item: #1 of 518 id: profile-100199 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: Editorial date: 2022-01-19 words: 1414 flesch: 36 summary: The second Iranian contribution comes from Chabahar Maritime University via the voice of researchers Mansoor Ganji and Farzane Safarzade Samani, who studied the influence of demographic features, such as teaching experience, gender, and educational degree of English language teachers in their classroom performance. Colombian authors Abel Andrés Periñán-Morales (Institución Educativa Juan Bautista la Salle), John Jairo Viáfara-González (Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia), and José Alexander Arcila-Valencia (Institución Educativa Sagrados Corazones) open the Issues from Teacher Researchers section with a case study that seeks to examine the role that specific factors exert on the evolution of beliefs within preservice English teachers during their final teaching practicum. keywords: article; english; issue; teachers; universidad cache: profile-100199.pdf plain text: profile-100199.txt item: #2 of 518 id: profile-103208 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Building and Strengthening Teacher Communities: Improvement Plan for the Profile Journal date: 2022-07-27 words: 6744 flesch: 42 summary: However, gaining such recognition and being subjected to the logics of evaluation systems convey a risk: silencing some of the voices that have traditionally been welcomed in scientific journals. With all the previous considerations in mind, we carried out a case study with an ethnographic approach to gather the insights from novice writers and reviewers of the Profile journal regarding the role scientific journals play in community building within knowledge society (Cárdenas, 2021). keywords: areas; authors; colombia; communities; community; cárdenas; editorial; improvement; issues; journal; plan; profile; publication; research; reviewers; teacher cache: profile-103208.pdf plain text: profile-103208.txt item: #3 of 518 id: profile-103336 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: Editorial date: 2022-07-27 words: 2528 flesch: 39 summary: This study offers some implications to advance English language teacher education programs to prepare the future EFL preservice teachers in the post-pandemic era. Section two—Issues from Novice Teacher-Researchers—includes two articles. In other words, indicators do not monitor the use of contents in different contexts and for various reasons: teaching practices, teacher education, papers that are not necessarily published, and academic events, among others. keywords: article; colombia; contribution; language; teachers; teaching; universidad cache: profile-103336.pdf plain text: profile-103336.txt item: #4 of 518 id: profile-10476 author: López Clavijo, Sandra Juanita title: An English Syllabus with Emphasis on Chemistry: A Proposal for 10th Graders of a Public School in Colombia date: 2009-01-01 words: 11273 flesch: 65 summary: The permanent coordination between chemistry teachers and English teachers could be important. Another important conclusion is that some- times we as English teachers have forgotten the way we learnt this language. keywords: chemistry; colombia; design; emphasis; english; language; school; students; syllabus; teachers; thinking cache: profile-10476.pdf plain text: profile-10476.txt item: #5 of 518 id: profile-10505 author: Aguirre Morales, Jahir; Ramos Holguín, Bertha title: Guidance in Reading Strategies: A First Step Towards Autonomous Learning in a Semi-Distance Education Program date: 2009-01-01 words: 6940 flesch: 62 summary: In many cases, the students were housewives or husbands and had domestic responsibilities and, therefore, less time to devote to their academic careers than other students. Willis (1993) argues that distance education programs are usually focused on adult learners due to various reasons: constraints of time, distance, finances, the opportunity to take courses or hear outside speakers who would otherwise be unavailable, and the ability to come in contact with other students from different social, cultural, economic, and experiential backgrounds. keywords: distance; education; english; learning; program; reading; strategies; strategy; students; use; words; workshops cache: profile-10505.pdf plain text: profile-10505.txt item: #6 of 518 id: profile-10539 author: Poole, Alex title: The Reading Strategies Used by Male and Female Colombian University Students date: 2009-01-01 words: 5678 flesch: 66 summary: y mujeres en universidades colombianas Alex Poole*1 Western Kentucky University, usa The present paper aimed to discover whether females and males significantly varied in their utilization of reading strategies. Thus, the present paper had two objectives: (1) to explore the kinds of academic reading strategies used by Colombian University EFL learners; and (2) to discover whether or not females and males in this group significantly varied in their utilization of reading strategies. keywords: english; females; reading; strategies; strategy; students; text; use cache: profile-10539.pdf plain text: profile-10539.txt item: #7 of 518 id: profile-10540 author: Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela title: The Use and Functions of Discourse Markers in EFL Classroom Interaction date: 2009-01-01 words: 10387 flesch: 65 summary: A qualitative analysis reveals that discourse markers fulfill a number of textual and interpersonal functions which may contribute greatly to the coherent and pragmatic flow of the discourse generated in classroom interaction. Key words: EFL classroom interaction, discourse analysis, discourse markers, non-native teacher, adult EFL students El artículo que aquí se presenta intenta investigar la interacción que ocurre en el aula de inglés como lengua extranjera cuando el profesor de inglés es no-nativo. keywords: analysis; classroom; discourse; discourse markers; dms; efl; english; functions; interaction; language; markers; students; teacher; use cache: profile-10540.pdf plain text: profile-10540.txt item: #8 of 518 id: profile-10546 author: Rodríguez Ferreira, Claudia title: Evaluation in the Teaching Practicum of the English Program at the Universidad de la Amazonía date: 2009-01-01 words: 5566 flesch: 44 summary: The former seeks student teacher formation, improvement of the teaching and learning of English, and comprehension of the classroom reality. Tendencies in teacher evaluation The aforementioned paradigms of evalua- tion are reflected in the different approaches by which teachers have been evaluated. keywords: development; english; evaluation; practicum; process; professional; student; teachers; teaching; teaching practicum cache: profile-10546.pdf plain text: profile-10546.txt item: #9 of 518 id: profile-10547 author: Roberto Rengifo, Andrés title: Improving Pronunciation through the Use of Karaoke in an Adult English Class date: 2009-01-01 words: 7059 flesch: 60 summary: Many students were afraid of talking because of their faulty pronunciation; in addition, due to this problem, students could not understand different words in dialogues because they did not know what they were listening to and did not understand although they could have known the vocabulary. I also perceived that many students liked to sing. keywords: activities; activity; class; colombia; english; karaoke; learning; pronunciation; research; song; students; use cache: profile-10547.pdf plain text: profile-10547.txt item: #10 of 518 id: profile-10550 author: Cantor Barragán, Diana Isabel title: Discussion Boards as Tools in Blended EFL Learning Programs date: 2009-01-01 words: 7657 flesch: 50 summary: Furthermore, “These discussions allow for dynamic growth, development, and interchange of ideas among students, and therefore can play an important role in student learning” (Barbour & Collins, 2005; Wu & Hiltz, 2004). Some threads aim at getting information about students’ learning processes, feelings, impressions and difficulties; others do not have a specific aim but, instead, attempt to give students the opportunity to express themselves freely, to get to know other students while developing critical thinking and shared learning through the possibility of seeing what partners have said about a topic and replying to this in the best way possible, but with the condition of maintaining meaningful, pertinent, friendly and overall respectful communication. keywords: alex; boards; discussion; discussion boards; learning; participation; program; students; teacher; tool; use; virtual cache: profile-10550.pdf plain text: profile-10550.txt item: #11 of 518 id: profile-10551 author: Usma Wilches, Jaime A. title: Education and Language Policy in Colombia: Exploring Processes of Inclusion, Exclusion, and Stratification in Times of Global Reform date: 2009-01-01 words: 10379 flesch: 42 summary: Key words: National Bilingual Program, language policies, education reform Este artículo analiza el Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo en conexión con otras reformas educativas y lingüísticas promovidas en Colombia y distintos procesos de inclusión, exclusión y estratificación que las acompañan. In this piece, I will attempt to demonstrate that processes of inclusion and exclusion in times of local and international reform are favored not only through the overt exercise of power and control over educational institutions and actors, but also through the introduction of new discourses, language policies, and school practices. keywords: bilingual; colombia; discourses; educación; education; english; foreign; language; language teaching; learning; local; national; new; policy; processes; program; reform; school; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10551.pdf plain text: profile-10551.txt item: #12 of 518 id: profile-10552 author: Barletta Manjarrés, Norma title: Intercultural Competence: Another Challenge date: 2009-01-01 words: 8518 flesch: 44 summary: Pages 143-158 143 Intercultural Competence: Another Challenge Competencia intercultural: otro desafío Norma Barletta Manjarrés*1 Universidad del Norte, Colombia This paper intends to draw the attention of language teachers and educational authorities to the area of culture teaching in foreign language education at a time when the recently issued Basic Standards of Competencies in Foreign Language have conferred modest attention to this aspect of language education. Key words: Intercultural competence, standards, culture, culture teaching, ideologies, discourses El presente artículo intenta llamar la atención de maestros y autoridades educativas sobre el área de la enseñanza de la cultura en lenguas extranjeras en un momento en el que los recientemente publicados Estándares Básicos de Competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras - Inglés prestan modesta atención a este aspecto. keywords: byram; colombia; competence; culture; culture teaching; development; education; english; intercultural; language; learning; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10552.pdf plain text: profile-10552.txt item: #13 of 518 id: profile-10556 author: Costalas, Georgia title: Intercultural Communication between Colombian and American Teachers in Colombian Institutions date: 2009-01-01 words: 4424 flesch: 49 summary: Pages 159-167 159 Intercultural Communication between Colombian and American Teachers in Colombian Institutions Comunicación intercultural entre docentes colombianos y norteamericanos en instituciones colombianas Georgia Costalas*1 Wilkes University, USA This article, which is based on observations from working in multicultural environments for twenty- five years and a review of sources on intercultural communication, addresses the intrinsic difficulties that arise from communication among people of different cultures. Key words: Intercultural communication, globalization, challenging intercultural relationships, foreign language teachers Este artículo, basado en mis observaciones de 25 años de trabajo en ambientes multiculturales y en una revisión de fuentes sobre la comunicación intercultural, trata sobre las dificultades intrínsecas que surgen de la comunicación entre gente de distintas culturas. keywords: americans; colombians; communication; culture; hall; intercultural; people; time; work cache: profile-10556.pdf plain text: profile-10556.txt item: #14 of 518 id: profile-10557 author: Vergara Luján, Omaira; Hernández Gaviria, Fanny; Cárdenas Ramos, Rosalba title: Classroom Research and Professional Development date: 2009-01-01 words: 11054 flesch: 49 summary: Doing teacher research. • A positive and decisive attitude to face the need to make research processes a part of their daily work and professional development. keywords: classroom; classroom research; colombia; development; education; experience; knowledge; language; process; professional; research; seminar; service; teachers; teaching; universidad; university; work cache: profile-10557.pdf plain text: profile-10557.txt item: #15 of 518 id: profile-10559 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2009-01-01 words: 1463 flesch: 38 summary: Pages 5-8 5 Editorial “[…] We propose that as teacher research of various kinds accumulates and is more widely disseminated, it will present a radical challenge to current assump- tions about the relationship of theories and practice, schools and universities, and inquiry and reform”1. Teacher research and knowledge. keywords: english; language; research; teacher; teaching cache: profile-10559.pdf plain text: profile-10559.txt item: #16 of 518 id: profile-10560 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2008-07-01 words: 1723 flesch: 44 summary: This time I want to welcome Professors Simon Borg (University of Leeds, U.K.) and Gerrard Mugford (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico), who have started supporting us in our attempts to make teacher research and innovation in ELT stronger and more visible. In my particular case, action research was the inspiring force to create the PROFILE journal, with the conviction that, as Fals-Borda (1997) stressed, “It is possible to produce serious, responsible knowledge apt to accumulate through group vivencias and symmetrical information exchange” (p. 108). keywords: action; colombia; language; profile; research; teachers cache: profile-10560.pdf plain text: profile-10560.txt item: #17 of 518 id: profile-10561 author: Velandia, Rosalba title: The Role of Warming Up Activities in Adolescent Students’ Involvement during the English Class date: 2008-07-01 words: 6682 flesch: 64 summary: Pages 9-26 9 The Role of Warming Up Activities in Adolescent Students’ Involvement during the English Class* El papel de actividades de motivación inicial en la participación de estudiantes adolescentes en la clase de inglés Rosalba Velandia** Porfirio Barba Jacob School, Bogotá – Colombia In this article we want to share the experience we had when we applied warming up activities to seven graders at Porfirio Barba Jacob, a public school in Bogotá, during 2004. Motivation and Warm up Activities First of all, it is necessary to consider the relation between motivation and warm up activities for it is the desired goal to enrich PROFILE 10.indd 10 23/10/2008 8:46:03 The Role of Warming Up Activities in Adolescent Student’s Involvement during the English Class PROFILE 10, 2008. keywords: activities; class; colombia; english; involvement; language; lesson; profile; students; warm; warming cache: profile-10561.pdf plain text: profile-10561.txt item: #18 of 518 id: profile-10563 author: Helena Guerrero, Carmen title: Bilingual Colombia: What does It Mean to Be Bilingual within the Framework of the National Plan of Bilingualism? date: 2008-07-01 words: 10203 flesch: 56 summary: Or 2) English encapsulates and represents the ideal of foreign languages and it is more than enough working on it and ignoring other languages (Vélez-Rendón, 2003). The same discourse circulates in Japan, where foreign language teaching unambiguously means English language teaching (Kubota, 2002; Liddicoat, 2007). keywords: analysis; bilingual; bilingualism; colombia; del; discourse; education; english; estándares; inglés; language; lenguas; los; men; national; new; power; profile; social; standards; students; world cache: profile-10563.pdf plain text: profile-10563.txt item: #19 of 518 id: profile-10591 author: Ariza Ariza, J. Aleida title: Unveiling Students’ Understanding of Autonomy: Puzzling Out a Path to Learning Beyond the EFL Classroom date: 2008-07-01 words: 12474 flesch: 57 summary: Students who found it difficult to develop their autonomy wanted the teacher to be a know-it-all and resented teachers who gave students the opportunity to be active agents in their construction of knowledge. Student logs were developed with the guidance of certain headings such as what students learned in that specific lesson, factors that eased the learning process and ways in which students have worked on problems or difficulties in their process. keywords: activities; ariza; autonomy; classroom; colombia; english; language; learners; learning; learning process; participants; process; profile; sessions; students; study; teachers; work cache: profile-10591.pdf plain text: profile-10591.txt item: #20 of 518 id: profile-10595 author: González Peláez, Moravia Elizabeth title: English Teachers’ Beliefs about Communicative Competence and their Relationship with their Classroom Practices date: 2008-07-01 words: 6805 flesch: 60 summary: The purpose of this research was to establish a profile of pedagogical images of a group of student teachers, and to see if there is congruence between their pedagogical images and teaching practices. The researchers found that student teachers have an approach in mind, but when they are in actual classes they have a mixture of approaches. keywords: beliefs; classroom; colombia; competence; english; language; practices; profile; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10595.pdf plain text: profile-10595.txt item: #21 of 518 id: profile-10615 author: Jerez Rodríguez, Sonia title: Teachers’ Attitudes towards Reflective Teaching: Evidences in a Professional Development Program (PDP) date: 2008-07-01 words: 11137 flesch: 57 summary: Teacher change and the staff development process. Richards & Lockhart (1996) state that “teachers’ belief systems are founded on the goals, values, and beliefs teachers hold in relation to the content and process of teaching, and their understanding of the systems in which they work and their roles within it” (p. 30). keywords: actions; attitudes; colombia; development; pdp; practice; professional; profile; program; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10615.pdf plain text: profile-10615.txt item: #22 of 518 id: profile-10616 author: Arismendi Gómez, Fabio Alberto; Díaz Mosquera, Claudia Patricia; Salazar Valencia, Leidy Natalia title: Designing and Implementing Content-Based Courses in English with a Non-Language Faculty at a Public Colombian University date: 2008-07-01 words: 9602 flesch: 51 summary: Collaborative action research for English language professors. The language faculty researchers designed and implemented a 20- hour framework for mentoring on CB teaching and language teaching strategies that varied from course to course as the language faculty researchers gained expertise in this kind of professional development, and learned to adapt the logistics for each school. keywords: colombia; content; courses; english; faculty; language; language faculty; learning; professors; profile; researchers; school; science; sessions; strategies; students; teaching cache: profile-10616.pdf plain text: profile-10616.txt item: #23 of 518 id: profile-10619 author: Londoño Vásquez, David Alberto title: Error Analysis in a Written Composition date: 2008-07-01 words: 5534 flesch: 56 summary: Description of Errors The description of learner errors involves a comparison of the learner’s idiosyncratic utterances with a reconstruction of those utterances in the target language. The evaluation of learner error poses a great number of problems. keywords: analysis; colombia; composition; developmental; errors; interference; language; learner; learning; profile cache: profile-10619.pdf plain text: profile-10619.txt item: #24 of 518 id: profile-10620 author: Rojas Serrano, Javier Augusto title: Teacher Collaboration in a Public School to Set up Language Resource Centers: Portraying Advantages, Benefits, and Challenges date: 2008-07-01 words: 7757 flesch: 45 summary: Given this context, the present paper describes one of those ongoing joint efforts of school teachers aiming to reach a common goal in their institution, highlighting, in particular, the advantages, disadvantages, benefits and challenges made evident in this type of interaction. However, the differences between the work led by Clavijo et al. and the one presented here lie in the following aspects: Cárdenas (2002) also shows how teachers’ collaborative efforts, particularly to establish teachers’ communities, are vital in the formation of teacher study groups, which will ultimately settle permanently to bring permanent change to schools in the shape of ongoing innovation, research and academic improvement for the whole school community. keywords: center; colombia; development; group; language; profile; program; research; resource; school; study; teachers; work cache: profile-10620.pdf plain text: profile-10620.txt item: #25 of 518 id: profile-10621 author: Gavilán Galindo, Francia del Pilar title: A Study of the Dominant Type of Technique (Controlled, Semicontrolled and Free) of Two English Teachers from a Languages Teaching Program date: 2008-07-01 words: 7314 flesch: 52 summary: Collaborative action research for English language teachers. Doing teacher research. keywords: activities; activity; colombia; english; language; logs; profile; students; study; teachers; teaching; technique cache: profile-10621.pdf plain text: profile-10621.txt item: #26 of 518 id: profile-10622 author: Torres Jaramillo, Claudia; Monguí Sánchez, Rocío title: Professional Development Schools: Establishing Alliances to Bridge the Gap between Universities and Schools date: 2008-07-01 words: 7021 flesch: 49 summary: From the numerous factors that hinder relationships between schools and universities we experienced another situation in this PDS that created tension PROFILE 10.indd 183 23/10/2008 8:46:32 Torres Jaramillo and Monguí Sánchez Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras184 among mentors and student teachers. Even though changes have taken place in regard to the view held towards the practicum in our context, still today, in some cases, student teachers are not seen as professionals with the growth that would allow them to contribute with their knowledge to the development of the institutions where they carry out their teaching practice. keywords: colombia; development; mentor; pds; practitioners; professional; profile; school; student; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-10622.pdf plain text: profile-10622.txt item: #27 of 518 id: profile-10623 author: Fandiño Parra, Yamith José title: Action Research on Affective Factors and Language Learning Strategies: A Pathway to Critical Reflection and Teacher and Learner Autonomy date: 2008-07-01 words: 7513 flesch: 51 summary: Tasks for language teachers: A resource book for training and development. Psychology for language teachers: A social constructivist approach. keywords: action; autonomy; efl; factors; language; language learning; learning; profile; reflection; research; strategies; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10623.pdf plain text: profile-10623.txt item: #28 of 518 id: profile-10700 author: Buitrago Tinjacá, Rocío Amparo; Ayala Contreras, Ruth title: Overcoming Fear of Speaking in English through Meaningful Activities: A Study with Teenagers date: 2008-01-01 words: 9861 flesch: 59 summary: When students are asked to work with other students most of them enjoy and celebrate since they think the work will be easier and faster working in groups. Other students felt more time was required to prepare, because the duration of English classes was not enough: “Some students do not participate because they feel shame” (Transcriptions of audio recordings of the evaluation). keywords: activities; anxiety; classes; colombia; english; fear; language; learners; learning; p.m.; profile; speaking; strategies; students; study; teachers cache: profile-10700.pdf plain text: profile-10700.txt item: #29 of 518 id: profile-10701 author: Ramírez Contreras, Odilia title: The English Language Learning inside the Escuela Activa Urbana Model in a Public School: A Study of Sixth Graders date: 2008-01-01 words: 5887 flesch: 55 summary: Another important finding reveals the increase of teamwork skills among the students; in spite of the difficulties related to time and student talking, the roles established in the groups according to the Escuela Activa Urbana methodology helped students recognize and respect responsibilities and rights among themselves: It is good to have responsibilities; this way you are not bulled. What is the impact of – Escuela Activa Urbana methodology on sixth graders’ English language learning process? keywords: activa; class; english; escuela; language; language learning; learning; model; profile; school; students; urbana cache: profile-10701.pdf plain text: profile-10701.txt item: #30 of 518 id: profile-10706 author: Patricia Muñoz, Ana; Álvarez, Martha E. title: Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of a Writing Assessment System on Teaching and Learning date: 2008-01-01 words: 9820 flesch: 58 summary: More specifically, following the implementation of a writing assessment system, it is hypothesized that: Student writing will significantly 1. improve from pre- to post test; Teacher writing instruction 2. will significantly improve; Student and teacher perceptions 3. of the WAS will be positive. In the second stage of the project, we can compare improvement of student writing and teacher instruction in terms of where it was at the end of the first phase. keywords: assessment; colombia; complexity; course; impact; language; learning; p.m.; profile; students; system; tasks; teachers; teaching; unit; words; writing; writing assessment cache: profile-10706.pdf plain text: profile-10706.txt item: #31 of 518 id: profile-10707 author: Castellanos, Judith title: Journal Writing and its Benefits in an Upper Intermediate EFL Class date: 2008-01-01 words: 8505 flesch: 56 summary: Fourth, they permit teachers to individualize language teaching by modeling writing in their responses to student journals. Student journals, a source of information for assessment. keywords: action; class; colombia; efl; experience; journal; language; learning; process; profile; research; students; teachers; writing cache: profile-10707.pdf plain text: profile-10707.txt item: #32 of 518 id: profile-10709 author: Mugford, Gerrard title: Keeping a Critical Eye on “Lexical Friends”: Cognates as Critical Pedagogy in Pre-Service Teacher Education date: 2008-01-01 words: 6126 flesch: 56 summary: By adopting a critical approach to teaching cognates, future teachers can encourage their students to use existing knowledge of their first language and reflect on how target language cognates are being employed in their sociocultural context. Such a trend is a motive for reflection by language students on the influence of English on their first language. keywords: activities; classroom; cognates; english; language; loan; profile; students; teacher; teaching; trainees; use; words cache: profile-10709.pdf plain text: profile-10709.txt item: #33 of 518 id: profile-10711 author: Pineda, Diana; Frodden, Cristina title: The Development of a Novice Teacher’s Autonomy in the Context of EFL in Colombia date: 2008-01-01 words: 10640 flesch: 57 summary: Also Zeichner (2003) advocates teacher research in professional development endeavors, because of its impact on the transformation of schools and for the effects it has on those who conduct it. Teacher research as professional development for P-12 educators in the USA. keywords: action; autonomy; class; colombia; development; group; information; language; learning; profile; reflection; research; students; teacher; teaching; work cache: profile-10711.pdf plain text: profile-10711.txt item: #34 of 518 id: profile-10715 author: Sánchez Solarte, Ana Clara; Obando Guerrero, Gabriel Vicente title: Is Colombia Ready for “Bilingualism”? date: 2008-01-01 words: 7610 flesch: 54 summary: Key words: Foreign language teaching, bilingualism, language policy, methodology En la actualidad el gobierno colombiano está tratando de implementar el programa “Colombia Bilingüe”. Ayala & Álvarez (2005, p.12) address this issue as follows: “Because Colombian standards for foreign language teaching are barely structured, attention has been given to foreign models. keywords: assessment; colombia; education; english; goals; language; learners; learning; nacional; need; profile; standards; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-10715.pdf plain text: profile-10715.txt item: #35 of 518 id: profile-10716 author: Morales Neisa, Camilo title: Using Rock Music as a Teaching-Learning Tool date: 2008-01-01 words: 8837 flesch: 58 summary: The objectives of the research were divided into general (to explore the teaching/learning potential rock songs have in English language lessons with two adult private students) and specific objectives (to integrate the lyrics of songs into exercises worked on with two private students in private lessons and to describe the learning experiences these students had when exposed to rock songs in lyrics-based English lessons). The teaching possibilities of songs are not limited to those mentioned above; they depend on the creativity of the teacher and accurate selection when choosing those songs we want to work with. Songs as Authentic Material keywords: english; language; learning; listening; lyrics; music; profile; research; rock; songs; students; teaching; use cache: profile-10716.pdf plain text: profile-10716.txt item: #36 of 518 id: profile-10717 author: Rogers, Aaron title: Using Technology to Facilitate Process Writing and Interaction among Adult Students date: 2008-01-01 words: 7503 flesch: 59 summary: Still asynchronous thus giving time for focus on process writing skills. Still asynchronous thus giving time for focus on process writing skills. keywords: cambridge; colombia; computer; focus; interaction; language; learning; p.m.; process; processing; profile; students; technology; word; writing cache: profile-10717.pdf plain text: profile-10717.txt item: #37 of 518 id: profile-10740 author: Clavijo Olarte, Amparo; Hine, Nicolas Alexander; Quintero, Luz Mary title: The Virtual Forum as an Alternative Way to Enhance Foreign Language Learning date: 2008-01-01 words: 9529 flesch: 56 summary: Other students expressed that the blog was a forum for self-expression, something similar to a diary where they could put all the things they wanted to share with others. It differs from a traditional language curriculum focused on learning language structures in the way that a participatory curriculum includes activities that engage teachers and learners in challenging learning situations that promote their language development and their learning to use the ICTs to communicate with other students in another part of the world. keywords: bogotá; colombia; communities; community; forum; information; knowledge; language; learning; music; new; p.m.; people; profile; students; teachers; use; virtual; way; world cache: profile-10740.pdf plain text: profile-10740.txt item: #38 of 518 id: profile-10803 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2008-01-01 words: 1448 flesch: 47 summary: Thus, a final condition for teacher research is that mechanisms be in place to disseminate the results of the research”.1 The growing importance of teacher research and the necessity to make our investigations, innovations and reflections public have positively influenced the work we have been doing in PROFILE for nine years. Conditions for teacher research. keywords: colombia; language; profile; research; teacher cache: profile-10803.pdf plain text: profile-10803.txt item: #39 of 518 id: profile-10816 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2007-01-01 words: 1383 flesch: 47 summary: � The quotes above gather some of the lessons we have learned from some of the most well-known pioneers of teacher research. Our first section – Issues from teacher researchers – begins with two papers by school teachers who carried out action research in public schools in Bogotá. keywords: action; language; research; teachers cache: profile-10816.pdf plain text: profile-10816.txt item: #40 of 518 id: profile-10817 author: Cáceres Arbeláez, Alix Argenis; Unigarro Millán, Diana Rocío title: Analysis of Children’s English Language Learning Evidences when Engaging in Project Work date: 2007-01-01 words: 7577 flesch: 57 summary: Sometimes, many students do – – – PROFILE 8.indd 10 28/09/2007 12:42:11 a.m. Analysis of Children’s English Language Learning Evidences when Engaging in Project Work PROFILE 8, 2007. Teachers have to motivate students to work in class because they are anxious to acquire new knowledge. keywords: children; colombia; english; language; learning; planet; process; production; profile; project; project work; students; teacher; work cache: profile-10817.pdf plain text: profile-10817.txt item: #41 of 518 id: profile-10818 author: Calderón Agudelo, Sandra; Carvajal Ávila, Ligia Milena; Guerrero López, Ana Yamile title: How to Improve Sixth Graders’ Reading Comprehension through the Skimming Technique date: 2007-01-01 words: 5607 flesch: 60 summary: When students developed workshops, they enjoyed them because these activities were a new methodology used in our English classes, taking into account students have difficulties understanding a foreign language. Our goal for this project was to introduce the skimming technique to familiarize students with it to make the reading process easier since reading in a foreign language implies a complex process and students need useful tools to confront a text in an effective way. keywords: colombia; comprehension; english; profile; reading; skimming; students; technique; text; words cache: profile-10818.pdf plain text: profile-10818.txt item: #42 of 518 id: profile-10819 author: de Almeida Soares, Doris title: Discipline Problems in The EFL Class: Is There a Cure? date: 2007-01-01 words: 8271 flesch: 65 summary: According to Wadden & McGovern (1991), factors such as the large numbers of students who are not in the classroom by choice; the number of students per class; the lack of importance students give to English in the school curriculum when compared to other school subjects such as math or science, and the fact that, in the same group, EFL teachers work with students from different cultural and academic backgrounds, can affect discipline in class. The results seem to confirm that, although some adaptations to the original project were necessary, when students reflect upon their importance in the lessons, they tend to behave better in class and to show a more positive attitude towards learning. keywords: class; code; discipline; english; group; language; lessons; profile; students; teacher; use cache: profile-10819.pdf plain text: profile-10819.txt item: #43 of 518 id: profile-10820 author: Pineda Torres, Norha Esperanza title: An Inquiry Project: A Way to Develop a Meaningful Learning Context date: 2007-01-01 words: 7874 flesch: 54 summary: This study was conceived based on the following question: How do 11th grade students manage inquiry projects in EFL classes? The main purpose of the interview was to gain students’ insights into inquiry project to understand the individual experiences and to establish a conversation with the participants by listening to them, their questions, perspectives, suggestions, feelings and reactions in a flexible, respectful and open environment. keywords: english; inquiries; inquiry; language; learning; new; process; project; students; university; way cache: profile-10820.pdf plain text: profile-10820.txt item: #44 of 518 id: profile-10885 author: Prieto Castillo, Claudia Yanive title: Improving Eleventh Graders’ Oral Production in English Class through Cooperative Learning Strategies date: 2007-01-01 words: 5639 flesch: 58 summary: For them there are four steps that teachers must follow in teaching cooperative skills: Students must see value in group work, students must be aware of the necessary skills for successful group work in order to know what they are supposed to do, students must practice the skill (in this case speaking) and students need to process the skills they have practiced (in order to improve them). The main objective of the research was to establish strategies to help students to improve their oral production in English. keywords: activities; class; group; learning; oral; production; profile; research; speaking; strategies; students cache: profile-10885.pdf plain text: profile-10885.txt item: #45 of 518 id: profile-10887 author: Sierra Piedrahita, Ana María title: The Professional Development of a Facilitator through a Study Group date: 2007-01-01 words: 6063 flesch: 57 summary: Trends in teacher certification and literacy, teacher study groups: A strategic approach to promoting student’s literacy development. New visions of teacher professional development. keywords: development; facilitator; group; marcela; professional; role; skills; study; study group; teachers cache: profile-10887.pdf plain text: profile-10887.txt item: #46 of 518 id: profile-10927 author: López Hurtado, María Eugenia; Viáfara González, John Jairo title: Looking at Cooperative Learning through the Eyes of Public Schools Teachers Participating in a Teacher Development Program date: 2007-01-01 words: 7780 flesch: 50 summary: Teacher development groups: Growth through cooperation. Finally, planning cooperative learning experiences also has implications for certain aspects of lesson organization. keywords: a.m.; approach; colombia; experience; group; learning; profile; public; schools; students; teachers; teaching; universidad; work cache: profile-10927.pdf plain text: profile-10927.txt item: #47 of 518 id: profile-10984 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2006-01-01 words: 1329 flesch: 43 summary: 7dic 5.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○5 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION “…Much work has been done in identifying the distinctive characteristics and assumptions of teacher research, arguing strongly for the contributions that teacher knowledge can make to the educational community of both practitioners and academic researchers”.1 I am very pleased to start the presentation of the seventh issue of our journal by sharing with all of you our latest achievement: the indexation of PROFILE in Publindex – Colciencias, in Category B. Their expertise in language teaching, teacher education, applied linguistics, and research will surely help us monitor the quality of our publication and make it possible to have voices of experienced and novice teachers in future editions. keywords: language; learning; teacher; ○ ○ cache: profile-10984.pdf plain text: profile-10984.txt item: #48 of 518 id: profile-10985 author: Ortiz C., Aurora; Camelo G., Martha; Martín D., Maria Nelly; Sarmiento S., Marisol; Ruiz M., Maritza title: Revising a Foreign Language Curriculum: A Challenging and Enhancing Experience at a Public School in Bogotá date: 2006-01-01 words: 11615 flesch: 58 summary: Secondly, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○17 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Revising a Foreign Language Curriculum determining the ones seen as weaknesses so they could be improved. Leer c. Escribir d. Escuchar e. Todas las anteriores ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○23 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Revising a Foreign Language Curriculum 5. keywords: community; curriculum; english; evaluation; language; learning; los; número; parents; processes; programme; que; school; students; teachers; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10985.pdf plain text: profile-10985.txt item: #49 of 518 id: profile-10986 author: Becerra, Claudia Yolanda title: Materials Assessment: A Shared Responsibility among Teachers and Students date: 2006-01-01 words: 8227 flesch: 63 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○41 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Materials Assessment Genesee, F., & Upshur, J. A. (1999). ¿Cómo solucionaron la sopa de letras? ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○43 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Materials Assessment APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONS FOR THE SEMI-APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONS FOR THE SEMI-APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONS FOR THE SEMI-APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONS FOR THE SEMI-APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONS FOR THE SEMI-OPEN INTERVIEWOPEN INTERVIEWOPEN INTERVIEWOPEN INTERVIEWOPEN INTERVIEW May 25May 25May 25May 25May 25ththththth, 2005, 2005, 2005, 2005, 2005 1. keywords: assessment; english; evaluation; information; materials; process; profileprofileprofileprofileprofile ○; questions; sk ○; students; ○ appendix; ○ introductionintroductionintroductionintroductionintroduction; ○ profile; ○ questionnaires; ○ ○ cache: profile-10986.pdf plain text: profile-10986.txt item: #50 of 518 id: profile-10987 author: Cuestas Cifuentes, Marlén title: Songs in the English Class: A Strategy to Encourage Tenth Graders' Oral Production date: 2006-01-01 words: 6589 flesch: 61 summary: • Interpreting and analyzing the data To analyze and interpret the data, we followed four steps (Burns, 1999): ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○51 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Songs in the English Class - Assembling the data: We did the transcriptions of observation of classes and interviews, and tried to scan the data in a general way. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○57 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Songs in the English Class APPENDIX 1: SURVEY Nº1APPENDIX 1: SURVEY Nº1APPENDIX 1: SURVEY Nº1APPENDIX 1: SURVEY Nº1APPENDIX 1: SURVEY Nº1 Colegio Distrital León de Greiff Grade: __________ keywords: activities; class; data; english; oral; production; research; songs; speaking; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-10987.pdf plain text: profile-10987.txt item: #51 of 518 id: profile-10988 author: Basabe, Enrique Alejandro title: From De-Anglicization to Internationalisation: Cultural Representations of the UK and the USA in Global, Adapted and Local ELT Textbooks in Argentina date: 2006-01-01 words: 9493 flesch: 56 summary: Llamas and Williams (2001g, p. 2) declare in English Direct, “topics such as environmental protection, respecting ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 68 Basabe PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE others and cultural differences are carefully incorporated into the lessons”. Student’s Books Starter, 1, 2 and 3. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○65 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE From De-Anglicization to Internationalisation Thirty percent of all the texts destined to be used for reading comprehension in New Headway comprises instances of the target and the international cultures in contact. keywords: antagonises ○; culture; elt; english; new; people; reading; references; target; textbooks; texts; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10988.pdf plain text: profile-10988.txt item: #52 of 518 id: profile-10989 author: Viana, Vander title: Modals in Brazilian Advanced EFL Learners’ Compositions: A Corpus-Based Investigation date: 2006-01-01 words: 5435 flesch: 62 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 82 Viana PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE for instance, ‘should’ and ‘shuld’ as two different words. He also holds the notion that ‘need’, ‘dare’, and ‘had better’ can be used as “modal auxiliary verbs” without distinguishing them from ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 80 Viana PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE the ones listed in the beginning of the excerpt. keywords: biber; corpus; english; language; linguistics; modals; time ○; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10989.pdf plain text: profile-10989.txt item: #53 of 518 id: profile-10993 author: Velandia Moncada, Deissy Angélica title: Tutorial Plan to Support the English Speaking Skill of an Inga Student of an Initial Teacher Education Program date: 2007-01-01 words: 5165 flesch: 55 summary: Indigenous students frequently find it difficult to adapt to this different environment, a fact that increases the percentage of desertion. An important number of indigenous students have benefited from this program since it was implemented in 1986. keywords: andrés; colombia; english; inga; language; learning; oral; strategies; student; study; tutoring cache: profile-10993.pdf plain text: profile-10993.txt item: #54 of 518 id: profile-10994 author: McNulty Ferri, Maria; Quinchía Ortiz, Diana Isabel title: Designing a Holistic Professional Development Program for Elementary School English Teachers in Colombia date: 2007-01-01 words: 6680 flesch: 50 summary: As language teachers, they also took risks to implement the methodological strategies they had experienced in this program in order to improve their learners’ use of English. How do they feel about themselves as language teachers? keywords: activities; colombia; development; elementary; english; language; learners; learning; professional; profile; program; school; teachers cache: profile-10994.pdf plain text: profile-10994.txt item: #55 of 518 id: profile-10996 author: Vieira Abrahão, Maria Helena title: The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education date: 2006-01-01 words: 7578 flesch: 46 summary: The study, embedded within the general frameworks of teachers’ thinking and socialization, involved language student teachers from a public university in Brazil. This research was ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○89 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge guided by the following major research question and three minor ones: How does language teachers’ knowledge construction occur while they are in university? a) Which beliefs, assumptions and knowledge are brought by student-teachers to their university foreign language education program and what are the origins of these beliefs, assumptions and knowledge? b) To what extent are student-teachers’ beliefs, assumptions and knowledge brought to university modified by the theoretical and practical reflections provided by the education program? c) keywords: assumptions; beliefs; education; foreign; knowledge; language; learning; practice; student; teachers; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10996.pdf plain text: profile-10996.txt item: #56 of 518 id: profile-10997 author: Bondi, Marina; Poppi, Franca title: Devising a Language Certificate for Primary School Teachers of English date: 2007-01-01 words: 9107 flesch: 58 summary: The CEPT (Certificate of English for Primary Teachers) undertakes the following: to assess language skills at level B1; to assess those skills which are directly relevant to the range of uses in which primary language teachers will be involved; to cover the five language skills (listening, spoken interaction, spoken production, reading and writing) mentioned in the Common European Framework of Reference as well as knowledge of language structure and use in the contexts of classroom management and professional self- development; to provide accurate and consistent assessment of an additional skill, underpinning those normally em- ployed by language teachers, namely language awareness; to relate the various parts of the test to the professional role to be played by the candidates. However, it was soon clear that this certificate, though appropriate for the level, covered a wider range of skills than those strictly needed by primary language teachers and had a different, more general target in mind, while overlooking issues which were especially relevant to primary teachers. keywords: bondi; certificate; classroom; education; english; european; language; language teachers; materials; profile; school; students; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-10997.pdf plain text: profile-10997.txt item: #57 of 518 id: profile-10998 author: González Moncada, Adriana title: On Materials Use Training in EFL Teacher Education: Some Reflections date: 2006-01-01 words: 8254 flesch: 52 summary: The particularity principle is important in our materials training as teacher educators need to provide student teachers with alternatives to their particular contexts, since they may be EFL teachers in rural settings, underprivileged neighborhoods in urban areas or private schools with various types of teaching materials. After analyzing the previous program and talking to student teachers, I came up with a new version of the program (see Appendix 2). keywords: course; design; education; efl; language; materials; materials use; students; teachers; teaching; training; use; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10998.pdf plain text: profile-10998.txt item: #58 of 518 id: profile-10999 author: Abella, David; Salinas, Yakelin title: A Case Study of the Learning Styles in Low-Level Learners in a Private School in Bogotá date: 2006-01-01 words: 7648 flesch: 59 summary: Students’ work: These were useful tools for analyzing the ways in which students completed the activities assigned in class. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○127 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE keywords: activities; class; english; focus; group; grupo ○; language; learning; learning styles; process; que; students; styles; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-10999.pdf plain text: profile-10999.txt item: #59 of 518 id: profile-11000 author: Hitotuzi, Nilton title: Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching* date: 2007-01-01 words: 6741 flesch: 61 summary: Además, partiendo del supuesto de que este sistema juega un papel importante en la comunicación oral, este artículo clama por la necesidad de experimentos a largo plazo sobre la aplicabilidad con principiantes del enfoque de entonación del discurso, de David Brazil. Many phoneticians believe that the stream of speech can be divided into tone units within which pitch moves (McCarthy, 1991). keywords: brazil; english; intonation; key; pronunciation; speaker; syllable; termination; tone; unit cache: profile-11000.pdf plain text: profile-11000.txt item: #60 of 518 id: profile-11001 author: Monsalve, Sara; Correal, Alexandra title: Children’s Oral Communication in English Class Activities: An Exploratory Study date: 2006-01-01 words: 9370 flesch: 53 summary: Likewise, the teacher designs activities that have a clear purpose, reduce the anxiety of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○141 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Children’s Oral Communication in English Class Activities the learners and are easily modified to meet students' needs (Larsen-Pusey, 2004). In Fred, G. (Ed.), Educating second language children, the whole child, the whole curriculum, the whole community. keywords: activities; children; class; communication; english; knowledge; language; learners; learning; oral; students; teacher; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11001.pdf plain text: profile-11001.txt item: #61 of 518 id: profile-11002 author: Bastidas Arteaga, Jesús Alirio title: A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field date: 2006-01-01 words: 8418 flesch: 49 summary: A more recent concept that parallels the beginnings of a new trend in motivation theories in psychology is the one advanced by Littlewood in ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 154 Bastidas PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE 1984. More specifically, human beings universally have needs or drives that are more or less innate, yet their intensity is ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○149 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE A Framework to Understanding Motivation in the TESOL Field environmentally conditioned.” keywords: achievement; goals; language; learning; motivation; psychology; research; students; task; theories; ○ ○ cache: profile-11002.pdf plain text: profile-11002.txt item: #62 of 518 id: profile-11003 author: Hitotuzi, Nilton title: The Learner’s Mother Tongue in the L2 Learning-Teaching Symbiosis date: 2006-01-01 words: 7807 flesch: 60 summary: Private speech: A study of language for thought in the collaborative interaction of language learners. Nevertheless, by applying Contrastive Analysis (CA) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ keywords: classroom; language; learner; learner l1; learning; lengua; mother; role; teachers; teaching; tongue; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11003.pdf plain text: profile-11003.txt item: #63 of 518 id: profile-11007 author: Piñeros Pedraza, Carolina; Quintero Polo, Álvaro title: Conceptualizing as Regards Educational Change and Pedagogical Knowledge: How Novice Teacher-Researchers’ Proposals Illustrate this Relationship date: 2006-01-01 words: 9110 flesch: 48 summary: Teacher-as-researcher is one alternative to conducting research and implies a different theory of teacher knowledge in which the systematic inquiry of teachers by the teachers themselves can generate individual and public knowledge about teaching. This led us to analyze the reflective component in our academic daily practices in teacher education programs and, subsequently, analyze some actions that also became research projects (i.e. theses or monographs) by student teachers. keywords: change; education; educators; experiences; knowledge; language; learning; literacy; practices; research; school; students; teachers; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11007.pdf plain text: profile-11007.txt item: #64 of 518 id: profile-11008 author: Spencer, Shelley A. title: Informing Language Teaching through Language Learning date: 2006-01-01 words: 8044 flesch: 61 summary: Students ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○189 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Informing Language Teaching through Language Learning described me as ‘earnest’. As a learner, I hungered for short reading ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○193 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Informing Language Teaching through Language Learning texts for these reasons. keywords: couple ○; grammar; impromptu ○; language; learner; learning; philosophy ○; reading ○; students ○; teacher; teaching; time; vocabulary ○; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11008.pdf plain text: profile-11008.txt item: #65 of 518 id: profile-11018 author: Rainey de Díaz, Isobel title: EFL Teachers’ Research and Mainstream TESOL: Ships Passing in the Night? date: 2005-01-01 words: 10612 flesch: 58 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○13 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE EFL Teachers’ Research and Mainstream TESOL General Methodology General Methodology General Methodology General Methodology General Methodology (GM) contrasts with formal skills teaching (ST), formal grammar teaching (GTG) and SLA concerns. “Teacher research provides teachers with a systematic way to examine problems or issues in their own situation and to address these problems or issues.” keywords: analysis; contexts; efl; knowledge; language; learning; mainstream; research; sac; school; teachers; teaching; tesol; topics; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11018.pdf plain text: profile-11018.txt item: #66 of 518 id: profile-11019 author: Mendoza López, Edgar title: Current State of the Teaching of Process Writing in EFL Classes: An Observational Study in the Last Two Years of Secondary School date: 2005-01-01 words: 8570 flesch: 57 summary: Wooddall recommends further studies ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 26 MENDOZAMENDOZAMENDOZAMENDOZAMENDOZA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE on classroom based writing to help students identify when and why they use their L1. ResearResearResearResearResearch on Drafting/Fch on Drafting/Fch on Drafting/Fch on Drafting/Fch on Drafting/Formulatingormulatingormulatingormulatingormulating Little is known about the way that FL writers move between thought and language (L1 or L2) to produce a text. The ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○31 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Current State of the Teaching of Process Writing in EFL Classes teacher circulated and helped them translate. keywords: activities; class; english; feedback; language; process; reading; school; spanish; students; teacher; writing; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11019.pdf plain text: profile-11019.txt item: #67 of 518 id: profile-11020 author: Ariza Martínez, Ana Virginia title: The Process-Writing Approach: An Alternative to Guide the Students’ Compositions date: 2005-01-01 words: 4547 flesch: 64 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 42ARIZAARIZAARIZAARIZAARIZA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE a positive attitude They had to read the ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○41 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE keywords: activities; approach; ideas; process; students; writer ○; writing; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11020.pdf plain text: profile-11020.txt item: #68 of 518 id: profile-11021 author: Aldana, Alexandra title: The Process of Writing a Text by Using Cooperative Learning date: 2005-01-01 words: 5263 flesch: 62 summary: The results of an analysis of the field journal suggested that Whole Class environment gives ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○51 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The Process of Writing a Text by Using Cooperative Learning students less opportunities to express themselves and fewer opportunities to make achievements so they tend to be disruptive (Appendix 4). ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 48 ALDANAALDANAALDANAALDANAALDANA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION keywords: cooperative; del; learning; los; por; por qué; process; qué; students; teacher; team; work; writing; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11021.pdf plain text: profile-11021.txt item: #69 of 518 id: profile-11022 author: Ríos Olaya, Sonia Rocío; Valcárcel Goyeneche, Ana Milena title: Reading: A Meaningful Way to Promote Learning English in High School date: 2005-01-01 words: 8044 flesch: 70 summary: C om pl et e th e fo llo w in g cr os sw or d us in g th e na m es fr om e xe rc is e 1. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○71 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Reading: A Meaningful Way to Promote Learning English in High School APPENDIX 3: TEACHING GUIDE “DAPPENDIX 3: TEACHING GUIDE “DAPPENDIX 3: TEACHING GUIDE “DAPPENDIX 3: TEACHING GUIDE “DAPPENDIX 3: TEACHING GUIDE “DAILAILAILAILAILY ACTIVITIES”Y ACTIVITIES”Y ACTIVITIES”Y ACTIVITIES”Y ACTIVITIES” Source: Original. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○67 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Reading: A Meaningful Way to Promote Learning English in High School used them with plural nouns. keywords: activities; english; language; learning; process; reading; students; vríos; way; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11022.pdf plain text: profile-11022.txt item: #70 of 518 id: profile-11126 author: Forero Rocha, Yolima title: Promoting Oral Interaction in Large Groups through Task-Based Learning date: 2005-01-01 words: 3840 flesch: 61 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○75 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Promoting Oral Interaction in Large Groups through Task-Based Learning ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○77 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Promoting Oral Interaction in Large Groups through Task-Based Learning Changes in Participants’ keywords: class; groups; interaction; language; learning; oral; students; task; teachers; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11126.pdf plain text: profile-11126.txt item: #71 of 518 id: profile-11127 author: Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Dorelly title: Developing Oral Skills through Communicative and Interactive Tasks date: 2005-01-01 words: 6113 flesch: 54 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ I interacted with students giving feedback, offering ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○89 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Developing Oral Skills through Communicative and Interactive Tasks solutions and assessing speaking in a collaborative way. keywords: communication; goals ○; oral; production; skills; speaking; students; tasks; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11127.pdf plain text: profile-11127.txt item: #72 of 518 id: profile-11129 author: Hitotuzi, Nilton title: Teacher Talking Time in the EFL Classroom date: 2005-01-01 words: 6457 flesch: 56 summary: 2 X 1 = Hypothesized PTTT and X 2 = Actual PTTT for IG. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○105 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Teacher Talking Time in the EFL Classroom deal of exposure to native-speaking models for consolidating their aural/oral skills in the target language, mainly in a foreign-language learning environment, as is the case with the participants of this investigation. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○101 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Teacher Talking Time in the EFL Classroom THE INVESTIGATHE INVESTIGATHE INVESTIGATHE INVESTIGATHE INVESTIGATION METHODTION METHODTION METHODTION METHODTION METHOD The ResearThe ResearThe ResearThe ResearThe Research Question and Hypothesisch Question and Hypothesisch Question and Hypothesisch Question and Hypothesisch Question and Hypothesis As the result of some reflection about my own praxis in the classroom in the year 2001, I noticed that I was talking more than I should when meeting my EFL elementary (EG) and intermediate (IG) groups, since I believe that my teaching must be in line with the tenets of a learner-centred approach. keywords: classroom; group; language; lessons; students; talk; talking; teacher; time; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11129.pdf plain text: profile-11129.txt item: #73 of 518 id: profile-11130 author: Rizvi, M Ashraf title: Using Students’ Analysis in Teaching Public Speaking for Business date: 2005-01-01 words: 5863 flesch: 50 summary: Most expressed the view that they needed simplified course materials ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○113 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Using Students’ Analysis in Teaching Public Speaking for Business and teaching notes to understand the basic concepts discussed in the course. Guiding principles for effective peer response, ELT Journal 59 (1), 31-38. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○115 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Using Students’ Analysis in Teaching Public Speaking for Business Liu, J. & Hansen, J.G. (2002). keywords: analysis; course; learning ○; needs; oral; peer; public; speaking; students; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11130.pdf plain text: profile-11130.txt item: #74 of 518 id: profile-11188 author: Álvarez Aguirre, Gloria; Sánchez Prada, Consuelo title: Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English date: 2005-01-01 words: 6709 flesch: 55 summary: en la pronunciación d. conocimiento previo ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 120 ÁLÁLÁLÁLÁLVVVVVAREZ AND SÁNCHEZAREZ AND SÁNCHEZAREZ AND SÁNCHEZAREZ AND SÁNCHEZAREZ AND SÁNCHEZ PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE keywords: approach; class ○; english; group; interview; learning; previo ○; school; students; study; study group; sánchezarez; teachers; teaching; time; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11188.pdf plain text: profile-11188.txt item: #75 of 518 id: profile-11189 author: Cortés, Myriam Luna; Sánchez Lujan, Diana K. title: Profiles of Autonomy in the Field of Foreign Languages date: 2005-01-01 words: 4784 flesch: 55 summary: I have had the opportunity to listen to recordings of myself when I was at a basic level and I have compared ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ According to Nunan, (1999), it involves, negotiation over the following issues: whether to work in groups or pairs for a particular task, how long a series of group reports should go on, whether a particular writing task should be done in or out of class, whether a series of reflection ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○139 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Profiles of Autonomy in the Field of Foreign Languages tasks should be completed every week or every two weeks, when the visit to the resource center should happen, etc. keywords: autonomy; classroom; language; learning; lengua ○; reflection ○; teacher; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11189.pdf plain text: profile-11189.txt item: #76 of 518 id: profile-11190 author: Viáfara González, John Jairo title: Responding to Observation: How Student Teachers’ Use of their Counselor’s Notes Support their Preparation date: 2005-01-01 words: 7889 flesch: 53 summary: Student teachers’ perceptions concerning my obser vation notes ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○147 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Responding to Obser vation seemed to change along the term. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 142 VIÁFVIÁFVIÁFVIÁFVIÁFARAARAARAARAARA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION keywords: counselor; notes; observation; palermo ○; participants; practice; responses; student; student teachers; study; teachers; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11190.pdf plain text: profile-11190.txt item: #77 of 518 id: profile-11191 author: Prada Castañeda, Liliana; Zuleta Garzón, Xatlí title: Tasting Teaching Flavors: A Group of Student-Teachers’ Experiences in their Practicum date: 2005-01-01 words: 8704 flesch: 54 summary: Therefore, these situations required a reformulation of previous knowledge and tools in order to identify what we ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○159 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Tasting Teaching Flavors had to change or improve in order to achieve effectiveness in teaching. Models for Professional PreparationModels for Professional PreparationModels for Professional PreparationModels for Professional PreparationModels for Professional Preparation Wallace (1990) describes three models of professional development, the craft model, the applied-science model and the reflective model. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 164 PRADPRADPRADPRADPRADA AND ZULETA AND ZULETA AND ZULETA AND ZULETA AND ZULETAAAAA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE with some activities because I did not bring enough copies for all the children” (Sandra, J, p. 1, line 3). keywords: classroom; difficulties; line; order; practice; practicum; que; situations; strategies; student; teachers; teaching; zuleta; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11191.pdf plain text: profile-11191.txt item: #78 of 518 id: profile-11193 author: Motallebzadeh, Khalil title: Technology in Teacher Education: Developing Online Teacher Education Programs date: 2005-01-01 words: 2670 flesch: 47 summary: Thus, teachers play the most important role in the TEFL field and we need explicit teacher education discussion forums (as opposed to participating in conferences/teaching demonstrations or workshops, seminars, assuming that teachers develop professionally and automatically via those activities) and research (investigating what teachers know, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○173 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Technology in Teacher Education believe, value, and do). • Designing places for sending and receiving messages (chatroom, mail board) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 174 MOTMOTMOTMOTMOTALLEBZADEHALLEBZADEHALLEBZADEHALLEBZADEHALLEBZADEH PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE • Providing downloadable educational software (games and songs) • keywords: formación; language; online; teachers; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11193.pdf plain text: profile-11193.txt item: #79 of 518 id: profile-11194 author: Torres Vigoya, Fanny Stella title: The Mediated Learning Experience and the Mediator’s Implications date: 2005-01-01 words: 4985 flesch: 48 summary: Every child develops, in part, as all children; in part, as some other children; and in part, as any other child! ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○179 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The Mediated Learning Experience and the Mediator’s Implications by them and for them, know their cognitive styles and develop all the potential they have for increasingly complex and abstraction levels of knowledge, have the leading role in their own personal and academic growth and, lastly, to be more effective, independent and critical people. All this contributes to the learners’ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○181 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE keywords: activity; learning; mediation; mediator; pupils; students; teaching; ○ profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11194.pdf plain text: profile-11194.txt item: #80 of 518 id: profile-11201 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2005-01-01 words: 973 flesch: 48 summary: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 6 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE production and reduced writing anxiety. In tune with the idea of encouraging the publication of projects carried by school teachers, this issue contains six articles which report on classroom research. keywords: research; teachers; ○ ○ cache: profile-11201.pdf plain text: profile-11201.txt item: #81 of 518 id: profile-11204 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION date: 2004-01-01 words: 950 flesch: 50 summary: A guide for teacher researchers. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 6 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE We begin this issue with five reports from teacher researchers. keywords: 5.pmd ○; english; ○ ○ cache: profile-11204.pdf plain text: profile-11204.txt item: #82 of 518 id: profile-11205 author: Mendoza López, Edgar title: Implicit and Explicit Teaching of Grammar: An Empirical Study date: 2004-01-01 words: 7050 flesch: 63 summary: a. eat b. were eating c. ate d. will eat ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○21 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Implicit and Explicit Teaching of Grammar: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 8 MENDOZA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE actividades significativas y contextualizadas en escucha, habla, lectura y escritura. keywords: grammar; group; instruction; language; learning; students; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11205.pdf plain text: profile-11205.txt item: #83 of 518 id: profile-11211 author: Mourente Miguel, Mariana Correia title: Teacher Correction versus Peer-Marking date: 2004-01-01 words: 2091 flesch: 45 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 24 CORREIA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE resultados encontrados por los dos métodos, (cfr. Procedure for collecting data ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 26 CORREIA PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Both the original and the revised versions of the composition were carefully read and compared by the researcher in order to determine how many mistakes had been made in the original and in the revised versions. keywords: 5.pmd ○; correia; data ○; language; mourente; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11211.pdf plain text: profile-11211.txt item: #84 of 518 id: profile-11212 author: Gupta, Deepti title: Interactive Communicative Teaching and the Young Indian Learner date: 2004-01-01 words: 3709 flesch: 59 summary: If this approval is not granted, young learners cannot benefit from new methods because they are not encouraged to discuss classroom interactive tasks at ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○33 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Interactive Communicative Teaching and the Young Indian Learner home, which gives them the idea that interactive tasks are not ‘real education’. The teaching of English literature and communicative language teaching ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 36 DEEPTI PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE in the Indian classroom. keywords: 5.pmd ○; approach ○; classroom; language; learners; methods; teachers; teaching ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11212.pdf plain text: profile-11212.txt item: #85 of 518 id: profile-11213 author: Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina; McNulty, María; Quinchía Ortiz, Diana Isabel title: Elementary English Language Instruction: Colombian Teachers’ Classroom Practices date: 2004-01-01 words: 7256 flesch: 56 summary: This situation has been previously reported by Cárdenas (2001) as she questions who is ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○41 PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE Elementary English Language Instruction: Colombian Teachers’ Classroom Practices in charge of teaching English to children in Colombia. In terms of resources, although the schools have equipment such as televisions, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ keywords: 5.pmd ○; classroom ○; e n; elementary; english; l ○; language; n g; n ○; o n; profile profile; s ○; schools; teachers; teaching; tio n; ○ ○ cache: profile-11213.pdf plain text: profile-11213.txt item: #86 of 518 id: profile-11215 author: Hitotuzi, Nilton title: The English Component of the 2002 Entrance Examination of the Federal University of Amazonas: An Analysis of its Reliability and Validity date: 2004-01-01 words: 11336 flesch: 56 summary: The second is normally conveyed as a correlation coefficient with some future criterion measure, as Cohen exemplifies: “As an example of predictive validation, a language aptitude test may be validated by a test of a student’s achievement in the language class in which the student was ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 64 HITOTUZI PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE placed on the basis of the aptitude test” (1994: Cohen’s Communicative Ability (Cohen, 1994, p.10- 11) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 60 HITOTUZI PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE For another thing, while Harris’s view of oral proficiency seems to focus strictly on surface structures of the target language, Cohen clearly recognises other important aspects involved in communication, such as exophoric relationships (Brown and Yule, 1983), schemata (Bransford et al., 1984; Steffensen and Joag-Dev, 1984), and strategy (Bachman, 1990). keywords: 5.pmd ○; amazonas; bachman; cultural ○; english; examination; federal; harris; items; language; new; planets; profile profile; reliability; school; study ○; test; ufam/2002; university; validity; ○ ○ cache: profile-11215.pdf plain text: profile-11215.txt item: #87 of 518 id: profile-11216 author: Álvarez Valencia, José Aldemar title: Reading Aloud Activities as a Way to Determine Students’ Narrative Template date: 2004-01-01 words: 7064 flesch: 57 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 88 ALVAREZ PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE TTTTTable 1.able 1.able 1.able 1.able 1. An excerpt from a class observation illustrates this: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○93 PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE Reading Aloud Activities as a Way to Determine Students’ Narrative Template “Some of them are asking the partners for any meaning of words”. keywords: 5.pmd ○; activities; activity; aloud; language; literacy; narrative; process; profile profile; reading; story; students; teacher; template; writing; ○ ○ cache: profile-11216.pdf plain text: profile-11216.txt item: #88 of 518 id: profile-11217 author: Zabala Palacio, Freddy Oswaldo title: Strategies to Support High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in the English Language date: 2004-01-01 words: 5247 flesch: 54 summary: Regarding the frequency of working with reading strategies, most of the students mentioned that the teacher rarely incorporated new reading strategies. Through a sur vey I found information about the way teachers incorporated learning strategies, their reasons to incorporate them, the frequency of working with reading strategies, and the contribution of the reading strategies in supporting the development of students’ reading competence (see annex 1). keywords: 5.pmd ○; comprehension; english; language; profile profile; reading; reading strategies; strategies; students; text; zabala; ○ ○ cache: profile-11217.pdf plain text: profile-11217.txt item: #89 of 518 id: profile-11218 author: Huszti, Ilona title: Ethnography in Foreign Language Teaching date: 2004-01-01 words: 3575 flesch: 56 summary: The holistic view is ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○115 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Ethnography in Foreign Language Teaching associated with the objective of the ethnographer, which is to create a full picture of the culture or event he is observing and analysing, “a picture that leaves nothing unaccounted for and that reveals the interrelatedness of all the component parts” (Ibid). The study was conducted at San Diego State University, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 114 HUSZTI PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE San Diego, USA, in a multinational and multicultural area, where knowledge of a language other than English was a useful tool in understanding cross-cultural interactions. keywords: 5.pmd ○; culture; ethnography; language; profile; research; ○ ○ cache: profile-11218.pdf plain text: profile-11218.txt item: #90 of 518 id: profile-11219 author: Pokrivcáková, Silvia; Malá, Eva title: Developing Plurilinguism in Slovakia: The CLIL Method, A Starting Point date: 2004-01-01 words: 4860 flesch: 44 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○119 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○121 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Developing Plurilinguism in Slovakia: The CLIL Method, A Starting Point - to apply the ICT in teaching more effectively, - to develop new highly-effective methods of foreign language teaching/learning leading to so-called European plurilinguismplurilinguismplurilinguismplurilinguismplurilinguism (i.e. the ability of European citizens to speak at least 3 languages). keywords: 5.pmd ○; clil; foreign; language; learning; profile; slovakia ○; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11219.pdf plain text: profile-11219.txt item: #91 of 518 id: profile-11220 author: Núñez Pardo, Astrid; Pineda Báez, Clelia; Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda title: Key Aspects for Developing Your Instructional Materials date: 2004-01-01 words: 22597 flesch: 47 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 132 NÚÑEZ, PINEDA AND TÉLLEZ PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE TTTTTable 1. That is, they have the possibility of prioritizing the learners and placing them ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 130 NÚÑEZ, PINEDA AND TÉLLEZ PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE at the center of the language program while acquainting them with the current world. keywords: design; materials; profile; teachers; ○ ○ cache: profile-11220.pdf plain text: profile-11220.txt item: #92 of 518 id: profile-11221 author: Ariza Ariza, Aleida title: Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests date: 2004-01-01 words: 7054 flesch: 61 summary: No. NAME OF THE PERSON FAVOURITE FOOD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1 2 3 4 5 Marian Graham Lucy Gavin Sally ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 156 ONATRA AND PEÑA PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE APPENDIX 3: THANKSGIVING!APPENDIX 3: THANKSGIVING!APPENDIX 3: THANKSGIVING!APPENDIX 3: THANKSGIVING!APPENDIX 3: THANKSGIVING! The piece of paper was collected along with the ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 150 ONATRA AND PEÑA PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE chart and individual written feedback was given. keywords: 5.pmd ○; curricular; food; framework ○; learning; overview ○; profile profile; roasted ○; sally ○; students; task ○; unit; ○ ○ cache: profile-11221.pdf plain text: profile-11221.txt item: #93 of 518 id: profile-11222 author: Onatra, Amparo; Peña, Mireya title: The Hidden Curriculum date: 2004-01-01 words: 1820 flesch: 52 summary: Going upwards in our school system we would also have to analyze the same phenomenon on the part of administrators influencing teachers by means of tools such as the PEI (the school project) and the way it ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○161 PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE The Hidden Curriculum implies the sur veillance of a hidden curriculum on a great scale. profile 5.pmd ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 158 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The Hidden Curriculum El currículo oculto AmparAmparAmparAmparAmparo keywords: 5.pmd ○; curriculum; profile; students; work ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11222.pdf plain text: profile-11222.txt item: #94 of 518 id: profile-11223 author: Patarroyo, Esther; Díaz, Juan Carlos; Barreto de Quintero, Susana title: Is the Hidden Curriculum a Relevant Issue in Educational Processes date: 2004-01-01 words: 1426 flesch: 55 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 164 PATARROYO, DÍAZ AND BARRETO PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE • Boys are more intelligent than girls. profile 5.pmd ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 162 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Is the Hidden Curriculum a Relevant Issue in Educational Processes? ¿Es el currículo oculto un aspecto importante en los procesos educativos? Esther PatarEsther PatarEsther PatarEsther PatarEsther Patarrrrrroyooyooyooyooyo* espama61@latinmail.com Juan Carlos DíazJuan Carlos DíazJuan Carlos DíazJuan Carlos DíazJuan Carlos Díaz** karlosxuan@hotmail.com keywords: 5.pmd ○; curriculum; profile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11223.pdf plain text: profile-11223.txt item: #95 of 518 id: profile-11224 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION date: 2003-01-01 words: 994 flesch: 46 summary: An Editor Writes… Forum English Teaching, 32 (2), 33-35. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 8PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The articles included in this number cover a variety of issues. It is well-known that teacher researchers are uniquely positioned to provide a truly emic, or insider’s, perspective that makes visible the ways that students and teachers construct knowledge and curriculum together. keywords: english; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11224.pdf plain text: profile-11224.txt item: #96 of 518 id: profile-11225 author: Balcárcel Zambrano, Gloria title: Teacher talk at three Colombian higher education institutions date: 2003-01-01 words: 4684 flesch: 53 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 15 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Retrieved March 12, 2002, from University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Research on L anguage Acquisition Web site: http:// carla.acad.umn.edu/profiles/CohenPapers/ cohen_paper2.pdf Dunkin, M. J. & Biddle, B. J. (1974). The term input is taken from ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 12PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE information processing and is deemed as oral/ written data which learners are exposed to. keywords: acquisition ○; classroom; interaction; language; research; response ○; students; talk; teacher; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11225.pdf plain text: profile-11225.txt item: #97 of 518 id: profile-11226 author: Poole, Alexander title: New labels for old problems: Grammar in communicative language teaching date: 2003-01-01 words: 4077 flesch: 54 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 19 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE forma y ‘uptake’; (2) Debatir que ‘uptake’ y la enseñanza en la forma no son elementos suficientes para aprender inglés como idioma extranjero ya que es muy difícil prestar atención a la gramática. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 23 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE While studies that support uptake are problematic in terms of the population they exam, they are also problematic in terms of the amount of forms students attended to in them. keywords: focus; form; grammar; instruction; language; students; uptake; ○ ○ cache: profile-11226.pdf plain text: profile-11226.txt item: #98 of 518 id: profile-11227 author: Ariza Ariza, Aleida title: From strengths to weaknesses: Guiding students in their development of oral skills date: 2003-01-01 words: 6079 flesch: 58 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 26PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION Being a teacher implies adoptingdifferent roles from guides tocounselors, from obser vers to promoters. Which aspects of English do you fell you need more help with? ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 35 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE APPENDIX 2: NEEDS ANALAPPENDIX 2: NEEDS ANALAPPENDIX 2: NEEDS ANALAPPENDIX 2: NEEDS ANALAPPENDIX 2: NEEDS ANALYSIS - EXPLORING BELIEFS AND WEAKNESSESYSIS - EXPLORING BELIEFS AND WEAKNESSESYSIS - EXPLORING BELIEFS AND WEAKNESSESYSIS - EXPLORING BELIEFS AND WEAKNESSESYSIS - EXPLORING BELIEFS AND WEAKNESSES WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE LEARNER ARE YOU? (Adapted from Hatfield, 1992) keywords: aspects; english; information ○; language; learning; needs; students; work ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11227.pdf plain text: profile-11227.txt item: #99 of 518 id: profile-11228 author: Mora Acosta, Lisbeth; Ramos Holguín, Bertha title: Students' needs reflected in the EFL program: A small-scale evaluation of the methodologies proposed in an English program date: 2003-01-01 words: 5125 flesch: 64 summary: They state that “reflection provides a means of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 42PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE evaluating goals, purposes and methods, thereby clarifying the values which lie at the root of successful practice” (pp. 199). ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 45 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Doff, A. (1988). keywords: english; es lo; lo mejor; mejor ○; mucho; mucho es; poco; ○ ○ cache: profile-11228.pdf plain text: profile-11228.txt item: #100 of 518 id: profile-11229 author: Ruíz, Nubia Cecilia title: Kidwatching and the development of children as writers date: 2003-01-01 words: 3540 flesch: 58 summary: In addition, stories allow students ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 53 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE to organize their thinking relating the content of the stories to their experiences (Campbell, 2001). New York ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 57 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE and London: Teachers College, Columbia University. keywords: children; graders; language; los; research ○; story; students ○; writing; york ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11229.pdf plain text: profile-11229.txt item: #101 of 518 id: profile-11230 author: Castrillón, Olga Lucía title: Encouraging the development of children's oral communicative competences through play date: 2003-01-01 words: 3409 flesch: 55 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 64PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Therefore games should be considered play strategies to encourage the use of the foreign language and the development of oral communicative competences. Based on the identification of the students’ lack of oral production in English, this research was directed towards the development of oral ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 60PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE communicative competences. keywords: activities; children; development; language; learning; play; ○ ○ cache: profile-11230.pdf plain text: profile-11230.txt item: #102 of 518 id: profile-11231 author: Chala Bejarano, Pedro Antonio; Pedraza Leal, Diana Marcela title: Establishing cross-curricular links between Science and English in ninth grade date: 2003-01-01 words: 6306 flesch: 60 summary: The main question that we intended to answer through this research had to do with the kinds of tasks that could be suitable to establish cross-curricular links between science ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 76PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE and English and promote foreign language learning in ninth grade. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 69 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE 2.1 The Participants2.1 keywords: activities; colours; english; language; learning; light; materials; students; tasks; ○ ○ cache: profile-11231.pdf plain text: profile-11231.txt item: #103 of 518 id: profile-11232 author: Sarmiento Pérez, Luz Brigith; Sanabria Herrera, Adriana title: How teachers' attitudes and methodologies affect students' self-esteem as regards learning the English language. A case study with eighth graders date: 2003-01-01 words: 3975 flesch: 53 summary: “Sí un profesor le dijo a mi compañero que no fuera sapo.” 3.4 Good Atmosphere and Students’3.4 Good Atmosphere and Students’3.4 Good Atmosphere and Students’3.4 Good Atmosphere and Students’3.4 Good Atmosphere and Students’ MotivationMotivationMotivationMotivationMotivation Finally, in the last category our findings are that repetitive work and classes where pupils ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 87 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE cannot interact actively provoke their lack of attention. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 88PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE De Souza, S., & Elia, M. (1988). keywords: attitudes; english; esteem; language; los; psicológicos ○; que; self; students; teachers; ○ ○ cache: profile-11232.pdf plain text: profile-11232.txt item: #104 of 518 id: profile-11233 author: Barfield, Randall title: Reflections on the development of an EFL reading programme for middle school students of varied levels of English date: 2003-01-01 words: 2974 flesch: 63 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 92PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Palabras clavesPalabras clavesPalabras clavesPalabras clavesPalabras claves: Inglés-Enseñanza secundaria-Programas, Lectura-Enseñanza- Programas, Libros y lecturas para niños-Enseñanza secundaria-programas GETGETGETGETGET TING STTING STTING STTING STTING STARARARARARTEDTEDTEDTEDTED F irst, the main textbook needed to bedecided on. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 94PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE keywords: profileprofileprofileprofileprofile �; reading; sentence ○; students; teacher ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11233.pdf plain text: profile-11233.txt item: #105 of 518 id: profile-11234 author: Mahecha Sánchez, Rocío title: My experience teaching English to young learners and teenagers: Some reflections date: 2003-01-01 words: 1933 flesch: 64 summary: y adolescentes:Enseñanza de la lengua inglesa a niños y adolescentes:Enseñanza de la lengua inglesa a niños y adolescentes:Enseñanza de la lengua inglesa a niños y adolescentes:Enseñanza de la lengua inglesa a niños y adolescentes: Algunas refleAlgunas refleAlgunas refleAlgunas refleAlgunas refle xiones acerxiones acerxiones acerxiones acerxiones acerca de mi eca de mi eca de mi eca de mi eca de mi experienciaxperienciaxperienciaxperienciaxperiencia Rocío Mahecha SánchezRocío Mahecha SánchezRocío Mahecha SánchezRocío Mahecha SánchezRocío Mahecha Sánchez ***** I.E.D. Policarpa Salavarrieta rossymas@yahoo.com ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 97 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE That challenge meant starting from scratch. keywords: english; mahecha; ○ ○ cache: profile-11234.pdf plain text: profile-11234.txt item: #106 of 518 id: profile-11259 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: INTRODUCTION date: 2002-01-01 words: 1152 flesch: 43 summary: In order to somehow contribute to the development of our knowledge base, we include some articles concerning aspects such as the features of a communicative classroom, the factors influencing the learning of a second / foreign language, and the importance of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 8PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE approaching the individuals encountered in the preschool classroom by applying the theory of multiple intelligences. Oxford: McMillan, p. vi. w ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 7 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE experiences, to validate their expert knowledge, to keep updated, or to maintain contact with academic communities. keywords: teachers; w ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11259.pdf plain text: profile-11259.txt item: #107 of 518 id: profile-11290 author: Pineda B., Clelia title: Knowledge base for EFL/ESL educators: What does it mean? date: 2002-01-01 words: 3084 flesch: 52 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 13 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Richards and Lockhart (1997) state that teaching experience without a critical reflection is not enough to enlarge an educator’s knowledge base. profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 9 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR EFL/ESL EDUCATORS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? keywords: base; content; knowledge; language; teachers; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11290.pdf plain text: profile-11290.txt item: #108 of 518 id: profile-11309 author: Nieto, María Claudia title: The Communicative English Classroom: A Fascinating Quest date: 2002-01-01 words: 2132 flesch: 51 summary: The communicative classroom is the space where the participants (learners and teachers) seek the learning and practice of a foreign language bearing in mind real purposes that give a true dimension to Motivation The Communicative Classroom Real purposes Interaction Authentic and varied materials Competencies ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 16PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE the activities, tasks, and processes carried on in the classroom. profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 15 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE I n the present article I describe my vision of what an English classroom should be like. keywords: classroom; communicative; language; ○ ○ cache: profile-11309.pdf plain text: profile-11309.txt item: #109 of 518 id: profile-11310 author: Reyes, Juana Mahissa title: From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success date: 2002-01-01 words: 6834 flesch: 59 summary: Students’ prior knowledge is activated, so that they realize what their point ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 27 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE of departure and their goals are. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 22PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE 2. keywords: acquisition; language; learners; learning; target; ○ ○ cache: profile-11310.pdf plain text: profile-11310.txt item: #110 of 518 id: profile-11311 author: Hughes M., Terry title: MANAGING MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES FOR SPECIFIC THEMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM (PREK-GRADE 2) date: 2002-01-01 words: 1863 flesch: 53 summary: Once we have the vocabulary, we start designing the basic commands and sentence ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 33 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE structures we are going to use. profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 31 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE T keywords: intelligence•; learners; sentence ○; ○ ○ cache: profile-11311.pdf plain text: profile-11311.txt item: #111 of 518 id: profile-11313 author: Amado, Vicente title: Using Video in the English Language Clasroom date: 2002-01-01 words: 3811 flesch: 63 summary: PROFILE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 40PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Anne Anne Anne Anne Annex 1: EVx 1: EVx 1: EVx 1: EVx 1 ___ acts as a distracter ___ is essential ___ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 43 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The verbal and the visual support are redundant? keywords: language; listening; sound; students; video; viewing; ○ ○ cache: profile-11313.pdf plain text: profile-11313.txt item: #112 of 518 id: profile-11314 author: Lombana, Claudia Helena title: Some Issues for the Teaching of Writing date: 2002-01-01 words: 5021 flesch: 53 summary: SOME ISSUES FOR THE TEACHING OF WRITING Claudia Helena LombanaClaudia Helena LombanaClaudia Helena LombanaClaudia Helena LombanaClaudia Helena Lombana Foreign Languages Departement, Universidad Nacional de Colombia klauxis@hotmail.com ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 45 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The task of writing becomes even more dramatic when we have to teach it in English: we feel anxious and threatened due to little training in both, our own writing process and teaching strategies in this skill. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 47 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Referring now to pragmatic writing—which is the most common type taught and practiced at high schools and universities—this type also needs some sparks of creativity and talent, but is not as demanding as the written production for creative writing. keywords: activities; language; students; writing; ○ ○ cache: profile-11314.pdf plain text: profile-11314.txt item: #113 of 518 id: profile-11315 author: Castro, Martha title: The Magic World of Storytelling: Some Points for Reflection date: 2002-01-01 words: 1200 flesch: 59 summary: The storytelling THE MAGIC WORLD OF STORYTELLING: SOME POINTS FOR REFLECTION Martha CastrMartha CastrMartha CastrMartha CastrMartha Castrooooo San Martín de Porres School marcas0828@hotmail.com ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 53 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE tradition is one of the richest possessions of any culture and both children and adults love to hear the same story over and over again and learn to remember every detail. profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 52PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE T here are many ways to get students involved in the English learning process. keywords: children; stories; ○ ○ cache: profile-11315.pdf plain text: profile-11315.txt item: #114 of 518 id: profile-11316 author: Barreto Correa, Gloria title: Storytelling: A Path to Imagination and Creativity in the Primary English Class date: 2002-01-01 words: 1065 flesch: 54 summary: A PATH TO IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY IN THE PRIMARY ENGLISH CLASS Gloria Barreto CorreaGloria Barreto CorreaGloria Barreto CorreaGloria Barreto CorreaGloria Barreto Correa glorembar@hotmail.com ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 56PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Sample 1: Rapunzel (Used with permission) Sample 2: Rapunzel (Used with permission) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 57 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 55 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE S torytelling has been used as a means to help students of a private school improve their communicative skills. keywords: stories; ○ ○ cache: profile-11316.pdf plain text: profile-11316.txt item: #115 of 518 id: profile-11317 author: Ochoa, Dora Liliana title: Growing Self-Estemm and Discovering Intelligences through Oral Production date: 2002-01-01 words: 2314 flesch: 62 summary: I could observe a Sample of ideas prepared by one of the students before expressing her ideas to the class (Used with permission) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 62PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE class where discipline was achieved because of the respect and support they showed for each other. These reflections make us realize that to construct a community inside the classroom where students know how to value themselves as well as others, it is necessary to guide them toward their own knowledge, toward the discovery of 11th Grade students from CEDID Guillermo Cano Isaza taking part in a speaking activity ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 61 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE their own capabilities and the construction of strong beliefs of confidence and efficacy. keywords: activity ○; classroom; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11317.pdf plain text: profile-11317.txt item: #116 of 518 id: profile-11331 author: Vega, Mercedes title: Promoting Communication Through the English Day: An Experience After Studying an In-Service Course date: 2002-01-01 words: 1945 flesch: 48 summary: profile 3.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 63 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE O ne of the main concerns I shared with other English teachers while taking an in-service course at the Universidad Nacional was that of providing opportunities for students to practice the language. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 65 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The focus during the process of the activity was students’ participation so, I put into practice cooperative work principles (Kagan: 1994). keywords: day; english; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11331.pdf plain text: profile-11331.txt item: #117 of 518 id: profile-11332 author: Viáfara, John Jairo; Castañeda, Mireya Esther; González, Moravia Elizabeth title: Designing Tasks to Promote Interaction date: 2002-01-01 words: 2434 flesch: 58 summary: Finally, the following is an illustration of interactional modifications, taken from task 3: T: If I ask you if you are going on o vacation...how do you keep in touch? ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 69 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Mario: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 71 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Annex 1: Description of tasksAnnex 1: Description of tasksAnnex 1: Description of tasksAnnex 1: Description of tasksAnnex 1: Description of tasks AnneAnneAnneAnneAnnex 2: Tx 2: Tx 2: Tx 2: keywords: input; students; tasks; ○ 68profileprofileprofileprofileprofile; ○ ○ cache: profile-11332.pdf plain text: profile-11332.txt item: #118 of 518 id: profile-11333 author: Castellanos, Andrea title: Management of Children's Aggressiveness when Playing Competitive Games in the English Class date: 2002-01-01 words: 2770 flesch: 62 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 77 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ReferencesReferencesReferencesReferencesReferences Aparicio de E., B., Benavides, J., Cárdenas B., M. L., Ochoa F., J., Ospina N., C. M., and Zuluaga H., O. (1995). Non- verbal cues ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 75 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE can also be facial expressions, body postures, and hand signals. keywords: behaviour; children; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11333.pdf plain text: profile-11333.txt item: #119 of 518 id: profile-11334 author: Ariza Benavides, Emilsen title: Interacting in English Through Games date: 2001-01-01 words: 1185 flesch: 52 summary: INTERACTING IN ENGLISH TROUGH GAMES Emilsen Ariza BenavidesEmilsen Ariza BenavidesEmilsen Ariza BenavidesEmilsen Ariza BenavidesEmilsen Ariza Benavides Liceo de la Salle School ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○7 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Theoretical frameworkTheoretical frameworkTheoretical frameworkTheoretical frameworkTheoretical framework Children learn through playing. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 8PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE - The game should be controlled by rules and the teacher should teach a number of phrases to enable them to participate and maintain communication in English - Organization of games (pairs, groups, teams, some with the whole class playing against the teacher or one leader). keywords: games; ○ ○ cache: profile-11334.pdf plain text: profile-11334.txt item: #120 of 518 id: profile-11340 author: Camargo V., Nancy Idaly; Lacer, Bernice title: The Fun Approach to English Learning date: 2001-01-01 words: 1439 flesch: 56 summary: profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○9 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE This project was conducted in orderto improve oral interaction inEnglish through the practice of games that permit the development of communication. We could infer that when students worked on exercises, topics and activities, they remembered the games played and practiced ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○11 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE them. keywords: games; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11340.pdf plain text: profile-11340.txt item: #121 of 518 id: profile-11341 author: Cárdenas R., Diana; Robayo Ruiz, María Deisy title: Improving Speaking through Role Plays and Dramatization date: 2001-01-01 words: 1758 flesch: 55 summary: For instance, in our project we noticed that the students had better performances when they acted ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 14PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE out the role play “Telephone Conversation in Different Cities” than in the previous role-plays because, in this case, they were wearing clothes according to the weather, they used telephones and the classroom was decorated with posters according to the situation. profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 12PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Frequently, in our English classes, weobserve our students working on sometasks and some questions come to our minds: Are we using good procedures to teach English?. keywords: plays; role; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11341.pdf plain text: profile-11341.txt item: #122 of 518 id: profile-11342 author: Navarrete, Sonya Patricia title: Stimulating an Inquiring Attitude date: 2001-01-01 words: 2697 flesch: 56 summary: Structure to carry out experimental ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○19 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE • Introduce vocabulary: Introduce new vocabulary to work on the activity, show them materials saying the name of the object and the action they can do, ask them to repeat it. profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○15 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE This article presents the first yearexperience of teaching Sciencecombined with English in the preschool section with ages between 4 and 6 in the Gimnasio Campestre. keywords: question ○; science; students; teacher; ○ ○ cache: profile-11342.pdf plain text: profile-11342.txt item: #123 of 518 id: profile-11343 author: Colombia Ovalle, María title: Improving New Vocabulary Learning in Context date: 2001-01-01 words: 1052 flesch: 56 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 24PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Teachers must include activities in a special context as a condition of the real learning process because when the lesson is a stage to develop different contexts, learners are happier and the learning process becomes important. ResultsResultsResultsResultsResults Through observation and sources, I noticed that guided activities promote confidence in IMPROVING NEW VOCABULARY LEARNING IN CONTEXT María Colombia OvalleMaría Colombia OvalleMaría Colombia OvalleMaría Colombia OvalleMaría Colombia Ovalle ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○23 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE students and give them free opportunity to practice English. keywords: ovalle ○; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11343.pdf plain text: profile-11343.txt item: #124 of 518 id: profile-11344 author: Vanegas Rodríguez, Flor Alba title: Literacy Development in Kindergarten date: 2001-01-01 words: 1121 flesch: 52 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○27 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ResultsResultsResultsResultsResults The story-telling techniques and activities were applied according to the children’s language level. Rodríguezanegas Rodríguezanegas Rodríguezanegas Rodríguezanegas Rodríguez ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 26PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The purpose of my investigation was to enhance students’ motivation to read by getting meaning from the stories. keywords: reading; stories; ○ ○ cache: profile-11344.pdf plain text: profile-11344.txt item: #125 of 518 id: profile-11345 author: González, Sonia Helena title: Encouraging Interaction by Applying Cooperative Learning date: 2001-01-01 words: 1522 flesch: 47 summary: profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Also, I recorded the exercises of each activity to observe difficulties and advances in the oral production and handed out the questionnaires upon finishing all teambuilding and oral language activities to gauge the opinions of the students of the practices carried out. keywords: language; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11345.pdf plain text: profile-11345.txt item: #126 of 518 id: profile-11346 author: Moreno Aguilar, Magda title: Motivating Students to Learn English by Responding to their Interests and Learning Styles date: 2001-01-01 words: 1343 flesch: 43 summary: profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○31 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE I observed that students from Barranquillita public school had a great lack of motivation, low interest in learning English and they did not like to interact in English class. In general, students MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO LEARN ENGLISH BY RESPONDING TO THEIR INTERESTS AND LEARNING STYLES keywords: students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11346.pdf plain text: profile-11346.txt item: #127 of 518 id: profile-11347 author: Torres, Gustavo; Julio, Gregorio title: Improving Students' English through Problems-Solving Activities date: 2001-01-01 words: 1246 flesch: 56 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 36PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Students improved their English level in all the activities given, but especially in speaking and writing. IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroduction Reflecting on the low student participation and desiring to raise student motivation, we decided to include some problem-solving activities as a way to develop a process in teaching that would guide thoughts (Kudriatsev: 1987) and involve students in situations and activities where they would feel confident and participate by themselves evidencing interest and motivation. keywords: activities; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11347.pdf plain text: profile-11347.txt item: #128 of 518 id: profile-11348 author: Gaona G, Esperanza; Suárez, Laura Isabel; González, Hilma Cristina title: Becoming an Efficient Reader: A Proposal for a School Curriculum date: 2001-01-01 words: 2285 flesch: 49 summary: Thus, students are able to understand explicitly and non-explicitly stated information given according to their level and, simultaneously, widen their vocabulary by inferring meanings ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○39 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE and familiarizing themselves with special lexical items (Grellet: 1996). profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○37 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE R eading should be the cornerstone of a school’s curriculum in order to build up the other skills. keywords: process; reading; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11348.pdf plain text: profile-11348.txt item: #129 of 518 id: profile-11349 author: López Medina, Consuelo title: Understanding Texts in English a Challenge for Future Professionals date: 2001-01-01 words: 904 flesch: 51 summary: An interesting activity for further research could be the designing of some software to learn vocabulary as a tool to understanding texts in English and improving reading comprehension. Simple readings about different topics were provided the students in order to apply adequate reading strategies e.g looking for specific information or the general idea of a text; making predictions about the reading and so on. keywords: reading; ○ ○ cache: profile-11349.pdf plain text: profile-11349.txt item: #130 of 518 id: profile-11350 author: Barfield, Randall title: Drawing on the Familiar to Create New Listening Exercises date: 2001-01-01 words: 1831 flesch: 66 summary: Barfieldandall Barfieldandall Barfield ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○45 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE From Bugs Bunny How does Bugs greet Elmer Fudd? “Lucho” Bermúdez William Wallace ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○47 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Into which sea does the Magdalena When Laureano Gomez won the River empty? keywords: cards; listening; questions; ○ ○ cache: profile-11350.pdf plain text: profile-11350.txt item: #131 of 518 id: profile-11351 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: The Challenge of Effective Vocabulary Teaching date: 2001-01-01 words: 4537 flesch: 64 summary: As noted by Cameron (1994), we need to ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○53 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE be aware of what is known about learning and the organisation of ideas in order to best present our learners with new language and enable them to learn it. As the teacher has to decide which idioms to teach, there are some criteria that can be ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○55 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE considered when doing so: First, frequency of use –– even when no frequency lists of English idioms exist. keywords: language; learning; teaching; vocabulary; words; ○ ○ cache: profile-11351.pdf plain text: profile-11351.txt item: #132 of 518 id: profile-11352 author: Perdomo C, María Elena title: An Approach to Making Students Autonomous Readers of the English Language date: 2001-01-01 words: 1086 flesch: 50 summary: profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○57 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The purpose of this paper is to point outthe need to make students autonomousreaders through the development of thinking skills such as the ability to classify, compare, deduce, induce and synthesise and reading strategies (prediction, global understanding of a text, inferences, and deduction of meaning through vocabulary). A comprehensive reading AN APPROACH TO MAKING STUDENTS AUTONOMOUS READERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE María Elena PMaría Elena PMaría Elena PMaría Elena PMaría Elena Perererererdomo C.domo C.domo C.domo C.domo C. Foreign Languages Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 58PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE exercise can itself generate the development of these skills, and if they exist already, it helps improve the growth of the autonomous reader. keywords: language; strategies; ○ ○ cache: profile-11352.pdf plain text: profile-11352.txt item: #133 of 518 id: profile-11353 author: Rodríguez, Elizabeth title: A Conversation with Mike Breen date: 2001-01-01 words: 9552 flesch: 75 summary: thinkI thinkI think ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○67 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE meaning or being better communicators, but I might be, I might be. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○61 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE teacher be the only person who has an opinion on this problem ? keywords: h e; s e; t e; t h; ○ ○ cache: profile-11353.pdf plain text: profile-11353.txt item: #134 of 518 id: profile-11354 author: Rojas B, Leyla María title: Teaching Reading in Large Classes date: 2001-01-01 words: 4011 flesch: 61 summary: They consider that most teachers feel that there are certain things, which they ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The reader should take into account that the research project formerly mentioned two important general principles (being realistic and giving more responsibility to the learners) and that suggestions for the five specific principles ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○77 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE of action to cope with the problem were analysed and evaluated. keywords: class; group; reading; teaching; ○ ○ cache: profile-11354.pdf plain text: profile-11354.txt item: #135 of 518 id: profile-11355 author: Delgado de Valencia, Sonia title: A Guide Text or Many Texts? "That is the Question” date: 2001-01-01 words: 2516 flesch: 47 summary: If we as teachers were conscious that human beings do not all think the same way, due to the different development of their minds, when preparing our syllabuses we should take care of bringing to the classroom activities that facilitate the kids’ learning and which correspond better to their learning styles, other ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 82PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE than mathematical or linguistic, which have been prevalent in our educational system for decades. profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 78PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE The use of supplementary materials inthe classroom has always been anessential part of the teaching and learning process. keywords: learners; learning; materials; teachers; ○ ○ cache: profile-11355.pdf plain text: profile-11355.txt item: #136 of 518 id: profile-11356 author: Vargas B., Nohra; Abouchaar V., Alberto title: Project Work as the Central Part of the Curriculum date: 2001-01-01 words: 1958 flesch: 54 summary: The allocation of more hours of foreign language ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 86PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE education with the view that students and teachers have more interaction with the foreign language. In the field of foreign language teaching, this notion of competency is based on the PROJECT WORK AS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CURRICULUM Nohra VNohra VNohra VNohra VNohra Vararararargas B. and Alberto Abouchaar Vgas B. and Alberto Abouchaar Vgas B. and Alberto Abouchaar Vgas B. and Alberto Abouchaar Vgas B. and Alberto Abouchaar V..... Foreign Languages Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 84PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE communicative use of the language, i.e. using the language for social interaction, to perform different tasks, to survive in the context of the foreign language. keywords: language; project; school; work; ○ ○ cache: profile-11356.pdf plain text: profile-11356.txt item: #137 of 518 id: profile-11357 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS date: 2001-01-01 words: 167 flesch: 51 summary: profile 2.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○5 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am pleased to share with you this second number of the PROFILE Journal. As in the previous number, I wish to express sincere thanks to the school teachers and my colleagues at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for their enthusiastic work throughout the Teachers’ Professional Development Programme (TPDP). keywords: ○ ○ cache: profile-11357.pdf plain text: profile-11357.txt item: #138 of 518 id: profile-11358 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: INTRODUCTION date: 2000-01-01 words: 838 flesch: 49 summary: Due to the integration of action research into the TPD Programmes, we have observed several gains: collaborative work, validity and reliability of findings as a result of the examination of phenomena from different perspectives, the sharing of teachers’ findings, and changes in beliefs about the role of the ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○7 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE teacher as a researcher, among others. For those reasons, and in order to help teachers strengthen their professional knowledge, the programmes offered to English teachers in the Foreign Languages Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia since 1995 have included three main components: language development, methodological updating and classroom research. keywords: teachers; ○ ○ cache: profile-11358.pdf plain text: profile-11358.txt item: #139 of 518 id: profile-11405 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Helping Students Develop Listening Comprehension date: 2000-01-01 words: 3994 flesch: 57 summary: What should be borne ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 16PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE in mind is that we should give students tasks in which we do not deduct points for errors of grammar or spelling, provided that it is clear that the correct response is intended. (From Cárdenas: 1999) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 12PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Criteria for choosing and grading listeningCriteria for choosing and grading listeningCriteria for choosing and grading listeningCriteria for choosing and grading listeningCriteria for choosing and grading listening materials and tasksmaterials and tasksmaterials and tasksmaterials and tasksmaterials and tasks Very often we argue we cannot integrate listening practice in class because of various constraints (e.g. limited resources, physical conditions of the workplace, students’ limited knowledge of English). keywords: animals; language; listening; materials; profileprofileprofileprofileprofile ○; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11405.pdf plain text: profile-11405.txt item: #140 of 518 id: profile-11408 author: Rodríguez R., Elizabeth title: Communicative Grammar: Analysis of the Words “How Ever" In the Lob Corpus date: 2000-01-01 words: 3742 flesch: 64 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○19 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE of information and looking for more examples of “however many” as well as for an explanation of its implication, it was found that “however many” only occurs in two examples considering all the categories available. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○23 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE 2.3.32.3.32.3.32.3.32.3.3 Hd-e Hd-e Hd-e Hd-e Hd-e is much more frequent when it precedes adjectives than when it precedes adverbs. keywords: word; ○ ○ cache: profile-11408.pdf plain text: profile-11408.txt item: #141 of 518 id: profile-11415 author: Martínez D., Gladys title: El Desarrollo de Competencias: ¿La Nueva Opción para un Aprendizaje Efectivo y Afectivo del Inglés? date: 2000-01-01 words: 2479 flesch: 40 summary: Si el docente quiere contribuir al avance de la competencia estratégica de sus estudiantes, identifica las que ellos manejan o las que tienden a aplicar y trabaja unas adicionales para que avancen en el desarrollo de la proficiencia en inglés. Para desarrollar estas habilidades se requiere de la competencia pragmática. keywords: aprendizaje; como; competencia; del; estudiantes; inglés; las; lengua; los; para; por; que; un ○; una; ○ ○ cache: profile-11415.pdf plain text: profile-11415.txt item: #142 of 518 id: profile-11416 author: Casallas Mutis, Nidia; Londoño Ordóñez, Martha Rocío title: Using Play Activities and Audio-Visual Aids to Develop Speaking Skills date: 2000-01-01 words: 1299 flesch: 61 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○33 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE They have been interested in the classes because of the play activities and visual aids. Classroom activities must give students opportunities for free expression. keywords: activities; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11416.pdf plain text: profile-11416.txt item: #143 of 518 id: profile-11417 author: Díaz, Edith; Rodríguez, Claudia; Triana, Lucía title: Encouraging Soeaking Through the Use of Storytelling date: 2000-01-01 words: 1793 flesch: 55 summary: profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 34PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ENCOURAGING SPEAKING THROUGH THE USE OF STORYTELLING Edith Díaz, Claudia RodríguezEdith Díaz, Claudia RodríguezEdith Díaz, Claudia RodríguezEdith Díaz, Claudia RodríguezEdith Díaz, Claudia Rodríguez and Lucía Tand Lucía Tand Lucía Tand Lucía Tand Lucía Trianarianarianarianariana While students were involved inEnglish classes throughout lastyear (1998), it was noticed that all of them recognised isolated vocabulary, but were not able to apply it in oral or written sentences. Repetition also encourages participation in the narrative, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○37 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE thereby providing a type of pattern practice in a meaningful context. keywords: stories; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11417.pdf plain text: profile-11417.txt item: #144 of 518 id: profile-11419 author: Correales, Rocío; Mendivelso, Olga; Santacruz, Flor title: Reading Comprehension: A Viable Challenge for Public School Students date: 2000-01-01 words: 1366 flesch: 52 summary: Students’ reactions to the workshops (Retrospection) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○41 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE DiscussionDiscussionDiscussionDiscussionDiscussion The results of the analysis of the different information collected showed similar relevant aspects that allowed both students and researchers to establish a starting-point for developing this project over an extended period in order to obtain more concrete results. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 40PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE Figure 1. keywords: english; reading; ○ ○ cache: profile-11419.pdf plain text: profile-11419.txt item: #145 of 518 id: profile-11420 author: Forero Tovar, Luz Marina title: Group Work as a Means of Getting Students to Participate date: 2000-01-01 words: 1385 flesch: 54 summary: Video- recordings were used as a supplementary ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 44PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE procedure. profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 42PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE GROUP WORK AS A MEANS OF GETTING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE Luz Marina FLuz Marina FLuz Marina FLuz Marina FLuz Marina Forerorerorerorerorero keywords: activities; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11420.pdf plain text: profile-11420.txt item: #146 of 518 id: profile-11421 author: Gómez, Sandra M. title: Homework in the Learning Process date: 2000-01-01 words: 1367 flesch: 61 summary: The third step is related to the kind of homework students like to do. Likewise, they show ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 46PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE an affinity for current themes like music, cinema or singers’ biographies. keywords: homework; ○ ○ cache: profile-11421.pdf plain text: profile-11421.txt item: #147 of 518 id: profile-11423 author: Ortega Sarmiento, Luis Ernesto; Rodríguez Nieto, Víctor Adrián title: Improvement of Writing Proficiency through Creation of Homogeneous Groups in the Classroom date: 2000-01-01 words: 1538 flesch: 53 summary: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○51 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE ConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsConclusions Through this article we have mentioned the main role of the student as the centre of the research. We also used free writing techniques by using models such as large pictures, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 50PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE gestures, headlines and reading, giving the students the possibility to express their ideas freely. keywords: students; writing; ○ ○ cache: profile-11423.pdf plain text: profile-11423.txt item: #148 of 518 id: profile-11424 author: Rincón Argüello, Martha Liliana title: Kinds of Materialas to Use as Homework date: 2000-01-01 words: 1336 flesch: 53 summary: profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 52PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE KINDS OF MATERIALS TO USE AS HOMEWORK Martha Liliana Rincón ArgüelloMartha Liliana Rincón ArgüelloMartha Liliana Rincón ArgüelloMartha Liliana Rincón ArgüelloMartha Liliana Rincón Argüello As our environment is basicallymonolingual, there is an absenceof an adequate linguistic context, except for some music in English, cable TV or internet. Meanwhile investigations like Bread and Candlin’s (1987) help teachers to choose homework materials based on aspects like the aim of the material content, skills development, learners’ needs and interests and materials level according to the students knowledge. keywords: homework; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11424.pdf plain text: profile-11424.txt item: #149 of 518 id: profile-11425 author: Rodríguez, Aura Stella; Niño, Rosa; Rojas, Carmen title: Increasing Students' Motivation by Using Computers date: 2000-01-01 words: 1221 flesch: 61 summary: They liked to work in small groups and this arrangement ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○57 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE is another kind of learning because students can share their knowledge and experiences. profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○55 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE INCREASING STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION keywords: computer; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11425.pdf plain text: profile-11425.txt item: #150 of 518 id: profile-11426 author: Santoyo, Brigitte; Morales G., Lilia E. title: Reading: A Motivating and Interactive Process date: 2000-01-01 words: 1035 flesch: 50 summary: profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○59 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE READING: A MOTIVATING AND INTERACTIVE PROCESS Brigitte Santoyo and Lilia E. Morales G.Brigitte Santoyo and Lilia E. Morales G.Brigitte Santoyo and Lilia E. Morales G.Brigitte Santoyo and Lilia E. Morales G.Brigitte Santoyo and Lilia E. Morales G. T his research was primarilyintended for those who areprofessionally concerned with the teaching of a foreign language, and especially for those who consider reading to be one of the most important sources for developing comprehension and production processes. They had three periods of English a week and their training in reading comprehension was poor. keywords: reading; ○ ○ cache: profile-11426.pdf plain text: profile-11426.txt item: #151 of 518 id: profile-11428 author: Cuervo Ballén, Víctor Manuel; Reyes, Oscar Orlando; Torres Díaz, Sandra Patricia; Urrea de Garcés, Lucila title: Playing and Teaching English to Adults date: 2000-01-01 words: 1357 flesch: 63 summary: Results suggested that changing parameters such as speaking in English most of the time and including dynamic activities such as games could help adult students feel better about speaking. Further research is needed to describe how to improve pronunciation and writing in adult students. keywords: english; students; ○ ○ cache: profile-11428.pdf plain text: profile-11428.txt item: #152 of 518 id: profile-11429 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: TITLES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS date: 2000-01-01 words: 1110 flesch: 57 summary: Rocío Mahecha Sánchez and Rocío Hernández Farfán ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○67 PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE PrPrPrPrProfessional Development Professional Development Professional Development Professional Development Professional Development Programme for the Togramme for the Togramme for the Togramme for the Togramme for the Teaching of Englisheaching of Englisheaching of Englisheaching of Englisheaching of English as a Fas a Fas a Fas a Fas a Foreign Loreign Loreign Loreign Loreign Language in Primaranguage in Primaranguage in Primaranguage in Primaranguage in Primary and Secondary and Secondary and Secondary and Secondary and Secondary Schoolsy Schoolsy Schoolsy Schoolsy Schools (September 1996 to September 1997)(September 1996 to September 1997)(September 1996 to September 1997)(September 1996 to September 1997)(September 1996 to September 1997) TITLES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS TTTTTeaching English in primareaching English in primareaching English in primareaching English in primareaching English in primary schools:y schools:y schools:y schools:y schools: 1. profile 1.p65 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 64PROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILEPROFILE TITLES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS The research reports corresponding to the titles we list in the following pages can be consulted in the Foreign Languages Department at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. keywords: english; listening; schools; ○ ○ cache: profile-11429.pdf plain text: profile-11429.txt item: #153 of 518 id: profile-11437 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2009-07-01 words: 1971 flesch: 44 summary: Sandra Higareda, Georgina López and Gerrard Mugford, from Mexico examine how new generations of language teachers in that country are using 7PROFILE Vol. 11, No. 2, 2009. This issue includes eleven papers concerning English language teaching (elt), language policies, and teacher education. keywords: colombia; english; language; learning; research; teachers; teaching cache: profile-11437.pdf plain text: profile-11437.txt item: #154 of 518 id: profile-11438 author: Peña, Mireya; Onatra, Amparo title: Promoting Oral Production through the Task-Based Learning Approach: A Study in a Public Secondary School in Colombia date: 2009-07-01 words: 6626 flesch: 62 summary: According to Byrne (1991), oral tasks involve the productive skill of speaking and the receptive skill of understanding. During the first months of our investigation, the students participated in oral activities talking about themselves, as reported in the research method sec- tion. keywords: activities; approach; colombia; language; learners; learning; oral; research; skills; speaking; students; task cache: profile-11438.pdf plain text: profile-11438.txt item: #155 of 518 id: profile-11440 author: Zuluaga Corrales, Carmen Tulia; López Pinzón, Margarita María; Quintero Corzo, Josefina title: Integrating the Coffee Culture with the Teaching of English date: 2009-07-01 words: 7042 flesch: 54 summary: Achievements of both preservice teachers and rural school students Preservice teachers Rural school students Acquired knowledge about the culture of the region (customs, economy, geography, history, health, agriculture, technology, etc.). The purpose of the work was to sensitize the academic community about the importance of rescuing the cultural identity of rural school students. keywords: coffee; colombia; cultural; culture; english; language; learning; preservice; process; region; research; school; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-11440.pdf plain text: profile-11440.txt item: #156 of 518 id: profile-11441 author: Higareda, Sandra; López, Georgina; Mugford, Gerrard title: ¿Duermes mucho Tony? Interpersonal and Transactional Uses of L1 in the Foreign-Language Classroom date: 2009-07-01 words: 5919 flesch: 57 summary: This paper contributes to this ongoing debate by examining how new generations of language teachers in Mexico are using the students’ mother tongue, Spanish, not only as a pedagogical tool but to develop and reinforce interpersonal relationships in the language classroom in order to enhance the learning of English. This fact may have had a negative impact on the number of instances of interpersonal language use in Spanish given that the PAL teachers were aware that their classes should be taught in English. keywords: classroom; efl; english; language; spanish; students; teachers; teaching; transactional; use cache: profile-11441.pdf plain text: profile-11441.txt item: #157 of 518 id: profile-11442 author: López Mendoza, Alexis A.; Bernal Arandia, Ricardo title: Language Testing in Colombia: A Call for More Teacher Education and Teacher Training in Language Assessment date: 2009-07-01 words: 7762 flesch: 56 summary: We found that there seems to be a correlation between language assessment training and perceptions about language assessment. In this article, we present the results of a study that examines teachers’ perceptions about language assessment and the way they use language assessments in their classroom. keywords: assessment; colombia; information; language; language assessment; learning; process; students; teachers; teaching; testing; tests; training cache: profile-11442.pdf plain text: profile-11442.txt item: #158 of 518 id: profile-11443 author: Muñoz Marín, Jorge Hugo title: Exploring Teachers’ Practices for Assessing Reading Comprehension Abilities in English as a Foreign Language date: 2009-07-01 words: 7054 flesch: 49 summary: Grabe & Stoller (2002) state how the major goal of foreign language reading assessment should be to introduce assessment practices that incor- porate the following: fluency and reading speed, automaticity and rapid word recognition, search processes, vocabulary knowledge, morphological knowledge, syntactic knowledge, text structure awareness and discourse organization, main ideas comprehension, recall of relevant details, infer- ences about text information, strategic process- ing abilities, summarization, synthesis skills and evaluation and lastly, critical reading. This is why Heaton (1998) remarks on the need for greater awareness of the actual process involved in foreign language reading comprehension, so that it is possible to produce appropriate exercises and test materials to assist in the mastery of text comprehension. keywords: assessment; comprehension; instruments; language; practices; program; reading; reading comprehension; students; teachers; universidad cache: profile-11443.pdf plain text: profile-11443.txt item: #159 of 518 id: profile-11444 author: Ariza Ariza, Aleida; Viáfara González, John Jairo title: Interweaving Autonomous Learning and Peer-tutoring in Coaching EFL Student-Teachers date: 2009-07-01 words: 9150 flesch: 53 summary: It is well-known, from theoretical sources in this area that peer tutors do not have to know it all since they are still consolidating their knowl- edge. Key words: Peer tutoring, university tutoring, autonomous learning, independent work En este artículo compartimos hallazgos relacionados con la preparación profesional y las prácticas autónomas de estudiantes de inglés en un programa de licenciatura. keywords: ariza; autonomy; colombia; english; language; learning; model; peer; research; students; teachers; tutees; tutorial; tutoring; tutors; universidad cache: profile-11444.pdf plain text: profile-11444.txt item: #160 of 518 id: profile-11445 author: Ávila Daza, Nelly Patricia; Garavito, Sandra Janneth title: Parental Involvement in English Homework Tasks: Bridging the Gap between School and Home date: 2009-07-01 words: 5144 flesch: 62 summary: Parent involvement: The relationship between school-to-home communication and parents’ perceptions and beliefs. Effects on student achievement of teachers’ practices of parent involvement. keywords: children; english; homework; involvement; learning; parents; research; school; students; tasks cache: profile-11445.pdf plain text: profile-11445.txt item: #161 of 518 id: profile-11446 author: Medina Riveros, Rosa Alejandra title: Interaction in Online Tutoring Sessions: An Opportunity to Knit English Language Learning in a Blended Program date: 2009-07-01 words: 8763 flesch: 55 summary: This definition provides some essential elements to build up a concept of tutoring such as working, teaching, student and a vague reference to a certain special help required by the student or a group of students. EFL teachers, tutors (pre-service teachers from the last semesters of the Philology and Languages-English Program) and undergraduate students of the different majors of the university were the main participants in the semi-virtual courses. keywords: alex; colombia; course; interaction; language; learning; online; ots; process; sessions; social; students; tutor; tutoring; tutoring sessions; virtual cache: profile-11446.pdf plain text: profile-11446.txt item: #162 of 518 id: profile-11447 author: Guerrero Nieto, Carmen Helena; Quintero Polo, Álvaro Hernán title: English as a Neutral Language in the Colombian National Standards: A Constituent of Dominance in English Language Education date: 2009-07-01 words: 8985 flesch: 54 summary: Neutrality of English language emerged as an issue that we were motivated to discuss while defining our main concern in a new study. Literacy practices, texts, and talk around texts: English language teaching developments in Colombia. keywords: colombia; descriptors; discourse; education; english; estándares; language; neutral; neutrality; practices; quintero; standards; students; teachers; teaching; use; way; world; writing cache: profile-11447.pdf plain text: profile-11447.txt item: #163 of 518 id: profile-11448 author: Álvarez Valencia, José Aldemar; Bonilla Medina, Ximena title: Addressing Culture in the efl Classroom: A Dialogic Proposal date: 2009-07-01 words: 10614 flesch: 50 summary: Language culture and teaching: Critical perspectives for a new century. In the second stage students were more concentrated on the features of culture that could be observed in communicative interactions in different cultures and the way these interactions could be compared. keywords: approach; awareness; colombia; competence; culture; development; experience; intercultural; language; learning; new; people; students; teaching; understanding; universidad; university cache: profile-11448.pdf plain text: profile-11448.txt item: #164 of 518 id: profile-11451 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Contents date: 2009-07-01 words: 1509 flesch: -10 summary: Number 2 PROFILE Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development Vol. 11, No. 2, October 2009 ISSN 1657-0790 Facultad de Ciencias Humanas Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras Grupo de Investigación profile © Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá Director-Editor Melba Libia Cárdenas Beltrán Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Editorial Committee María Eugenia López Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Alex Poole Western Kentucky University, usa Ana María Ferreira Barcelos Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil Ruth Marcela del Campo Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Assistant to the Editor Xatlí Zuleta Garzón Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Proofreaders Randall Barfield Liam Turnbull Jeff Althouse Administrative Services Assistants Ruth Elena Cuasialpud Canchala Christian Leonardo López LeÓn Rosa Isabel González Moreno Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Centro Editorial Facultad de Ciencias Humanas www.humanas.unal.edu.co Ciudad Universitaria, ed. A.A. 14490 E-mail: canjednb_nal@unal.edu.co Distribución y venta Scientific Committee Marina Bondi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Simon Borg, University of Leeds, uk Anne Burns, Macquarie University, Australia Jill Burton, University of South Australia, Australia Carmen Cáceda Córdova, utsa, University of Texas at San Antonio, usa Rosalba Cárdenas, Universidad del Valle, Colombia Amparo Clavijo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia Gabriel Díaz Maggioli, Ministerio de Educación, Uruguay John Elliot, University of East Anglia, uk Deepti Gupta, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Ann M. Johns, San Diego State University, usa Andy Kirkpatrick, University of Hong Kong, Institute of Education, China Daniel Madrid, Universidad de Granada, Spain Robin McTaggart, James Cook University, Australia Édgar Mendoza López, Universidad ean, Colombia Raúl Alberto Mora Vélez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, usa Gerrard Mugford, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico María Claudia Nieto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Susan E. Noffke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, usa Franca Poppi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Álvaro Quintero Polo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia Isobel Rainey de Díaz, Trinity College London, England Juana Mahissa Reyes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona, usa Richard Smith, University of Warwick, uk Esperanza Vera, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Colombia Flávia Vieira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Editorial Review Board Jesús Alirio Bastidas, Universidad de Nariño, Colombia Cristina Frodden, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia Sue Garton, Aston University, uk Adriana González M., Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia Nilton Hitotuzi, Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil John M. Keller, Florida State University, usa Terence Lamb, University of Sheffield, England Martha Lengeling, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico Claudia Lucía Ordóñez Ordóñez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá José Luis Ortega Martin, Universidad de Granada, Spain Clelia Pineda Báez, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia José Villalobos, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida-Venezuela María Helena Vieira A., Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil John Jairo Viáfara, uptc- Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Danuta Wisniewska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland prOFILE, a refereed journal, encourages the dissemination of classroom research projects and innovations by teachers of English, and is published twice a year (in April and October). keywords: bogotá; caldas; colombia; francisco; josé; lópez; nacional; universidad; universidad nacional; university cache: profile-11451.pdf plain text: profile-11451.txt item: #165 of 518 id: profile-13829 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2010-01-01 words: 1871 flesch: 42 summary: The article by Wilder Yesid Escobar Alméciga and July Carolina Gómez Lobatón addresses an issue of particular interest for English language teachers: identity, language and thought of the Nasa people in bilingual contexts of Colombia. We wish to preserve a space for teacher researchers to make their work more visible and, following Rainey’s remark, to encourage them to address topics which can make an even greater contribution to the larger tapestry of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) knowledge. keywords: colombia; english; language; research; teachers cache: profile-13829.pdf plain text: profile-13829.txt item: #166 of 518 id: profile-13831 author: Urrutia León, William; Vega Cely, Esperanza title: Encouraging Teenagers to Improve Speaking Skills through Games in a Colombian Public School date: 2010-01-01 words: 9093 flesch: 63 summary: From this point of view, the project we described here was an action research project because it consisted of the implementation of activities focused on oral games for promoting the development of students’ speaking skills. Students, in many cases, have to communicate in full sentences, give new ideas and argue at the same length. keywords: class; colombia; english; games; language; oral; project; school; skills; speaking; story; students; teacher; way cache: profile-13831.pdf plain text: profile-13831.txt item: #167 of 518 id: profile-13832 author: Akcan, Sumru title: Watching Teacher Candidates Watch Themselves: Reflections on a Practicum Program in Turkey date: 2010-01-01 words: 6270 flesch: 55 summary: It can help student teachers to see the dynamics of classroom interaction and allow teacher candidates to replay events that are not noticed on first viewing. Palabras clave: profesores de inglés no nativos en formación, práctica docente, enseñanza reflexiva, sesiones de reflexión basadas en videos * E-mail: akcans@boun.edu.tr This article was received on August 1, 2009 and accepted on November 7, 2009. 34 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras Akcan Introduction Reflection on one’s teaching should be encour- aged from the beginning of the “learning to teach” process in order to help teacher candidates to become reflective practitioners. keywords: candidates; education; lesson; reflection; students; supervisor; teacher; teacher candidates; teaching; video; watching cache: profile-13832.pdf plain text: profile-13832.txt item: #168 of 518 id: profile-13833 author: Herazo Rivera, José David title: Authentic Oral Interaction in the EFL Class: What It Means, What It Does not date: 2010-01-01 words: 8108 flesch: 59 summary: The usual learning conditions within these classrooms imply a scarcity of technological, bibliographical, and material resources; they also imply large classes and teacher-centered instruction, where the primary source of oral language is the teacher him/herself. However, what constitutes authentic oral interaction is sometimes not clearly understood and some of the activities that take place in the classroom seem unlikely to generate meaningful opportunities for the development of oral interaction. keywords: communication; efl; exchange; interaction; language; learning; oral; second; student; talk; teacher; turn; van cache: profile-13833.pdf plain text: profile-13833.txt item: #169 of 518 id: profile-13834 author: López, Cecilio title: Moral Responsibility and Confidence as Factors that Influence Teacher Involvement in Educational Change date: 2010-01-01 words: 9491 flesch: 57 summary: New teachers also want to use up-to-date technology, however, at this point in time, the video room had been closed, which is a paradox between ideal situations and facts. The view expressed in Extract 005 relates not only to new teachers, but to every single teacher who is committed, regardless of the number of years spent working for the institution. keywords: change; confidence; education; institution; moral; need; new; plan; responsibility; roles; school; students; study; teachers; time; work cache: profile-13834.pdf plain text: profile-13834.txt item: #170 of 518 id: profile-13835 author: Correa, Doris title: Developing Academic Literacy and Voice: Challenges Faced by A Mature esl Student and Her Instructors date: 2010-01-01 words: 9335 flesch: 57 summary: Student writing: Access, regulation, desire. Key words: ESL writing, academic writing, academic voice, disciplinary writing Con base en teorías críticas, socioculturales y sociolingüísticas sobre escritura académica, texto y voz, este estudio etnográfico explora los retos que enfrentan una estudiante hablante de inglés como segunda lengua y sus profesores de un curso de Medios de Comunicación en Lengua Española al construir conjuntamente los conceptos de literacias académicas y de voz en un curso de pregrado en estudios generales ofrecido por una universidad en Massachusetts. keywords: class; community; course; feedback; instructors; julia; language; marina; students; texts; voice; ways; writing cache: profile-13835.pdf plain text: profile-13835.txt item: #171 of 518 id: profile-13855 author: Porras González, Nohora Inés title: Teaching English through Stories: A Meaningful and Fun Way for Children to Learn the Language date: 2010-01-01 words: 6632 flesch: 56 summary: The study was part of the research project of a group of student teachers who will become ele- mentary school teachers with a specialization in teaching English to young children. In order to make this situation a little better for a specific public school and its community, a group of student teachers at Universidad Coo- perativa de Colombia decided to implement a pedagogical proposal for teaching English in the first, second and third grades. keywords: children; language; learning; process; reading; stories; story; student; teachers; teaching cache: profile-13855.pdf plain text: profile-13855.txt item: #172 of 518 id: profile-13980 author: Echeverri Acosta, Luz Marina; McNulty Ferri, Maria title: Reading Strategies to Develop Higher Thinking Skills for Reading Comprehension date: 2010-01-01 words: 8705 flesch: 55 summary: A class discussion was used to activate students’ background knowledge, and story pictures for student prediction. Student predictions about ‘The Story of Jeans’ If used Usefulness Students keywords: comprehension; english; group; grp; knowledge; questions; reading; skills; strategies; students; thinking cache: profile-13980.pdf plain text: profile-13980.txt item: #173 of 518 id: profile-13988 author: Escobar Alméciga, Wilder Yesid; Gómez Lobatón, July Carolina title: Silenced Fighters: Identity, Language and Thought of the Nasa People in Bilingual Contexts of Colombia date: 2010-01-01 words: 9211 flesch: 54 summary: Pardo (2007) also touches on the subject and reminds us that there are sixty-five indigenous languages, two Creole languages, English and other languages of diverse origins spoken in Colombia and the speakers of these languages have been forced, in many ways, to assimilate Spanish. The chronicles that Sindy and Adonias Perdomo shared are directly or indirectly related to language and its relationships to other languages. keywords: adonias; bilingual; colombia; community; cultural; education; english; identity; language; learning; nasa; nasayuwe; people; perdomo; sindy; spanish; students; teachers cache: profile-13988.pdf plain text: profile-13988.txt item: #174 of 518 id: profile-13994 author: Pérez Niño, Daniel Fernando title: The Role of Music in Young Learners’ Oral Production in English date: 2010-01-01 words: 8922 flesch: 65 summary: Do you think that music classes are useful in the extension courses? Do you consider that children get more involved in music activities than other kind of activities? keywords: activities; children; class; colombia; english; language; learners; learning; music; oral; production; students; teacher cache: profile-13994.pdf plain text: profile-13994.txt item: #175 of 518 id: profile-13995 author: León Chica, César Julio; D’Costa Martínez, Catalina; Franco Jácome, Gisela title: Designing Proficiency Tests to Accredit Previous Knowledge in American and British Literature in a Bilingual Education Program date: 2010-01-01 words: 9108 flesch: 59 summary: After selecting a focus population, an interview was designed by the research team to ask the target population their opinions, beliefs and experiences with previous proficiency tests (See Appendix 2). Due to the lack of model literature tests that covered most of the aspects students wanted to be evaluated, we had to spend more time in designing them. keywords: american; british; colombia; education; knowledge; literature; participants; proficiency; questions; research; students; tests; time; university cache: profile-13995.pdf plain text: profile-13995.txt item: #176 of 518 id: profile-13996 author: Cuesta, Liliana title: The Design and Development of Online Course Materials: Some Features and Recommendations date: 2010-01-01 words: 9487 flesch: 50 summary: Pages 181-201 The Design and Development of Online Course Materials: Some Features and Recommendations El diseño y desarrollo de materiales para cursos en línea: algunos rasgos y recomendaciones Liliana Cuesta* Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia This article discusses various features in the design and implementation of online course materials. These categories could also assist teachers in devising fundamental guidelines throughout the analysis, design, devel- opment, implementation and evaluation stages of designing online course materials. keywords: colombia; content; course; design; designers; development; environments; implementation; information; learners; learning; materials; need; process; project; stage; students; technology; universidad; use cache: profile-13996.pdf plain text: profile-13996.txt item: #177 of 518 id: profile-17630 author: Quiroga Carrillo, Claudia title: Promoting Tenth Graders’ Reading Comprehension of Academic Texts in the English Class date: 2010-07-01 words: 8872 flesch: 66 summary: This shows that they were willing to face the challenges reading texts posed despite the difficulties they might have had with a lack of vocabulary. The teach er will ask students general information and the students participate randomly. keywords: colombia; comprehension; ear; english; figure; information; lesson; order; reading; reading comprehension; strategies; students; teach; text cache: profile-17630.pdf plain text: profile-17630.txt item: #178 of 518 id: profile-17632 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2010-07-01 words: 2358 flesch: 49 summary: It is important for university professors, pre-service teach ers, and school teach ers in Colombia to share their research, contribute towards local knowledge, learn from each other, and value our work. She re ports that, based on the analysis of high school students’ needs as well as on the in- terest of the school, the group of teach ers participating in the collaborative endeavour monitored what happened when students took part in the development of a series of lessons around academic texts and which made provision for students to use a series of reading strategies. keywords: colombia; english; ers; language; research; teach cache: profile-17632.pdf plain text: profile-17632.txt item: #179 of 518 id: profile-17669 author: Guerrero, Carmen Helena title: The Portrayal of EFL Teachers in Official Discourse: The Perpetuation of Disdain date: 2010-07-01 words: 10137 flesch: 56 summary: Teach ers are valued only because of their lan- guage skills in English, so it is not surprising that the very essence of teach ers is undervalued. Three main images were found: teach ers are invisible; teach ers as clerks; and teach ers as technicians/marketers. keywords: analysis; colombia; del; development; discourse; education; efl; english; ers; estándares; inglés; knowledge; language; lenguas; los; men; nacional; que; standards; students; teach; teach ers; teaching cache: profile-17669.pdf plain text: profile-17669.txt item: #180 of 518 id: profile-17671 author: Karbalaei, Alireza title: Iranian EFL and Indian ESL College Students’ Beliefs about Reading Strategies in L2 date: 2010-07-01 words: 9062 flesch: 56 summary: Discovering the best methods and techniques or processes the learners choose to ac- cess is the goal of research in reading strategies. Since reading comprehension has been distinc- tively important both in first and second/foreign languages, reading strategies are of great interest in the field of reading research. keywords: awareness; comprehension; efl; english; esl; iranian; language; learning; reading; reading strategies; research; strategies; strategy; students; study; text; use cache: profile-17671.pdf plain text: profile-17671.txt item: #181 of 518 id: profile-17672 author: Muñoz Marín, Jorge Hugo; González Moncada, Adriana title: Teaching Reading Comprehension in English in a Distance Web-Based Course: New Roles for Teachers date: 2010-07-01 words: 10242 flesch: 61 summary: Data analysis suggests that teach ers play new roles solving technical problems, providing immediate feedback, interacting with students in a non traditional way, providing time management advice, and acting as a constant motivator. The implementation of web resources has pro- vided answers to the criticisms aimed at distance learning, mainly the lack of interaction between teach er and students. keywords: colombia; comprehension; course; distance; english; ers; knowledge; language; learning; reading; roles; students; study; teach; teaching; use; web cache: profile-17672.pdf plain text: profile-17672.txt item: #182 of 518 id: profile-17682 author: Insuasty, Edgar Alirio; Zambrano Castillo, Liliana Cecilia title: Exploring Reflective Teaching through Informed Journal Keeping and Blog Group Discussion in the Teaching Practicum date: 2010-07-01 words: 9997 flesch: 57 summary: After having been pro- vided with insights into reflective teach ing and reflective journal keeping, student teach ers wrote journal entries about their practicum experiences. Pages 87-105 93 Exploring Reflective Teaching through Informed Journal Keeping... and practical gains student teach ers experienced throughout the two cycles is presented here by tracing the initial assumptions student teach ers had about reflective teach ing, documenting the ongoing development of their reflectivity and presenting their informed notions of reflective teach ing. keywords: action; development; ers; ing; journal; keeping; learning; practice; practicum; process; reflection; student; teach; teach ers; teach ing cache: profile-17682.pdf plain text: profile-17682.txt item: #183 of 518 id: profile-17683 author: Khonamri, Fatemeh; Salimi, Mahin title: The Impact of a Teacher Development Program for Strategic Reading on EFL Teachers’ Instructional Practice date: 2010-07-01 words: 5552 flesch: 69 summary: Pages 107-116 109 The Impact of a Teacher Development Program Program for Strategic Reading... In this study both explicit and implicit instruc- tions of read ing strategies were the focus of the investigation. Thus the purpose of the present study was to explore the relation between teachers’ read ing classroom practices and professional de- velopment regarding read ing strategies. keywords: comprehension; ers; ing; read; read ing; strategies; students; study; teach cache: profile-17683.pdf plain text: profile-17683.txt item: #184 of 518 id: profile-17684 author: Becerra, Luz María; McNulty, Maria title: Significant Learning Experiences for English Foreign Language Students date: 2010-07-01 words: 8972 flesch: 55 summary: Students re-read the subtopic goals orally in class and then gave their opinion… I perceived that students were familiar with the goals and quite capable of reflecting on whether they had achieved them or not. Similarly, Jonassen, Peck, and Wilson (1999, as cited in Bhattacharya, 2002) asso- ciate meaningful learning with active students and their intentional engagement with and reflection on activities to reach learning goals. keywords: activities; class; english; experiences; genres; goals; grammar; language; learning; music; research; students; teach; topic; unit cache: profile-17684.pdf plain text: profile-17684.txt item: #185 of 518 id: profile-17686 author: Cuasilpud Canchala, Ruth Elena title: Indigenous Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English through a Virtual Program: A Study in a Colombian Public University date: 2010-07-01 words: 9934 flesch: 61 summary: It was found that indigenous students felt frustrated taking a virtual English course, and that their motivation as regards the learning of this language is very low. At the end, some recommendations for teach ing or tutoring indigenous students, learning English virtually or any of the other modalities of the English program at the university were derived. keywords: alex; colombia; course; english; face; language; learning; level; nacional; program; students; teach; universidad; university; virtual cache: profile-17686.pdf plain text: profile-17686.txt item: #186 of 518 id: profile-17689 author: Amado, Hernán title: Screenwriting: A Strategy for the Improvement of Writing Instructional Practices date: 2010-07-01 words: 6977 flesch: 64 summary: Key words: Screenwriting, creative writing in English, screenplays. I start by describing the setting and the par- ticipants of this pedagogical intervention as well as the justification; then, I present an assortment of theory based on creative writing and screenwrit- ing. keywords: colombia; participants; process; screenwriting; stories; story; strategy; students; teach; words; workshops; writing cache: profile-17689.pdf plain text: profile-17689.txt item: #187 of 518 id: profile-17691 author: Rodríguez-Bonces, Mónica; Rodríguez-Bonces, Jeisson title: Task-Based Language Learning: Old Approach, New Style. A New Lesson to Learn date: 2010-07-01 words: 5985 flesch: 66 summary: A framework for task based learning. This evaluation form will provide insights about four different aspects: task goal, task performance, kind of interaction, language focus and future actions. keywords: celebration; focus; form; language; learners; learning; students; task; teach cache: profile-17691.pdf plain text: profile-17691.txt item: #188 of 518 id: profile-17692 author: Vargas Torres, Margarita Rosa title: Towards a Discourse for Criticism in Language Teaching: Analysis of Sociocultural Representations in Mass Media date: 2010-07-01 words: 5300 flesch: 51 summary: Critical thinking is a source for teach ers and students to defend themselves against the manipulations of mass media and to Pedagogical strategies Autonomous and critical students committed to the transformation of society Build a public counter-sphere based on mass media analysis Consider students’ subjectivities, identities and signifying practices Build social projects cooperatively and collaboratively Approach denotative, connotative and ideological levels of analysis Reverse stereotypes Visibilize marginal cultural manifestations Figure 1. We conclude that through the analysis of mass media it is possible to educate students with the basic knowledge and skills neces- sary to interact critically in the world. keywords: analysis; colombia; criticism; discourse; ers; ing; knowledge; language; mass; media; students; teach cache: profile-17692.pdf plain text: profile-17692.txt item: #189 of 518 id: profile-20548 author: Rainey, Isobel title: Grassroots Action Research and the Greater Good date: 2011-01-01 words: 12026 flesch: 50 summary: tien, 2008, p. 569), insisting that any major attempts at curriculum reform could be effective only if they were informed by teacher research (Kemmis, 1995, p. 74). In the case of both publications (PROFILE and ARUAE), only those articles pertaining to teacher research at primary and secondary schools are used for 5 keywords: action research; colombia; curriculum; data; english; grassroots; group; issues; learning; profile; research; researchers; study; teachers; teaching; topics cache: profile-20548.pdf plain text: profile-20548.txt item: #190 of 518 id: profile-20552 author: Viáfara, John Jairo title: How Do EFL Student Teachers Face the Challenge of Using L2 in Public School Classrooms? date: 2011-01-01 words: 9692 flesch: 59 summary: A Bridge to Understand Each Other: Resources to be Competent Communicatively Communication strategies contributed to facil- i tate the interaction in English student teachers tried to establish. Moreover, along the semester in which this study took place, I noticed that student teachers spoke mostly in Spanish or they translated almost every word they said to their students. keywords: classroom; colombia; communication; efl; english; language; learning; participants; pupils; spanish; student; student teachers; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-20552.pdf plain text: profile-20552.txt item: #191 of 518 id: profile-20556 author: Cardenas-Beltran, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2011-01-01 words: 2175 flesch: 42 summary: Theory, practice and teacher education (pp. 266-282). Pages 5-9 The following articles are connected to the area of teacher education and teachers’ knowledge base. keywords: education; english; language; research; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-20556.pdf plain text: profile-20556.txt item: #192 of 518 id: profile-20559 author: Scholes Gillings de González, Barbara title: The Nature of Recognition in TEFL Teachers’ Lives date: 2011-01-01 words: 7243 flesch: 56 summary: Emotions and teacher identity: a poststructural perspective. This is especially the case of language teachers whose standing as professionals is not often taken seriously by other teachers, especially in a university community where, more often than not, the study of languages is not considered a real discipline or science and, therefore, worthy of respect (Johnston, 1997). keywords: change; heikkinen; people; process; professional; recognition; research; self; teachers; teaching; tefl; work cache: profile-20559.pdf plain text: profile-20559.txt item: #193 of 518 id: profile-20560 author: Mendieta Aguilar, Jenny Alexandra title: Teachers’ Knowledge of Second Language and Curriculum: A Narrative Experience date: 2011-01-01 words: 11444 flesch: 53 summary: Paul, Mary and Richard have each lived unique learning, teaching and personal experiences which have shaped their systems of beliefs and, consequently, their knowledge as language teachers. Why is dissemination so difficult: The nature of teacher knowledge and the spread of cur- ricular reform. keywords: classroom; curriculum; experiences; knowledge; language; learning; narrative; paul; research; stories; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-20560.pdf plain text: profile-20560.txt item: #194 of 518 id: profile-20562 author: Diaz Larenas, Claudio H.; Rodrìguez Moran, Andrea Victoria; Poblete Rivera, Karen Jocelyn title: Comparing Teaching Styles and Personality Types of EFL Instructors in the Public and Private Sectors date: 2011-01-01 words: 6950 flesch: 60 summary: My teaching goals and methods address a variety of student learning styles. Teaching styles, as Brown (2007) states, refer to the enduring preferences within an individual and they vary with each one; therefore, the style a teacher possesses is an essential aspect to better understand the teaching and learning process. keywords: learning; participants; personality; sector; state; students; style; teachers; teaching; teaching style; type cache: profile-20562.pdf plain text: profile-20562.txt item: #195 of 518 id: profile-20572 author: Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Dadashi, Mehdi title: The Effect of Direct and Indirect Corrective Feedback on Students’ Spelling Errors date: 2011-01-01 words: 4691 flesch: 59 summary: For editing a paper with indirect feedback, the student is required both to identify the type of error and to self-correct the error whereas in direct feedback what the student does is only to transcribe the teacher’s corrections onto the paper (Ferris, 2003).There is research evidence suggesting that indirect error feedback is more helpful for students’ long-term writing development than direct error feedback (Ferris, 2003; Fratzen, 1995). If similar studies on the strategies (circling, underlining and coded error feedback) of giving feedback on spelling errors are carried out and the same results are obtained, autonomous and discovery learning can occupy the place of passive and parrot-like imitation of teachers’ modeling in spelling instruction. keywords: correction; errors; feedback; group; language; research; spelling; students; teacher; writing cache: profile-20572.pdf plain text: profile-20572.txt item: #196 of 518 id: profile-20573 author: Biondo Salomã, Ana Cristina title: Collaborative Language Learning in Teletandem: A Resource for Pre-Service Teacher Education date: 2011-01-01 words: 9359 flesch: 49 summary: Methodology and Context of The Study Teletandem Brazil is a research project from UNESP –São Paulo State University, Department of Education (UNESP –Assis), and the Graduate Program in Language Studies (UNESP –São José do Rio Preto), which aims at investigating computer assisted language learning as well as the development of language teachers within a technological context. The results bring about implications for the field of language teacher education in a perspective of education within practice, evidencing the ex- perience of collaborative learning in teletandem as an opportunity for reflective teacher education of pre-service teachers. keywords: dani; education; interactions; language; learning; mediation; partner; practice; reflection; student; supervision; teacher; teaching; teletandem; theory cache: profile-20573.pdf plain text: profile-20573.txt item: #197 of 518 id: profile-20574 author: González Moreno, Rosa Isabel title: The Role of Discussion Boards in a University Blended Learning Program date: 2011-01-01 words: 9565 flesch: 53 summary: They may work on it individually before posting their completed solu - tions back to the discussion forum, where the instructor and other students review and discuss them. Students were asked to tell the story of their experience in the virtual program; they were especially asked what they thought about the discussion boards as a tool for communication and as a place to practice writing skills. keywords: activities; alex; boards; colombia; discussion; discussion boards; feedback; interaction; learning; program; students; teachers; time; tutors; virtual; work; writing cache: profile-20574.pdf plain text: profile-20574.txt item: #198 of 518 id: profile-20575 author: Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina; Díaz Mosquera, Claudia Patricia; Quinchía Ortiz, Diana Isabel title: When Theory Meets Practice: Applying Cambourne’s Conditions for Learning to Professional Development for Elementary School EFL Teachers date: 2011-01-01 words: 7049 flesch: 52 summary: It is important to highlight that the reflection, as an essential component of the course, was an important way to include university teachers’ expertise and knowledge as well as that of schoolteachers and student teachers. The action research project aimed at determining the impact of a professional development proposal for elementary school English teachers in Medellin, Colombia. keywords: cambourne; colombia; course; development; english; language; learners; learning; professional; schoolteachers; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-20575.pdf plain text: profile-20575.txt item: #199 of 518 id: profile-20576 author: Gómez Lobatón, July Carolina title: Peer Interaction: A Social Perspective towards the Development of Foreign Language Learning date: 2011-01-01 words: 7357 flesch: 53 summary: According to this author, there are different patterns of interaction that stand out in the classroom: Task-oriented students, Phantom students, Social students, Dependent students and Isolated students. It means how the product of the interactions with other students that are supposed to deal with the same knowledge might actually contribute to each one of the students’ learning process as they will have the opportunity to listen to and use what others have to say in order to compare and contrast with concepts and opinions they already have. keywords: classroom; development; english; interaction; language; learning; order; process; project; second; social; students cache: profile-20576.pdf plain text: profile-20576.txt item: #200 of 518 id: profile-20577 author: Gómez, Juan D. title: Teaching EFL Academic Writing in Colombia: Reflections in Contrastive Rhetoric date: 2011-01-01 words: 4849 flesch: 54 summary: The obstacles that my current students face in Colombia differ both in kind and degree from those of my previous experience, and this essay is an attempt to identify some of the reasons why this is so.1 Having said this, my purpose is not to present Colombian culture as a monolithic entity but, rather, to encourage views that recognize the hybridity that is manifest in any culture and to highlight how multiple sources, including national culture, educational background, and disciplinary culture can converge to create unique obstacles for EFL students (Connor, 2002, p. 504). For my students, not knowing how English works means that even with an adequate knowledge of English vocabulary and grammatical rules 4 For this example we will overlook the misuse of the definite article which appears to be a common challenge for Spanish speaking EFL students. keywords: colombia; composition; efl; english; language; rhetoric; speaking; students; teaching; use; writing cache: profile-20577.pdf plain text: profile-20577.txt item: #201 of 518 id: profile-20579 author: Jaramillo Urrutia, Lorena; Medina Gutiérrez, Ana Stella title: Adolescents’ Awareness of Environmental Care: Experiences when Writing Short Descriptive Texts in English date: 2011-01-01 words: 8596 flesch: 56 summary: 2. Students should learn strategies for invention and discovery, and teachers should help students generate content and discover purpose. Experiences when Writing Short Descriptive Texts in English* Concientización de los adolescentes sobre el cuidado ambiental: experiencias al escribir textos descriptivos cortos en inglés Lorena Jaramillo Urrutia** Ana Stella Medina Gutiérrez*** Colegio Distrital Aquileo Parra, Colombia Today it is necessary to approach environmental topics with students in an interdisciplinary manner to mitigate the environmental damages that the Earth is suffering. keywords: activities; care; colombia; english; environment; global; process; school; sentences; skills; stage; students; use; vocabulary; warming; writing cache: profile-20579.pdf plain text: profile-20579.txt item: #202 of 518 id: profile-25627 author: Cárdenas Beltán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2011-07-01 words: 1992 flesch: 44 summary: Then, Josefina Quintero Corzo and Odilia Ramírez Contreras address a topic of common concern among school teachers: facing discipline-related challenges in the classroom. Likewise, it is a challenge for practitioners who work in places where publications containing classroom research, reflections and innovations in English language teaching (ELT) are inexistent or only open to experienced professionals or to the ones who belong to prestigious institutions. keywords: colombia; english; language; learning; research; students; teachers cache: profile-25627.pdf plain text: profile-25627.txt item: #203 of 518 id: profile-25628 author: Rojas Álvarez, Gloria title: Writing Using Blogs: A Way to Engage Colombian Adolescents in Meaningful Communication date: 2011-07-01 words: 8125 flesch: 60 summary: en comunicación significativa Gloria Rojas Álvarez* Colegio Castilla & Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia We report an action research project developed with ninth grade students of a public school in Bo- gotá, Colombia, and which focused on innovating English communication through writing blogs. Remember that you will participate in the project: Writing using blogs: A way to engage high school students in meaningful communication. keywords: activities; blogs; colombia; communication; english; information; project; school; students; teacher; use; way; work; writing cache: profile-25628.pdf plain text: profile-25628.txt item: #204 of 518 id: profile-25629 author: Ahluwalia, Gurleen; Gupta, Deepti; Aggarwal, Deepak title: The Use of Blogs in English Language Learning: A Study of Student Perceptions date: 2011-07-01 words: 6509 flesch: 57 summary: Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the World Wide Web (www). As one of Pinkman’s students wrote, “...once or twice a week I check my blog and then other students write comments for me, my motivation is up, usually teacher check my blog, so if I read teacher comments my teacher thought about me, my motivation up” (quoted in Blackstone, 2007, p. 5). keywords: activities; blogging; blogs; comments; computer; english; language; learning; posts; skills; students; study; survey; use; writing cache: profile-25629.pdf plain text: profile-25629.txt item: #205 of 518 id: profile-25630 author: Yang, Chi Cheung Ruby title: Investigating the Information Technology Courses for Pre-service and In-service English Teachers in Hong Kong date: 2011-07-01 words: 7720 flesch: 59 summary: Pre-service teachers 3 (15%) 17 (85%) 0 Pre-service teachers 2 (10%) 18 (90%) 0 keywords: courses; education; english; language; participants; pre; service; service teachers; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: profile-25630.pdf plain text: profile-25630.txt item: #206 of 518 id: profile-25632 author: Quintero Corzo, Josefina; Ramírez Contreras, Odilia title: Understanding and Facing Discipline-Related Challenges in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom at Public Schools date: 2011-07-01 words: 7448 flesch: 49 summary: This implies that teacher trainees must be given the status of regular teachers and be recognized as professionals who nurture schools with new pedagogical knowledge and trends with which they update the learning process inside the classroom; students must be instructed to welcome student teachers and see them as professionals with the same status as their regular teachers and not to waste their contributions to their setting and damage their self-esteem. That is why the present study was conducted, aiming at the following research questions: • How do EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher trainees understand and explain discipline-related challenges in public school classrooms? • How do EFL teacher trainees characterize dis- cipline problems in public schools? • What kind of strategies do teacher trainees use when they encounter discipline problems in the EFL class? • What impact does action research have on the treatment of discipline problems in EFL public school classes? Context A typical public classroom in Colombia holds an average of 45 students; most classes last 50 minutes, and in some cases, classes are extended to 90 minutes, to be taken once or twice a week. keywords: action; classes; classroom; colombia; discipline; learning; problems; research; school; students; teachers; teaching; trainees; universidad cache: profile-25632.pdf plain text: profile-25632.txt item: #207 of 518 id: profile-25693 author: Ayala González, Gabriela; de Cervantes Orozco, Miguel Adrián Leonel; González Cabrera, Víctor Daniel; Romero Mayoral, Faviola; Mugford Fowler, Gerrard Edwin title: “Don’t Tell My Father”: Important Lessons Learned Through EFL Classroom Small Talk date: 2011-07-01 words: 6721 flesch: 63 summary: Phatic communion is often considered ‘wasteful’ because 1) it detracts from the transactional nature of the classroom e.g. learning grammar, communicative functions; 2) it undermines the importance of timing which is considered to be an essential feature of a successful and balanced class; 3) it potentially undercuts teachers´ efforts to complete the programme on schedule; and 4) phatic communion is best obser- ved and learnt in the target-language environment. Stressing the social motivation behind phatic language use, Laver (1975) like Malinowski, underscored the formulaic dimension to small talk whilst downplaying the individual aspect of phatic communion. keywords: classroom; communion; extract; face; interaction; language; line; phatic; students; talk; teacher; use cache: profile-25693.pdf plain text: profile-25693.txt item: #208 of 518 id: profile-25697 author: Díaz Larenas, Claudio title: Exploring Knowledge of English Speaking Strategies in 8th and 12th Graders date: 2011-07-01 words: 7121 flesch: 63 summary: Strategy type 2 stands out in the 8th year group, while strategy type 5 stands out in the 12th year group. The findings show that 8th graders claim to have broader knowledge of speaking strategies than 12th year secondary students, and the knowledge of speaking strategies of elementary and secondary school students does not vary depending on the type of school: public, semi public and/or private. keywords: 12th; english; graders; knowledge; language; oral; speaking; strategies; strategy; strategy type; students; type cache: profile-25697.pdf plain text: profile-25697.txt item: #209 of 518 id: profile-25698 author: Khonamri, Fatemeh; Mahmoudi Kojidi, Elahe title: Metacognitive Awareness and Comprehension Monitoring in Reading Ability of Iranian EFL Learners date: 2011-07-01 words: 6409 flesch: 49 summary: Retrospective questions were used to tap into students’ comprehension monitoring strategies re- portedly used in reading the passage and detecting the error. The portion of each group (HM and LM) from the total use of monitoring strategies is also shown. keywords: awareness; comprehension; comprehension monitoring; monitoring; readers; reading; strategies; strategy; study; use cache: profile-25698.pdf plain text: profile-25698.txt item: #210 of 518 id: profile-25699 author: Mora Pablo, Irasema; Lengeling, M. Martha; Rubio Zenil, Buenaventura; Crawford, Troy; Goodwin, Douglas title: Students and Teachers’ Reasons for Using the First Language Within the Foreign Language Classroom (French and English) in Central Mexico date: 2011-07-01 words: 9302 flesch: 67 summary: This shows how the status of L1 use has evolved even more from the beginnings of CLT. These two perspectives are aimed at providing an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of L1 use in the language classroom by the two major groups of participants. keywords: classroom; l1 use; language; learning; reasons; research; spanish; students; teachers; teaching; university; use cache: profile-25699.pdf plain text: profile-25699.txt item: #211 of 518 id: profile-25702 author: Ávila Caica, Olga Lucía title: Teacher: Can You See What I’m Saying? A Research Experience with Deaf Learners date: 2011-07-01 words: 8914 flesch: 51 summary: The work with some volunteer deaf students was a valuable experience from which these two sub- questions emerged: • What does the use of EFL Internet resources in a blended English course tell us about the language learning process of deaf university students? • What insights about collaborative learning can be identified in a blended English course for deaf students? The proposal for designing an English course for deaf university students is relatively new in Colombia and required a review of international sources of information to support the argument that English can be learned by deaf students who use their visual channel, their sign language and their knowledge of the world. keywords: course; deaf; english; face; internet; language; learners; learning; process; resources; students; teacher; use; work cache: profile-25702.pdf plain text: profile-25702.txt item: #212 of 518 id: profile-25704 author: Ordóñez, Claudia Lucía title: Education for Bilingualism: Connecting Spanish and English from the Curriculum, into the Classroom, and Beyond date: 2011-07-01 words: 9042 flesch: 51 summary: This idea is also very clearly stated by the 9th grade Spanish teacher who, below, connects the cyclical characteristic of the curriculum with the management of learning as a process and its implication in evaluation. In turn, the transition Spanish teacher, working with the youngest children in the school (5 years of age) keywords: bilingualism; colombia; curriculum; education; english; language; learning; news; performances; school; spanish; students; teachers; use; work cache: profile-25704.pdf plain text: profile-25704.txt item: #213 of 518 id: profile-25706 author: Perdomo Toro, Jhonatan; Rico González, Ángela Milena; Huepa Salcedo, Nury Catherine title: The Role that Socioaffective Practices Play in Third Graders’ Autonomous Learning date: 2011-07-01 words: 8258 flesch: 56 summary: Taking into consideration all of the aspects mentioned above, family contributes to developing in children autonomous learning; that is to say, interaction with families is the way children can become autonomous and social beings. We are going to examine different aspects children referred to about their families; those are: the different roles that children assume when interacting with relatives and how those help them make up part of family; parents’ roles; mother’s role and the last aspect is family member as a model for children. keywords: autonomous; autonomy; children; colombia; family; learning; parents; practices; process; role; social; students; teachers cache: profile-25706.pdf plain text: profile-25706.txt item: #214 of 518 id: profile-25707 author: Mahecha, Rocío; Urrego, Stella; Lozano, Erika title: Improving Eleventh Graders’ Reading Comprehension Through Text Coding and Double Entry Organizer Reading Strategies date: 2011-07-01 words: 8720 flesch: 59 summary: Its aim was to encourage students to improve reading comprehension of texts in English. In the long run, we expect students to feel comfortable in their future careers or jobs because they have the domain to understand texts in English and, consequently, be successful. keywords: class; colombia; comprehension; english; level; process; reading; reading comprehension; reading strategies; strategies; students; teacher; text; words cache: profile-25707.pdf plain text: profile-25707.txt item: #215 of 518 id: profile-29052 author: Cárdenas Beltrán, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2012-01-01 words: 2098 flesch: 45 summary: For example, Profile emerged in 2000 through the efforts of the National University of Colombia and was explicitly ‘‘created with the idea of disseminating works by school teachers doing action-research in a teacher development programme’’ (Cardenas-Beltran, personal communication, June 9, 2010).1 I am very pleased to present this edition of our journal which, as always, brings about satisfaction and a variety of topics to share with our readership. Pages 5-9 5 Editorial Narrative as a vehicle for teacher inquiry generated in the periphery, in particular, broadens the nature of stakeholders and its purposes. keywords: colombia; english; language; school; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-29052.pdf plain text: profile-29052.txt item: #216 of 518 id: profile-29053 author: Duarte Romero, Mónica; Tinjacá Bernal, Luz Mery; Carrero Olivares, Marilú title: Using Songs to Encourage Sixth Graders to Develop English Speaking Skills date: 2012-01-01 words: 8464 flesch: 68 summary: Advantages of the Use of Songs in the English Class There are many key studies that have proved that including songs in learning English processes is a very useful tool. Activities to Promote Speaking Skills with Songs There are many activities and ideas that some authors highlight to promote speaking skills with songs; for instance, Morales (2008) states that teachers have to be careful when choosing a song. keywords: activities; class; colombia; english; new; project; pronunciation; skills; song; speaking; students; teacher; vocabulary cache: profile-29053.pdf plain text: profile-29053.txt item: #217 of 518 id: profile-29054 author: Castañeda Usaquén, Mireya Esther title: Adolescent Students’ Intercultural Awareness When Using Culture-Based Materials in the English Class date: 2012-01-01 words: 9411 flesch: 66 summary: Key words: Culture, culture-based materials, foreign culture, home culture, intercultural awareness. American students who were recorded in the video and the observers, Colom- bian students, had in common their ages (14-15), grade (8th graders) and context (a public school) but pupils wrote in the surveys that the main dif- ference between them was the age. keywords: american; class; classroom; colombia; culture; english; foreign; home; language; materials; press; pupils; school; students; usa; video cache: profile-29054.pdf plain text: profile-29054.txt item: #218 of 518 id: profile-29055 author: Gómez, Luis Fernando title: Fostering Intercultural Communicative Competence Through Reading Authentic Literary Texts in an Advanced Colombian EFL Classroom: A Constructivist Perspective date: 2012-01-01 words: 9409 flesch: 51 summary: What is important to clarify is that EFL learners should not entirely acquire language through textbooks, but also through the use of authentic texts. For this rea- son, the main goal of this research was to include authentic literary short stories in a class of advanced English based on the notion that literary texts pro- vide the ideal means to help EFL learners develop intercultural communicative competence. keywords: approach; competence; efl; english; intercultural; language; learners; literature; reading; story; students; study; teaching; texts cache: profile-29055.pdf plain text: profile-29055.txt item: #219 of 518 id: profile-29056 author: Nava Gómez, Guadalupe Nancy; García, Hilda title: The Impact of Regional Differences on Elementary School Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Their Students’ Use of Code Switching in a South Texas School District date: 2012-01-01 words: 6329 flesch: 55 summary: Bilingual teachers develop a visible posture toward specific linguistic happenings in the classroom such as code switching. This study focused on investigating whether the teachers’ geographical distribution influences their attitudes towards their students’ use of code switching. keywords: attitudes; code; elementary; language; north; participants; schools; south; students; switching; teachers cache: profile-29056.pdf plain text: profile-29056.txt item: #220 of 518 id: profile-29057 author: Lopera Medina, Sergio title: Effects of Strategy Instruction in an EFL Reading Comprehension Course: A Case Study date: 2012-01-01 words: 5062 flesch: 62 summary: Also, it was noted that when students applied reading strategies, they became more self-confi- dent and this in turn enhanced their motivation. Literature Review This section covers the concepts of reading strategy instruction, motivation, reading, and reading strategies. keywords: comprehension; course; instruction; language; reading; strategies; strategy; students; study; teacher; use cache: profile-29057.pdf plain text: profile-29057.txt item: #221 of 518 id: profile-29059 author: Lemos Tello, Nubia Consuelo title: “On Air”: Participation in an Online Radio Show to Foster Speaking Confidence. A Cooperative Learning-Based Strategies Study date: 2012-01-01 words: 8954 flesch: 57 summary: (Referring to student 3) Students 3: Well… I think there is something else missing... Student 2: No my friend, there is something missing, but it is few, isn’t it? Student 1: Consuelo Lemos Tello* Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia The daily observation of class sessions has enabled me to recognize that students possess a feeling of self-distrust in oral activities. keywords: anxiety; colombia; confidence; english; group; implementation; language; learning; practice; project; pronunciation; radio; school; speaking; students; study; teacher cache: profile-29059.pdf plain text: profile-29059.txt item: #222 of 518 id: profile-29061 author: Herrera Díaz, Luz Edith title: Self-Access Language Learning: Students’ Perceptions of and Experiences Within this New Mode of Learning date: 2012-01-01 words: 8874 flesch: 61 summary: Developing student autonomy in learning (2nd ed.). Herrera Díaz Some counsellors talked about both the Lan- guage Centre students and the MEIF students saying the following: Language Centre students, aha… they usually fulfil their expectations, they are satisfied with what they’re doing, some of the students prefer to continue working as autonomous because they like it better, specially adults… MEIF students… mmm... only the ones who study hard and really want to learn. keywords: access; autonomy; class; courses; data; language; learning; mode; research; self; students; study; university cache: profile-29061.pdf plain text: profile-29061.txt item: #223 of 518 id: profile-29062 author: Díaz Larenas, Claudio title: Using Case Study Methodology to Approach the Views of Teachers of English on Classroom Disciplinary Strategies date: 2012-01-01 words: 7400 flesch: 55 summary: Classroom management: techniques for addressing student discipline problems part II. Retrieved from http://www.abcte.org/files/previews/ preptoteach/s5_p1.html Brown, A. (2010). Sali (2011) in her study An inquiry into EFL teachers’ and learners’ perspectives on classroom discipline concludes that for Turkish EFL teachers and learners, the teacher is the one and only mighty figure in the classroom. keywords: classroom; control; data; discipline; english; learning; participants; research; strategies; students; study; teachers; teaching; universidad; use cache: profile-29062.pdf plain text: profile-29062.txt item: #224 of 518 id: profile-29064 author: Muñoz, Ana Patricia; Palacio, Marcela; Escobar, Liliana title: Teachers’ Beliefs About Assessment in an EFL Context in Colombia date: 2012-01-01 words: 8500 flesch: 53 summary: Key words: Assessment beliefs, assessment tools, formative assessment. Therefore, since beliefs and practices are connected, and teachers may hold beliefs that are not compati- ble with the practices called for in institutional plans (Bliem & Davinroy, 1997; Borko, et al., 1997), it was essential to investigate those beliefs in order to foster meaningful teacher change in assessment beliefs and practices and to make adjustments, if necessary, to the already implemented assessment systems. keywords: assessment; beliefs; change; colombia; conceptions; feedback; learning; practices; process; research; students; systems; teachers; teaching cache: profile-29064.pdf plain text: profile-29064.txt item: #225 of 518 id: profile-29067 author: Mansfield, Gillian; Poppi, Franca title: The English as a Foreign Language / Lingua Franca Debate: Sensitising Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Towards Teaching English as a Lingua Franca date: 2012-01-01 words: 7266 flesch: 48 summary: Indeed, it is this conviction that triggered the suggested awareness-raising activities proposed in the latter part of this contribution, for the very reason that Language teachers must move away from viewing the non- native language as if operated in a social void. Language teachers should thus refer to, but not defer, linguists. keywords: awareness; china; corpus; efl; english; franca; language; learning; lingua; non; speaker; students; teachers; teaching; world cache: profile-29067.pdf plain text: profile-29067.txt item: #226 of 518 id: profile-29069 author: Méndez, Tatiana; García, Andrea title: Exploring Elementary Students’ Power and Solidarity Relations in an EFL Classroom date: 2012-01-01 words: 7018 flesch: 65 summary: In the following lines, the reader will find the theoretical constructs: the concepts of power, power relations in the classroom and how power and solidarity circulated among students. On the other hand, it has been established that power relations have a direct impact on reality and that language is a means through which power can generate deep changes in its struc- tures (Freire, 1970 as cited in Moreno & Jiménez, 2005a). keywords: andrea; classroom; colombia; dora; efl; homework; karen; learners; nelson; power; relations; research; rocío; solidarity; students; way cache: profile-29069.pdf plain text: profile-29069.txt item: #227 of 518 id: profile-29070 author: Lizarazo Jara, Omar Yesid title: Using a Blog to Guide Beginner Students to Use Adjectives Appropriately When Writing Descriptions in English date: 2012-01-01 words: 8197 flesch: 63 summary: Image Posted in the Blog for Students to Write the First Description Although students still had spelling errors, many of them wrote the adjectives before the nouns and used complete sentences in short para- graphs. To achieve the objective of the project I decided to implement an innovation in and out of class practices, particularly when guiding students in writing descriptions. keywords: activities; adjectives; blog; colombia; descriptions; english; language; new; project; students; use; worksheets; writing cache: profile-29070.pdf plain text: profile-29070.txt item: #228 of 518 id: profile-34034 author: Rátiva Velandia, Marlén; Pedreros Torres, Andrés Leonardo; Núñez Alí, Mónica title: Using Web-Based Activities to Promote Reading: An Exploratory Study with Teenagers date: 2012-07-01 words: 7046 flesch: 54 summary: Andrés Leonardo Pedreros Torres** Mónica Núñez Alí*** El Libertador School, Colombia It is considered valuable to take advantage of web activities to improve and qualify the English teaching and learning processes, especially in the promotion of reading comprehension. Data was gathered through the use of questionnaires, surveys and web activities. keywords: activities; colombia; information; interest; internet; language; learning; new; reading; students; teachers; technology; use; web cache: profile-34034.pdf plain text: profile-34034.txt item: #229 of 518 id: profile-34051 author: Banegas, Darío Luis title: Identity of the Teacher-Researcher in Collaborative Action Research: Concerns Reflected in a Research Journal date: 2012-07-01 words: 8403 flesch: 60 summary: Furthermore, Action Research (AR) may become a powerful research methodology to encourage teacher research as well as collaborative work among teachers and researchers (Banegas, 2011; Borg, 2010; Ellis, 2010; Swantz, 2008) in order to promote reflective practice and collaborative pro- fessional development (Burns, 2005b; Elliot, 2009; Glenn, 2011; Koshy, 2010; Mann, 2005; Somekh, 2006). Doing teacher research: A qualitative anal- ysis of purposes, processes and experiences. keywords: action; action research; car; classroom; concerns; development; extract; identity; journal; language; project; research; teacher; teaching cache: profile-34051.pdf plain text: profile-34051.txt item: #230 of 518 id: profile-34052 author: Arboleda Arboleda, Argemiro; Castro Garcés, Ángela Yicely title: The Accented EFL Teacher: Classroom Implications date: 2012-07-01 words: 7872 flesch: 63 summary: The other two (T5L and T6L) had native English teachers only. Research Questions This study seeks to answer two questions: 1) How significant is it for non-native EFL teachers and learners at university level to have a foreign accent? keywords: accent; arboleda; colombia; efl; english; language; learning; native; pronunciation; speakers; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-34052.pdf plain text: profile-34052.txt item: #231 of 518 id: profile-34053 author: Hernández Méndez, Edith; Reyes Cruz, María del Rosario title: Teachers’ Perceptions About Oral Corrective Feedback and Their Practice in EFL Classrooms date: 2012-07-01 words: 7267 flesch: 58 summary: Teacher feedback on learner error: Map- ping cognitions. In brief, this research in the Mexican context provides, in general, evidence of similar prob- lems found in previous studies (Allwright, 1975; Chaudron, 1977; Long, 1977; Lyster & Ranta, 1997; Lyster & Mori, 2006): inconsistency; ambiguity of teachers’ corrections; random and unsystem- atic feedback on errors by teachers; acceptance of errors for fear of interrupting the communication; and a wide range of learner error types addressed as corrective feedback. keywords: correction; errors; feedback; instructors; language; learners; strategies; students; teachers cache: profile-34053.pdf plain text: profile-34053.txt item: #232 of 518 id: profile-34058 author: Cárdenas Ramos, Rosalba; Hernández Gaviria, Fanny title: Opportunity to Teach and Learn Standards: Colombian Teachers’ Perspectives date: 2012-07-01 words: 8657 flesch: 46 summary: Teamwork is an element also considered important by researchers (Tochon, 2009) when researching teacher education. This is not a new situation: Cárdenas (2001, p. 2) surveyed primary English teachers six years after this language was introduced at the elemen- tary level and found a very similar situation to the one found today. keywords: aspects; colombia; conditions; educational; english; language; learning; opportunities; opportunity; otl; schools; standards; students; teachers; teaching; time cache: profile-34058.pdf plain text: profile-34058.txt item: #233 of 518 id: profile-34062 author: Galvis, Héctor Alejandro title: Understanding Beliefs, Teachers’ Beliefs and Their Impact on the Use of Computer Technology date: 2012-07-01 words: 10351 flesch: 50 summary: Second language teacher belief sys- tems towards computer-mediated language learning: Defining teacher belief systems. Influence of teacher beliefs on web- enhanced learning experiences: Learners and teachers. keywords: beliefs; computer; computer technology; education; language; research; role; study; teachers; teaching; technology; use; venkatesh cache: profile-34062.pdf plain text: profile-34062.txt item: #234 of 518 id: profile-34064 author: Gómez Flórez, Érica; Pineda, Jorge Eduardo; Marín García, Natalia title: EFL Students’ Perceptions about a Web-Based English Reading Comprehension Course date: 2012-07-01 words: 7721 flesch: 60 summary: Distance courses fit the students’ busy schedules and the students can access the course from anywhere. They also found that the participants in distance courses felt highly attracted to these courses because they save time and money since they do not have to travel to take classes. keywords: colombia; comprehension; course; distance; education; english; learning; online; perceptions; reading; students; study; teacher; time; web cache: profile-34064.pdf plain text: profile-34064.txt item: #235 of 518 id: profile-34068 author: Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Zarghami, Zahra title: The Impact of Conferencing Assessment on EFL Students’ Grammar Learning date: 2012-07-01 words: 6733 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Alternatives in language assessment, assessment for learning, conferencing assessment. The short- comings of standardized tests convinced special- ists to replace traditional tests with new kinds of language assessment. keywords: assessment; attitudes; conferencing; efl; grammar; group; language; learners; learning; participants; students; study; test cache: profile-34068.pdf plain text: profile-34068.txt item: #236 of 518 id: profile-34070 author: Picón Jácome, Edgar title: Promoting Learner Autonomy Through Teacher-Student Partnership Assessment in an American High School: A Cycle of Action Research date: 2012-07-01 words: 9031 flesch: 56 summary: Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback and promote student learning. The writing activity ended up being of little value for such students. keywords: assessment; autonomy; development; evaluation; language; learner; learning; process; research; self; strategies; students; teacher; writing cache: profile-34070.pdf plain text: profile-34070.txt item: #237 of 518 id: profile-34074 author: Correa Díaz, Ana María title: Teaching Foreign Trade in English Through the Modalities Based on Competences and Using Moodle date: 2012-07-01 words: 8539 flesch: 50 summary: The idea is that when students construct meaning and then share ideas with other students, learning is enhanced. The results showed that the support provided by the platform promotes student motivation in carrying out their self-learning, which contributes to the development of the mentioned competences. keywords: activities; colombia; competences; course; development; díaz; english; knowledge; language; learning; modalities; moodle; research; skills; students; teaching; trade cache: profile-34074.pdf plain text: profile-34074.txt item: #238 of 518 id: profile-34077 author: Jiménez Guamán, Laura Verónica title: EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook date: 2012-07-01 words: 7371 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Dialogical representation, social identity, virtual community. Literature Review The study was based on the following two con- structs: social identity and virtual communities. keywords: community; dragster; efl; group; identity; language; learning; members; participants; representation; social; students; virtual cache: profile-34077.pdf plain text: profile-34077.txt item: #239 of 518 id: profile-34109 author: Bruguier, Leonard R.; Greathouse Amador, Louise M. title: New Educational Environments Aimed at Developing Intercultural Understanding While Reinforcing the Use of English in Experience-Based Learning date: 2012-07-01 words: 9273 flesch: 52 summary: Initially to help them interact outside the vir- tual classroom setting with other students and teachers, students were organized into 6 groups of 6 students each: two students from the UW-S and one student from each of the other universities. Helping our students communicate with other students of different nationalities and cultures required aiding them in developing themselves “as intercultural speakers or mediators who are able to engage with complexity and multiple identities and to avoid the stereotyping which accompanies perceiving some- one through a single identity” (Byram, Gribkova & Starkey, 2002, p. 10). keywords: class; classroom; colombia; communication; course; culture; education; experience; experiential; identity; intercultural; learning; new; online; people; students; technology; understanding cache: profile-34109.pdf plain text: profile-34109.txt item: #240 of 518 id: profile-34110 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2012-07-01 words: 1774 flesch: 48 summary: Transforming teacher voice through writing for publication. The following five articles address issues concerning English language teachers and shed light on implications for initial teacher education and professional development, among other areas. keywords: article; colombia; english; research; students; teachers cache: profile-34110.pdf plain text: profile-34110.txt item: #241 of 518 id: profile-34111 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: Accumulative index of published articles in PROFILE Vol. 14 (2012) date: 2012-07-01 words: 1046 flesch: 9 summary: [“Representación de la identidad social de los estudiantes adolescentes de lengua extranjera en una comunidad de aprendizaje virtual en Facebook”] 1 91-112 Lemos Tello, N. C. “‘On Air’: Participation in an Online Radio Show to Foster Speaking Confidence. A Constructivist Perspective” [“Desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa intercultural mediante la lectura de textos literarios auténticos: una perspectiva constructivista”] 2 63-75 Hernández Méndez, E., & Reyes Cruz, M. d. R. “Teachers’ Perceptions About Oral Corrective Feedback and Their Practice in EFL Classrooms” [“Percepciones de los docentes acerca de la retroalimentación correctiva y su práctica en las aulas de inglés como lengua extranjera”] 1 113-127 Herrera Díaz, L. E. “Self-Access Language Learning: Students’ Perceptions of and Experiences Within this New Mode of Learning” [“Aprendizaje de idiomas mediante la modalidad de autoacceso: percepciones y experiencias de los estudiantes”] 2 181-194 Jiménez Guamán, L. V. “EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook” keywords: como; inglés; lengua cache: profile-34111.pdf plain text: profile-34111.txt item: #242 of 518 id: profile-36319 author: Durán Narváez, Norma Constanza; Lastra Ramírez, Sandra Patricia; Morales Vasco, Adriana María title: Autobiographies: A Way to Explore Student-Teachers’ Beliefs in a Teacher Education Program date: 2013-07-01 words: 6932 flesch: 47 summary: A Socio-Cultural Standpoint to Teacher Education The socio-cultural perspective is a fairly new one which entails the theoretical ground to explain and conceptualize teacher learning, language teaching and teacher education overall. Her research interests include teacher learning and professional development. keywords: autobiographies; beliefs; colombia; education; english; experiences; language; learning; participants; process; students; teachers; teaching; way cache: profile-36319.pdf plain text: profile-36319.txt item: #243 of 518 id: profile-36508 author: Hernandez-Ocampo, Sonia Patricia; Vargas, María Constanza title: Encouraging Students to Enhance Their Listening Performance date: 2013-07-01 words: 6109 flesch: 61 summary: The results showed that students developed the ability to think critically since they needed to make the best decisions regarding the audio level and the design of the activities. That is precisely our purpose with this document: to show the reader one of the things that can be done in order to help students with their learning and listening comprehension. keywords: colombia; english; language; listening; performance; project; students; teachers; thinking; universidad