher or language assistant training. Keywords: assistants; bilingual; clil; development; education; gerena; january; june; language; learning; program; ramírez; research; students; teachers; teaching
• Art as a Medium for Bilingualism and Biculturalism: Suggestions from the Research Literature by Daniel, Mayra C.; Huizenga- McCoy, Mary (2014) - The potential for meaning in student art. A teacher could show examples of his or her own illustrated story as well as student examples from successful projects. Keywords: art; bilingualism; culture; daniel; education; january; january june; june; language; learners; learning; new; students; teachers; visual; writing
• Effectiveness of Systemic Text Analysis in EFL Writing Instruction by Velasco Tovar, Ender (2016) - Developing student writing – A subject tutor and writing tutors compare points of view. Colombia Abstract This action research study investigates the effectiveness of a model based on the theory of systemic text analysis for the teaching of EFL writing. Keywords: analysis; december; efl; ideas; july; july december; model; pattern; rheme; students; teaching; text; themes; writing
• Effects of Tasks on Spoken Interaction and Motivation in English Language Learners by Carrero Pérez, Nubia Patricia (2016) - Task-based language learning and student motivation in vocabulary acquisition. This research intended to find the effect of tasks on students’ spoken interaction in English and motivation towards speaking English in the classroom. Keywords: carrero; classroom; december; english; interaction; july; july december; language; learning; motivation; oral; speaking; students; study; tasks; teachers; test
• Lexical Competence and Reading Comprehension: A Pilot Study with Heritage Language Learners of Spanish by Velásquez, Edna (2016) - Davies, on the other hand, asserts that knowing a larger number of words does not necessarily increase reading comprehension proportionally, given that the increments are progressively smaller with each gain in word knowledge. And, (b) what type of curve would best describe the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension? Keywords: competence; comprehension; december; july; july december; knowledge; language; reading; reading comprehension; relationship; spanish; students; vocabulary; words
• Teachers and Students’ Stereotypes about the Teaching and Learning of English by Roberto Flórez, Eliana Edith; Arias Rodriguez, Gladis Leonor (2016) - The author explains that good students are characterized as hard-working, reliable and responsible. Sometimes, language teachers believe that intelligent students are good students, but according to Wright (2004), innate intelligence is not the only key or the most important aspect for a student to be successful in their academic performance. Keywords: december; english; july; july december; language; learning; people; process; research; stereotypes; students; teachers; teaching
• Task-based Learning and Language Proficiency in a Business University by Newsom-Ray, Amelia Chloe Caroline; Rutter, Sarah Jane (2016) - This highlights the importance of carefully tailoring TBL tasks according to the cultural and professional background of students. The first sequence of classes involved a series of mini tasks aimed at developing students’ abilities to participate in a business meeting in which sponsorship options were discussed. Keywords: business; case; classes; december; english; july; july december; language; learning; proficiency; students; study; task; tbl; teaching; university
• Evidence of Intercultural Communication Competence in Tenth Grader’s Narrative Texts by Guerrero Moya, María Eulalia; Muñoz Ortíz, Liliana; Niño Díaz, Ana María (2016) - Consequently, implementing the SOLO taxonomy to evaluate learning outcomes regarding cultural competence can be an effective tool to evidence students’ perceptions, understanding, and progress in a more objective and concise way. Data Collection Instruments Artifacts (instructional materials) allowed students to give an account of perceptions regarding different cultural aspects; thus, researchers could keep track of the participants’ interpretations of different topics discussed. Keywords: competence; culture; december; evidence; icc; intercultural; july; july december; language; learning; muñoz; narrative; participants; research; skills; students; teaching
• High School Students’ Attitudes and Experiences in EFL Classrooms Equipped with Interactive Whiteboards by Han, Turgay; Okatan, Semih (2016) - They enable the direction of interaction from teacher to student, from student to students, or from the IWB to learners. For example, in an experimental study by Han and Keskin (2016), it was found that speaking activities conducted by a mobile phone application can reduce EFL students speaking anxiety to some extent. Keywords: attitudes; december; efl; iwb; iwbs; july; language; learning; students; study; teachers; teaching; technology; use
• Using the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model with a Chat Tool to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning by Rodríguez-Bonces, Mónica; Ortíz, Kris (2016) - Distance education trends: Integrating new technologies to foster student interaction and collaboration. Dennen and Burner (2008) describe the six methods in this way: modeling as describing the thinking process, coaching and scaffolding mean assisting and supporting student cognitive activities USING THE COGNITIvE APPRENTICESHIP MODEL RODRIGUEZ-BONCES &ORTIZ No. 13 (July - December 2016) Keywords: apprenticeship; bonces; cam; chat; collaboration; december; feedback; interaction; july; july december; learning; model; online; ortiz; research; students; tool
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2016) - María Eulalia Guerrero Moya, Liliana Muñoz Ortiz and Ana María Niño Díaz report on the effect of literature circles and storytelling as tools to help Colombian high school students identify differences in cultures. Some of these first-time authors are classroom teachers, not university professors, but we also receive a growing number of submissions from local and international university professors. Keywords: colombia; december; gist; july; research; students
• Developing Autonomy Through Student-Centered English Language Learning Process for Engineering Students by Olaya, Marian Lissett (2018) - Student-centered learning addressing faculty questions about student centered learning. This has been the case of Engineering students at a public university who do not see much importance of determining what is beneficial for them in their current living situation as students. Keywords: activities; autonomy; engineering; english; july december; language; learners; learning; learning process; olaya; process; self; students; technology
• Impact of Social Media on the Writing Abilities of Ambrose Alli University Undergraduates in Ekpoma-Nigeria by Omoera, Osakue Stevenson; Aiwuyo, Oluranti Mary; Edemode, John O; Anyanwu, Bibian O (2018) - 59 Impact of Social Media on the English Language Writing Abilities of Undergraduates in Ekpoma, Nigeria1 El Impacto de las Redes Sociales en las Habilidades de Redacción en Inglés de Estudiantes Universitarios en Ekpoma, Nigeria Osakue Stevenson Omoera, Oluranti Mary Aiwuyo, John Edemode and Bibian Anyanwu2 Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Abstract This article examined the impact of social media on the writing abilities of Nigerian youths in English, which is the language of mass communication in Nigeria. Deploying cultivation theory of the media, this study used quantitative and qualitative methods to unpack the Nigerian youths’ opinions on the impact of the use of social media on their writing abilities, using undergraduates in Ekpoma, Nigeria as a study case. Keywords: aiwuyo; anyanwu; communication; december; edemode; english; forms; impact; july; july december; language; media; nigeria; omoera; research; students; study; university; use; words; writing
• Task-Supported-Teaching to promote EFL Oral Fluency by Castillo, Rigoberto; Silva-González, Heidy Erika; Sanabria-Chavarro, Leidy (2018) - Observations and videos of the last meeting, in which the level of accuracy was compared to the diagnosis, learners showed enthusiasm in attending speaking sessions since the topics in the syllabus encouraged free expression following a guided process with a scaffolding that contributed to the achievement of the goal. Curriculum approaches in language teaching: forward, central and backward design. Keywords: castillo; efl; english; frequency; group; iiii; july december; marks; sanabria; silva; students; tally; task; teaching; tst
• Exploring Social Skills and Character Education of Students Through Storytelling in L2 by León-Garzón, Rosmery; Castañeda-Peña, Harold (2018) - Students’ artifacts Some examples of the students’ work were useful data because this gave students’ opportunities to show what they learned about a specific task. Estevez, Herrero, Martinez and Musitu (2006) have documented studies about aggressive and nonaggressive students where “peer friendship networks of rejected students are usually smaller in comparison with students with other social status” (p. 389). Keywords: castañeda; chracter; classroom; data; education; english; july december; language; learning; león; peer; que; relationships; research; school; skills; stories; storytelling; students; use
• Students’ Perceptions Regarding their B.A. in English Language Graduate Profile by Vez-López, Enrique; Jiménez-Velásquez, Briseida (2019) - They also need language skills; by the time they graduate, language students must have learnt to communicate accurately in both their mother tongue and the target language. No. 18 (January - June 2019) 30 Introduction Generally speaking, university students have a variety of expectations regarding their graduate profile and the attributes they expect to develop to get the desired job right after graduation. Keywords: attributes; b.a; data; education; english; graduate; january; january june; june; language; learning; participants; perceptions; research; skills; students; study; teaching; university
• Tuning the Chords of Youth Identity: A Community-Based Project Focused on Music in English by Bonilla-Salazar, Edna Mercedes (2019) - “Through problem posing education and questioning the problematic issues in learners’ lives, students learn to think critically and develop a critical consciousness which help them to improve their life conditions.” Bearing in mind the educative context where the present project unfolded, this qualitative study paves the way for English teachers to reflect on the possibilities to establishing curricular connections between classroom practices and students’ existing funds of knowledge in their local communities where English teaching takes place. Keywords: bonilla; communities; community; english; identity; january; january june; language; learning; music; pedagogy; project; research; salazar; school; students; study; teachers; teaching
• Constructing Sense of Community through Community Inquiry and the Implementation of a Negotiated Syllabus by Gómez, Paola Andrea; Cortés-Jaramillo, Julio Andrés (2019) - Those findings can be pooled in three main aspects: Students’ raising awareness, taking action by students and the community, and students’ language improvement. This work emerged from a needs analysis study in which students gave their opinions about the importance of English as a foreign language. Keywords: action; community; cortés; gómez; january; january june; jaramillo; june; language; learning; school; sense; students; syllabus
• Children’s Cultural Identity Formation: Experiences in a Dual Language Program by Rodríguez Tamayo, Ilba Yaneth; Tenjo-Macías, Lina María (2019) - Milambiling (2011) referred to the fact that, nowadays, there is greater opportunity to be in contact with different languages, groups, and cultures. Therefore, it is very important to recognize that students may have family members who speak other languages and who may motivate the child to speak their native language more. Keywords: bilingual; children; cultural; culture; dual; education; english; formation; identity; january; january june; june; language; spanish; students; study; tamayo; tenjo
• Situated Practice in CLIL: Voices from Colombian Teachers by Torres-Rincon, Juan Carlos; Cuesta-Medina, Liliana Marcela (2019) - CLIL teacher professional development for content teachers in Thailand. This echoes the former difficulty exposed above, highlighting that not all teachers teaching content areas have appropriate preparation for such a mission, and content teachers do not necesarily focus on language skill development. Keywords: approach; clil; clil torres; content; cuesta; data; development; educational; english; january june; journal; knowledge; language; learning; medina; new; practice; process; resources; rincón; students; study; teachers; teaching; torres; use
• Exploring the Funds of Knowledge with 108 Guatemalan Teachers by Daniel, Mayra C; Burgin, Ximena D (2019) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-569X FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE WITH GUATEMALAN TEACHERS How to reference this article: Findings document that Guatemalan teachers care deeply about their students. Keywords: burgin; capital; children; cultural; daniel; education; funds; guatemala; january; january june; june; knowledge; learners; participants; research; school; students; teachers
• Autobiographies: a Tool to Depict English Language Learning Experiences by Posada-Ortiz, Julia; Garzón-Duarte, Eliana (2019) - Student teachers did not claim for a teacher using new technologies in class. Finally, it was read about their feelings when learning English, their dreams, and relationships between their classmates and language teachers, not only in their basic education, but also at the university. Keywords: autobiographies; education; english; experiences; garzón; january; january june; june; language; learning; program; research; students; teachers; teaching
• Break the Negative Feedback Chains: Future Teachers Speak Up by Sevilla-Morales, Henry; Gamboa-Mena, Roy (2019) - Third, because mistakes are both, inherent to foreign language learning and an indicator of language development, more tolerance to learner errors need to be exercised on the part of language teachers. This has led many language teachers to an understanding that language accuracy might very well be sacrificed as a tradeoff for communicability. Keywords: analysis; english; feedback; gamboa; incidents; january; january june; june; language; learning; morales; research; sevilla; students; study; teachers; teaching; writing
• An English for Research Publication Purposes Course: Gains, Challenges, and Perceptions by Giraldo, Frank (2019) - Research in English academic writing has generally focused on the experiences of students in ESL contexts; i.e. international students in American, Australian, and English universities (Green, 2013; Leki & Carson, 1997; Morton, Storch, & Thompson, 2015). Feedback from teachers and even peers appears to be a highly valued component of academic writing courses, as student writers explain. Keywords: academic; course; english; january; january june; journal; june; language; participants; publication; purposes; research; students; study; writing
• The English Textbook. Tensions from an Intercultural Perspective by Nuñez-Pardo, Astrid (2018) - Following a consideration of textbooks as objects of research, below is a review of the research profile surrounding the analysis of English textbooks based on interculturality, a contemporary strand within EFL textbook and interculturality, both in the national and international spheres. Abstract This review article addresses tensions, critiques and trends that are still latent in mainstream research on English textbooks that have looked at their intercultural aspects, which need to be explored from the perspective of critical interculturality to resist the instrumental, regulatory, homogenizing and commercial nature of textbooks developed by foreign and local publishing houses. Keywords: analysis; content; cultural; culture; december; development; efl; english; gender; intercultural; journal; july; july december; knowledge; language; materials; nuñez; perspective; research; students; studies; study; teaching; textbooks; texto
• EFL Students’ Perceptions of Activeness During the Implementation of Flipped Learning Approach at a Colombian University by Chivatá, Yuri Paola; Oviedo, Rocio Cristina (2018) - Student perceptions of the flipped classroom (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia). Student perceptions toward flipped learning: New methods to increase interaction and active learning in economics. Keywords: activeness; activities; approach; chivata; classroom; content; december; english; focus; group; july; july december; learning; oviedo; perceptions; research; students; study
• Using Learning Analytics to Improve Students’ Reading Skills: A Case Study in an American International School with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Students by Aristizábal, Jorge Alexander (2018) - School teachers and administrators have always analyzed student data up to the level of the available technology and resources. No. 17 (July - December, 2018) 196 Introduction Assessment of student learning is a critical issue in education. Keywords: analytics; aristizábal; data; information; july december; knowledge; learning; level; mining; reading; school; skills; students; teachers; test; use; visualization
• Project-Based Learning as a catalyst for Students and Teacher Autonomy development: The experience in a State School in Nilo, Cundinamarca. by Agudelo, Jose Fabian; Morales Vasco, Adriana María (2019) - To widen the concept of teacher autonomy, Little (1995) explains that for teachers to be autonomous, they must develop a strong sense of personal responsibility for their teaching, through continuous reflection and analysis of their teaching, and affective and cognitive control of the teaching process. Learning as dialogue: the dependence of learner autonomy on teacher autonomy. Keywords: agudelo; autonomy; december; development; english; july; july december; language; learners; learning; morales; pbl; process; project; students; teacher; teaching; work
• Shaping Narrative Writing Skills Through Creating Picture Books by Pérez, Francisco Antonio; Vargas-Daza, Carolina (2019) - Since both of us as researchers had previous research and academic experience revolving around the implementation of storytelling techniques and particularly of the use of picture book to develop communicative skills, we decided to conduct this qualitative study to make use of this tool to shape fifth graders narrative skills and to see whether their interest in this important language skill could be improved by means of picture books (Yoga, 2013). We acknowledge that the use of pictures books for writing has been widely documented in the field of Spanish as mother tongue by some authors in Colombia such as Triana (2017), who used them to improve guided writing in second grade; Camacho (2016), who attempted to improve fourth graders ‘writing skills through the creation of a picture book; Parra and Salazar (2015),who looked to find out whether constructing a picture book would contribute to strengthening written production of third graders and Melo (2013), who used picture books as spatially integrated multimodal texts to improve written production in third graders. Keywords: books; english; july december; language; learning; narrative; picture; picture books; process; pérez; que; research; shaping; simple; skills; students; text; use; vargas; writing; writing skills
• Authentic Assessment in the Listening Comprehension Classroom: Benefits and Implications by Sevilla Morales, Henry; Chaves-Fernandez, Lindsay (2019) - Keywords: authentic assessment, testing, listening comprehension, portfolio, weekly plans 1 Received: October 1st 2018/ Nonetheless, in actual classroom practice, authentic assessment remains, at best, a dilemmatic subject (Moya & O’Malley, 1994). Keywords: assessment; benefits; brown; chaves; classroom; comprehension; data; december; july; july december; language; learning; listening; project; research; self; sevilla; skills; students; teaching; week
• Fostering Language Learning in the University EFL Classroom through Literature: A Task-Based Approach by Arboleda-Arboleda, Argemiro; Castro-Garcés, Angela Yiceli (2019) - Discussion The use of literature has been recognized as being of much value for second language students and especially for foreign language students, as it depicts language in different real communicative contexts, triggers students’ motivation, and serves as a bridge between authors and their society and readers. These are designed to establish a fruitful dialogue between writers and language students, a dialogue in which students, as interlocutors, are presented with a wide range of opportunities to learn about authors, their work, and their culture, while immersing themselves in the target language. Keywords: arboleda; book; castro; classroom; efl; july december; language; language learning; learning; literature; literature arboleda; people; reading; story; students; task; teachers; teaching; work; writing
• Video Games: Their Influence on English as a Foreign Language Vocabulary Acquisition by Camacho Vásquez, Gonzalo ; Ovalle, Joan Camilo (2019) - Also, Prensky (2001a) affirms that graduate college graduate spent 5,000 hours playing video games, and 20,000 hours watching television during their lives Video games seem to be highly addictive and have a natural capability to engage players. Video games seem to be a new trend brought for technology for purposes of pleasure and they have been proved in the educational field as a possible learning mediation, and they will be soon replaced by new devices that could not be considered as an alternative to learn. Keywords: acquisition; activities; camacho; games; influence; july december; language; learning; ovalle; participants; students; video; video games; vocabulary; words
• Adjective-Noun Order: An Error Analysis of Colombian Learners of English by Connolly, Andrew John (2020) - Accepted: April 23rd 2020 2 aconnolly1@gmail.com 232 No. 20 Error Analysis of Colombian Learners of English Conolly Abstract Adjective- noun order errors are a common occurrence throughout all levels of English language students. In fact, avoiding the use of the learner’s L1 can lead to various problems, one of which is word order error (Macaro, 2005). Keywords: adjective; analysis; english; error; language; learners; noun; noun order; order; position; spanish; students; teaching; translation
• Assessment of English Learning in a Language Teacher Education Program by Herrera Mosquera, Leonardo ; Zambrano Castillo, Lilian Cecilia (2019) - They were kept during classes where assessment processes were being developed. Methodology, materials, time exposure, setting conditions, and evaluation, assessment and testing procedures, among others, are some important aspects that may influence student learning, for better or worse. Keywords: assessment; course; education; english; evaluation; exams; feedback; herrera; july december; language; learning; process; program; research; students; teachers; teaching; time; zambrano
• The Impact of Educational Technologies in Higher Education by Cabaleiro-Cerviño, Goretti; Vera, Carolina (2020) - Reasons and results of nonapplicability of education technology in vocational and technical schools in Turkey. In fact, preparation to apply technology and technological awareness to improve the quality of student learning must be one of the necessary skills of a teacher (Hamidi et al., 2011). Keywords: cabaleiro; cerviño; education; icts; information; learning; social; students; teaching; technologies; technology; use
• Research-based Instruction, an Essential Tenet of the Foreign Languages Pre-service-Teacher Education at Universidad de Pamplona by Cote-Parra, Gabriel (2020) - From pre-school to university: student teachers characterize their EFL writing development. Establishing the benefits of research experiences for undergraduates in the sciences: First findings from a three-year study. Keywords: cote; education; english; instruction; language; learning; pre; research; service; students; teachers; teaching
• Effects Of Genre Based Approach (GBA) In EFL Reading Comprehension And Writing by Montero-Arévalo, Sindy Johana (2019) - The study focused on three main aspects: Analyze the way GBA affects reading comprehension in EFL students of 9th grade, characterize the writing of students of 9th grade after the implementation of GBA, and determine students’ perception about the methodology implemented. Chambliss (1995) states that one of the reasons for low levels of understanding is the absence of exposure of students to readings with different structure than narrative. Keywords: comprehension; december; efl; gba; genre; july; july december; reading; students; study; teacher; text; writing
• Digital Games (Gamification) in Learning and Training: an Approach to Adaptation and Integration in the Classroom by Vargas-Macías, Zulma Liliana; Rodríguez-Hernández, Ariel Adolfo; Sánchez-Saenz, Claudia Liliana (2020) - The implementation of gamification strategies allows generating an innovative educational environment, which contributes to the development of active learning and promotes greater interaction among the participants. For the development of educational projects which require the integration of gamification models, as a learning strategy, it is advisable to include game dynamics in an educational environment. Keywords: digital; education; games; gamification; hernandez; learning; macías; research; rodriguez; saenz; sanchez; students; study; training; use; vargas
• Effects of Digital Short Stories on the Development of Listening Skills: An Action Research by Çetin Köroğlu, Zeynep (2020) - 2020 2 zeynepcetin86@gmail.com 66 No. 20 Effects of Digital Short Stories on Listening Skills Çetin-Köroğlu Abstract The present research aimed to find out whether digital short stories can improve language learners’ listening skills. Specifically, the current research aimed to investigate whether digital short stories are useful to develop language learners’ listening skills in English. Keywords: development; digital; effects; language; learners; learning; listening; listening skills; participants; research; skills; stories; students; teachers; teaching; test; çetin
• Examining the Effect of Gender and Educational Level on Iranian EFL Graduate Students’ Perceived Reasons for Committing Plagiarism by Alimorad, Zahra (2020) - However, it seems that the majority of Iranian university students are aware of neither the existence of such a manual nor the punishments recommended for such misconduct and they are punished for what they have unintentionally and unknowingly done while they belatedly understand the seriousness of the situation when severe punishments are meted out to them. In 2010, Amirkhani, Vahdat, and Khezrian, for example, pointed out that extroversion, academic talent, and emotional stability could deter Iranian students from engaging in plagiarism. Keywords: characteristics; context; female; gender; graduate; graduate students; iranian; lack; level; plagiarism; reasons; research; role; students; study; teachers; university
• Impact of Pushed Output on Students' Oral Production by López, Kevin (2020) - 1. Do output group students outperform significantly students in non-output group in terms of noticing? What type of oral pushed output activity (one-way or two-way) leads to more hypothesis testing episodes? Keywords: activities; english; group; hypothesis; language; learners; lópez; noticing; oral; output; participants; production; research; students; study; swain; way
• Promoting an Academic International Profile in Undergraduate Students of Psychology Programs in Colombia by Torres-Escobar, Germán Andrés; Correa-López, Rolan Arcadio (2020) - An additional positive aspect of the use of standardized tests in psychology is the possibility of contrasting the educational quality level of local psychology programs with international psychology programs that apply the same tests. 226 No. 21 Abstract The present reflective article aims to describe some challenges that psychology programs in Colombia must face in the future, in order to let their students achieve an international professional profile and to improve their academic quality. Keywords: academic; american; article; colombia; correa; courses; education; english; escobar; lópez; profile; programs; psychological; psychology; students; teaching; torres
• The Reciprocal Teaching Model in the Development of Writing in Tenth Graders by Julio Cárdenas, Karen; López-Pinzón, Margarita María (2019) - Findings also suggested that assessing writing performance through portfolios was useful to enhance the school curriculum because students engaged in their own learning and participated actively in the process. This introspection led the researchers to consider the use of the RT Model because it encourages students to take into consideration their own thinking processes during reading and it helps them to be actively involved in their comprehension process, which is reflected in their written production. Keywords: development; julio; july december; learning; lópez; model; process; reading; research; skills; strategies; students; teacher; teaching; teaching model; writing
• Analysis of the pre-service teachers’ teaching anxiety and coping strategies: A Turkish Elementary School Context by Han , Turgay; Takkaç-Tulgar, Ayşegül (2019) - Another study on pre-service teacher anxiety was offered by Agustiana (2014). Furthermore, the sources of FLTA, its effects on pre-service language teachers, and the ways in which these teachers cope with these challenges need an investigation because FLTA is an area in which there is comparatively limited research. Keywords: analysis; anxiety; classroom; data; experience; flta; july december; language; management; participants; practicum; pre; preservice; service; sources; strategies; students; teachers; teaching
• Computer-Based Reading Texts to Support Fourth Graders’ Reading Comprehension by Gözüküçük, Meral; Günbaş, Nilgün (2020) - Thus, reading comprehension is a topic in educational research studies. For example, the study conducted by Björn, Aunola and Nurmi (2016), indicates that this will contribute to students’ success in other content areas, such as problem solving in mathematics if elementary school fourth grade students achieve reading comprehension well. Keywords: activities; comprehension; computer; education; feedback; grade; group; gözüküçük; günbaş; learning; reading; reading comprehension; school; students; study; test; texts; visuals
• Voices of the Har-of-Hearing about their L2 Acquisition Struggles: A Case Study : by Castillo , Rigoberto; Florez-Martelo, Laura Stefany (2020) - Resumen En el marco de la protección y defensa de los derechos de las minorías, las comunidades deben investigar más sobre los derechos de aprendizaje de las personas con deficiencias auditivas. Las políticas lingüísticas y el manejo de los exámenes estandarizados y de los resultados no representan sus capacidades, y 3. Keywords: acquisition; castillo; deaf; education; english; flórez; hard; hearing; hhs; inglés; l2 acquisition; language; las; learning; loss; ludwig; martelo; participants; que; students; study; support; voices
• The Role of Mobile Phones in Developing Motivation through Reading Activities in English Language Learners by Segura Arias, Roger (2021) - Why should language teachers include cell phone use in their reading activities? First, cell phone-based activities were grounded on the idea that mobile technology can help English language students learn (Dudeney & Hockly, 2008) by providing enjoyment (Ortega, 2013). Keywords: activities; cell; english; language; learning; motivation; phones; reading; students; technology; use
• An Exploratory Study of Recent Trends in ELT Master’s Programs: Insights from the stakeholders by Lopez-Pinzón, Margarita Maria; Ramirez-Contreras, Odilia ; Vargas-Orozco, Luisa Fernanda (2021) - The role of reflection in teachers’ practice Reflection, as part of the skills teachers need to develop in their practice, has arisen as an important aspect in teacher education research (Cuesta et al., 2019; Hernández, Trends In Elt Masters’ Programs López, Ramírez & Vargas 26 No. 22 2015). Regarding reflection in teacher education programs, Korthagen, Loughran, and Russell (as cited in Rideout & Koot, 2009) describe some principles that can be taken into account in order to promote reflection in the pre and in-service teachers; they are meaningful collaboration, supporting learning and teaching communities, the presence of cohort groups to support the teaching practice, and writing tasks and research. Keywords: curriculum; development; education; elt; english; language; learners; learning; lópez; masters; professional; programs; ramírez; research; skills; students; teachers; teaching; trends; vargas
• Task-Based Language Assessment: Implications for the Language Classroom by Giraldo, Frank (2020) - Key words: alternative assessment; language assessment; language testing; performance assessment; task-based assessment. The literature in task- based assessment has primarily been focused on testing, not on the implementation of tasks for language assessment in the classroom; for instance, Ellis (2003), in an entire chapter, dedicates only three pages to TBA in the classroom. Keywords: assessment; classroom; language; language assessment; learning; norris; performance; students; task; tba; teaching; testing
• Situating Local Literacies at the core of ELT Curriculum in Higher Education by Nieto-Gómez, Yuly Andrea; Clavijo-Olarte, Amparo (2020) - Through this process, the teachers developed sensitivity towards a situated curriculum, and got involved in an exploration of their roles as community teachers (Murrell, 2011). This study aimed at identifying the links that language teachers from a private university establish with local resources to make decisions about EFL literacy teaching. Keywords: clavijo; community; context; curriculum; education; efl; elt; gómez; issues; language; literacies; literacy; nieto; olarte; students; teachers; teaching
• Cooperative Learning Projects to Foster Reading Skills by Olaya, Marian Lissett; González-González, Gladys Marta Elena (2020) - 120 No. 21 Abstract This paper reports an action research study on cooperative learning projects for engineering students at a public university. In this way cooperative learning projects were chosen as a new strategy for them because of their multiple benefits, methods and strategies to use in the classroom, students have different learning styles and that is why they may have different strengths, some of them might be good at grammar or some others might be fluent or feel confident talking in public, this is why students can support each other with their strengths in cooperative activities that help them learn and improve their abilities not only in terms of language proficiency but also in terms of personal skills like teamwork or problem-solving. Keywords: cooperative; english; gonzález; group; language; learning; olaya; process; projects; reading; reading skills; research; skills; strategies; students
• EFL Students’ perceptions on Gender Stereotypes through their Narratives by Vásquez-Guarnizo, Jhonatan; Chía-Ríos, Maribel; Tobar-Gómez, Mairon Felipe (2020) - Thus, for this research study, we proposed the following research question: What do EFL Students’ narratives reveal about gender stereotypes when being exposed to a film, before/now photographs, and their own artwork? Findings showed that students’ lived experiences on this issue have permeated over the time the way they see their present and future; and their perceptions on gender stereotypes differ from their past generations as they consider themselves as a new generation who does not see any distinction among genders. Keywords: chía; efl; gender; gender stereotypes; group; guarnizo; gómez; moment; perceptions; research; ríos; stereotypes; students; tobar; vásquez; way; women
• Learning Vocabulary Through Instructional Subtitled Videos by Romero-Villamil, Jorge Luis; Guzman-Martinez, Claudia Patricia (2020) - The analysis of the data demostrated that the employement of instructional subtitled videos helped students learn vocabulary. Keywords: instructional subtitled videos; vocabulary learning; EFL (English as a Foreign Language); ESA (Engage, Study, and Activate) Model; and Action Research. Keywords: data; english; guzman; learning; martinez; process; research; romero; students; study; subtitles; use; videos; villamil; vocabulary; words
• Enhancing Permanence for Vocabulary Learning on 2nd Grade Students in Turkey Through Music by Tavsanli, Omer Faruk; Kaldirim, Abdullah; Gedikli, Tayyar Erdem (2021) - Control Group X: Teaching vocabulary through music studies O1, O4: Pre-test Scores O2, O4: Post-test Scores O3, O6: Permanence Test Scores Study Group During the 2017-2018 education year spring term, the study was carried out with 43 primary school 2nd-grade students in Bursa province’s Nilüfer district in Turkey. During this process, firstly, lyrics were written with the help of an academician in music teaching. Keywords: control; education; groups; language; learning; meaning; music; permanence; post; pre; process; research; results; students; study; teaching; test; vocabulary; word
• Factors that De-motivate EFL Students’ Class Participation at a School of Languages by Sánchez-Hernández, Diana Iveth; Vez López, Enrique; García-Barrios, Yeraldi (2021) - Inside the undergraduate college classroom: Faculty and Students differ on the meaning of student participation. In other words, it was found that, although the teacher motivated them, this did not ensure the students’ participation in the classroom, and thus, it can be argued that, in this case, motivation alone might not guarantee student participation. Keywords: barrios; classroom; classroom participation; demotivation; efl; efl students; garcia; hernandez; language; learning; lopez; participation; research; sanchez; students; teacher; vez
• Implementing Lesson Plans for Collaborative Learning with Children in an EFL Context by Carvajal Ayala, Daisy Catalina; Avendaño-Franco, Ricardo Alonso (2021) - Knowing the characteristics of the case study methodology and aiming to design lesson plans for collaborative classrooms and explore teachers and students’ reactions towards collaborative learning activities, we followed the following process to get the data and analyze it (see figure 4): Implementing lesson plans for collaborative learning with children in an EFL context1 Implementación de planes de clase para el aprendizaje colaborativo con niños y niñas en un contexto de inglés como lengua extranjera Daisy Catalina Carvajal-Ayala and Ricardo Alonso Avendaño-Franco2* Universidad EAFIT, Colombia 1 Received: July 13th 2021/ Keywords: activities; avendaño; ayala; carvajal; children; classroom; collaborative; franco; group; language; learning; learning carvajal; lesson; lesson plans; plans; students; teachers; teaching; use; work; working
• Language Proficiency Development and Study Abroad Experience: A Study On EFL Learners by Kaya, Fatma (2021) - Therefore, “One of the most important variables that affects the nature and the extent to which learners acquire an L2 is the context of learning” (Collentine, 2009, p. 218 cited in Llanes, 2011, p. 189) because the level and type of language input provided by SA, the chances created to engage in interaction, and the target language exposure display differences ( Amuzie & Winke, 2009).Thus, most SA research has focused on the nature of study abroad experience and has attempted to discover the determinants which may promote language enhancement (Dewey, 2007) because different variables such as personal, academic, linguistic, and cultural affects the degree of SA experience that students benefit from (Cadd, 2012). The present research study attempted to explore the language development of a group of EFL learners participating in Erasmus program for SA experience where English is not used as L1. Keywords: changes; development; english; experience; gains; language; language development; learners; learning; participants; proficiency; sa experience; skills; students; study
• Problems of Teaching Phonological Awareness to Learning Disabilities Students by Khasawneh, Mohamad Ahmad Saleem (2021) - 3.30 1.37 MA 25 The teacher of English language disabilities finds it difficult to assess the achievement level of the learning disabilities 2.34 1.27 MA 26 The teacher of English language disabilities does not use clear strategies to facilitate the Phonological Awareness disabilities 3.15 1.44 MA 27 Teachers do not receive enough support because they deal with learning disabilities students with special needs 3.39 1.25 MA 28 Lack of training courses for English language disabilities teacher on teaching methods for learning disabilities 3.20 1.37 MA 29 The lack of supervisors specialized in special education to provide help to teachers. 3.08 1.39 MA Total 3.17 0.58 MA Overall 3.62 0.52 MA Table 4 revealed that the overall mean score for the problems of teaching phonological awareness was (3.62) with a standard deviation of (0.52). Phonological awareness is also defined as the set of practical activities of audio Teaching Phonological Awareness To Students Khasawneh 140 No. 23 processing capabilities include phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rate of access for phonological information (Powell, & Atkinson, 2021). Keywords: awareness; disabilities; english; khasawneh; language; learning; problems; students; study; teachers; teaching
• Exploratory Study of Ecuadorian Teachers’ Understanding of Social Emotional Learning: An Examination of Primary School Teachers by Burgin, Ximena; Coli, Sheila; Daniel, Mayra C (2021) - Key words: Social Emotional Learning; SEL workshop; Professional Development (PD); techers’ SEL perspectives; elementary school teachers Resumen Se ha sugerido que la instrucción directa del aprendizaje socioemocional (SEL) puede mejorar el rendimiento académico It examined changes in teachers’ perspectives and beliefs about their role in SEL integration in elementary school classrooms, after a full-day workshop focused on SEL integration. Keywords: burgin; change; classroom; coli; daniel; data; development; emotions; integration; learning; school; sel; skills; students; teachers; workshop
• Social Presence in an Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in English during Covid-19 by Lopera, Sergio Alonso (2021) - Based on Rourke et al.’s (2001) and Swan’s (2019) social presence, three elements were found on his online experience: cohesive teaching strategies, affective teaching strategies, and interactive teaching experiences. Keywords: Covid-19; social presence; Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT); teaching English Resumen Muchas instituciones educativas tuvieron que mover sus clases presenciales a virtuales de una manera abrupta debido a la pandemia causada por el coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19). Keywords: covid-19; ert; face; language; learning; modality; online; presence; social; strategies; students; teaching; way
• A Collaborative Autoethnography on Raciolinguistic Experiences and the Construction of Linguistic Identities During an Intercultural Exchange by Campos Campos, María Paula ; Garzón Roa, Stephany ; Méndez, María Paula; Castañeda Trujillo, Jairo Enrique (2021) - The article is intended to be a useful resource specifically, but not exclusively, for English teachers in training who plan to do cultural exchanges abroad but who also project themselves as English teachers. English teachers in training reexamine their beliefs about teaching and learning a language throughout their careers. Keywords: campos; castañeda; collaborative; education; english; etnography; experiences; garzon; identity; intercultural; language; mendez; people; raciolinguistic; research; students; teachers; world

• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2020) - An area that has not been quite explored in ELT is the ways English is taught to university students from other majors; in this direction, Torres-Escobar and Correa-López analyzed how bilingualism English-Spanish could be promoted in undergraduate psychology programs. We hope to continue communicating findings and reflections from both Colombian and international English language teachers so that we consolidate a community of learning, practice, and research. Keywords: language; learning
• Visual Mnemonic Technique : An Effective Learning Strategy by Farrokh, Parisa; Vaezi, Hengameh ; Ghadimi, Hamed (2021) - For the vocabulary scores in the post-test, the means for the Adult control group, Young control group, Adult experimental group and Young experimental groups were (X- Adult control group = 8.75), (X- Young control group = 8.08), (X- Adult experimental group = 12.58), and (X- Young experimental group =12.91), respectively. For the vocabulary scores in the pre-test, the means for the adult control group, young control group, adult experimental group and young experimental groups were (X- Adult control group = 8.50), (X- Young control group = 7.83), (X- Adult experimental group = 8.50), and (X- Young experimental group =8.33), respectively. Keywords: adult; control; experimental; groups; language; learners; learning; mnemonic; strategy; technique; test; visual; vocabulary; young
• Transforming an Educational Community in Guatemala Using the Plan Do Study Act Cycle by Daniel, Mayra C; Wasonga, Teresa ; Burgin, Ximena (2021) - The theoretical framework that guided this study was implemented with teacher participants using the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) model (Bryk, 2015; Bryk Transforming Community Thorugh Plan Do Study Act Daniel, Wasonga & Burgin 154 No. 23 et al., 2016). This research revealed the abilities and zeal of Guatemalan teachers to create a future of possibilities for the learners in their classrooms. Keywords: act; children; community; cycle; daniel; evh; guatemala; learners; learning; parents; pdsa; plan; school; study; teachers; wasonga
• On the Effectiveness of Scaffolding Strategies and Task orientation on Receptive and Productive Knowledge of Lexical Collocations by Naserpour, Azam; Zarei, Abbas Ali (2021) - These findings can have practical implications for language learners, teachers, and materials developers, and theoretical implications for researchers. Therefore, it is crucial to explore what types of tasks and strategies provide better opportunities for language learners to achieve more durable L2 lexical collocation learning. Keywords: collocations; cues; feedback; group; input; knowledge; language; learners; learning; naserpour; output; scaffolding; strategies; study; tasks; technique; test; zarei
• Toward More Equitable Language Learning and Teaching Frameworks For Our ELT Community: Moving from EFL to ECL to CE by Mora, Raúl Alberto (2022) - This emphasis does not intend to ignore or diminish the role and influence of Spanish, indigenous languages, or other languages historically present in our context (e.g., Portuguese, French, etc.), nor does it intend to recognize the official status of Spanish and the indigenous and minoritized languages in our land. If anything, this conversation about how we frame languages in Colombia should happen across the board and this exercise with English might provide a blueprint for other languages to follow or critique. Keywords: colombia; communities; ecl; education; efl; elt; english; language; learning; literacy; mora; need; teacher; transition
• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2021) - In this new edition, authors from Colombia and different parts of the worlds are reporting studies focused on three main areas: a social orientation to language teaching and learning, including aspects of interaction, social justice, discrimination and paradigmatic changes in the discipline of ELT; learning experiences triggered by the pandemic by COVID-19; and the promotion of skills in language components, such as pronunciation and vocabulary, through different mechanisms such as mnemonic techniques and scaffolding. Contributions following a sociohistorical orientation in language teaching and learning include Mora’s who invites us to questions the hegemonic frameworks and concepts used to define language and language teaching in Colombia; Campos Campos, Garzón Roa, Méndez and Castañeda report an autoethnographic experience as au pairs in the United States and their confrontation with social justice and discrimination issues. Keywords: language; learning
• CLIL in Colombia: Challenges and Opportunities for its Implementation. by Mosquera Pérez, Jhon Eduardo (2022) - Although at first its implementation might appear to be something simple, as there is a tendency to think that for the successful application of CLIL based lessons it is only necessary to impart classes in English, in fact, there is a series of elements that language teachers and scholars should consider before reducing such an innovative approach to that simplistic view. This fact has been further asserted by Brown and Bradford (2017) who stress that language teachers are one of the main Clil in Colombia Mosquera Pérez 13 No. 24 difficulties when properly implementing CLIL because they may have not received adequate preparation. Keywords: clil; colombia; development; education; english; journal; language; learning; mosquera; opportunities; pérez; research; teachers; teaching
• The Effects of Pronunciation Anxiety and Motivation on English Learners’ Willingness to Communicate by Alimorad, Zahra; Adib, Farshad (2022) - 42 No. 25 Abstract The present quantitative study intended to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL learners’ pronunciation anxiety (PA) and pronunciation motivation (PM) on their L2 willingness to communicate (L2 WTC) in English classes. Resumen El presente estudio cuantitativo pretende investigar el efecto de la ansiedad de pronunciación (PA) y la motivación de pronunciación (PM) de los estudiantes iraníes de EFL en su disposición a comunicarse en L2 (L2 WTC) en las clases de inglés. Keywords: anxiety; effects; efl; english; l2 wtc; language; learners; learning; motivation; pronunciation; pronunciation anxiety; study; wtc
• Editorial by Granados, Carlo (2022) - This issue reflects all the learning researchers and teachers have gained during the pandemic in the implementation of ICTs for teaching languages. This edition incorporates contributions about Content Language Integrated Learning, Teachers’ Cognitions, and ICTs, among many other aspects. Keywords: learning; study
• Lesson Study: Does it work for personal development of pre-service ELT teachers? by ALTINSOY, ERTAN (2023) - There is a need for a heightened awareness of personal dimension in teacher development, i.e., personal growth in terms of self-esteem, creativity, and empathy. In order to increase reliability, the data sets and relevant codes were reviewed again, and it was seen that most disagreements originated from the differences in the interpretation of two code labels that were named as “teacher adaptability” and “teacher judgement”. Keywords: code; data; development; education; impact; learning; lesson; lesson study; personal; pre; research; self; service; study; table; teacher; teaching
• L2 Learners’ Perspectives on Data-Driven Learning for Identifying Properties of Near-Synonymous Words: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study by Söğüt, Sibel (2024) - Sibel Söğüt 74 No. 27 The nature of near-synonymous words poses challenges to L2 learners. Although near- synonyms have distinct semantic profiles, dictionaries present them as interchangeable in different contexts, and this presentation may guide L2 learners to assume contextual interchangeability (Alanazi, 2022). Keywords: benefits; challenges; corpus; data; ddl; english; language; learners; learning; properties; skills; study; tasks; teaching; use; vocabulary; words
• Reconstructing Female Language Teacher’s Roles from a Sociocultural Perspective by Khair, Imamatul (2024) - This current study explored and interrogated socio-cultural contexts of learning and teaching by gender roles experienced by female language student teachers. Keywords: Female language teachers, EFL learning and teaching, sociocultural theory, feminism Resumen La idea de la formación docente ha surgido para cerrar la brecha en la cuestión de la igualdad intelectual entre maestros y maestras. Keywords: community; contexts; culture; education; efl; english; experience; family; gender; language; learning; participants; research; roles; school; student; study; teachers; teaching; women
• Editorial by Granados, Carlo (2024) - This connection between cognitive factors and language learning is further explored by Duygu Ispinar Akcayoglu and Omer Ozer, who examine the relationship between test anxiety and self-regulated learning. By applying these principles to academic writing, Wongkittiporn’s research offers practical insights for language learners and educators alike, bridging theoretical linguistic concepts with real-world applications in research methodology Keywords: issue; language; learning
• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2018) - Our first contribution, by Ramírez, explored through action research ways to promote autonomy in university students, within an English course. The second set of articles is linked to specific features emerging from language skill work. Keywords: language; learning
• Using the EPOSTL for Dialogic Reflection in EFL Teacher Education by Schauber, Holli (2015) - Recognition of its value to teacher development and effective practice has meant a surge in its application internationally. No. 11 (July - December 2015) Introduction The ongoing interest in reflective practices in EFL teacher preparation remains widespread in recent research and teacher education materials (Belvis, Pineda, Armengol, & Moreno 2013; Burkert & Schwienhorst, 2008; Cakir & Balcikanli, 2012; Farrell, 2012; Harmer, 2015; Velikova, 2013; Yesilbura, 2011). Keywords: december; descriptors; development; education; epostl; july; july december; language; learning; lesson; practice; process; reflection; student; teacher; teaching
• A Comparison of the Effect of Text-Picture and Audio-Picture Annotations in Second Language Vocabulary Recall among Iranian EFL Learners by Karbalaei, Alireza; Sattari, Ali; Nezami, Ziba (2016) - Mean pre- and posttest of vocabulary knowledge scores for samples in audio picture annotation and control group The results suggest that providing audio or text annotation of new words can help recall of new vocabulary when reading. Keywords: annotation; audio; effect; january; january june; june; language; learning; picture; reading; text; vocabulary; words
• A Narrative Inquiry into Pre-Service English Teachers' Imagined Identities by Sarasa, María Cristina (2016) - The formation of English teacher identities: A cross-cultural investigation. Along these lines, narrative inquiry has defined teacher professional identity as “narrative life compositions” (Clandinin, Cave, & Cave, 2011, p. 1), expressed by “stories to live by” (Clandinin, Downey & Huber, 2009, p. 141). Keywords: clandinin; education; english; identities; identity; inquiry; january; january june; june; language; learning; narrative; people; research; sarasa; service; teacher
• Monetary and Career based Motives at the Core of EFL Programs: Problems and Solutions by Fallas Escobar, Christian; Ennser-Kananen, Johanna; Bigelow, Martha (2016) - As the EFL testing industry further institutionalizes the ideology that English is a requirement in the present labor market, more individuals resolve to engage in EFL learning and EFL programs adopt a business- and work-skills orientation. While the alignment between EFL programs and the demands of the commercial sector is not necessarily in itself ethically or even pedagogically wrong, the reduction of EFL programs to focus only on monetary gain and corporate professionalism runs the risk of neglecting other motivations for EFL learning. Keywords: bigelow; career; costa; discourses; efl; efl learning; english; ennser; fallas; january june; language; learning; monetary; motivations; motives; programs; rica; teaching
• Rethinking curriculum in the linguistics component of a major on bilingual education by Arias-Cepeda, Carlos; Rojas, Sandra (2017) - Such perspective seems to be theoretically backed up since language teacher education does have a tradition of including training on linguistics (LaFond & Dogancay-Aktuna, 2009), and at the tertiary level education programs do not give much value to superficial knowledge that is purely declarative (Biggs & Tang, 2007). Applied linguistics and language teacher education: What we know. Keywords: arias; cepeda; choice; component; content; curriculum; education; instruction; january; january june; knowledge; language; learning; linguistics; linguistics arias; major; rojas; social; study; teachers; teaching
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2014) - No. 9 (July - December 2014) 7 This issue also shares studies on processes of language learning and teaching, in both cases offering strong cases for researching learning processes from learners’ rather than solely teachers’ perspectives. Liliana Niño’s article on differentiated instruction provides insights into the Procesos Básicos program in Bogotá, which offers literacy and English language instruction to Internally Displaced Persons. Keywords: english; language; learning; technology
• Teaching and learning another language strategically by Weidner, Aglaya (2014) - Consequently, the fact that language learning strategies can be taught makes them appealing for language learners and teachers (Pavičić Takač, 2008). Propitiously, the book Teaching and Learning another Language Strategically is a precious resource for language teachers, teachers of other subjects, pre-service teachers, teacher-educators, in-service teachers and researches. Keywords: july; language; learning; teachers; teaching
• Assisting your Child’s Learning in L2 is like Teaching them to Ride a Bike: A Study on Parental Involvement by Castillo, Rigoberto; Camelo, Linda Catherine (2013) - He also stresses: The importance of parent involvement on student achievement is explicit in the research, whereas the importance of community involvement is more implicit. Parents’ social networks and beliefs as predictors of parent involvement. Keywords: camelo; castillo; children; development; english; family; home; involvement; language; learners; learning; literacy; nov; parents; school; study; support
• Graphic Organizers Support Young L2 Writers’ Argumentative Skills by Anderson, Carl Edlund; Mora González, Carlos Andrés; Cuesta Medina, Liliana Marcela (2018) - Yet though writing skills are developed principally between childhood and adolescence (Kuhn, 1991), younger learners seldom engage with argumentative writing practices even in their first language; opportunities to develop argumentative writing skills in an L2 (second language) are even less common (Neff-van Aertselaer, 2013). Through this multi-instrumental approach, different perceptions and examples of the influence of GOs on argumentative writing skill could be compared and contrasted for a richer analysis (Creswell, 2012, 2014). Keywords: anderson; arguments; cuesta; december; gos; ideas; information; july; july december; language; learners; learning; mora; organizers; participants; research; skills; study; support; texts; use; writing
• A Qualitative Investigation of Pragmatic Development in Foreign and Target Context by Takkaç-Tulgar, Ayşegül (2018) - Key words: pragmatic competence; foreign language context; second language context 1 Received: February 23rd 2018/ The below quotation from the participant’s self-report, which can be considered an example combining the educational, social and psychological effects of foreign context, can be enlightening in order to understand the perceptions and experiences of a majority of foreign language learners: “I have been learning English for almost six years. Keywords: competence; context; context takkaç; development; english; group; july; july december; knowledge; language; language learning; learners; learning; participants; studies; study; takkaç; target context; target language; turkish
• EFL Teachers’ Professional Development: Towards a counterpart of the English Language Supremacy by Estacio, Aura María; Camargo Cely, Jennyfer Paola (2018) - In J.K. Hall & W. G. Eggington (Eds.), The sociopolitics of English language teaching (pp.67-82). Such choice draws upon the new capitalism notion, in which an excessive consumerism and competition are the result of an economic system that has had incidence towards the way English language should be taught, learned, and spoken (Fairclough 2003). Keywords: camargo; december; development; education; efl; english; estacio; july; july december; language; learning; professional; teachers; teaching
• Teaching and Researching Computer-Assisted Language Learning by Moslemi Nezhad Arani, Saieed (2018) - In the early ages, much software developed based on the behavioristic view of language teaching and learning. To sum, the discussed book gives the impression that for designing and implementing a CALL-based course not only the proposed models of teaching have the applicability to the language teaching field, also it offers some of the main and primary implementation of CALL into the language teaching classrooms in a way that one may think of them as useful hints to provide supplementary and modern innovative ideas for CALL practices in language teaching and learning. Keywords: december; july; language; learning; teaching
• Becoming Language Teachers: Exploring Student-teachers’ Identities Construction through Narratives by Torres-Cepeda, Nancy María; Ramos-Holguín, Bertha (2019) - In such a community, student teachers have a sense of belonging, they feel identified with, and their voices are heard. No. 18 (January - June 2019) 20 Given that “language teacher identities are constantly evolving and are developed through pedagogical practice” (Barkhuizen, 2017, p.9), student- teachers’ identities as learners and future teachers are constructed daily through the interaction and negotiations that take place in the classroom. Keywords: construction; education; experiences; future; identities; identity; january; january june; june; language; learners; learning; research; student; teachers; teaching
• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2019) - Understanding that learning to teach is a sociocultural practice is a premise that leads three of the contributions to this issue; first, Torres-Cepeda and Ramos-Holguín describe the process of identity construction as language teachers and learners for a group of pre- service teachers in Tunja by means of a narrative design; second, and in the same line of interest, Vez-López and Jiménez-Velásquez explored undergraduate students’ perceptions about the skills they have developed when in their last semester of their university studies; Turning to the practical applications of the sociocultural approach, we find the notion of community supporting pedagogical practices. Second Language Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective. Keywords: language; learning; teachers
• Problematic Phonemes for Spanish-speakers’ Learners of English by Uribe-Enciso, Olga Lucía; Fuentes Hernandez, Sol Smith; Vargas Pita , Karla Lizeth ; Rey Pabón , Anderson Steve (2019) - Problematic Sounds Contrastive Analysis (CA) considers language from a structural point of view and emerged as a tool to predict L2 items that language learners would find easy or difficult to master because of being similar to or different from their L1. In addition, authors such as Case (2012), Hernandez, Gonzales and Algara (2011) and Valenzuela (n.d) agree that L2 learners are prone to mispronounce consonant clusters in initial and final positions, to confuse short and long vowels, and to interchange fricative and affricate sounds. Keywords: analysis; december; english; errors; fuentes; july; july december; language; learners; learning; phonemes; pronunciation; rey; sounds; spanish; speakers; teachers; teaching; uribe; vargas
• Exploring the Grounds for the Study of the Identity of Indigenous English Language Teachers in Colombia by Arias-Cepeda, Carlos (2020) - Language teacher identities: Co-constructing discourse and community. Language teacher identity as critical social practice. Keywords: arias; bilingualism; cepeda; colombia; cultural; diversity; education; elt; english; field; identities; identity; knowledge; language; language teachers; learning; mainstream; mignolo; new; peoples; social; study; teachers
• Bringing Interactional Identities into the Study of Classroom Interaction in ELT Education by Lucero-Babativa, Edgar (2020) - Language teacher identities: Co-constructing discourse and community. According to Benwell and Stokoe (2002), Clarke (2008), Rymes (2009), and Walsh (2011), English language teachers may have subconsciously adopted those established (interactional) roles in the social context of classroom interaction. Keywords: classroom; classroom interaction; context; education; elt; english; identities; interaction; language; learning; lucero; roles; teachers; teaching
• Educational Innovation through ICT-Mediated Teaching Strategies in the Initial Teacher Education of English Language Teachers by Rincón-Ussa, Luis Jesús; Fandiño-Parra, Yamith Jo´se; Cortés-Ibañez, Andrea Margarita (2020) - In sum, educational innovation entails implementing new ideas, new practices, and new organizational and administrative mechanisms to directly or indirectly improve learning processes. Educational Innovation through Ict Strategies Rincon-Ussa, Fandiño-Parra & Cortes-Ibañez 97 No. 21 ICT-Mediated Teaching Strategies The classroom is the scenario in which educational innovation comes to life; amid the complex relations and interactions among the participants of learning processes, new strategies and ideas bear fruit if they are successful and validated by the immediate actors of educational processes. Keywords: autonomy; education; fandiño; ibañez; ict; ict strategies; innovation; language; learning; learning process; learning strategies; parra; process; rincon; strategies; teachers; teaching; ussa
• Awakening Sociocultural Realities in Pre-service Teachers Through a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies by Castro-Garcés, Angela Yicely (2021) - These new ways of acting in the world and with the world have reconceptualized what literacy practices are, how they interact and intersect in social events, requiring a different type of engagement with text or, as NLG (1996) posits it, a ML practice. Additionally, Barton and Hamilton (2000) differentiate between literacy events and literacy practices. Keywords: castro; cope; garcés; journal; kalantzis; language; learning; literacy; participants; pedagogy; practices; pre; pts; realities; research; service; social; teachers