cache: profile-36508.pdf plain text: profile-36508.txt item: #244 of 518 id: profile-36939 author: Lopera Medina, Sergio title: Motivation Conditions in a Foreign Language Reading Comprehension Course Offering Both a Web-Based Modality and a Face-to-Face Modality date: 2014-01-01 words: 8278 flesch: 57 summary: Web- based students also showed a high degree of anxiety due to the delays of their evaluations when they were manual. In contrast, constant motivation, technical support, interactions among students, anxiety, and a high number of exercises constituted some of the differences between the modalities. keywords: colombia; comprehension; course; face; face students; language; learners; learning; modality; motivation; online; reading; strategies; students; teacher; teaching; web cache: profile-36939.pdf plain text: profile-36939.txt item: #245 of 518 id: profile-36965 author: Carvajal Medina, Nancy Emilce; Roberto Flórez, Eliana Edith title: Collaborative Work as an Alternative for Writing Research Articles date: 2014-01-01 words: 8381 flesch: 48 summary: The results showed that writing is achievable if students can follow stages and receive feedback from the teacher. Additionally, collaborative work allowed students to write re- search articles in an easy and dynamic way. keywords: articles; colombia; electronics; engineering; english; ideas; model; participants; process; research; stage; students; work; writing cache: profile-36965.pdf plain text: profile-36965.txt item: #246 of 518 id: profile-36968 author: Becerra Cortés, Ximena title: Using the Dictionary for Improving Adolescents’ Reading Comprehension of Short Scientific Texts date: 2013-07-01 words: 9360 flesch: 53 summary: In this case, it starts from the difficulty observed in students in the understanding of short scientific texts in English. Key words: Dictionary use, prior knowledge, reading comprehension, scientific texts. keywords: colombia; comprehension; context; dictionary; difficulties; english; knowledge; reading; science; students; terms; text; use; words; workshop cache: profile-36968.pdf plain text: profile-36968.txt item: #247 of 518 id: profile-36973 author: Chala Bejarano, Pedro Antonio; Chapetón, Claudia Marcela title: The Role of Genre-Based Activities in the Writing of Argumentative Essays in EFL date: 2013-07-01 words: 9215 flesch: 59 summary: Although these two perspectives have been central in research, they have not been openly used together to approach student writing of argumentative essays. Student writing: Access, regulation, desire. keywords: activities; argumentative; colombia; data; essays; genre; participants; practice; process; role; social; students; study; teacher; writing cache: profile-36973.pdf plain text: profile-36973.txt item: #248 of 518 id: profile-37178 author: Castro Huertas, Ivon Aleida; Navarro Parra, Lina Jazmín title: The Role of Songs in First-Graders’ Oral Communication Development in English date: 2014-01-01 words: 8502 flesch: 62 summary: Children cannot learn if they do not understand; the words and activities themselves must make sense to children. (p. 8) Children Pretend to Understand Throughout the three lessons, we saw children following the song only for pleasure. keywords: activities; children; colombia; colors; english; field; ivon; language; learning; notes; oral; song; students; teacher cache: profile-37178.pdf plain text: profile-37178.txt item: #249 of 518 id: profile-37184 author: Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Mortazavi, Mahboobeh title: The Impact of Different Types of Journaling Techniques on EFL Learners’ Self-Efficacy date: 2014-01-01 words: 7120 flesch: 48 summary: The no-feedback condition learners kept reflective journals but could not share their reflective notes with other learners or their teacher, while the teacher-feedback condition learners used collaborative reflective journals with their teacher. The peer-feedback condition learners shared collaborative reflective journals with their peers, and the no- journal condition learners did not use reflective journals throughout the treatment period. keywords: bandura; efficacy; feedback; journals; learners; learning; self; students; study; teacher; use cache: profile-37184.pdf plain text: profile-37184.txt item: #250 of 518 id: profile-37232 author: Arancibia Aguilera, María Cristina title: The Design of a Rubric to Evaluate Laboratory Reports in Astronomy: Academic Literacy in the Disciplines date: 2014-01-01 words: 6932 flesch: 46 summary: Another criterion considered essential to the evaluation of academic writing is discourse knowledge. [Evalu- ation of discourse in written reports by Chilean uni- versity students]. keywords: astronomy; discourse; laboratory; language; level; literacy; process; report; rubric; skills; task; universidad; use; writing cache: profile-37232.pdf plain text: profile-37232.txt item: #251 of 518 id: profile-37843 author: Muñoz-Luna, Rosa title: From Drills to CLIL: The Paradigmatic and Methodological Evolution Towards the Integration of Content and Foreign Language date: 2014-01-01 words: 7479 flesch: 47 summary: I first describe the continuing changes in the linguistic paradigms: from initial structuralist approaches to language teaching, we have moved to pragmatic assumptions under which the context is crucial for learning. Language teaching followed the classical trend until the beginning of the 20th century, when the World Wars demanded modern and quick ways of learning foreign communication. keywords: classroom; clil; constructivism; content; evolution; knowledge; language; language teaching; learners; learning; linguistic; new; students; teaching; university cache: profile-37843.pdf plain text: profile-37843.txt item: #252 of 518 id: profile-37857 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2013-01-01 words: 1779 flesch: 42 summary: Identity-forming discourses is the topic addressed by Wilder Yesid Escobar Alméciga, who examines power relationships and uneven conditions in English language education exerted via identity shaping discourses in an official document issued by the Colombian Ministry of National Education and related documentary evidences containing issues that have to do with policymaking processes and English language teaching in the country. The second section, Issues from Novice Teacher Researchers, contains the paper written by Hollman Alejandro Rativa Murillo, who did an exploratory study as part of the fulfilment to opt for the B.A. degree in English language teaching. keywords: colombia; english; language; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-37857.pdf plain text: profile-37857.txt item: #253 of 518 id: profile-37858 author: Yate González, Yuly Yinneth; Saenz, Luis Fernando; Bermeo, Johanna Alejandra; Castañeda Chaves, Andrés Fernando title: The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills date: 2013-01-01 words: 7808 flesch: 55 summary: Students often feel comfortable and find it easier to code switch because it eases the fluency of speech; however, at some point they realize that knowing the word will help them even more; so during their speech or conversation, students will often ask “How do you say” in order to complete their ideas. Students adopted different roles but a specific feature that remained was evidenced whereby students seemed to feel more comfortable when they performed a role for which they had the best talent or ability (writer, idea proposer, leader, compiler, editor). keywords: colombia; elementary; english; group; ideas; language; las; learning; process; research; students; task; teachers; work; writing cache: profile-37858.pdf plain text: profile-37858.txt item: #254 of 518 id: profile-37859 author: Valencia, Marlon title: Language Policy and the Manufacturing of Consent for Foreign Intervention in Colombia date: 2013-01-01 words: 9743 flesch: 48 summary: However, as devised, not only does this policy generate processes of exclusion and stratifica- tion through the standardization and marketization of English language teaching (see Usma, 2009a), but it also serves as a means to manufacture consent among Colombians for the intervention of foreign govern- ments and transnational companies, as well as the implementation of neoliberal education reforms aimed at dismantling publicly funded education. Key words: Colombian language policy, education policy, free trade agreements, manufacturing consent, transnational companies. keywords: 2012; bilingualism; colombia; companies; consent; del; educación; education; english; language; language policy; men; ministerio; nacional; npb; policy; proficiency; teachers; tollefson; trade; universidad; uribe cache: profile-37859.pdf plain text: profile-37859.txt item: #255 of 518 id: profile-37861 author: Escobar Alméciga, Wilder Yesid title: Identity-Forming Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Policy Making Processes Concerning English Language Teaching in Colombia date: 2013-01-01 words: 8995 flesch: 43 summary: Key words: Critical discourse analysis, dominance and control, language identity, power. The Colombian Ministry of Education is pro- gressively and strategically reducing the concept of being bilingual from any of a number of languages to considering only English and Spanish, leaving aside other Colombian languages and transforming the Colombian language paradigm into a form of English “monolingualism.” keywords: analysis; bilingualism; colombia; discourse; document; education; english; english language; foreign; identity; language; men; nacional; teaching cache: profile-37861.pdf plain text: profile-37861.txt item: #256 of 518 id: profile-37862 author: Chaves, Orlando; Hernández, Fanny title: EFL Teaching Methodological Practices in Cali date: 2013-01-01 words: 9433 flesch: 52 summary: A post methods era was advocated (Kumaravadivelu, 1994; Richards & Rodgers, 2001), an era of informed or enlightened eclecticism that requires language teachers to know not only methods (in plural) but also about methods and to teach according to their particular setting. Although course and lesson are everyday terms for language teachers and learners, let’s see some authoritative definitions about them. keywords: activities; approach; area; colombia; curriculum; efl; english; evaluation; grammar; language; language teaching; learning; level; method; practices; syllabus; teachers; teaching; universidad cache: profile-37862.pdf plain text: profile-37862.txt item: #257 of 518 id: profile-37866 author: Cota Grijalva, Sofía D.; Ruiz-Esparza Barajas, Elizabeth title: Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Language Teaching and Learning: A Longitudinal Study date: 2013-01-01 words: 7130 flesch: 61 summary: This situation recalls Ruiz-Esparza’s (2009) findings in which she was investigating teacher beliefs about assessment in this same context and found out that the teachers had one main goal: to make students more autonomous and responsible of their own learning. Therefore, identifying pre-service teacher beliefs and making these future teachers aware of their own beliefs seem crucial for teacher education programs. keywords: beliefs; english; language; learning; practice; program; rating; sem; service; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-37866.pdf plain text: profile-37866.txt item: #258 of 518 id: profile-37867 author: Abad, José Vicente title: Pedagogical Factors that Influence EFL Teaching: Some Considerations for Teachers’ Professional Development date: 2013-01-01 words: 6077 flesch: 50 summary: Finally, it is worth noting that all the elementary school teachers were emphatic about the need to hire professionally trained English teachers to do the job instead of themselves, and that they traced their sense of inadequacy as language teachers back to deficiencies in their professional training and development. Teachers’ self-image regarding their linguistic ego, their view of themselves as foreign language teachers, cuento espectacular y terminamos en integración. keywords: colombia; development; english; factors; knowledge; language; learning; linguistic; que; schools; strategies; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-37867.pdf plain text: profile-37867.txt item: #259 of 518 id: profile-37872 author: Méndez López, Mariza G.; Peña Aguilar, Argelia title: Emotions as Learning Enhancers of Foreign Language Learning Motivation date: 2013-01-01 words: 8824 flesch: 53 summary: However, these studies reveal that students reported as many positive emotions as negative ones; thus the array of emotions students go through during learning is vast. In order to understand the role of emotions in language learning motivation, we focused on two theoretical constructs: motivation and emotions. keywords: emotions; english; experiences; feelings; journal; language; language learning; learners; learning; motivation; research; self; strategies; students; study cache: profile-37872.pdf plain text: profile-37872.txt item: #260 of 518 id: profile-37873 author: Pasupathi, Madhumathi title: Analyzing the Effect of Technology-Based Intervention in Language Laboratory to Improve Listening Skills of First Year Engineering Students date: 2013-01-01 words: 6984 flesch: 54 summary: In the initial stage of listening students were not distracted because the audio length was not more than two minutes in the easy level of listening. Nonetheless, students entering university education develop anxiety in listening to classroom lectures in English. keywords: assessment; english; laboratory; language; learning; listening; results; self; skills; students; technology; use; websites cache: profile-37873.pdf plain text: profile-37873.txt item: #261 of 518 id: profile-37874 author: Bautista Barón, Myriam Judith title: Building ESP Content-Based Materials to Promote Strategic Reading date: 2013-01-01 words: 10467 flesch: 58 summary: Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Do you consider that the implementation of reading comprehension strategies contributed to your learning content and improvement in English? keywords: colombia; comprehension; content; crime; development; english; language; learning; materials; new; process; reading; strategies; students; teacher; use; workshops cache: profile-37874.pdf plain text: profile-37874.txt item: #262 of 518 id: profile-37875 author: Rativa Murillo, Hollman Alejandro title: Adapting Features from the SIOP Component: Lesson Delivery to English Lessons in a Colombian Public School date: 2013-01-01 words: 8623 flesch: 59 summary: For the development of this study, the Lesson Delivery component was tailored from instruction in English language lessons. Students take English lessons for three hours and twenty minutes per week and the real English language contact during lessons is uncertain since most of the time during a lesson delivery is in the students’ native language, Spanish. keywords: class; colombia; component; delivery; english; features; language; learning; lesson; questions; siop; spanish; students; teacher; use cache: profile-37875.pdf plain text: profile-37875.txt item: #263 of 518 id: profile-37878 author: Castellanos Jaimes, Judith title: The Role of English Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching in Teacher Education Programs date: 2013-01-01 words: 6694 flesch: 50 summary: As a conclusion, pre-service teachers were able to reflect upon their image as future teachers and those reflections depicted important issues that can be considered and analyzed in future research in the field of pre-service teacher education. This article uses the term beliefs about teaching, which refers to all the beliefs (ideas and preconcep- tions) that pre-service teachers bring with them when they enter an education program, about how their teaching looks and works, what kind of teacher they are and how they conceive teaching. keywords: beliefs; colombia; education; english; learning; pre; research; self; service; student; teachers; teaching cache: profile-37878.pdf plain text: profile-37878.txt item: #264 of 518 id: profile-37880 author: Espitia Cruz, Martha Isabel; Kwinta, Anna title: “Buddy System”: A Pedagogical Innovation to Promote Online Interaction date: 2013-01-01 words: 8127 flesch: 50 summary: It was essential to keep those online sessions appealing to students and ensure they would participate to improve their class performance and to broaden their knowledge on a given topic through interaction with other students. Upon reflection, teachers have realized that re-opening forums in order to allow students who were unable to participate when the assignment was active ultimately led to other students assuming that they would have an opportunity to upload missing work at a later time. keywords: buddy; colombia; feedback; innovation; interaction; learning; online; pedagogical; students; teachers; technology; time; work cache: profile-37880.pdf plain text: profile-37880.txt item: #265 of 518 id: profile-38075 author: Fajardo Castañeda, J. Alberto title: Learning to Teach and Professional Identity: Images of Personal and Professional Recognition date: 2014-07-01 words: 8823 flesch: 61 summary: Teacher beliefs and interaction in the language classroom. Together they pro- vided some of the foundations for understanding the process of learning to teach and consequently adopting a new identity as language teachers. keywords: beliefs; classroom; community; education; excerpt; identity; language; learning; professional; research; school; study; teacher; teaching cache: profile-38075.pdf plain text: profile-38075.txt item: #266 of 518 id: profile-38113 author: García Montes, Paula Andrea; Sagre Barboza, Ana María; Lacharme Olascoaga, Alba Isabel title: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis as Alternatives When Dealing With Texts date: 2014-07-01 words: 8681 flesch: 55 summary: The linguistic characteristics of texts that affected students reading process have to do with anaphoric, cataphoric, and exophoric expressions. By understanding this purpose, it will be possible to establish a relation- ship between the features of the text and the level of reading comprehension students have. keywords: analysis; colombia; discourse; information; language; process; reading; students; study; teacher; texts; theme; words cache: profile-38113.pdf plain text: profile-38113.txt item: #267 of 518 id: profile-38150 author: Giraldo, Frank title: The Impact of a Professional Development Program on English Language Teachers’ Classroom Performance date: 2014-01-01 words: 8251 flesch: 54 summary: Lastly, professionalism is the tenth dimension, and it relates to the idea that language teachers are part of a scientific academic educational field and that, because of this, they should be familiar with what is current in the field. Based on these perspectives, it is suggested that those involved in designing and implementing professional development programs for language teachers conduct a careful needs analysis before implementation; this needs analysis should take into account not only what the teachers do (well or badly) but also what they know, what they would like to know, and what their experiences and beliefs for language teaching and learning are. keywords: classroom; development; english; language; performance; practice; professional; program; service; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-38150.pdf plain text: profile-38150.txt item: #268 of 518 id: profile-38153 author: Mora, Alberto; Trejo, Paulina; Roux, Ruth title: English Language Teachers’ Professional Development and Identities date: 2014-01-01 words: 8567 flesch: 55 summary: Whereas in the previous two approaches, the concepts of identity and agency were overlooked and language teachers were often conceived of as technicians who merely needed to learn the right ways to teach (Johnston, 2003), identity becomes a central issue in this approach to PD. Theorizing language teacher identity: Three perspectives and beyond. keywords: activities; agency; approach; case; center; colombia; development; english; identity; language; professional; teachers; teaching cache: profile-38153.pdf plain text: profile-38153.txt item: #269 of 518 id: profile-38581 author: Rouse, Megan Elizabeth title: Preparing the High School Classroom for Migrant English Language Learners date: 2014-01-01 words: 4259 flesch: 55 summary: Teaching professionals should undergo professional development to help them better understand the needs of ELL students, the foundation upon which each of these students enters their new learning environment, and how we as teachers can best be prepared. Finally, teachers must know how to assist and develop an appropriate approach to facilitate the learning of ELL students. keywords: classroom; education; ell; english; instruction; language; learners; learning; school; students; teachers cache: profile-38581.pdf plain text: profile-38581.txt item: #270 of 518 id: profile-38633 author: Echeverri Sucerquia, Paula Andrea; Pérez Restrepo, Sebastián title: Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in L2 Education Through a Collaborative Study Group date: 2014-07-01 words: 8597 flesch: 44 summary: The challenges of meaning-making were different for each of us— it was either developing concepts, understanding abstract ideas, or contextualizing theory, depend- ing on how familiar we were with critical theory at large or on our expertise as language teachers. Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in the Study Group As we previously explained, making sense of critical pedagogy theory was an important issue for us due to our differing levels of familiarity with critical pedagogy, the abstract character of critical pedagogy language, core concepts and principles, and the lack of concrete examples in many critical pedagogy texts. keywords: education; group; language; learning; making; pedagogy; process; sense; study; teacher; theory; understanding cache: profile-38633.pdf plain text: profile-38633.txt item: #271 of 518 id: profile-38661 author: Cuartas Alvarez, Luis Fernando title: Selective Use of the Mother Tongue to Enhance Students’ English Learning Processes...Beyond the Same Assumptions date: 2014-01-01 words: 8244 flesch: 56 summary: Beyond the Same Assumptions This new stance toward the role of L1 has resulted in an increasing repertoire of relevant research studies supporting the benefits of using L1 from different sociolinguistic contexts that not only provide insights into the favorable attitudes from both teachers and students toward L1 use but also support the premise that L1 can actually facilitate L2 learning. Thus, finding a balance of L1 use appears to be a matter of reflection, judgment, and selectivity. keywords: classroom; efl; english; english learning; l1 use; language; learning; mother; spanish; students; tongue; use cache: profile-38661.pdf plain text: profile-38661.txt item: #272 of 518 id: profile-38877 author: Ortiz Navarrete, Mabel; Ferreira Cabrera, Anita title: Proposing a Wiki-Based Technique for Collaborative Essay Writing date: 2014-07-01 words: 6116 flesch: 54 summary: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras190 Ortiz Navarrete & Ferreira Cabrera Some preliminary studies about the use of wikis for collaborative writing tasks in second lan- guage acquisition suggest that students increase the amount of writing and find this type of task more motivating (Kovačić, Bubaš, & Zlatović, 2007; Lee, 2010; Mak & Coniam, 2008). Key words: Collaborative writing, essay writing, wiki environment. keywords: changes; environment; essay; group; introduction; language; learning; order; process; students; teaching; text; wiki; writing cache: profile-38877.pdf plain text: profile-38877.txt item: #273 of 518 id: profile-39071 author: Rivas Rivas, Leonardo title: Returnees’ Identity Construction at a BA TESOL Program in Mexico date: 2013-07-01 words: 8196 flesch: 63 summary: While in The United States, those around me never fully accepted me as an American and while in Mexico, people never fully accepted me as a Mexican. Participant M1 mentions how he feels that he shares some common things with the rest of the returnees such as knowing “how it is” in the old country, perhaps referring to the lifestyle in The United States: keywords: american; culture; identity; mexican; mexico; participant; program; returnees; states; united cache: profile-39071.pdf plain text: profile-39071.txt item: #274 of 518 id: profile-39499 author: Viafara González, John Jairo; Ariza Ariza, J. Aleida title: From Awareness to Cultural Agency: EFL Colombian Student Teachers’ Travelling Abroad Experiences date: 2015-01-01 words: 9539 flesch: 49 summary: Neither of the two programs required student teachers to travel abroad to obtain their degree. Student teachers had attended classes guided by either one or the two researchers in the past, thus participants were acquainted with the researchers. keywords: ariza; attitudes; awareness; colombia; competence; culture; development; experiences; intercultural; participants; people; program; student; student teachers; study; teachers; teaching; work cache: profile-39499.pdf plain text: profile-39499.txt item: #275 of 518 id: profile-39773 author: Fajardo Mora, Néstor Ricardo title: Ideologies Revealed During the Construction of Meaning in an EFL Class date: 2014-07-01 words: 8705 flesch: 53 summary: (VRT3, L188-191, Mrom) To finish, pre-service social studies teachers, as transformative teachers, were subjects who sought a world without oppression and exploitation. In this sense, the following question guided this study: Which ideologies does a group of pre-service teachers reveal when con- structing the meaning of texts? keywords: category; colombia; efl; ideologies; ideology; learning; meaning; people; power; pre; society; students; studies; teachers cache: profile-39773.pdf plain text: profile-39773.txt item: #276 of 518 id: profile-39904 author: Izquierdo Castillo, Alexander; Jiménez Bonilla, Sonia title: Building up Autonomy Through Reading Strategies date: 2014-07-01 words: 8710 flesch: 63 summary: Additionally, the training on reading strategies allowed them to succeed in their reading comprehension. Theoretical Framework This study is based on the following theoreti- cal constructs: autonomy, motivation, reading, and reading strategies. keywords: autonomy; learners; learning; making; predictions; process; reading; reading strategies; skimming; strategies; students; text cache: profile-39904.pdf plain text: profile-39904.txt item: #277 of 518 id: profile-39994 author: Keranen, Nancy; Encinas Prudencio, Fátima title: Teacher Collaboration Praxis: Conflicts, Borders, and Ideologies From a Micropolitical Perspective date: 2014-07-01 words: 5661 flesch: 48 summary: In J. Edge & K. Richards (Eds.), Teachers develop teachers research: Papers on classroom research and teacher development (pp. 10-25). Pages 37-47 Teacher Collaboration Praxis: Conflicts, Borders, and Ideologies From a Micropolitical Perspective La práctica colaborativa entre docentes: conflictos, fronteras e ideologías desde una perspectiva micropolítica Nancy Keranen1* Fátima Encinas Prudencio2** Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico This paper looks at a feature of teacher collaboration within Achinstein’s (2002) micropolitics of collab- oration but from an intrapersonal perspective. keywords: achinstein; borders; collaboration; conflict; course; intrapersonal; maria; project; research; students; study; teacher cache: profile-39994.pdf plain text: profile-39994.txt item: #278 of 518 id: profile-40167 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2013-07-01 words: 1443 flesch: 51 summary: We close this edition with two papers written by Colombian teachers and contained in the Issues Based on Reflections and Innovations section. Their article presents the findings of an action research project conducted with a group of Colombian pre-service teachers on the role of genre-based activities in the writing of argumentative essays in English. keywords: action; english; noffke; research; teachers; university cache: profile-40167.pdf plain text: profile-40167.txt item: #279 of 518 id: profile-40168 author: Olaya, Alba; Gómez, Luis Fernando title: Exploring EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Experience with Cultural Content and Intercultural Communicative Competence at Three Colombian Universities date: 2013-07-01 words: 9709 flesch: 53 summary: These views emphasize that English teachers should become foreign culture teachers, having the ability to teach learners to experience and analyze the home and target cultures through communicative language practices in the classroom, rather than in informative terms. Language culture and teaching: Critical perspectives for a new century. keywords: aspects; classroom; content; cultural; culture; efl; english; icc; intercultural; language; participants; research; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-40168.pdf plain text: profile-40168.txt item: #280 of 518 id: profile-40170 author: Báez Dueñas, Leidy Tatiana; Chacón Vargas, Leidy Marcela title: Student-Teachers’ Teaching Techniques: Actors in Pupils’ Extrinsic Motivation as They Speak date: 2013-07-01 words: 7402 flesch: 51 summary: Then, personal information sharing and the use of visual aids constitute the two following subcategories under which the roles of student teachers’ teaching techniques at the initial stage are supported. It means that the perspectives proposed by the new generation of language teachers need to contribute to the educational field, so these should be implemented in classrooms. keywords: activities; class; colombia; english; language; learning; motivation; oral; pupils; research; students; teachers; teaching; techniques cache: profile-40170.pdf plain text: profile-40170.txt item: #281 of 518 id: profile-40171 author: Díaz Larenas, Claudio; Alarcón Hernández, Paola; Vásquez Neira, Andrea; Pradel Suárez, Boris; Ortiz Navarrete, Mabel title: Beliefs of Chilean University English Teachers: Uncovering Their Role in the Teaching and Learning Process date: 2013-07-01 words: 6253 flesch: 45 summary: Teacher cognition in language teaching: A review of research on what language teachers think, know, believe, and do. Results of the study indicate that university teachers reveal challenging and complex views about what it is like to teach English as a foreign language in a university context in Chile. keywords: beliefs; classroom; english; language; learning; participants; research; role; strategies; students; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-40171.pdf plain text: profile-40171.txt item: #282 of 518 id: profile-40172 author: Macías, Diego Fernando title: An Exploration of EFL Teachers’ Awareness of the Sources of Pedagogical Knowledge in a Teacher Education Program date: 2013-07-01 words: 8968 flesch: 52 summary: Mullock (2006) similarly claims that teacher knowledge is sometimes referred to as pedagogical knowledge, which he defines as accumulated knowledge about the act of teaching, including the goals, procedures, and strategies that form the basis for what teachers do in the classroom. Thus, teacher knowledge or pedagogical knowledge is what ultimately informs teachers’ decisions and actions in the classroom and is also evidenced in the materials and activities teachers use in the teaching process. keywords: education; efl; experience; knowledge; language; program; research; sources; students; teacher education; teachers; teaching cache: profile-40172.pdf plain text: profile-40172.txt item: #283 of 518 id: profile-40173 author: Lopera Medina, Sergio title: Diary Insights of an EFL Reading Teacher date: 2013-07-01 words: 5607 flesch: 60 summary: Grabe and Stoller (2002) Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras118 Lopera Medina ask language teachers to use both processes with students in order to have successful readers. Language teachers can use simple reading strategies such as previewing, predicting, guessing word meanings; or complex ones such as inference and summarizing. keywords: course; diary; interaction; language; learning; motivation; reading; research; researchers; strategies; students; support; teacher; teaching cache: profile-40173.pdf plain text: profile-40173.txt item: #284 of 518 id: profile-40174 author: Correa Pérez, Roxanna; Martínez Fuentealba, Mariela; Molina De La Barra, María; Silva Rojas, Jessica; Torres Cisternas, Mirta title: The Impact of Explicit Feedback on EFL High School Students Engaged in Writing Tasks date: 2013-07-01 words: 7617 flesch: 58 summary: However, two of them prefer written feedback because this way they can avoid speaking to the teacher in English. In Table 7 one of the students manifests that she likes receiving written feedback as that way she avoids speaking with the teacher. keywords: comments; content; english; feedback; ideas; language; learners; motivation; students; task; teacher; writing cache: profile-40174.pdf plain text: profile-40174.txt item: #285 of 518 id: profile-40175 author: Areiza Restrepo, Hugo Nelson title: Role of Systematic Formative Assessment on Students’ Views of Their Learning date: 2013-07-01 words: 9394 flesch: 55 summary: The researchers also concernedly reported that few universities in Colombia offered instruction in language assessment and general evaluation to languages teachers. Language testing in Colombia: A call for more teacher education and teacher training in language assessment. keywords: assessment; autonomy; classroom; colombia; english; formative; language; learners; learning; role; self; students; task; teachers cache: profile-40175.pdf plain text: profile-40175.txt item: #286 of 518 id: profile-40176 author: Cruz Corzo, Carolina title: Formal Grammar Instruction: Theoretical Aspects to Contemplate Its Teaching date: 2013-07-01 words: 5301 flesch: 44 summary: Ellis (2010) explains that through explicit grammar instruction learners are: Encouraged to develop metalinguistic awareness of the rule. Key words: Explicit grammar instruction, grammar instruction, implicit grammar instruction. keywords: acquisition; formal; forms; grammar; instruction; language; learners; teaching cache: profile-40176.pdf plain text: profile-40176.txt item: #287 of 518 id: profile-40178 author: Cárdenas B., Melba Libia title: Accumulative index of published articles in PROFILE Vol. 15 (2013) date: 2013-07-01 words: 1071 flesch: 14 summary: [“El uso de la tecnología en el laboratorio de idiomas para el mejoramiento de las habilidades de escucha de estudiantes de ingeniería de primer año”] 1 171-193 Rativa Murillo, H. A. “Adapting Features from the SIOP Component: Lesson Delivery to English Lessons in a Colombian Public School” [“Adaptación de las características del componente de SIOP: [“Prácticas metodológicas en la enseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera en la ciudad de Cali”] 2 149-163 Correa Pérez, R., Martínez Fuentealba, M., Molina De La Barra, M., Silva Rojas, J., & Torres Cisternas, M. “The Impact of Explicit Feedback on EFL High School Students Engaged in Writing Tasks” [“El impacto de la retroalimentación explícita en tareas de escritura en lengua inglesa de estudiantes de secundaria”] 1 81-95 Cota Grijalva, S. D., & Ruiz-Esparza Barajas, E. “Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Language Teaching and Learning: A Longitudinal Study” keywords: colombia; enseñanza; inglés; las cache: profile-40178.pdf plain text: profile-40178.txt item: #288 of 518 id: profile-40192 author: Crawford, Troy; Lengeling, Martha; Mora Pablo, Irasema; Heredia Ocampo, Rocío title: Hybrid Identity in Academic Writing: “Are There Two of Me?” date: 2014-07-01 words: 8786 flesch: 65 summary: A typical web page, for example, may involve still photographs, moving images (video clips), and audio recording in addition to written language. Contrastive rhetoric: Cross-cultural aspects of second language writing. keywords: colombia; english; hybrid; identity; language; participants; person; process; research; spanish; teacher; university; way; writing cache: profile-40192.pdf plain text: profile-40192.txt item: #289 of 518 id: profile-40423 author: Bonilla, Sandra Ximena; Cruz-Arcila, Ferney title: Critical Socio-Cultural Elements of the Intercultural Endeavour of English Teaching in Colombian Rural Areas date: 2014-07-01 words: 9043 flesch: 55 summary: Notwithstanding this fact, for our study we contacted language teachers who work in rural areas in different levels of the continuum pro- posed by Castro and Reboratti (2008). Data analysis led us to reach some insights regarding the way socio-cultural factors of Eng- lish language teaching mediate this endeavour in Colombian rural areas and how language teachers have made sense of their professional role. keywords: areas; colombia; culture; education; elements; english; factors; intercultural; language; language teaching; learning; rural; socio; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-40423.pdf plain text: profile-40423.txt item: #290 of 518 id: profile-40819 author: Hernández Méndez, Edith; Reyes Cruz, María del Rosario title: Research Culture in Higher Education: The Case of a Foreign Language Department in Mexico date: 2014-07-01 words: 8804 flesch: 48 summary: Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to examine and identify, through the lens of organizational theory and a current model of research culture in an academic setting, some characteristics of the research culture in the Department of Languages and Education at a public university in Southeast Mexico. Key words: Foreign languages, higher education, research culture. keywords: administrators; culture; department; education; faculty; institution; members; mexico; organization; policies; professors; research; research culture; teaching; time; universidad; university cache: profile-40819.pdf plain text: profile-40819.txt item: #291 of 518 id: profile-40902 author: Banegas, Darío Luis; Velázquez, Aurelia title: Enacting a People-Centred Curriculum in ELT With Teenage Learners date: 2014-07-01 words: 3948 flesch: 60 summary: Learners created short poems based on authentic answer phone messages (Spiro, 2004) but what was innovative for everyone was that learners were invited to record their poems as those would be part of an open-access audio library online. Learners and Teachers in the Curriculum Following the conceptualization of curriculum enactment, the learner-centred curriculum in ELT incorporates both learners and teachers (Nunan, 1988) with different yet complimentary roles (Tudor, 1993). keywords: approach; classroom; curriculum; elt; language; learners; people; teachers; teaching cache: profile-40902.pdf plain text: profile-40902.txt item: #292 of 518 id: profile-41632 author: Diaz, Itala title: Training in Metacognitive Strategies for Students’ Vocabulary Improvement by Using Learning Journals date: 2015-01-01 words: 8663 flesch: 52 summary: Key words: Evaluating, language learning strategy training, metacognition, metacognitive strategies, monitoring, planning, vocabulary. In regard to language learning strategies, the study concluded that students can be more conscious about the deck of strategies they use in their vocabulary le ar ning pro cess w hen keywords: journals; language; learners; learning; metacognitive; mts; participants; process; strategies; students; study; training; use; vocabulary; words cache: profile-41632.pdf plain text: profile-41632.txt item: #293 of 518 id: profile-41821 author: Buendía Arias, Ximena Paola title: A Comparison of Chinese and Colombian University EFL Students Regarding Learner Autonomy date: 2015-01-01 words: 9708 flesch: 59 summary: Pages 35-53 A Comparison of Chinese and Colombian University EFL Students Regarding Learner Autonomy These results together with the ones obtained from the inter views are shown in the following categories: Evaluation of Teacher’s Aims and Requirements According to the results, Chinese students are less autonomous than Colombian students. Although it can be implied from the previous considerations that Colombian students have a higher degree of readiness for learner autonomy in the classroom than Chinese students, the results also showed that both groups of students need to work harder outside the classroom to reach teacher’s goals, as well as becoming more aware of their roles as students. keywords: autonomy; chinese; colombian; english; evaluation; goals; language; learner; learning; process; self; strategies; students; study; teacher; total cache: profile-41821.pdf plain text: profile-41821.txt item: #294 of 518 id: profile-41856 author: Romaña Correa, Yeferson title: Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English date: 2015-01-01 words: 8514 flesch: 55 summary: She concluded that Skype™ language learning through “Mixxer” can be a convincing application to be widely supported, experimented, and its efficacy monitored in different language learning contexts, as it can be a valid aid in trying to support language learners who always face problems connected to the difficulty in having contact with native speakers. Pages 143-156 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n1.41856 Skype™ Conference Calls: A Way to Promote Speaking Skills in the Teaching and Learning of English Llamadas para conferencia en Skype™: una forma de promover la habilidad de habla en la enseñanza y aprendizaje del inglés Yeferson Romaña Correa*1 Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia This article presents the results of a research project on the teaching and learning of English through the use of Skype™ conference calls. keywords: calls; conference; conference calls; english; language; learners; learning; online; research; skype; social; speaking; study; teaching cache: profile-41856.pdf plain text: profile-41856.txt item: #295 of 518 id: profile-41858 author: Tolosa, Constanza; Ordóñez, Claudia Lucía; Alfonso, Tania title: Online Peer Feedback Between Colombian and New Zealand FL Beginners: A Comparison and Lessons Learned date: 2015-01-01 words: 7920 flesch: 55 summary: Peer feedback on second language writing is collaboration which enhances linguistic development and has b een ass o ciated with greater learner participation, improved communicative competence, and higher levels of metacognition (Hyland, 2003). Peer feedback on language form in telecollaboration. keywords: colombian; english; errors; feedback; language; learning; new; online; peer; spanish; students; tolosa; tutoring; tutors; zealand cache: profile-41858.pdf plain text: profile-41858.txt item: #296 of 518 id: profile-43202 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2014-01-01 words: 1515 flesch: 45 summary: Pages 7-10 Editorial Editorial The continual striving for the optimal teaching of English as a foreign language and adequate preparation of teachers at all levels of education combined with more global processes aimed at an appreciation of