• EFL Learners’ Receptive and Productive Knowledge of Factive Cognitive Verbs’ Complementation Patterns by Atasever Belli, Serap; Kecik, İlknur (2025) - Similar to the Turkish EFL learners, in the previous studies, as proficiency increased, EFL learners tended to prefer verb complementation patterns and senses that were similar to the preferences of native speakers of English (e.g., Ard & Gass, 1987; Römer & Berger, 2019; Schwartz & Causarano, 2007; Vercellotti & Packer, 2016). In this respect, it is crucial for language learners to be aware of these complexities and to have knowledge of the different senses of cognitive verbs and complementation patterns. Keywords: atasever; belli; complementation; complementation patterns; efl; efl learners; english; factive; knowledge; language; learners; levels; participants; patterns; study; tests; use; verb; verb complementation; word
• Structural Patterns of Conversational Discourse: Ethiopian EFL Textbooks in Focus by Lakew, Anteneh (2025) - The discussion of these findings offers insights into the problems related to the limited coverage of conversational discourse features, the implications for achieving communicative competence, the alignment of course materials with Communicative Language Teaching principles, teacher interaction with the material, cultural considerations in conversational discourse, and the suitability of the material for students’ proficiency levels. First, a structured coding scheme was developed based on the framework for analyzing and categorizing conversational discourse features. Keywords: analysis; discourse; efl; english; ethiopian; features; grammar; language; learners; materials; teaching; textbooks
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2015) - In terms of the intersection between language change, culture and current usage, and the challenge this presents to language teaching, GIST is pleased once again to publish work by Omowumi Steve Bode Ekundayo, in which he explores the issue of orthographic intraference in examples of Educated Nigerian English. She has been a teacher of English language and linguistics for more than 25 years, as well as administrator, curriculum designer, and external reviewer of language education programs in the U.S. and Colombia. Keywords: english; language; teachers
• Transnationals Becoming English Teachers in Mexico: Effects of Language Brokering and Identity Formation by Mora Pablo, Irasema; Rivas Rivas, Leonardo Arturo; Lengeling, M. Martha; Crawford, Troy (2015) - No. 10 (January - June 2015) 15 and how this ability to use both languages influenced their decision to become language teachers. This situation may be a reason that also allowed the participants to become language teachers, as it will be explained later. Keywords: english; home; identity; january; january june; june; language; mexico; mora; parents; participants; spanish; states; teachers; transnationals
• The Design and Implementation of an In-service EFL Teacher Training Model in the Costa Rican Public School System by Córdoba Cubillo, Patricia; Rodríguez Ramírez, Xinia; Hernández Gaubil, Tatiana (2015) - Keywords: EFL teacher training, teachers of English from the public school system, improvement of English language proficiency, professional development in EFL 1 Received: Dec. 15, 2014 / The participants were viewed as teachers capable of contributing their own experience as language learners, and as language teachers constructing learning communities (Kumaravadivelu, 2012). Keywords: costa; courses; design; efl; english; implementation; january; january june; june; language; model; participants; service; teachers; training; training model
• The Implications of Orthographic Intraference for the Teaching and Description of ESL: The Educated Nigerian English Examples by Bode Ekundayo, Omowumi Steve (2015) - 2 A. day break 1,500/15% widespread B. daybreak 6,000/60% C. day-break 2,500/10% 3 A. day dream 2,000/20% widespread B. daydream 6,500/65% C. day-dream 1,500/15% 4 A. dry cleaner 2,000/20% common B. drycleaner 3,000/30% C. dry-cleaner 5,000/50% 5 A. every day 2,000/20% widespread B. everyday 7,000/70% C. every-day 1,000/10% 6 A. Fish pond 3,000/30% widespread B. Fishpond 5,000/60% C. Fish-pond 2,000/10% 7 A. Frying pan 2,500/25% Variant B. Fryingpan 3,500/35% C. Frying-pan 4,000/40% 8 A. Gas cooker 5,000/50% common B. Gascooker 1,000/10% C. Gas-cooker 4,000/40% Again, the non-SBE form are more common, the combined form having 60%. Keywords: bode; compound; english; form; implications; intraference; january; january june; june; language; nigerian; spelling; widespread; words
• Transformation: A Model for Restructuring the Preparation of English Teachers in Ecuador by Serrano, M. Elisabeth; Vizcaíno, Cristina G.; Cazco, Daniel; Kuhlman, Natalie A. (2015) - Most of the universities have the problem of hiring teachers with a low level of English proficiency and without the methodology to teach students at the university level even though they graduated from English teacher preparation programs. Directors from English teacher preparation programs and from English institutes were working towards a common curriculum for English teacher preparation programs. Keywords: december; ecuador; education; english; july; july december; language; programs; standards; teachers; teaching; u.s; universities; university
• The Differences between Spoken and Written Grammar in English, in Comparison with Vietnamese by Cao Thanh, Nguyen (2015) - Less Rigid than Written Grammar In spoken language, the participants usually do not pay much attention to lexical content and meaning, which are strictly used in written language. Overall, the occurrence of relative pronouns in spoken language is approximately three times that of written language, (147 in the spoken while 49 in the written). Keywords: cao; december; differences; english; grammar; july; july december; language; use; vietnamese; written
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2016) - This issue, GiST offers several narrative explorations into a range of issues related to teacher identity. In their study, the authors trace how important issues such as teacher training, access to resources, years of experience and professional development work together in the construction of ESL reading teachers’ perceived effectiveness. Keywords: english; january; language; teachers
• The relationship between Language, Culture and Society: Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Positioning in Society by Olan, Elsie L.; Belló, Paula (2016) - They work in teacher development and research within different areas of knowledge related to the development of teacher education programs and teacher professional development. Key words: EFL teachers, career choices, societal positioning, narratives, counter-narratives, qualitative research 1 Received: July 17, 2014 / Keywords: belló; career; culture; efl; english; january; january june; june; language; narratives; olan; positioning; relationship; society; teachers; teaching; world
• The Phonemic Realisations of the Letter "Ii" and "Yy" in Educated Nigerian English Accent and its Implications for ESL Teaching and Learning by Steve Ekundayo, Omowumi Bode (2016) - The ‘anarchy’ that Ugorji described may remain till Standard Nigerian English becomes so firmly rooted even at those examination levels that examiners will no longer see the entrenched Nigerian variants as errors for examination questions. Standard Nigerian English phonemes: The crisis of modelling and harmonization. Keywords: english; features; intraference; january; january june; june; language; letters; nigerian; realisations; university; variants
• Agency in the Reconstruction of Language Identity: A Narrative Case Study from the Island of San Andrés by Arias, Carlos Augusto (2014) - The older the generation, the more fond of Creole language the individual is, and conversely, the younger the generation, the more Spanish the individual speaks. Fidel’s agency in the preservation of his in-group linguistic identity is signaled by seemingly contradictory paths that merge both the preservation and the transformation of the role of Creole language as a critical attribute of raizal identity. Keywords: agency; case; creole; december; english; fidel; group; identity; july; july december; language; language identity; narrative; raizal; research; san; social; spanish; study
• Linguistic Symbol Intraference in Textese and E-mailese: Implications for Teaching and Learning Standard English by Bode Ekundayo, Omowumi Steve (2014) - Textcuts and informal e-mail style are not limited to journalese. The texts and e-mails were analysed against the backdrop of formal English writing rules and items. Keywords: bode; december; english; features; formal; informal; intraference; july; july december; language; mail; message; nigerian; rules; sms; symbols; text; textese; writing
• EFL Learners’ Intercultural Competence Development Through International News by Gómez-Rodríguez, Luis Fernando (2018) - EFL INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE GÓMEZ No. 16 (January - June, 2018) No. 16 (January - June, 2018) 191 With these three saviors, all interrelated and interdependent, ESL/ EFL intercultural learners should build an additional savoir that Byram (1997) calls critical intercultural awareness, which is the ability to evaluate perspectives, practices, and products in one’s own and others’ culture. Key words: intercultural communicative competence, news, English as a foreign language, EFL learners surface culture, deep culture Resumen Este estudio de caso examinó cómo un grupo de estudiantes de inglés construyó conciencia intercultural crítica mediante la discusión de eventos culturales reportados en varias noticias de periódicos internacionales tales como Keywords: competence; culture; education; efl; english; gómez; icc; intercultural; january; january june; june; language; learners; news; research; study
• The Dialectic of a Global Language by Ridsdale, Murray (2007) - It would be precisely this growing tendency towards the standardization and uniformity of language, infinitely facilitated by the printing press, which would affect the nature of languages in countries like India once they became colonized by Europe. Key Words: standardization, uniformity, global language, power, linguistic- imperialism, spaces between words, scriptura continua. Keywords: dictionary; english; fact; global; india; language; new; power; que; uniformity; words; world
• English Teaching and Private Enterprise in Colombia: A Business Perspective and a Challenge to Educators by McKinney Gehman, Debra (2007) - The situation has several aspects that merit consideration: - how to confirm real achievements in use of the English language when new employees join the company; - how to strengthen deficient English language skills among current employees; 145 - how to maintain English language skills in employees who have little opportunity to practice the language they learned at some time in the past. how do the company’s needs combine with those of the English teacher or English-language institute, and the interests of the student-employee? - how does the company promote a positive view of strengthening English language skills among its employees, most of whom found their previous English classes to be difficult, irrelevant and/or dull? Keywords: english; language; skills
• What Form of Language Education Do Immigrant Parents Want? An Investigation into the Educational Desires of Members of Ontario’s Arab Community by Shoukri, Bobbie Lynn R. (2010) - Keywords: Arabic language, language education, Ontario language policies, language education desires of immigrant parents, Ontario language programs, English as a second language (ESL), French as a second language (FSL), language maintenance, heritage languages 1 Do current Ontario language education policies and programs support the educational desires of Ontario’s Arab community? Keywords: arab; arabic; children; community; education; english; french; language; nov; ontario; participants; vol
• Translation Priming Effect in Spanish-English Bilinguals by Ramírez Sarmiento, Albeiro (2011) - Furthermore, strong facilitatory effects caused by non-cognate translation primes have been found in cross- script priming (i.e. when the two languages do not share the same script, such as French and Greek) Materials Due to the methodological differences, the two experiments, lexical decision task (LDT) and semantic categorization task (SCT), will be discussed separately hereafter. Keywords: decision; effect; english; non; nov; participant; priming; task; translation
• Editorial by Strieff, Devin (2011) - Sin embargo los logros más significativos, además de la cada vez más fascinante calidad y pluralidad de las investigaciones que publicamos, tienen que ver con la indexación de nuestra revista, la conformación del Comité Científico, el establecimiento de canjes con publicaciones afines en Colombia, Estados Unidos, España y el Reino Unido, y la creación de los canales virtuales de difusión de la publicación y de otros artículos de interés en las líneas de trabajo mencionadas en el párrafo anterior. Cada año, al escribir estas palabras, hemos hecho un recuento de avances y hemos presentado un inventario de propósitos para que nuestros lectores conozcan y comprendan los principios que animan a la publicación de la revista y los parámetros cualitativos y técnicos bajos los cuales se enmarca este esfuerzo. Keywords: article; english; gist; language; los; nov; para; que; research; study; universidad
• Lexical Bundles in Academic Presentations Given by PhD level EAP Students: A Literature Review by Nausa, Ricardo A. (2013) - Second, it will make an original contribution to the study of academic spoken English in the context of Colombian universities; as explained above, there are no accounts of descriptions made of this genre in the Colombian context. Palavras chave: pacotes léxicos, exposições acadêmicas, discurso acadêmico, inglês para propósitos acadêmicos (EAP), inglês como língua estrangeira (EFL), linguística de corpus LExicaL bundLEs in acadEmic PrEsEntation nausa No. 7 (Nov. 2013) Keywords: biber; bundles; corpus; discourse; english; language; nov; presentation; studies; study; writing
• Reflections on the Process of Bilingual Education in Latin America: A Perspective from Globalization by Joya, Magdalena; Cerón, Alejandra (2013) - Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo como estrategia para el mejoramiento de la calidad de la enseñanza del inglés en Colombia y para la promoción de la competitividad de nuestros ciudadanos”. (MEN,http://colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/productos/1685/w3- article-312132.html)7 Proficiency in English as a second language can give opportunities to Colombians to achieve different skills and to be able to compete with people of other regions outside Latin-America: “Strengthening the domain of a foreign language (English) is essential to improve personal, social, technological and productive levels, at the same time, to promote more and better opportunities for competitiveness” (MEN, 2008).8 Although the policy recognizes the importance of bilingualism and generates plans and reflections about it for the entire Colombian population, the gap between the non-speakers (the majority of the Colombians) and the bilingual ones is huge, especially if we take into rEfLEctions on thE ProcEss of biLinGuaL Education Joya & cErón 7 “El reconocimiento de la importancia de una lengua extranjera, en este caso particular el inglés, llevó al Ministerio de Educación Nacional a implementar el Keywords: america; bilingualism; cerón; colombia; como; education; english; globalization; joya; language; latin; los; nov; para; process; que; reflections; spanish; world
• Teaching pronunciation: A course Book and reference guide, 2nd edition. by Taylor, Josephine (2013) - Resources developed specifically for English language teachers in a global context can aid these efforts and may enable teachers and students to approach pronunciation instruction from the perspective of current language use in authentic contexts. This section is extremely important for language teachers because it may enable them to feel more comfortable reinforcing pronunciation within the context of vocabulary or listening activities. Keywords: english; nov; pronunciation
• Borderlands Epistemologies and the Transnational Experience by Petrón, Mary A.; Greybeck, Barbara (2014) - In this paper, we address the following question: How are borderlands ways of knowing reflected in the identities and language practices of transnational teachers of English in Mexico? Methodology Research Design Qualitative analysis was used to address the following question: How are borderlands ways of knowing reflected in the identities and translanguaging practices of transnational teachers of English in Mexico? Keywords: borderlands; education; english; epistemologies; greybeck; heritage; january; january june; june; language; mexico; participants; petrón; school; study; teachers; translanguaging; transnationals; u.s
• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2018) - Finally, we have three contributions related to the use of technology for English language teaching and learning. Chivatá & Oviedo developed an action research study to see how students perceived the notion of activeness during the implementation of a flipped learning approach in an English class, Olaya aimed to foster autonomous learning processes in an English class for Engineering students by means of technology-based activities, and lastly, we have Moslemi Nezhad Arani who contributed a review of the book Teaching and Researching Computer-Assisted Language Learning by Ken Beatty which is very informative not only about how to implement technology for language learning and teaching but also how to conduct sound research in this domain. Keywords: english; language
• Revisiting the Issue of Knowledge in English Language Teaching, a Revision of Literature by Castañeda-Londoño, Adriana (2019) - Key Words: Teacher knowledge; decolonial perspective in ELT; knowledge base; Resumen En el siguiente texto de revisión bibliográfica, me propongo mostrar un análisis de los principales desarrollos concernientes al conocimiento de los docentes de inglés en ejercicio. Although Pineda Baez (2002) acknowledges that a single response to the quest for teacher knowledge is problematic, she resorts to Shulman’s (1987) model of knowledge base to equate different categories of English teachers’ knowledge to Shulman’s model. Keywords: base; castañeda; concept; decolonial; education; elt; english; issue; january; january june; june; knowledge; knowledge base; language; londoño; practices; research; shulman; teachers; teaching
• The Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Development of Phonological Processing and Evaluation of Their Attitudes toward Pronunciation by Aksakallı, Canan; Yağız, Oktay (2020) - Results of the study indicated that the students who received larger amounts of L2 pronunciation instruction improved their pronunciation of vowels more than those who were provided less amounts of pronunciation instruction. Podcasting communities and second language pronunciation. Keywords: aksakalli; attitudes; efl; english; evaluation; instruction; language; learners; participants; pre; processing; pronunciation; research; study; teachers; teaching; test
• Central Events and Causal Connections: A Narrative Inquiry-Study among Colombian Female Scholars in their Processes as writers by Ramos-Holguín, Bertha; Peñaloza-Rallón, Anna Carolina (2020) - 63 No. 20 Authors * Bertha Ramos-Holguín holds a Ph.D. in Education Sciences from Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), an M.A in Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and a B.A in Modern Languages from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-1402 Anna Carolina Peñaloza Rallón holds a master’s in Language Teaching from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) and a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Arizona. Keywords: academic; authors; causal; colombia; como; connections; connections ramos; english; entonces; events; holguín; journals; juliana; language; line; narrative; peñaloza; process; que; rallón; ramos; research; story; study; time; women; writing
• Challenges in the Design and Implementation of an English Placement Test for a Colombian Public University by Ramirez, Alexander (2020) - In this regard, Douglas (2010) remarks the importance “that the test tasks reflect to the degree possible the ways test takers have been learning and using the language” (p. 44); test tasks have to be designed taking into account the strategic competence and background knowledge that the potential audience possesses. The design and development of language tests within an institution is desirable, not only because it can help minimize the purchase of commercial tests—which are not tailored to the needs of a particular institution or context—but it also empowers teachers and contributes to their continuous training in terms of Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) (López & Bernal, 2009). Keywords: assessment; design; designing; english; evaluation; implementation; language; ramírez; teachers; team; test; test design; testing; training; university
• Influence of Discrimination in the Field of TESOL: Perspectives of Mexican EFL Teachers by Garcia-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell (2020) - Participant 46 At the beginning I felt insecure of myself as a teacher, I thought native teachers were better Extract 20. Non-native language teachers. Keywords: discrimination; english; extract; feelings; field; influence; native; participant; practices; profession; teachers; tesol; tesol profession

• EDITORIAL by none (2023) - Ertan Altınsoy inquired about the impact of lesson study on the personal development of future English teachers. These findings suggest that online English teachers can encourage students’ willingness to communicate by focusing on creating an engaging and inclusive learning environment. Keywords: findings; teachers
• Book review: Building a Culture of Research in TESOL-Collaborations and Communities by Martínez-Luengas, Miguel (2025) - She offered advice for future directions in this afterward in addition to synthesizing some of the deeper ideas about the relevance of research communities of practices, the action research as a key process in Education and new challenges for research educators at TESOL lands, from the chapters in this book. The review is intended for academics who are actively engaged in TESOL research, including educators, researchers, students, directors, and others within the field. Keywords: book; chapter; research; teachers; teaching; tesol
• Exploring the effects of teachers’ and learners’ beliefs: The scarcity of corrective feedback during uncontrolled EFL classroom interactions by García-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell; Mora-Pablo, Irasema (2018) - Recasts as feedback to language learners. Despite arguments that there is no reason why erroneous utterances should not be corrected in L2 classrooms, language teachers and researchers frequently disagree on the following conflicting actions regarding the provision of CF: 1. Keywords: beliefs; classroom; classroom interactions; december; errors; feedback; interactions; july; july december; language; learners; moves; number; teachers
• The Paradigm of Critical Realism and Involving Educators in Policy Debates by Parra, Juan David (2015) - No. 10 (January - June 2015) 152 criticism will be framed within the paradigm Critical Realism (CR)4, an epistemic stand whose contributions in the elucidation of notions of scientific rigor in social research has fostered its potential in shaping contemporary education theory. The CR approach to social research stems from a critical reading of the process of scientific discovery in natural sciences and its quest for knowledge (Bhaskar & Hartwig, 2010). Keywords: education; january; january june; june; knowledge; paradigm; parra; policy; realism; research; school; teachers; way; world
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2015) - She has been a teacher of English language and linguistics for more than 25 years, as well as administrator, curriculum designer, and external reviewer of language education programs in the U.S. and Colombia. The article offers an interesting view into the many agendas represented in large-scale inter-governmental initiatives around English language learning. Keywords: gist; language; research; teachers
• Reflections on Language, Culture and Equity in Teaching Mathematics at a Bilingual Primary School in the United States by Musanti, Sandra I.; Celedon-Pattichis, Sylvia; Marshall, Mary E. (2012) - ¡Ohh! Maestra: Veinticinco globos...y que de repente vinieron varios niños entre los primos y le dieron a cada uno de los que vinieron un globo. Los hallazgos indican que ambas maestras (1) valoran la integración en su currículo de problemas de matemáticas culturalmente contextualizados para apoyar la comprensión de conceptos matemáticos complejos, (2) priorizan el uso de la primera lengua en la enseñanza y la incorporación de diferentes modos de comunicación matemática de sus ideas y estrategias, y (3) priorizan una enseñanza para la equidad al valorar y promover un modelo de aprendizaje centrado en las capacidades de los alumnos y en la construcción de la identidad de los estudiantes como sujetos capaces de aprender matemáticas. Keywords: alumnos; aprendizaje; cada; carmen; celedón; cinco; clase; como; con; cultura; cómo; de la; de los; de matemáticas; del; dos; durante; ecg; education; en el; en la; enseñanza; enseñanza de; equidad; equidad en; escuela; este; estrategias; estudiantes; estudio; la enseñanza; language; las; latinos; lenguaje; los; maestras; marshall; matemáticas; mathematics; musanti; más; niños; nov; para; pattichis; por; primera; problemas; prácticas; que; reflexiones; research; resolución; sobre; sus; teachers; una; uno; uso; y la
• Language Assessment Literacy for Pre-service Teachers: Course Expectations from Different Stakeholders by Giraldo, Frank; Murcia, Daniel (2018) - No. 16 (January - June, 2018) 60 exercise includes language assessments for specific contexts, purposes, populations, and decisions; as authors argue, language assessment as a process is planned, monitored, and evaluated. As a response to the diagnostic stage, we concluded that for the first month of the course, the pre-service teachers needed to have an overall review of approaches and principles in language assessment; the following two months, students would deal with the design of language assessments; finally, the last month of the semester should be focused on issues such as bilingual assessment and general policies for assessment in Colombia. Keywords: assessment; course; giraldo; january; june; lal; language; language assessment; language teachers; pre; research; service; teachers; testing
• On the nature of Applied linguistics: theory nad practice relationships from a critical perspective by Sánchez, William (2007) - This book analyzes current issues in language teaching practice; defines the parameters within the practitioners have to make choices. It seeks to trace the changes in the view of the relationship between theory and practice in Applied Linguistics, to explain the reason for those changes, and to discuss the implications for language teaching. Keywords: education; general; knowledge; language; level; linguistics; practice; relationships; research; social; teachers; teaching; theory
• An Investigation of Tensions between EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices about Teaching Culture by Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Moghadam, Maryam Saneie (2013) - Target language culture in EFL materials. (p.362) Borrowing the concept of cognition from Borg, in this study, we try to approach teachers’ cognition over the following dimensions of culture teaching: • Why to teach culture? Keywords: baleghizadeh; beliefs; culture; investigation; knowledge; language; learners; moghadam; nov; practices; study; teachers; teaching; tensions
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2013) - Continuing the thread, our seventh number closes with a review of a publication on teaching pronunciation for language teachers in training. She has been a teacher of English language and linguistics for more than 25 years, as well as administrator, curriculum designer, and external reviewer of language education programs in the U.S. and Colombia. Keywords: community; language; nov; teachers