teacher professionalism, au- tonomy and creativity laid fertile grounds for the gradually increasing interest in teacher research, and shortly afterwards, action research. Next, we gather two articles concerning teacher education in Latin American contexts. keywords: english; language; research; students; teacher; work cache: profile-43202.pdf plain text: profile-43202.txt item: #297 of 518 id: profile-43203 author: Pineda, Diana title: The Feasibility of Assessing Teenagers’ Oral English Language Performance with a Rubric date: 2014-01-01 words: 8501 flesch: 53 summary: My project aimed to examine to what extent the use of oral performance assessment rubrics can be practical and reliable when the criteria are decided by a group of teachers or, as in our case, the members of the study group, which included two of the program’s teachers. Pages 181-198 The Feasibility of Assessing Teenagers’ Oral English Language Performance with a Rubric La viabilidad de evaluar el desempeño oral de los adolescentes en inglés con una rúbrica Diana Pineda*1 Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia This article reports the experience of a study group in a public university in Colombia, formed mostly by academic coordinators who worked in the design of assessment rubrics. keywords: assessment; colombia; criteria; english; evaluation; language; oral; performance; program; rubric; students; study; teachers; time; use cache: profile-43203.pdf plain text: profile-43203.txt item: #298 of 518 id: profile-43383 author: Sarasa, María Cristina title: Narrative Research Into the Possibilities of Classroom-Generated Stories in English Teacher Education date: 2015-01-01 words: 6658 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Initial English teacher education, narrative inquiry, pre-service teachers’ identities. Thus, systematic research is needed to understand the value of carrying out narrative inquiry in this field. keywords: class; classroom; education; english; inquiry; knowledge; language; lives; narrative; research; sarasa; stories; students; teacher cache: profile-43383.pdf plain text: profile-43383.txt item: #299 of 518 id: profile-43438 author: Gómez Burgos, Eric title: First Year University Students’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Oral and Written Descriptions date: 2015-01-01 words: 4883 flesch: 57 summary: The results provide evidence that the use of these expressions in written texts is very similar to the FSs used in oral texts, that is, the students’ written texts have the structure of an oral text because they use many lexical bundles which are frequently part of oral speech. All of these elements are included in the texts, and they are connected with different FSs that allow speakers and writers to compose oral and written texts supported with information that flows through these two stages; therefore, discourse unfolds in the genre of description. keywords: discourse; expressions; formulaic; fss; language; oral; texts; use; written cache: profile-43438.pdf plain text: profile-43438.txt item: #300 of 518 id: profile-43641 author: Macías, Diego Fernando; Sánchez, Jesús Ariel title: Classroom Management: A Persistent Challenge for Pre-Service Foreign Language Teachers date: 2015-07-01 words: 8793 flesch: 51 summary: Chaves Varón (2008), in looking at the strengths and weaknesses in a teaching practicum, found that student teachers were not being properly trained to manage a classroom, and Insuasty and Z ambrano Castillo (2011) identified classroom management as one of the most commonly discussed issu e s du One of the cooperating teachers similarly added: Student teachers try to bring them many games because this is what cooperating teachers do not do; they do not play with the students…then some student teachers try to be more active, more dynamic (CT14) These pre-service teachers used an approach based on gaining students’ confidence and respect. keywords: classroom; classroom management; colombia; education; language; management; participants; practicum; pre; school; service; students; study; teachers; teaching; time cache: profile-43641.pdf plain text: profile-43641.txt item: #301 of 518 id: profile-43957 author: Restrepo Ramos, Falcon Dario title: Incidental Vocabulary Learning in Second Language Acquisition: A Literature Review date: 2015-01-01 words: 6050 flesch: 44 summary: Key words: Contextual cues, incidental vocabulary learning, multimodal glosses, second language acquisition, reading for meaning. Incidental vocabulary learning in second language acquisition: A literature review. keywords: acquisition; comprehension; incidental; language; learners; learning; meaning; reading; vocabulary; vocabulary learning; words cache: profile-43957.pdf plain text: profile-43957.txt item: #302 of 518 id: profile-44149 author: Herrando-Rodrigo, Isabel title: Attitudes and Discourse: Spanish Practitioners’ and Undergraduates’ Survey Results date: 2015-01-01 words: 8238 flesch: 52 summary: Ideational grammatical metaphor in the area of written medical English: Modal and uses in journal articles and popularisations (Unpublished doc- toral dissertation). To observe and measure undergraduates’ attitudes towards medical English I asked them to fill in a questionnaire (Appendix B). keywords: articles; communication; discourse; english; genres; language; med; medicine; pops; practitioners; purposes; ras; research; spanish; study; survey; undergraduates; writing cache: profile-44149.pdf plain text: profile-44149.txt item: #303 of 518 id: profile-44194 author: Guerrero, Carmen Helena; Meadows, Bryan title: Global Professional Identity in Deterretorialized Spaces: A Case Study of a Critical Dialogue Between Expert and Novice Nonnative English Speaker Teachers date: 2015-07-01 words: 8628 flesch: 51 summary: Listen to the voices of foreign language student teachers: Implications for foreign language educators. It is worthwhile to continue exploring these issues for NNESTs and their professional identities in the ELT field because this can benefit our understanding of language teacher education for the global society. keywords: classroom; colombia; culture; dialogue; education; elt; english; global; identity; language; online; participants; pedagogy; students; study; teachers; teaching; tepic; tepus cache: profile-44194.pdf plain text: profile-44194.txt item: #304 of 518 id: profile-44269 author: Pineda Hoyos, Jorge Eduardo; Tamayo Cano, Luis Hernando title: E-moderating and E-tivities: The Implementation of a Workshop to Develop Online Teaching Skills in In-service Teachers date: 2016-01-01 words: 8421 flesch: 49 summary: Results from the second task report on e-tivity design and the results from the third task give an account of the strategies and activities the participants may implement in an online course based on Salmon’s (2011) model. e-tivity framework. keywords: course; development; learning; moderators; online; participants; salmon; skills; stage; students; task; teaching; tivities; tivity cache: profile-44269.pdf plain text: profile-44269.txt item: #305 of 518 id: profile-44272 author: Gómez Rodríguez, Luis Fernando title: The Cultural Content in EFL Textbooks and What Teachers Need to Do About It date: 2015-07-01 words: 8849 flesch: 55 summary: The study examined whether the textbooks include elements of surface or deep culture, and the findings indicate that the textbooks contain only static and congratulatory topics of surface culture and omit complex and transformative forms of culture. The analysis was supported by theoretical views related to the distinction between surface culture and deep culture, which are explained below. keywords: american; article; children; colombia; content; cultural; culture; efl; families; intercultural; language; learners; parent; people; surface; teachers; textbooks cache: profile-44272.pdf plain text: profile-44272.txt item: #306 of 518 id: profile-44374 author: Alibakhshi, Goudarz; Dehvari, Najibeh title: EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Continuing Professional Development: A Case of Iranian High School Teachers date: 2015-07-01 words: 7079 flesch: 51 summary: Teacher professional development in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten years. For instance, Karabenick and Noda (as cited in Jafri, 2009) argue that teacher development allows teachers to improve their practice and to keep abreast of recent findings in the field. keywords: activities; cpd; development; education; efl; english; iranian; language; learning; participants; professional; research; teachers; teaching; years cache: profile-44374.pdf plain text: profile-44374.txt item: #307 of 518 id: profile-44375 author: Mugford, Gerrard; Ramírez Cuevas, Oscar title: When Students Say Far Too Much: Examining Gushing in the ELT Classroom date: 2015-07-01 words: 5649 flesch: 56 summary: Communicative language teaching involves preparing students for a range of social situations and contexts and giving them choices with regard to how they want to react and be perceived and “has become a generalised ‘umbrella’ term to describe learning sequences which aim to improve the students’ ability to communicate” (Harmer, 2007, p. 70). Pages 101-110 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n2.44375 When Students Say Far Too Much: Examining Gushing in the ELT Classroom Cuando los alumnos dicen demasiado: análisis del uso excesivo de palabras en clases de inglés como lengua extranjera Gerrard Mugford*1 Oscar Ramírez Cuevas**2 Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico English foreign-language users oten overuse words when faced with difficult situations. keywords: acquiescing; context; english; gushing; language; strategies; strategy; students; use; users cache: profile-44375.pdf plain text: profile-44375.txt item: #308 of 518 id: profile-44393 author: Kaneko-Marques, Sandra Mari title: Reflective Teacher Supervision Through Videos of Classroom Teaching date: 2015-07-01 words: 8963 flesch: 45 summary: Consultation is possible at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n2.44393 mailto:sandrak%40fclar.unesp.br?subject= http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n2.44393 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras64 Kaneko-Marques Introduction Within the context of language teacher education, teaching practice has been analyzed from different perspectives. In language teacher education, Wallace (1991) keywords: classroom; collaborative; education; knowledge; language; learning; observation; pedagogical; post; practice; sessions; student; supervision; teacher; teacher education; teaching cache: profile-44393.pdf plain text: profile-44393.txt item: #309 of 518 id: profile-44441 author: Trujeque Moreno, Eva Estefania; Encinas Prudencio, Fátima; Thomas-Ruzic, Maria title: Exploring Authorship Development Among Mexican EFL Teacher-Researchers date: 2015-07-01 words: 8757 flesch: 48 summary: This study’s main purpose was to explore and trace these processes in EFL TRs’ careers. Because research activities have recently become an indicator of EFL TRs’ professional development (Richards, 2011), the issue of EFL TRs’ increasing productivity has been receiving more attention in the literature (Reyes Cruz & Hernández Méndez, 2014). keywords: authoring; authorship; development; efl; english; international; julio; language; mexican; mexico; national; profession; publications; research; researchers; study; teacher; teaching; trs cache: profile-44441.pdf plain text: profile-44441.txt item: #310 of 518 id: profile-44739 author: Lara Herrera, Romero title: Mexican Secondary School Students’ Perception of Learning the History of Mexico in English date: 2015-01-01 words: 8603 flesch: 59 summary: (4) The majority of ESL literature and common sense tells us that language teachers should always keep student needs foremost in their thoughts as they develop their courses (Silva, 1997; Smyth, 2006). In an effort to better understand the optimal conditions that encourage concurrent language and content acquisition, a six-month investigation was conducted focusing on student perceptions of learning the history of Mexico through CBI. keywords: answers; cbi; colombia; content; difficult; english; history; language; learning; mexican; mexico; participants; perceptions; question; research; school; students; teaching cache: profile-44739.pdf plain text: profile-44739.txt item: #311 of 518 id: profile-46143 author: Cárdenas, Melba L.; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia title: Editorial date: 2014-07-01 words: 1749 flesch: 42 summary: Next, we gather three articles concerning teacher education in Latin American contexts. Then, Alberto Fajardo Castañeda’s article informs us on a study regarding a group of Colombian pre-service teachers and the construction of their professional identities from the interplay between participation in a teacher com- munity and their systems of knowledge and beliefs. keywords: article; authors; english; issues; researchers; teachers cache: profile-46143.pdf plain text: profile-46143.txt item: #312 of 518 id: profile-46144 author: Cárdenas, Melba L. title: Publishing and Academic Writing: Experiences of Authors Who Have Published in PROFILE date: 2014-07-01 words: 5750 flesch: 50 summary: Professional enrichment has been significant for 93 percent of the respon- dents for publishing has entailed the possibility of broadening professional background, the sat- isfaction of sharing one’s work, reaching schools, and leaving a footprint in teacher research. This last matter implies providing oppor- tunities for continuous learning, for instance, along the publication process and as an extension of it because some authors also advise other teachers in their research. keywords: authors; colombia; education; experiences; journal; percent; profile; publication; publishing; research; teachers; writing cache: profile-46144.pdf plain text: profile-46144.txt item: #313 of 518 id: profile-46146 author: Tlazalo Tejeda, Ana Cristina; Basurto Santos, Nora M. title: Pronunciation Instruction and Students’ Practice to Develop Their Confidence in EFL Oral Skills date: 2014-07-01 words: 8599 flesch: 62 summary: In addition, it is important to recognize that foreign language students must aim at devel- oping a good pronunciation but this does not mean that they have to sound exactly like a native speaker. Besides, the time devoted to the instruction of EFL pronunciation inside the classrooms was very limited and it was used, most of the time, to do the textbook pro- nunciation activities. keywords: colombia; confidence; efl; english; instruction; language; practice; pronunciation; reading; research; students; study; teachers; teaching; universidad; words cache: profile-46146.pdf plain text: profile-46146.txt item: #314 of 518 id: profile-46147 author: Journal, PROFILE title: Accumulative index of published articles in PROFILE Vol. 16 (2014) date: 2014-07-01 words: 1034 flesch: 14 summary: [“El impacto de un programa de desarrollo profesional en el desempeño en clase de profesores de lengua inglesa”] 2 135-150 Hernández Méndez, E., & Reyes Cruz, M. “Research Culture in Higher Education: The Case of a Foreign Language Department in Mexico” [“Cultura de la investigación: el caso de un Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras en México”] 2 67-85 Izquierdo Castillo, A., & Jiménez Bonilla, S. “Building up Autonomy Through Reading Strategies” [“Formación en autonomía a través de estrategias de lectura”] 2 37-47 Keranen, N., & Encinas Prudencio, F. “Teacher Collaboration Praxis: Conflicts, Borders, and Ideologies From a Micropolitical Perspective” [“La práctica colaborativa entre docentes: conflictos, fronteras e ideologías desde una perspectiva micropolítica”] 1 89-104 Lopera Medina, S. “Motivation Conditions in a Foreign Language Reading Comprehension Course Offering Both a Web-Based Modality and a Face-to-Face Modality” [“El trabajo colaborativo como alternativa para la escritura de artículos investigativos”] 1 11-28 Castro Huertas, I. A., & Navarro Parra, L. J. “The Role of Songs in First Graders’ Oral Communication Development in English” [“El papel de las canciones en el desarrollo de la comunicación oral en inglés de niños de primero de primaria”] 2 87-100 Crawford, T., Lengeling, M., Mora Pablo, I., & Heredia Ocampo, R. “Hybrid Identity in Academic Writing: ‘Are There Two of Me?’” [“Identidad híbrida: ‘¿hay dos yo?’”] 1 137-151 Cuartas Alvarez, L. F. “Selective Use of the Mother Tongue to Enhance Students’ English Learning Processes… Beyond the Same Assumptions” [“Uso selectivo de la lengua materna para mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje del inglés de los estudiantes…Más allá de las mismas suposiciones”] 2 171-184 Echeverri Sucerquia, P. A., & Pérez Restrepo, S. “Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in L2 Education Through a Collaborative Study Group” [“Dándole sentido a la pedagogía crítica en la educación en L2 a través de un grupo de estudio colaborativo”] 2 49-65 Fajardo Castañeda, J. A. “Learning to Teach and Professional Identity: Images of Personal and Professional Recognition” keywords: inglés cache: profile-46147.pdf plain text: profile-46147.txt item: #315 of 518 id: profile-47065 author: Nuñez Asomoza, Alejandra title: Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of CLIL in a Mexican BA Program date: 2015-07-01 words: 8298 flesch: 57 summary: (Ramiro) Identifying academic genres is one of the main features of CLIL, and it is also considered one of the most important skills that CLIL students should develop. Research methods for English language teachers. keywords: classes; clil; content; education; english; language; learning; mexican; participants; perceptions; program; research; students; teachers cache: profile-47065.pdf plain text: profile-47065.txt item: #316 of 518 id: profile-47510 author: Cote Parra, Gabriel Eduardo title: Engaging Foreign Language Learners in a Web 2.0-Mediated Collaborative Learning Process date: 2015-07-01 words: 5743 flesch: 48 summary: Wiki work: Can using wikis enhance student collaboration for group assign- ment tasks? In the long term, this type of collaborative learning experience could help participants not only to improve their foreign language competence but also to become lifelong learners. keywords: course; face; knowledge; language; learning; online; participants; research; students; use; web; wiki cache: profile-47510.pdf plain text: profile-47510.txt item: #317 of 518 id: profile-47807 author: Sierra Piedrahita, Ana Maria title: Contributions of a Social Justice Language Teacher Education Perspective to Professional Development Programs in Colombia date: 2016-01-01 words: 8507 flesch: 49 summary: With the above-mentioned reform and what the Colombian government has established in terms of teacher professional development, teachers are witnessing the prevalence of one of the two discourses that currently influence educational policies in relation to teacher professionalism (Day & Sachs, 2004). Her teaching and research interests include teacher professional development and learning, social justice education and curriculum in language teaching. keywords: change; colombia; development; education; justice; language; learning; perspective; professional; schools; social; students; teachers; teaching; work cache: profile-47807.pdf plain text: profile-47807.txt item: #318 of 518 id: profile-48000 author: Crawford, Troy; Mora Pablo, Irasema; Lengeling, M. Martha title: Struggling Authorial Identity of Second Language University Academic Writers in Mexico date: 2016-01-01 words: 7791 flesch: 62 summary: Through narrative research methodology from a qualitative paradigm, the everyday struggles of two university professors to main- tain their professional status in second language writing are explored. This issue of bilingual voice and its relationship to writer identity is an area that needs to be researched more in order to understand second language writing and, more specifically, academic writing. keywords: english; german; identity; language; language writing; narrative; participants; process; research; spanish; university; writers; writing cache: profile-48000.pdf plain text: profile-48000.txt item: #319 of 518 id: profile-48091 author: Caicedo, Jefferson title: Teacher Activities and Adolescent Students’ Participation in a Colombian EFL Classroom date: 2015-07-01 words: 8067 flesch: 60 summary: Teacher activities and adolescent students’ participation in a Colombian EFL classroom. Focus on the language classroom: An introduction to classroom research for language teachers. keywords: activities; classroom; colombia; english; instruction; language; oral; participation; reading; research; skills; students; study; teacher; teaching; use cache: profile-48091.pdf plain text: profile-48091.txt item: #320 of 518 id: profile-48168 author: Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2015-01-01 words: 1423 flesch: 47 summary: In her work she shows how she conceptualized the participants’ written narratives on “unheroic” lives and derives the implications these narrative classroom interventions hold for English language teacher education. In the last article of this section of issues from teacher researchers we can read the report of Itala Diaz’s qualitative study. keywords: english; language; learning; students; teacher cache: profile-48168.pdf plain text: profile-48168.txt item: #321 of 518 id: profile-48272 author: Buitrago Campo, Ana Carolina title: Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach date: 2016-07-01 words: 8790 flesch: 54 summary: Several factors contributed to this situation: (1) Students were not provided with enough opportunities to use the English learned in class to communicate ideas or interact spontaneously; (2) my cooperating teacher (ct) taught the class in Spanish and therefore, there was an absence of exposure to spoken English; and (3) the English lessons were focused on preparing the students for their mid-term exams as well as teaching vocabulary, grammatical structures, and tenses. Through this approach, students participating in this study were expected to develop different tasks in class that exposed them to spoken and written English, gave them opportunities to use the language in a spontaneous or planned way, and addressed their attention towards the form and grammar at the end of the tasks. keywords: approach; communicative; competence; english; implementation; language; learning; oral; research; students; study; task; tbl; teaching; willis cache: profile-48272.pdf plain text: profile-48272.txt item: #322 of 518 id: profile-48608 author: Akcan, Sumru title: Novice Non-Native English Teachers’ Reflections on Their Teacher Education Programmes and Their First Years of Teaching date: 2016-01-01 words: 6721 flesch: 56 summary: Novice teachers complain that in teacher education programmes they got too much theory and too little practice. As a final remark, there is a need to collect more data on the teaching experiences of graduates from teacher education programmes in general. keywords: classroom; education; english; language; learning; novice; practice; programme; students; teacher education; teachers; teaching; university; years cache: profile-48608.pdf plain text: profile-48608.txt item: #323 of 518 id: profile-48740 author: Gimenez, Telma; Ferreira, Aparecida de Jesus; Alves Basso, Rosângela Aparecida; Carvalho Cruvinel, Roberta title: Policies for English Language Teacher Education in Brazil Today: Preliminary Remarks date: 2016-01-01 words: 9093 flesch: 53 summary: In relation to English language teachers, who are the focus of this paper, there are about 2,140 participants, which represent 73% of the workforce. Preliminary Remarks Conclusions The policies and programs presented in this text directly or indirectly address some of the challenges of educating English language teachers in Brazil. keywords: brazil; brazilian; colombia; courses; degree; development; education; english; english language; ferreira; gimenez; language; number; parfor; policies; policy; program; race; teacher education; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-48740.pdf plain text: profile-48740.txt item: #324 of 518 id: profile-49148 author: Castro Garces, Angela Yicely; Martinez Granada, Liliana title: The Role of Collaborative Action Research in Teachers’ Professional Development date: 2016-01-01 words: 7368 flesch: 54 summary: Richards and Farrell (2005) make a strong distinction between teacher training and teacher development. The team took the comments in a positive way and improved what was suggested because it was part of our professional development based on what Richards and Farrell (2005) affirm: “Strategies for teacher development often involve documenting different kinds of teaching practices, reflective analysis of teaching practices, examining beliefs, values and principles; conversations with peers on core issues, and collaborating with peers in classroom projects” (p. 4). keywords: action; colombia; cycle; development; learning; participants; planning; pre; professional; research; service; students; teachers; team; work cache: profile-49148.pdf plain text: profile-49148.txt item: #325 of 518 id: profile-49591 author: Morales Cortés, Yimer Andrés title: Unveiling Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Teaching: The Role of Pedagogical Practicums date: 2016-07-01 words: 7116 flesch: 55 summary: la enseñanza: el papel de las prácticas pedagógicas Yimer Andrés Morales Cortés* Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia This article reports a research developed at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia with a group of pre-service teachers that was immersed in an English teaching practicum. Another view is 49 Unveiling Pre-Service Teachers᾽ Attitudes Toward Teaching: The Role of Pedagogical Practicums posed by Borg (2006) who states that pre-service teachers are those who start a teaching education program at the undergraduate level. keywords: attitudes; colombia; english; practice; practicum; pre; service; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-49591.pdf plain text: profile-49591.txt item: #326 of 518 id: profile-49592 author: Abad, José Vicente; Alzate, Paula Andrea title: Strategies Instruction to Improve the Preparation for English Oral Exams date: 2016-01-01 words: 8690 flesch: 55 summary: Two teacher-re- searchers at different universities trained 26 students in their respective B1-English-level courses in using language learning strategies. Second, that students’ use of language learning strategies is influenced by instructional variations tied to the relative importance that teachers ascribe to specific aspects of oral communication. keywords: colombia; english; evaluation; exams; instruction; language; learning; learning strategies; oral; preparation; research; results; strategies; strategies instruction; students; study; teachers; teaching; test; use cache: profile-49592.pdf plain text: profile-49592.txt item: #327 of 518 id: profile-49754 author: Córdoba Zúñiga, Eulices title: Implementing Task-Based Language Teaching to Integrate Language Skills in an EFL Program at a Colombian University date: 2016-07-01 words: 8574 flesch: 55 summary: The aim of the study was to implement task-based language teaching as a way to integrate language skills and help learners to improve their communicative competence in English. Key words: Integration, language skills, task and communicative competence, task-based language teaching. keywords: class; english; language; language skills; learners; learning; listening; participants; skills; students; study; task; tblt; teaching; writing cache: profile-49754.pdf plain text: profile-49754.txt item: #328 of 518 id: profile-49943 author: Basallo Gómez, Juan Sebastián title: Adult EFL Reading Selection: Influence on Literacy date: 2016-01-01 words: 7237 flesch: 53 summary: Likewise the second stage encompasses a set of questions this time aiming at checking the student’s comprehension always in concordance with the main research question “What do reading selection principles tell us about the literacy practices of EFL adult students?” First Term Survey What do reading selection principles tell us about the literacy practices of EFL adult students? keywords: adult; colombia; comprehension; efl; language; learning; literacy; project; reading; research; selection; self; strategies; students; text cache: profile-49943.pdf plain text: profile-49943.txt item: #329 of 518 id: profile-49946 author: Chaves, Orlando; Guapacha, Maria Eugenia title: An Eclectic Professional Development Proposal for English Language Teachers date: 2016-01-01 words: 9411 flesch: 54 summary: To summarize, we consider that professional development of language teachers should involve permanent reflection, theory and practice, knowledge and skill, learning and re-learning, science and craft in any combination as proposed in the various abovementioned perspectives. More research on these topics is needed in Colombia; it is necessary to open the discussion not only about the significance and development of TQ, PD, PDP, but also about teacher hiring in the public sector for establishing a coherent PD policy for language teachers and finding the best teachers based on their merits. keywords: analysis; clil; colombia; development; english; evaluation; knowledge; language; learning; needs; online; pdp; practice; professional; quality; research; students; tbl; teachers; teaching; workshop cache: profile-49946.pdf plain text: profile-49946.txt item: #330 of 518 id: profile-49948 author: Herazo Rivera, Jose David; Sagre Barboza, Anamaría title: The Co-Construction of Participation Through Oral Mediation in the EFL Classroom date: 2016-01-01 words: 7580 flesch: 57 summary: Since learners’ use of English in Colombia occurs almost exclusively in the classroom, focusing on teacher mediation is crucial for understanding the dynamics of EFL learning in the Colombian context. Although many of the previous studies argue that L2 learning in the classroom can be mediated by teachers’ discourse, this research has focused primarily on studying the development of learners’ linguistic system rather than on examining how teacher mediation sustains learners’ participation in meaningful interactions. keywords: classroom; discourse; interaction; kelly; language; learners; learning; meaning; mediation; participation; students; teacher; tools cache: profile-49948.pdf plain text: profile-49948.txt item: #331 of 518 id: profile-50563 author: Espinar Redondo, Rocío; Ortega Martín, José Luis title: Motivation: The Road to Successful Learning date: 2015-07-01 words: 6401 flesch: 59 summary: In this case, motivation is the consequence of these results: Students with good final results are going to be more motivated than students with bad results. For that purpose, some factors that affect motivation are described, using as a starting point the answers obtained from a questionnaire given to students in their fourth year of compulsory secondary education. keywords: education; english; factors; group; language; learning; motivation; research; school; students; teaching cache: profile-50563.pdf plain text: profile-50563.txt item: #332 of 518 id: profile-50572 author: Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2015-07-01 words: 1557 flesch: 45 summary: We continue with the work by Eva Estefania Trujeque Moreno, Fátima Encinas Prudencio, and Maria Thomas-Ruzic, who share with us a study framed within the premises of a sociocultural perspective of second language teacher education. He presents an account of teacher activities and adolescent students’ participation in a Colombian EFL classroom. keywords: english; language; profile; research; teachers cache: profile-50572.pdf plain text: profile-50572.txt item: #333 of 518 id: profile-51438 author: Journal, PROFILE title: Accumulative index of published articles in PROFILE Vol. 17 (2015) date: 2015-07-01 words: 846 flesch: 12 summary: A Case of Iranian High School Teachers” [“La percepción de docentes de inglés como lengua extranjera acerca del desarrollo profesional continuado: el caso de profesores iraníes de bachillerato”] 1 35-53 Buendía Arias, X. P. “A Comparison of Chinese and Colombian University EFL Students Regarding Learner Autonomy” [“Comparación entre estudiantes universitarios de inglés chinos y colombianos con respecto a su autonomía como aprendices”] 2 149-163 Caicedo, J. “Teacher Activities and Adolescent Students’ Participation in a Colombian EFL Classroom” [“Actividades de enseñanza y participación de estudiantes adolescentes en una clase de enseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera en Colombia”] 2 137-146 Cote Parra, G. E. “Engaging Foreign Language Learners in a Web 2.0-Mediated Collaborative Learning Process” y Nueva Zelanda: una comparación y lecciones aprendidas”] 2 43-62 Trujeque Moreno, E. E., Encinas Prudencio, F., & Thomas-Ruzic, M. “Exploring Authorship Development Among Mexican EFL Teacher-Researchers” [“Exploración sobre el desarrollo de la autoría en los profesores-investigadores de inglés como lengua extranjera”] 1 123-141 Viafara González, J. J., & Ariza Ariza, J. A. “From Awareness to Cultural Agency: EFL Colombian Student Teachers’ Travelling Abroad Experiences” [“De la concientización a la agencia cultural: las experiencias en el extranjero de futuros profesores de inglés”] keywords: inglés; lengua cache: profile-51438.pdf plain text: profile-51438.txt item: #334 of 518 id: profile-51996 author: Bonilla Carvajal, Camilo Andrés; Tejada-Sanchez, Isabel title: Unanswered Questions in Colombia’s Foreign Language Education Policy date: 2016-01-01 words: 11084 flesch: 54 summary: English language as intruder: V. Rapatahana & P. Bunce (Eds.), English language as hydra: Its impacts on non-English language cultures (pp. 244-254). keywords: 2014; bilingualism; bilingüismo; bogotá; colombia; cvw; development; educación; education; english; government; guerrero; language; language education; lenguas; men; nacional; nbp; o n; policy; programme; questions; students; teachers; teaching; training; universidad cache: profile-51996.pdf plain text: profile-51996.txt item: #335 of 518 id: profile-52593 author: Martínez Lirola, María title: How to Use Cooperative Learning for Assessing Students’ Emotional Competences: A Practical Example at the Tertiary Level date: 2016-07-01 words: 7071 flesch: 49 summary: In order to accomplish this objective, different activities were designed (see Procedure) so that students could acquire different emotional competences such as the ones already mentioned. Pages 153-165 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v18n2.52593 How to Use Cooperative Learning for Assessing Students’ Emotional Competences: A Practical Example at the Tertiary Level Cómo usar el aprendizaje cooperativo para evaluar las competencias emocionales del alumnado: un ejemplo práctico de la enseñanza superior María Martínez Lirola* Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain & University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Cooperative learning allows students acquisition of competences that are essential for the labour market such as leadership, critical thinking, communication, and so on. keywords: competences; english; group; johnson; language; learning; order; skills; students; teaching; work cache: profile-52593.pdf plain text: profile-52593.txt item: #336 of 518 id: profile-52813 author: Cruz Rondón, Elio Jesús; Velasco Vera, Leidy Fernanda title: Understanding the Role of Teaching Materials in a Beginners’ Level English as a Foreign Language Course: A Case Study date: 2016-07-01 words: 7583 flesch: 54 summary: As undergraduate researchers we decided to focus our attention on the teaching materials implemented in an efl classroom in order to understand how they were used and how students reacted towards their implementation in the class. At the beginning of the elementary English course, students were given the names of three books to read throughout the semester: The Canterville Ghost, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, and The Model Millionaire along with a list of activities to be completed. keywords: activities; book; classroom; course; english; language; learning; materials; reading; role; skills; students; teacher; teaching cache: profile-52813.pdf plain text: profile-52813.txt item: #337 of 518 id: profile-53079 author: Caicedo Triviño, Paula Andrea title: Using Cooperative Learning to Foster the Development of Adolescents’ English Writing Skills date: 2016-01-01 words: 8779 flesch: 60 summary: This article gathers some existing research on writing skills and cooperative learning and a presentation and analysis about students’ real expectations and thoughts about writing in the English language. Consultation is possible at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras22 Caicedo Triviño Introduction Juana Escobar School is a public institution in Bogotá, Colombia, where students are continuously questioned about solving social problems with the strategy of promoting their autonomy and, at the same time, reinforcing their capability to see their partners as a support when it is needed to think about innovative ideas. keywords: activity; classes; colombia; english; group; ideas; learners; learning; lesson; process; role; skills; students; teacher; teaching; work; writing cache: profile-53079.pdf plain text: profile-53079.txt item: #338 of 518 id: profile-53244 author: Lengeling, M. Martha; Mora Pablo, Irasema; Barrios Gasca, Blanca Lucía title: Teacher Socialization of EFL Teachers at Public School Levels in Central Mexico date: 2017-01-01 words: 8789 flesch: 64 summary: Analyzing and making sense of the events of becoming a teacher in this national program in relationship to teacher identity were the basis for using narrative inquiry. Adriana’s and Micaela’s mothers were primary school teachers and had valuable knowledge of the school culture. keywords: education; efl; english; identity; language; mexico; participants; pnieb; program; research; school; socialization; teachers; teaching cache: profile-53244.pdf plain text: profile-53244.txt item: #339 of 518 id: profile-53302 author: Palacio, Marcela; Gaviria, Sandra; Brown, James Dean title: Aligning English Language Testing With Curriculum date: 2016-07-01 words: 8574 flesch: 60 summary: Having this moderating committee has allowed for the ongoing revision of test items and course standards in a cyclical process including standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Thus mean differences between sets of test scores can be very revealing, but those differences must be interpreted very carefully indeed. keywords: assessment; colombia; course; eafit; english; item; language; program; scores; students; teachers; test; testing cache: profile-53302.pdf plain text: profile-53302.txt item: #340 of 518 id: profile-53310 author: Muñoz Campos, Diego title: Problem-Based Learning: An Experiential Strategy for English Language Teacher Education in Chile date: 2017-01-01 words: 6712 flesch: 46 summary: Literature Review Experiential Learning in Second/ Foreign Language Teacher Education Second or foreign language teacher education has not been alien to the experiential learning approach. Findings also reveal that reflective learning processes are enabled and strengthened by implementing pbl activities in English language teacher education as they challenge pre-service teachers to search for, sort out, analyze, and synthesize information, as well as relate various types of knowledge to complex school settings. keywords: chile; cohort; development; education; english; experience; experiential; language; learning; pbl; problem; school; skills; teacher cache: profile-53310.pdf plain text: profile-53310.txt item: #341 of 518 id: profile-53314 author: Ubaque Casallas, Diego Fernando; Pinilla Castellanos, Freddy Samir title: Argumentation Skills: A Peer Assessment Approach to Discussions in the EFL Classroom date: 2016-07-01 words: 7713 flesch: 58 summary: The study placed emphasis on the use of argumentation outlines and peer assessment to boost learners’ argumentative abilities. Findings revealed that argumentation outlines and peer assessment can promote learners’ awareness and ability to engage in argumentation processes. keywords: argumentation; assessment; classroom; education; experience; language; learners; learning; peer; peer assessment; process; skills; students; use cache: profile-53314.pdf plain text: profile-53314.txt item: #342 of 518 id: profile-53364 author: Ruiz-Esparza Barajas, Elizabeth; Medrano Vela, Cecilia Araceli; Zepeda Huerta, Jesús Helbert Karim title: Exploring University Teacher Perceptions About Out-of-Class Teamwork date: 2016-07-01 words: 8388 flesch: 58 summary: Turning student groups into effective teams. 