• Understanding Language Teaching From Method to Postmethod by Bautista Pérez, Nancy (2017) - Chapter five: Language-Centered Methods clarifies how language teaching methods have evolved and improved over time due to dissatisfaction, therefore a new one emerged. Chapter four: Constituents and Categories of Methods, which explains and provides rationale behind the categorization of language methods presented in the book. Keywords: chapter; january; june; language; method; teaching
• The Effect of Video-Based Tasks in Listening Comprehension of Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL Learners by Sarani, Abdullah; Behtash, Esmail Zare; Nezhad Arani, Saieed Moslemi (2014) - From the time the pre-test was administered to each group, the experimental group was taught by a course of instruction based on video tasks for teaching listening comprehension. It was argued that teaching listening comprehension should offer a kind of framework and ladder-like situation which help learners in addition to using their own previous knowledge to be able to realize and try out processes in listening comprehension. Keywords: comprehension; group; instruction; january; january june; june; language; learners; listening; study; tasks; teaching; test; video
• Editorial by Taylor, Josephine (2014) - Media is again featured as a strong supporting element in language teaching, with a number of studies combining the interest in language skills with technology-enhanced learning, the use of video, and the role of art in second language development. In this issue, Linda Gerena and Dolores Ramírez-Verdugo present an analysis of bilingual teaching and learning practices in Madrid, Spain. Keywords: issue; june; language; teaching

• Book Review: Decolonizing Educational Knowledge. International Perspectives and Contestations. by Granados, Carlo (2025) - As in this volume, he argues that decolonial education must go beyond critiquing historical injustices to actively enable self-assertion and collective imagination, empowering learners to envision futures unbound by Eurocentric norms. This approach resonates with Battiste’s Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit (2013), which documents the devastating impact of Eurocentric education on Indigenous knowledge and asserts that the preservation and revitalization of such knowledge is not only a pedagogical imperative but a fundamental right. Keywords: chapter; colonial; community; decolonizing; education; knowledge; leadership; research; volume
• Editorial by Granados Beltran, Carlo (2017) - To close with this common thread of language teacher education, Bautista shares a review of Kumaravadivelu’s key work Understanding Language Teaching. This edition covers three main topics: the impact of English in a content class, the knowledges and competences required for pre-service language teachers, and the pedagogical uses of technological devices to foster skills. Keywords: education; language
• Contextualizing Multilingualism in Morocco by Daniel, Mayra C.; Ball, Alexis (2009) - Decisions about the language or languages chosen for instruction, as well as teaching methodology for multilingual students, are a matter of socioeconomic status, political influence and the status-quo power structures that dominate schooling (Collins & Blot, 2003). In Morocco, languages have been in conflict with regard to their appropriateness for use in education and government. Keywords: arabic; berber; education; french; language; moroccans; morocco; schools
• Beyond Bilingual Education: Multilingual Language Education in Nepal by Taylor, Shelley K. (2010) - (Adapted from Skutnabb-Kangas, 1995) MLE provides minority language children with sustained instruction through their L1, as is the case with bilingual education. Therefore, minority language children are at a disadvantage compared to dominant- group peers schooled in their own home language. Keywords: bilingual; children; education; instruction; kangas; language; minority; mle; multilingual; nepal; nov; vol
• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2020) - *Carlo Granados-Beltran PhD Editor in Chief- holds a PhD in Education from Universidad Santo Tomás, an MA in British Cultural Studies and ELT from the University of Warwick and an MA in Applied Linguistics to TEFL from Universidad Distrital. He has been teacher of the Language Department at Universidad Central, the BA programmes in Spanish and Languages and Spanish and English at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional and the BA in Modern Languages at Universidad Javeriana. Keywords: education; universidad

• Editorial by Granados-Beltrán, Carlo (2018) - Also, in the field of teacher preparation, Frank Giraldo and Daniel Murcia decided to approach how pre-service teachers are learning about assessment with an emphasis on the link between theory and practice, assessment of bilingual processes, and knowledge of local policies related to this issue. Odilia Ramírez and Wilfrido Muñoz decided to investigate about the way in which transactional communication strategies could boost elementary school pre-service teachers’ in Sincelejo. Keywords: january; june
• A Reflection About Self-plagiarism by Lopera Medina, Sergio Alonso (2018) - Finally and based on my case presented here and the production of different articles from the same research project, editors should consider the use of the same information when other members of the research project produce other articles. For this reason, I decided to analyze some information that I have used in different articles in order to explore self-plagiarism. Keywords: article; information; january; january june; june; lopera; plagiarism; reading; reflection; research; self; words
• Linguistics at University Level: The Challenge of its Learning Process in a Program of Bilingual Education by Rojas Molina, Sandra Liliana (2014) - No. 8 (January - June 2014) 158 Introducción Saber una lengua no es lo mismo que saber acerca de ella, y los futuros docentes de lengua, además de fortalecer su competencia comunicativa en el código que desean enseñar, también requieren desarrollar su conciencia metalingüística, es decir, necesitan ser partícipes constantes de espacios de reflexión en torno al lenguaje en general y a la forma y funcionamiento de la lengua que impartirán. Contenidos, Niveles de Formación y Código Lingüístico como Vehículo de Instrucción Un diseño curricular ideal debería incluir un enfoque que dé cuenta de la lengua como sistema: fonología y fonética (pronunciación, ritmo, entonación, etc.), morfología (unidades morfológicas de significado- morfemas, procedimientos de formación de palabras), sintaxis (principios que regulan la combinación de palabras para formar frases y oraciones), semántica (relaciones de homonimia, sinonimia y polisemia, estudio sistemático del vocabulario, el uso de los diccionarios, el aprendizaje del significado de las palabras y de las oraciones en contextos determinados), entre otros (Pastor, 2001). Keywords: aplicada; aprendizaje; como; con; contenidos; del; enseñanza; entre; esta; este; estudiantes; formación; inglés; january; january june; june; la lingüística; las; lengua; lenguaje; linguistics; lingüística; los; manera; nivel; para; por; problemas; programa; que; rojas; teórica; una; universitario; uso

• Bilingualism Models: Do They Strengthen or Weaken the Oral Communicative Process in Contexts of English as a Foreign Language in Fifth Grade Primary Students? by Barón Ávila, Andrés (2010) - Configuración de la jerga de los estudiantes de la licenciatura en lenguas modernas de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, desde una perspectiva sociolingüística. Vol. IV, No. 1 (Nov. 2010) Conclusiones El CR y la MC interfieren en el avance de la oralidad de una LE, inglés en este caso. Keywords: actividades; barón; bilingüismo; clase; como; con; del; dentro; discurso; español; estudiantes; idioma; inglés; language; las; lengua; los; modelos; nov; oral; para; por; producción; profesor; que; sus; una; uso; vocabulario; vol; ávila
• Developing Foreign Language Teacher Standards in Uruguay by Kuhlman, Natalie A. (2010) - Table 1 Helpful and Harmful Standards When teacher standards are used well, they provide the criteria (or benchmarks) of what an organization agrees to be what is needed to be a teacher. We then looked at how Mexico had summarized a variety of FL teacher preparation models from around the world, and now has draft teacher standards of its own. Keywords: docentes; esl; group; kuhlman; language; los; nov; preparation; program; standards; teacher; tesol; uruguay; vol
• Teachers' preparation: An examination of the voices of trainers tat teach in Teaching Schools in Guatemala by Daniel, Mayra C. (2010) - En los grupos, los formadores expresaron sus ideas sobre los siguientes temas: 1. las barreras que enfrentan en su trabajo, 2. el nivel de preparación de los estudiantes que comienzan el cuarto año de magisterio, 3. la percepción de lo que es ser bilingüe, 4. la pedagogía que enseñan los formadores, 5. Como no tengo libros en mi clase sino los que compro o los que me da la ME, y éstos son pocos, uso el periódico para enseñar. Keywords: como; con; cómo; daniel; del; educación; enfoque; escuelas; este; estudiantes; formadores; grupos; guatemala; las; los; maestros; normales; normalistas; nov; para; por; preparación; que; sus; temas; una; vol
• The Effect of Direct Instruction on Pronunciation: Only Evident When Conditions for Monitor Use Are Met? by Krashen, Stephen D. (2013) - A helpful recent review allows us to begin to investigate whether these predictions hold for pronunciation instruction. Evidence in favor of a broad framework for pronunciation instruction. Keywords: instruction; language; nov; pronunciation
• Linguistic Monotony and the Historical Repetition of Errors: a Challenge for Academicians by Herrera Mosquera, Leonardo (2013) - El autor afirma que “el dominio de la lengua y el poder de la elocuencia ha En estas oraciones ejemplos sí se hace necesario el uso de la preposición. Keywords: academia; artículo; así; bien; caso; como; con; cosas; cual; debe; decir; del; discurso; ejemplos; en el; este; gazapos; han; herrera; la monotonía; las; lengua; lingüística; los; manera; monotonía; monotonía lingüística; más; nos; nov; nuestro; otros; palabras; para; por; puede; que; recuperado; sin; sobre; son; sus; una; uso; verbo
• Presentación by Casas Pardo, María Lucía (2013) - La otra razón para abrigar ese sentimiento de satisfacción y de “deber cumplido” está relacionada con la versatilidad y el alcance de los temas de investigación y discusión que se abordan en este número de la revista: Revisamos la relación del docente con su práctica mirando creencias, roles y dilemas de la profesión, abordamos cuestiones relativas al desarrollo del juicio ético en el salón de clase y la complejidad de las relaciones entre la comunidad y la escuela en el marco de entornos multiculturales. Es por ello que a partir de 2014, GiST va a contar con dos números anuales, ofreciendo así mayores oportunidades para que los investigadores compartan el conocimiento que generan y los académicos robustezcan y consoliden esos nexos que hemos ido creando y expandiendo y que hoy se convierten en uno de los más significativos aportes que hace esta institución colombiana al mundo de la formación docente, la innovación pedagógica, la didáctica de las lenguas, el bilingüismo y la consolidación de un mundo abierto, diverso, multicultural, que parte del salón de clase y … no tiene límites. Keywords: con; los; nov; ph.d; que

• Cultural Collision: The Interference of First Language Cultural Identity on Pragmatic Competence of the Target Language by Liu, Yi-Fen Cecilia (2016) - Data analysis provided examples of reflections and narratives to elaborate on the participants’ lived experiences of first language, culture, and identity in relation to target language pragmatic competence. Three content categories emerged from the data analysis, which depict the three phases of pragmatic development that the participants ThE INTERfERENCE Of fIRST LANGuAGE LIu No. 13 (July - December 2016) No. 13 (July - December 2016) 139 experienced in the process of acquiring pragmatic competence in the use of target language. Keywords: colombia; competence; cultural; culture; december; identity; intercultural; interference; july; july december; language; liu; participants; people; spanish; target

• Presentación by Casas Pardo, María Lucía (2012) - que aprendemos los unos de los otros. Opciones que se abren cuando vamos a analizar las percepciones y los sentimientos de los docentes frente a su práctica. Keywords: los; que
• Linguistic diversity and tolerance in Colombia by García, Néstor Alejandro Pardo (2007) - Como si todo lo anterior fuera poco, la ignorancia reinante, aún en los departamentos de lingüística de las universidades del país, no ayudó en mucho. néstor alejanDro ParDo garcía 16 hay otro gran grupo de colombianos que vive en nuestro país y son bilingües: los profesores de idiomas y egresados de los colegios bilingües. Keywords: además; bien; caso; colombia; colombianas; como; comunidad; con; decir; del; dialectos; discriminación; diversidad; español; esta; esto; hablantes; hay; indígenas; las; lenguas; lingüística; los; lsc; mismo; muchos; muy; más; para; país; personas; por; que; señas; son; sus; una
• Emancipatory Curriculum and Teaching of Foreign Languages Fiction or Reality? by Agray Vargas, Nancy (2007) - Afirmar que la relación currículo emancipatorio y enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras es actualmente un asunto de ficción sería negar los desarrollos teóricos de la pedagogía crítica y los de la lingüística tratar de hacer realidad lo que teóricamente hemos tratado de sustentar, es decir, que a partir del enfoque curricular emancipatorio se puede adaptar un método de enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras que promueva, desde y en el aula de clase, la emancipación y la conciencia crítica del profesor y del educando. Keywords: aprendizaje; como; con; construcción; curricular; currículo; del; emancipatorio; enfoque; enseñanza; extranjeras; las; lenguas; los; métodos; para; por; proceso; que; realidad; una
• Bilingualism: the mother tongue in the face of globalization by Blanco Puentes, Juan Alberto (2007) - “los griegos la denominaron paideia y los romanos humanitas, es decir, la educación del hombre en sí, el estudio de la poesía, la filosofía, la elocuencia, etc., que corresponde a lo que llamaban buenas artes, es decir aquello que diferencia al hombre del resto de los animales” … “en la Edad Media este concepto se amplió en el sentido de que, además del estudio de lo que llamó artes liberales (únicas dignas de los hombres libres), que comprendía el trivio (gramática, retórica, dialéctica) y el quatrivio (aritmética, geometría, astronomía, música)3, el individuo debía prepararse para la comprensión, la defensa, y hasta donde fuere posible, la demostración de las verdades religiosas” … “A partir del fenómeno de la Ilustración, ser culto ya no significó poseer el conocimiento de las artes liberales, sino, hasta cierto punto, conocer las ciencias naturales, la matemática y la física, además de las disciplinas filosóficas e históricas” (Martínez, 118-19). juan alberto blanco Puentes 46 Y es la lengua el indicio más fuerte de que pertenecemos a una cultura determinada, hablamos español, o una de una de sus variaciones dialectales, hablamos inglés o una acepciones geográficas, y así sucesivamente con cada una de las posibilidades que el mundo nos ofrece. Keywords: acceder; como; con; concepto; conocimiento; cultura; del; entre; globalización; hemos; las; lengua; lenguaje; los; materna; momento; mundo; más; nos; nuevo; para; por; pues; que; sin; sistema; una
• Indigenous Bilingualism in Colombia by Alarcón, Walter David (2007) - Una vez expuestos los conceptos de bilingüismo y bilingualidad bajo los cuales se pretende mostrar el estado de las lenguas indígenas de nuestro país, se hace necesario acudir a otros conceptos tomados de la antropología lingüística y de la sociolingüística como son: la competencia comunicativa, la situación comunicativa, el dominio, la diglosia, la comunidad de habla entre otros. hammers y Blanc (1989) definen los conceptos de bilingualidad y bilingüismo de forma tal que permiten mostrar parte de la realidad comunicativa de los indígenas de Colombia. Keywords: alarcón; algunos; bilingüismo; colombia; como; competencia; comunicativa; con; conocimiento; cultura; decir; del; desarrollo; diferentes; educación; embargo; español; hablantes; indígenas; las; lenguas; lingüística; los; muchas; más; para; país; pero; por; puede; que; relación; ser; sin; sociedades; son; sus; una; uso
• Editorial by Casas, María Lucia (2014) - Gist1-2007.indd Editorial Cuando hace ya más de tres años la Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana - UNICA – inició labores, tenía como propósitos rectores el de contribuir al mejoramiento cualitativo de la Educación en Colombia, y el de apoyar el bilingüismo como un mecanismo de fortalecimiento de la competitividad de nuestro país y su integración al mundo académico, al mundo cultural, al mundo tecnológico, al mundo global en el que afortunadamente vivimos hoy. Y ello significa mucho más que el hecho de estar escrita en Inglés y en Español. Keywords: que
• Presentación by Nausa, Ricardo (2007) - En una línea similar, en On the Nature of Applied Linguistics: Theory and Practice Relationships from a Critical Perspective, William Sánchez explora las relaciones que se dan entre la lingüística aplicada y otras disciplinas relacionadas con el aprendizaje y enseñanza de una segunda lengua desde la perspectiva de la relación entre la teoría y la práctica. El objetivo 9 para nuestras próximas entregas será el dar a conocer avances de las investigaciones que se llevan a cabo en ÚNICA y consolidarnos como el órgano de difusión de las instituciones interesadas en la educación bilingüe en nuestro país. Keywords: del; los; que; una
• Editorial by Finken, Thomas Harold (2009) - El beneficio inmenso de poder conocer el trabajo de otras universidades permite que ÚNICA se autoevalúe y reflexione sobre su papel en el progreso de la educación bilingüe. La publicación de la tercera edición de GiST es un logro significativo para el equipo de ÚNICA por el hecho de que una gran parte de la investigación es propia de la institución. Keywords: del; gist; local; los; para; que
• Presentación by Casas Pardo, María Lucía (2014) - Esta razón, el hecho de que la comunidad de investigadores busca con creciente avidez nuestras páginas para publicar sus trabajos, y el habernos convertido en un referente de consulta para quienes requieren conocer el estado del arte en los tópicos arriba mencionados y muchos otros más, nos llevaron a tomar la decisión de aumentar la periodicidad de publicación de GiST que pasa de ser anual, a semestral. la doble ventaja de contribuir a la visibilidad de la publicación y de facilitar el proceso editorial de la misma. Keywords: las; los; que

• Editorial by Grandos-Beltran, Carlo (2019) - This idea coincides with what many authors describe as the components of teacher knowledge: content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and contextual knowledge. The making of a teacher: Teacher knowledge and teacher Education. Keywords: knowledge; language; teacher

• Action Research and Collaboration: A New Perspective in Social Research and Language Education by Fandiño, Yamith José (2007) - Biography Abstract The disconnection between what counts as social research (SR) and what serves society’s needs and interests results in a way of theorizing which, while useful, does not integrate theory and practice; a form of social theory that is not embodied in real lives and does not help non-academic people understand their contexts and practices. AR can, then, connect social knowledge and society’s needs collaboratively while developing valid knowledge and theory and promoting social change. Keywords: action; collaboration; knowledge; language; people; research; social; theory

• Reviewers by none (2021) - Gist would like to thank the following reviewers for their valuable comments and thoughtful revision: Edgar Lucero Babativa, Universidad de La Salle, Colombia Fredy Rozo, Fundación Universidad de América, Colombia Jair Ayala-Zárate, Educational Testing Services, Colombia Ayşegül Takkaç-Tulgar, Atatürk University, Turkey Diana Rocío Umaña Buitrago, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia Paul Abraham, Simmons College, USA Juan Carlos Torres Rincón, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia Juan Ríos Vega, Bradley University, USA Claudia Acero, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia Rigoberto Castillo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia Adriana Castañeda Londoño, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Sanja Škific, University of Zadar, Croatia Alexander Ramírez, Universidad del Valle, Colombia Meral Gözüküçük, Kafkas University, Turkey Margarita López, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia Diego Ubaque, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia 191 No. 23 Reviewers No. 23, 2020 (July - December 2021) Keywords: colombia

• Book review: Bilingualism by Moslemi Nezhad Arani, Saieed; Atasoy, Arzu (2024) - The first question investigates whether bilingual languages are processed in different or overlapping brain regions. The book’s strength lies in its interdisciplinary approach, weaving together insights from psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and cognitive science to illuminate the complexities of bilingual language processing. Keywords: author; bilingualism; book; brain; chapter; code; language; mahootian; research; switching; understanding

• EDITORIAL by none (2022) - Another interest present in this issue are related to EFL teachers. Takkaç-Tulgar aimed to study the influence of transactional distance on the motivation of EFL students in the context of an imaginary city threatened by the destructive effects of COVID-19. Keywords: covid-19

• Literary Creation and the Supernatural in English Romanticism by Bravo, María del Pilar (2007) - Entre otros elementos recurrentes del romanticismo inglés se encuentran la exploración de lo sobrenatural y la “sabia inocencia” de la infancia, el soñar como un espacio para explotar la imaginación y las representaciones apocalípticas y góticas de la realidad. literary creation anD the suPernatural in english romanticism 143 In conclusion, the essence of Romanticism, and the principle that allowed the Romantics to create a new conception of the world around them, was their belief in the power of creativity and imagination. Keywords: creation; life; man; nature; romanticism; supernatural

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