29 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v18n2.53364 Exploring University Teacher Perceptions About Out-of-Class Teamwork Explorando las percepciones de profesores universitarios acerca del trabajo en equipo fuera de clase Elizabeth Ruiz-Esparza Barajas* Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico Cecilia Araceli Medrano Vela** Universidad de Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico Jesús Helbert Karim Zepeda Huerta*** Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Mexico This study reports on the first stage of a larger joint research project undertaken by five universities in Mexico to explore university teachers’ thinking about out-of-class teamwork. keywords: class; colombia; group; learning; members; perceptions; problems; research; skills; students; teachers; teaching; teams; teamwork; university; work cache: profile-53364.pdf plain text: profile-53364.txt item: #343 of 518 id: profile-53388 author: Villarreal Suarez, Jessica; Muñoz Taborda, Jully Vanessa; Perdomo Santacruz, Jorge Mario title: Students’ Beliefs About Their English Class: Exploring New Voices in a National Discussion date: 2016-07-01 words: 6418 flesch: 56 summary: There are some recent reports in the Brazilian context by Barcelos (2003) and Kalaja, Barcelos, Aro, and Ruohotie-Lyhty (2015) in relation to students and student teachers. It is regrettable that there is not enough research that can inform us of the current state of student’s beliefs in Colombia since the influence of beliefs inside public schools is strong and sometimes lead to undesired practices and undesired results when they are not identified and treated accordingly (Prieto, 2008). keywords: beliefs; category; class; classroom; colombia; context; english; grade; language; learning; research; students; study cache: profile-53388.pdf plain text: profile-53388.txt item: #344 of 518 id: profile-53397 author: Alvira, Roberto title: The Impact of Oral and Written Feedback on EFL Writers With the Use of Screencasts date: 2016-07-01 words: 8401 flesch: 59 summary: Response to student writing: Implications for second language students. Responding to student writing. keywords: efl; feedback; language; learning; oral; process; research; screencasts; second; skills; students; study; teacher; use; writing cache: profile-53397.pdf plain text: profile-53397.txt item: #345 of 518 id: profile-53857 author: García-Sánchez, Soraya; Santos-Espino, Jose Miguel title: Empowering Pre-Service Teachers to Produce Ubiquitous Flipped Classes date: 2017-01-01 words: 8613 flesch: 50 summary: Student perceptions of flipped learning. Several specific-purpose tools such as Present.me and My.Brainshark for slideshow videos or Educrations and Picasst for whiteboard and Khan-Style screencasts have recently appeared in order to focus on use cases for video production, oriented to a particular video style. keywords: blog; classes; classroom; content; education; innovation; language; learners; learning; lecture; online; service; slideshow; students; teachers; teaching; video cache: profile-53857.pdf plain text: profile-53857.txt item: #346 of 518 id: profile-53928 author: Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2016-01-01 words: 1691 flesch: 47 summary: The last section, Issues Based on Reflections and Innovations, contains three inter- esting works in the area of language teacher education. These postgraduate foreign language researchers are developing studies regarding the current educational situation in their country and share with us some pre- liminary remarks regarding policies for English language teacher education nowadays. keywords: colombia; education; english; language; teacher cache: profile-53928.pdf plain text: profile-53928.txt item: #347 of 518 id: profile-53955 author: Tolosa, Constanza; Ordóñez, Claudia Lucía; Guevara, Diana Carolina title: Language Learning Shifts and Attitudes Towards Language Learning in an Online Tandem Program for Beginner Writers date: 2017-01-01 words: 8587 flesch: 57 summary: Key words: Computer mediated communication, foreign language writing, language learning shifts, tandem language learning. We assessed the impact of the project on students’ learning with a free writing activity done as pretest and posttest and used a semi-structured interview to explore their attitudes towards language learning and their perceived development of their native language. keywords: colombia; english; interaction; language; language learning; learners; learning; new; online; peers; spanish; students; study; tandem; use; writing; zealand cache: profile-53955.pdf plain text: profile-53955.txt item: #348 of 518 id: profile-54184 author: Firat, Mehmet; Serpil, Harun title: Comparing the Internet Usage of Pre-service Language Teachers With Teachers of Other Subjects: Distance Learning vs. On-Campus Learning date: 2017-01-01 words: 9006 flesch: 51 summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet use of the distance and on-campus pre-service teachers of language and other disciplines by multiple parameters. However, currently the available research on the Internet usage of teachers is very limited, and no study is available regarding the Internet usage status of pre-service teachers studying in on-campus education faculties and open education faculties. keywords: adequacy; education; faculty; frequency; internet; internet usage; language; literacy; pre; program; service; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-54184.pdf plain text: profile-54184.txt item: #349 of 518 id: profile-55110 author: Güngör, Fatih title: The Tensions Between EFL Teacher Identities and INSET in the Turkish Context date: 2017-01-01 words: 8586 flesch: 53 summary: Understanding teacher identity: An overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education. Pages 13-27 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v19n1.55110 The Tensions Between EFL Teacher Identities and INSET in the Turkish Context Tensiones entre las identidades de los profesores de inglés y los programas de desarrollo profesional en Turquía Fatih Güngör1* Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Due to the insufficiency of current in-service training courses which are far from the collaboration and the reflection of teachers, the current study scrutinizes the incongruities between teacher identities and in-service training programs offered by the Ministry of National Education in Turkey based upon the use of the activity theory. keywords: beliefs; development; education; ela; english; identities; identity; inset; language; learning; participants; research; study; teacher; teacher education; teaching; turkey cache: profile-55110.pdf plain text: profile-55110.txt item: #350 of 518 id: profile-55676 author: Calle Díaz, Luzkarime title: Citizenship Education and the EFL Standards: A Critical Reflection date: 2017-01-01 words: 7412 flesch: 47 summary: The language classroom seems to be the ideal place to incorporate the teaching and learning of global citizenship education, given its cross-cultural nature. This article intends to analyze the potential opportunities for the development of global citizenship education in the English as a foreign language classroom through a documentary analysis of the national standards and its connection to the national citizenship competences standards and the unesco global citizenship education topics and learning objectives. keywords: citizenship; citizenship education; colombia; development; education; efl; english; gce; global; language; learning; standards; students; unesco cache: profile-55676.pdf plain text: profile-55676.txt item: #351 of 518 id: profile-55957 author: Herrera Díaz, Luz Edith; González Miy, Darlene title: Developing the Oral Skill in Online English Courses Framed by the Community of Inquiry date: 2017-01-01 words: 8249 flesch: 48 summary: Within this theoretical framework, our research aims to explore language learning in vle, specifically the development of the speaking skill in online courses, since as Tudini (2005) points out, it is essential that distance online language courses provide opportunities for oral interaction. Key words: Community of inquiry, foreign language teaching-learning, online education, oral skill. keywords: coi; community; course; development; distance; education; english; inquiry; language; learners; learning; online; oral; presence; research; skill; social; teaching cache: profile-55957.pdf plain text: profile-55957.txt item: #352 of 518 id: profile-56209 author: Mojica, Claudia Patricia; Castañeda-Peña, Harold title: A Learning Experience of the Gender Perspective in English Teaching Contexts date: 2017-01-01 words: 8687 flesch: 54 summary: sts broaden their perspective of their roles as English teachers embracing a position as English educators with a social responsibility; this can be perceived in this reply of the final questionnaire, where we asked them openly if they would recommend the course to other English teachers: I would strongly recommend it because we, teachers, must gain awareness on gender issues that underlie human relations in educational settings as well as the possibilities we have, as agents of change, to subvert socially constructed beliefs on gender that perpetuate social inequities. This happens because teachers grow up in a society and transmit implicit and explicit values, expectations, and norms by means of which students are socialized to learn gender roles, gender relations, and gender behaviors and attitudes in society. keywords: bogotá; class; colombia; contexts; course; education; english; gender; language; learning; perspective; practices; research; sts; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-56209.pdf plain text: profile-56209.txt item: #353 of 518 id: profile-56763 author: Castillo Losada, César Augusto; Insuasty, Edgar Alirio; Jaime Osorio, María Fernanda title: The Impact of Authentic Materials and Tasks on Students’ Communicative Competence at a Colombian Language School date: 2017-01-01 words: 8559 flesch: 41 summary: The Course b teacher was asked to reflect and write about certain aspects related to authentic materials use and the students’ attitudes towards authentic materials (e.g., newspaper and magazine articles, videos), authentic tasks (e.g., brochure design), and the pedagogical projects (e.g., tourism in Neiva), and their communicative competence progress. Its main purpose was to analyze the extent to which the use of authentic materials and tasks contributes to the enhancement of the communicative competence on an a2 level English course. keywords: competence; course; english; experimental; group; impact; language; learners; materials; students; tasks; teacher; teaching; test; use cache: profile-56763.pdf plain text: profile-56763.txt item: #354 of 518 id: profile-57178 author: Rojas Serrano, Javier title: Making Sense of Alternative Assessment in a Qualitative Evaluation System date: 2017-07-01 words: 6777 flesch: 47 summary: Students also thought that qualitative assessment frees students from anxiety and pressure and that is why traditional exams do not provide them with real information about their performance, as Sk1 put it: I think that exams generate pressure in the student and, actually, they do not render good evidence about the real class performance. This type of evaluation poses challenges to students who have never been evaluated through a system that eliminates exams or quizzes and, as a consequence, these students have to start making sense of it. keywords: alternative; assessment; colombo; evaluation; learning; process; research; students; study; system; teacher cache: profile-57178.pdf plain text: profile-57178.txt item: #355 of 518 id: profile-57215 author: Peláez, Oscar; Usma, Jaime title: The Crucial Role of Educational Stakeholders in the Appropriation of Foreign Language Education Policies: A Case Study date: 2017-07-01 words: 8499 flesch: 45 summary: Teachers as language policy actors: Contending with the erasure of lesser-used languages in schools. Key words: Bilingualism in Colombia, foreign languages, language policy, policy appropriation, rural Colombia. keywords: actors; colombia; education; english; language; language policies; municipality; national; policies; policy; school; stakeholders; study; teachers cache: profile-57215.pdf plain text: profile-57215.txt item: #356 of 518 id: profile-57428 author: Mugford, Gerrard title: Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time date: 2017-07-01 words: 5747 flesch: 57 summary: Consultation is possible at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras30 Mugford Introduction This paper was motivated by the observation that my English as a foreign language (efl) students’ use of the target language inside and outside the classroom in Mexico reflects, by and large, grammatical accuracy in making requests, but lacks contextual sensitivity. Formulaic Language The use of formulaic sequences are widespread in language use and covers a wide range which, following Carter (1998) and Wray (2008), includes idioms, collocations, proverbs, catchphrases, quotations, idiomatic similes, and discoursal expressions such as social formulae (e.g., How’s it going?) keywords: efl; formulaic; help; language; learners; requests; students; time; use cache: profile-57428.pdf plain text: profile-57428.txt item: #357 of 518 id: profile-57561 author: Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2016-07-01 words: 1816 flesch: 46 summary: Teaching language teachers: Scaffolding professional learning. Interestingly, the second section of our journal, Issues From Novice Teacher Researchers, brings this time four articles by prospective Colombian teachers. keywords: english; language; research; students; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-57561.pdf plain text: profile-57561.txt item: #358 of 518 id: profile-57581 author: Guapacha Chamorro, Maria Eugenia; Benavidez Paz, Luis Humberto title: Improving Language Learning Strategies and Performance of Pre-Service Language Teachers Through a CALLA-TBLT Model date: 2017-07-01 words: 9287 flesch: 54 summary: para el aprendizaje de lenguas Maria Eugenia Guapacha Chamorro* Luis Humberto Benavidez Paz** Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia This paper reports an action-research study on language learning strategies in tertiary education at a Colombian university. Improving language learning strategies and performance of pre-service language teachers through a calla-tblt model. keywords: colombia; instruction; language; language learning; learners; learning; learning strategies; listening; lls; oxford; research; self; skills; strategies; students; tasks; teachers; use; writing cache: profile-57581.pdf plain text: profile-57581.txt item: #359 of 518 id: profile-57811 author: Contreras León, Janeth Juliana; Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela title: Transforming EFL Classroom Practices and Promoting Students’ Empowerment: Collaborative Learning From a Dialogical Approach date: 2017-07-01 words: 8975 flesch: 53 summary: Promoting Students’ Empowerment This category refers to the character traits discovered and developed by students in the dialogical student- centered environment promoted in the English classes. First, there is social and intellectual involvement where students are more active and build closer connections to other students, their courses, and their learning. keywords: classroom; cycle; education; efl; group; learning; process; roles; school; session; social; students; teacher; work cache: profile-57811.pdf plain text: profile-57811.txt item: #360 of 518 id: profile-58826 author: Gómez González, Juan David title: A Model for the Strategic Use of Metacognitive Reading Comprehension Strategies date: 2017-07-01 words: 7640 flesch: 56 summary: The benefits of incorporating explicit reading goals result from the fact that reading strategies are influenced by the specific goals that readers seek to achieve and it is only by defining, committing, and returning to these goals throughout the reading activity that strategies become useful and powerful tools for students rather than cumbersome and taxing obligations placed on an already busy cognitive system. Developing reading strategies through small-group interaction. keywords: cognitive; colombia; comprehension; english; instruction; language; learning; map; model; reading; strategies; strategy; students; text; use cache: profile-58826.pdf plain text: profile-58826.txt item: #361 of 518 id: profile-59412 author: Ochoa Alpala, Carol Anne; Ortíz García, William Ricardo title: Creating Machinima (3D) and Real Life Videos in an ESP Classroom date: 2018-01-01 words: 8546 flesch: 56 summary: Through this kind of video students learned new vocabulary and demonstrated knowledge about specific topics and their application to real contexts. Key words: English for specific purposes, machinima, Moviestorm, presentation skills, real life videos. keywords: english; esp; language; life; machinima; moviestorm; oral; participants; presentation; skills; students; use; videos cache: profile-59412.pdf plain text: profile-59412.txt item: #362 of 518 id: profile-59583 author: Rodríguez-Bonces, Mónica title: A Basis for the Design of a Curriculum Incorporating Music and Drama in Children’s English Language Instruction date: 2017-07-01 words: 9061 flesch: 48 summary: According to the study, foreign language teachers’ weak musical training places these objectives out of reach. Without a doubt, the integration of the arts into English language instruction offers varied options for learning; by making use of the competences related to each subject, teachers base planning around generative topics related to English language learning. keywords: activities; arts; children; colombia; competence; content; curriculum; design; drama; education; english; interdisciplinary; language; learning; music; process; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-59583.pdf plain text: profile-59583.txt item: #363 of 518 id: profile-59675 author: Suárez Flórez, Sergio Andrés; Basto Basto, Edwin Arley title: Identifying Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching EFL and Their Potential Changes date: 2017-07-01 words: 8652 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Beliefs, English as a foreign language, pre-service teachers, teaching practicum. The Bachelor of Arts program in Foreign Languages, English and French, “enables pre-service teachers to master the essential skills and competences that [will] allow them to tackle the challenges they are likely to face” (Cote, 2012, p. 26) throughout the practicum.1 Additionally, the fl program includes a four-stage preparation in order to provide pre-service teachers with pedagogic competences and teaching formation before entering the teaching practicum. keywords: beliefs; changes; colombia; english; language; participants; practice; practicum; pre; service; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-59675.pdf plain text: profile-59675.txt item: #364 of 518 id: profile-59889 author: Vaca Torres, Ady Marcela; Gómez Rodríguez, Luis Fernando title: Increasing EFL Learners’ Oral Production at a Public School Through Project-Based Learning date: 2017-07-01 words: 8718 flesch: 56 summary: This collaborative learning process is inherent in pbl and can help language learners reach better levels of language proficiency. Speaking Skill Development in EFL The vision of speaking in this study was framed within communicative language teaching (clt), an approach that aims at helping learners develop communicative competence: the ability of “classroom language learners to participate in the negotiation of meaning” and “the need Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras60 Vaca Torres & Gómez Rodríguez for learners to have the experience of communication . . . keywords: colombia; efl; english; language; learners; learning; oral; pbl; production; project; questions; research; school; speaking; students; teacher; use cache: profile-59889.pdf plain text: profile-59889.txt item: #365 of 518 id: profile-60001 author: Macías, Diego Fernando title: Classroom Management in Foreign Language Education: An Exploratory Review date: 2018-01-01 words: 8558 flesch: 48 summary: Classroom management: A persistent challenge for foreign language teachers. The second area provides a description of classroom management issues that foreign language teachers usually encounter in their practice; and the third area centers on the different alternatives to reduce the negative impact of classroom management on foreign language classes. keywords: classroom; classroom management; education; issues; language; language classroom; language education; management; research; students; studies; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-60001.pdf plain text: profile-60001.txt item: #366 of 518 id: profile-60220 author: Torres-Rocha, Julio César title: High School EFL Teachers’ Identity and Their Emotions Towards Language Requirements date: 2017-07-01 words: 8773 flesch: 49 summary: Theorizing language teacher identity: Three perspectives and beyond. Second, teachers knew about the language policies and language requirements but most of them did not feel that they had access to opportunities for development, demonstrating that power relations shape identity, which concurs with the views of Liu and Xu (2011) in their study of inclusion and exclusion of language teachers. keywords: colombia; education; efl; english; identities; identity; language; language policy; language requirements; learning; policy; professional; requirements; study; teachers cache: profile-60220.pdf plain text: profile-60220.txt item: #367 of 518 id: profile-60231 author: Díaz Larenas, Claudio; Ramos Leiva, Lucía; Ortiz Navarrete, Mabel title: Rhetorical, Metacognitive, and Cognitive Strategies in Teacher Candidates’ Essay Writing date: 2017-07-01 words: 6856 flesch: 56 summary: Figure 2 shows the type of writing strategy students used before and after the intervention. Another important aspect analyzed in this study is the use of writing strategies employed by students. keywords: aloud; essay; ideas; intervention; language; participants; process; strategies; strategy; students; teacher; think; use; writing; writing strategies cache: profile-60231.pdf plain text: profile-60231.txt item: #368 of 518 id: profile-60652 author: Méndez López, Mariza G.; Bautista Tun, Moisés title: Motivating and Demotivating Factors for Students With Low Emotional Intelligence to Participate in Speaking Activities date: 2017-07-01 words: 7340 flesch: 54 summary: Pages 151-163 http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/profile.v19n2.60652 Motivating and Demotivating Factors for Students With Low Emotional Intelligence to Participate in Speaking Activities Factores motivantes y desmotivantes identificados en estudiantes con inteligencia emocional baja a participar en actividades orales Mariza G. Méndez López* Moisés Bautista Tun** Universidad de Quintana Roo, Chetumal, Mexico The study aims to understand what factors may motivate and demotivate students with low emotional intelligence to participate in speaking activities during English class. Participants wrote an emotions journal to identify factors affecting student participation and were then interviewed at the end of the study period in order to elaborate on their experiences. keywords: activities; anxiety; classmates; classroom; english; factors; intelligence; journal; language; learning; oral; participants; speaking; students cache: profile-60652.pdf plain text: profile-60652.txt item: #369 of 518 id: profile-61055 author: Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Editorial date: 2017-01-01 words: 1979 flesch: 43 summary: The first section, Issues from Teacher Researchers, begins with four articles about English language teacher education. This teaching and learning experience evidences the relevance of the gender category in English language teacher education and in fostering a broader social and educational perspective in teachers’ practices with a gender perspective. keywords: colombia; education; english; language; publication; teacher; writing cache: profile-61055.pdf plain text: profile-61055.txt item: #370 of 518 id: profile-61075 author: Robayo Acuña, Lina María; Cárdenas, Melba Libia title: Inclusive Education and ELT Policies in Colombia: Views From Some PROFILE Journal Authors date: 2017-01-01 words: 8998 flesch: 50 summary: y políticas para la enseñanza del inglés en Colombia: perspectivas de algunos autores de la revista PROFILE Lina María Robayo Acuña1* Melba Libia Cárdenas** Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia This article reports on a study aimed at exploring inclusive policies in the teaching of English as a foreign language in Colombia, as evidenced in the articles published in the profile Journal by Colombian authors. * E-mail: lmrobayoa@unal.edu.co ** E-mail: mlcardenasb@unal.edu.co Code 20175, Sistema de Información Hermes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. keywords: analysis; authors; colombia; education; elt; english; inclusion; language; learning; mold; nacional; policies; profile; research; social; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-61075.pdf plain text: profile-61075.txt item: #371 of 518 id: profile-61724 author: Caicedo Pereira, Martin Javier; Lozano Bermúdez, Jhonny Alexander; Vanegas Medina, Luis Alfonso title: Improving L2 Oral Accuracy and Grammatical Range Through Self-Assessment of Video Speech Drafts date: 2018-07-01 words: 8797 flesch: 51 summary: This allowed finding language learners whose level of motivation was not necessarily bound to extrinsic motivational factors such as a passing grade or graduation requirements, but to intrinsic factors such as personal and professional rewards that come with being fluent in English. Key words: Grammatical range, oral language accuracy, self-assessment, videos. keywords: accuracy; assessment; grammar; language; learners; oral; participants; performance; production; range; research; self; speaking; students; video cache: profile-61724.pdf plain text: profile-61724.txt item: #372 of 518 id: profile-61881 author: Banegas, Darío Luis title: Towards Understanding EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Research: Findings From Argentina date: 2018-01-01 words: 8628 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Agency, research engagement, teacher development, teacher research. In this regard, studies on teacher research should examine teachers’ views of researchers. keywords: action; argentina; borg; efl; engagement; english; language; participants; professional; research; results; table; teacher research; teachers; teaching cache: profile-61881.pdf plain text: profile-61881.txt item: #373 of 518 id: profile-62089 author: Giraldo, Frank title: Language Assessment Literacy: Implications for Language Teachers date: 2018-01-01 words: 8742 flesch: 52 summary: Design skills for language assessments has the ability to: 36 clearly identify and state the purpose for language assessment. Since several stakeholders should be engaged in language assessment, the picture of what exactly lal means becomes even more complex (Inbar-Lourie, 2013a; Taylor, 2013). keywords: assessment; assessment literacy; education; knowledge; lal; language; language assessment; language teachers; language testing; list; literacy; principles; skills; teachers; teaching; testing cache: profile-62089.pdf plain text: profile-62089.txt item: #374 of 518 id: profile-62323 author: Aguirre Garzón, Edgar Augusto title: Unlicensed EFL Teachers Co-constructing Knowledge and Transforming Curriculum Through Collaborative-Reflective Inquiry date: 2018-01-01 words: 8219 flesch: 51 summary: In general, empowering language teachers to be proponents of change in schools by working together goes a long way toward transforming the figure of teachers from simple instructors and knowledge consumers to knowledge builders and theorists in their contexts (Kumaravadivelu, 2003). Notwithstanding, there was no evidence of mecha- nisms or scenarios for language teachers to reflect and collaborate to propose joint solutions in the school, as established in guidelines. keywords: aspects; collaboration; colombia; development; english; inquiry; knowledge; language; learning; process; school; students; teachers; teaching; work cache: profile-62323.pdf plain text: profile-62323.txt item: #375 of 518 id: profile-62327 author: Oss, Débora Izé Balsemão title: The Relevance of Teachers’ Practical Knowledge in the Development of Teacher Education Programs date: 2018-01-01 words: 7341 flesch: 54 summary: Reconceptualizing the knowledge-base of language teacher education. She is a public-sector English language teacher, where she has observed and independently researched the impact of language teacher education on teaching and learning in basic education. keywords: classes; development; education; english; knowledge; language; learning; new; personal; practitioners; programs; school; students; teacher; teacher education; teaching cache: profile-62327.pdf plain text: profile-62327.txt item: #376 of 518 id: profile-62860 author: Serna-Gutiérrez, Jose Irineo Omar; Mora-Pablo, Irasema title: Critical Incidents of Transnational Student-Teachers in Central Mexico date: 2018-01-01 words: 8859 flesch: 62 summary: Through a narrative analysis, critical incidents in the lives of transnational student/teachers were identified. Key words: Critical incidents, in-service teachers, identity, narratives, transnational. keywords: data; identity; incidents; language; mexico; participants; program; students; study; teachers; teaching; tesol cache: profile-62860.pdf plain text: profile-62860.txt item: #377 of 518 id: profile-62938 author: Córdoba Zúñiga, Eulices; Rangel Gutiérrez, Emerson title: Promoting Listening Fluency in Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners Through Meaningful Oral Tasks date: 2018-07-01 words: 8458 flesch: 47 summary: After that process, the first codes appeared: (a) task-based teaching as a way to promote meaningful oral tasks, (b) listening tasks, (c) promoting meaningful oral tasks, and (d) listening fluency. 161 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v20n2.62938 Promoting Listening Fluency in Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners Through Meaningful Oral Tasks Desarrollo de la fluidez auditiva en estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera a través de tareas orales significativas Eulices Córdoba Zúñiga* Emerson Rangel Gutiérrez** Universidad de la Amazonia, Florencia, Colombia This article reports a study on the implementation of meaningful oral tasks to promote listening fluency in ten pre-intermediate English as a foreign language learners in the English language teaching program at a Colombian public university. keywords: activities; assignments; colombia; efl; fluency; language; learners; listening; materials; practice; students; tasks; teaching cache: profile-62938.pdf plain text: profile-62938.txt item: #378 of 518 id: profile-63032 author: San Martin, Maria Gimena title: Scaffolding the Learning-to-Teach Process: A Study in an EFL Teacher Education Programme in Argentina date: 2018-01-01 words: 8506 flesch: 58 summary: The studies that examine scaffold- ing and equate it with teacher help or support have identified numerous ways in which this scaffolded help can be realized. Key words: Learning-to-teach, scaffolding, student-teachers, supervisor, teacher education. keywords: contingent; education; help; learning; research; scaffolding; step; student; study; supervisor; support; teacher; teaching; tutoring cache: profile-63032.pdf plain text: profile-63032.txt item: #379 of 518 id: profile-63323 author: Viáfara, John Jairo; Largo, José David title: Colombian English Teachers’ Professional Development: The Case of Master Programs date: 2018-01-01 words: 9157 flesch: 47 summary: In their studies, educators in public and private schools expressed that teacher development programs and postgraduate courses offered by universities were their number one choice for continuing their education. While the first one, profun- dización [advancement], is an in-depth study of a discipline in order to acquire abilities and knowledge to solve problems in the target field, the second one, research programs, seeks to encourage the development of abilities in order to enable participants to work in research processes and generate new knowledge (men, 2006a). keywords: colombia; development; education; english; impact; language; master; participants; practices; programs; research; students; studies; teachers; teaching cache: profile-63323.pdf plain text: profile-63323.txt item: #380 of 518 id: profile-63554 author: Arévalo Balboa, Fabiola; Briesmaster, Mark title: “Claim – Support – Question” Routine to Foster Coherence Within Interactive Oral Communication Among EFL Students date: 2018-07-01 words: 8671 flesch: 64 summary: In an attempt to reduce the impact of the afore- mentioned factors underlying students’ reluctance to speak in the classroom, the present research aims to investigate how the explicit teaching of the thinking routine Claim, Support, Question (csq), developed by Richhart (2002) and implemented by Casamassima and Insua (2015), could foster student coherence within interactive speaking. Pages 143-160 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras144 Arévalo Balboa & Briesmaster Introduction Since the 1980s the paradigm has shifted in language teaching from a grammar-based approach to a more communicative one, thus students now are expected to use the language and communicate through it. keywords: coherence; communication; discourse; english; ideas; language; question; routine; speaking; students; think cache: profile-63554.pdf plain text: profile-63554.txt item: #381 of 518 id: profile-63658 author: Lander, Roderick title: Queer English Language Teacher Identity: A Narrative Exploration in Colombia date: 2018-01-01 words: 8510 flesch: 62 summary: This article presents partial results of research exploring links between language teacher identity and queer identity in English language teachers working in Colombia. Key words: Identity, language teacher identity, queer identity. keywords: carlos; colombia; gay; identities; identity; interview; language; language teacher; narrative; queer; research; teacher cache: profile-63658.pdf plain text: profile-63658.txt item: #382 of 518 id: profile-63845 author: Suárez Ramírez, Ingrid Rocío; Rodríguez, Sandra Milena title: Language Interaction Among EFL Primary Learners and Their Teacher Through Collaborative Task-Based Learning date: 2018-07-01 words: 7283 flesch: 62 summary: As resources of interaction students used gestures, facial expressions, and body language. The study allowed the description of unexpected patterns of interactions among students and their teacher, which revealed changes in the classroom dynamic as a result of the action research plan. keywords: classroom; colombia; english; excerpt; interaction; language; learners; learning; pluto; research; students; study; tasks; teacher cache: profile-63845.pdf plain text: profile-63845.txt item: #383 of 518 id: profile-63969 author: Gualdron, Evelyn; Castillo, Edna title: Theater for Language Teaching and Learning: The E Theater, a Holistic Methodology date: 2018-07-01 words: 8713 flesch: 53 summary: Techniques of group theater. In this way, improvisation has the potential to be meaningful, engaging, and authentic; it represents an experiential technique to promote language learning (Hodgson & Richards, 1966; Perone, 2011). keywords: colombia; e theater; english; exercises; group; language; learning; methodology; nacional; participants; reading; skills; students; study; teaching; theater; universidad cache: profile-63969.pdf plain text: profile-63969.txt item: #384 of 518 id: profile-64604 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia title: Resisting Exclusion From Core Indexing Systems date: 2017-07-01 words: 2488 flesch: 40 summary: The first section, Issues From Teacher Researchers, includes ten articles concerning teachers’ narrative inquiry, language learning, English language teacher education and language policies. The second article, authored by Colombian teachers Maria Eugenia Guapacha Chamorro and Luis Humberto Benavidez Paz, is a report on an action-research study aimed at improving the English language performance and language learning strategies use of a group of pre-service language teachers by combining elements from the cognitive academic language learning approach and task-based language teaching. keywords: colciencias; colombia; editorial; english; knowledge; language; learning; teachers cache: profile-64604.pdf plain text: profile-64604.txt item: #385 of 518 id: profile-64911 author: Dissington, Paul Anthony title: Addressing the Problem of Negative Lexical Transfer Errors in Chilean University Students date: 2018-01-01 words: 8722 flesch: 56 summary: Would a sustained, explicit, systematic approach to addressing the transfer of l1 lexical errors reduce the production of this type of error by students? How would students respond to a sustained, explicit, systematic approach to addressing the transfer of l1 lexical errors? keywords: class; english; errors; items; language; learners; learning; project; spanish; students; test; transfer; vocabulary cache: profile-64911.pdf plain text: profile-64911.txt item: #386 of 518 id: profile-65609 author: Velázquez, Virna; García-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell title: Foreign Language Planning: The Case of a Teacher/Translator Training Programme at a Mexican University date: 2018-07-01 words: 7632 flesch: 55 summary: This research interest was reinforced by the fact that these learners are being trained to become language teachers or transla- tors and will rely on their language skills to effectively teach or translate the foreign languages. Interviews The interviews with the three groups of this edu- cational community (i.e., learners, language teachers, and administrators) were recorded in order to facilitate the explorations of the flp. keywords: english; extract; flp; french; language; learners; learning; order; planning; proficiency; strategies; teachers; teaching cache: profile-65609.pdf plain text: profile-65609.txt item: #387 of 518 id: profile-65692 author: Golombek, Paula R.; Johnson, Karen E. title: Re-conceptualizing Teachers’ Narrative Inquiry as Professional Development date: 2017-07-01 words: 8637 flesch: 41 summary: Their advocacy of teacher inquiry and professional development parallels support within language teacher education (lte), in which teacher inquiry has been documented to be a resource through which language teachers can become cognizant of and develop their thinking about teaching, and how that thinking is materialized in instructional practices and interactions with students in specific settings (Barkhuizen, 2013; Barkhuizen, Benson, & Chik, 2014; Freeman, 1998). Knowledge generated as a result of teacher inquiry is characterized as constituent of located teacher education (Johnson, 2006) because it is socially, culturally, historically, and institutionally situated in and responsive to teachers’ professional worlds and needs. keywords: activity; development; golombek; herman; inquiry; johnson; language; lesson; narrative; research; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-65692.pdf plain text: profile-65692.txt item: #388 of 518 id: profile-66008 author: Reyes-Cruz, María del Rosario; Murrieta-Loyo, Griselda; Perales-Escudero, Moisés Damián title: Foreign Language Faculty Research-Related Beliefs, Perceptions, and Research Motivation at Three Mexican Universities date: 2018-07-01 words: 8703 flesch: 53 summary: Teacher research for professional develop- ment. Teacher research in language teaching: A critical analysis. keywords: beliefs; cruz; efficacy; faculty; language; mexico; motivation; participants; research; research self; reyes; self; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-66008.pdf plain text: profile-66008.txt item: #389 of 518 id: profile-66236 author: Burns, Anne; Westmacott, Anne title: Teacher to Researcher: Reflections on a New Action Research Program for University EFL Teachers date: 2018-01-01 words: 5107 flesch: 49 summary: This situation is all the more daunting if the institutional feasibility conditions for supporting teacher research are not 17Profile: Issues Teach. Is the time required for teacher research available?; Will the teacher’s school support their efforts to do teacher research?; Will the teachers have access to a community of teacher researchers?; Will they have opportunities to share their work?; Will they have access to appropriate resources?; Can teacher research be integrated into the teacher’s routine practices? keywords: action; action research; burns; development; language; new; programme; research; teachers; university cache: profile-66236.pdf plain text: profile-66236.txt item: #390 of 518 id: profile-66515 author: De la Barra, Erika; Veloso, Sylvia; Maluenda, Lorena title: Integrating Assessment in a CLIL-Based Approach for Second-Year University Students date: 2018-07-01 words: 8791 flesch: 53 summary: Considering the low levels of linguistic competence students develop while in secondary school, this presents a huge challenge to students and teacher trainers. She has a b.a. in English language teaching and an m.a. in applied linguistics and elt from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. keywords: approach; assessment; awareness; clil; competence; content; course; english; language; learning; level; oral; performance; presentation; research; rubric; students; university cache: profile-66515.pdf plain text: profile-66515.txt item: #391 of 518 id: profile-67095 author: Ramírez Balderas, Iraís; Guillén Cuamatzi, Patricia María title: Self and Peer Correction to Improve College Students’ Writing Skills date: 2018-07-01 words: 8263 flesch: 60 summary: Learners in basic or elementary levels of l2 seem to expect and want error correction that includes the linguistic ones as well. Other findings are that self-correction was more effective than teachers’ correction and recasts, plus it favored the learners’ positive attitude towards error correction and triggered meta- cognitive discussions in the classroom which could provide opportunities for learning. keywords: correction; english; error; feedback; language; learners; peer; process; self; skills; students; teachers; teaching; text; writing cache: profile-67095.pdf plain text: profile-67095.txt item: #392 of 518 id: profile-67142 author: Cruz Arcila, Ferney title: The Wisdom of Teachers’ Personal Theories: Creative ELT Practices From Colombian Rural Schools date: 2018-07-01 words: 8697 flesch: 55 summary: Key words: Critical pedagogy, English language teaching practices, teacher knowledge, rural contexts. Language teacher education for a global society: A modular model for knowing, analyzing, recognizing, doing, and seeing. keywords: colombia; cruz; education; elt; english; issues; language; pedagogy; practices; rural; social; students; study; teachers; teaching; use cache: profile-67142.pdf plain text: profile-67142.txt item: #393 of 518 id: profile-67720 author: Gómez-Vásquez, Leidy Yisel; Guerrero Nieto, Carmen Helena title: Non-native English Speaking Teachers’ Subjectivities and Colombian Language Policies: A Narrative Study date: 2018-07-01 words: 8873 flesch: 56 summary: Narrative, because this study reports the personal stories of English language teachers located in a specific moment and context, and, in reference to a particular situation, which is the role of language policies in the construction of their subjectivities. [Autobiographical narratives of English language teachers: A look at the formation of their professional identity]. keywords: colombia; education; english; language; narrative; nesis; nieto; nnests; policies; professional; research; self; speaking; study; subjectivities; teachers; teaching cache: profile-67720.pdf plain text: profile-67720.txt item: #394 of 518 id: profile-67805 author: Banister, Chris title: Scaffolding Learner Puzzling in Exploratory Practice: Perspectives From the Business English Classroom date: 2018-07-01 words: 8715 flesch: 57 summary: Practical recommendations for teacher-researchers in similar contexts are provided: the need to highlight connection-building between learner puzzles and learners’ wider lives and the importance of recognising distinctions between puzzles and problems. Key words: Business English, exploratory practice, learner puzzles, teacher research. keywords: business; classroom; english; hanks; language; learners; learning; practice; puzzles; puzzling; research; teacher; understanding cache: profile-67805.pdf plain text: profile-67805.txt item: #395 of 518 id: profile-67937 author: Ferrer Ariza, Erica; Poole, Paige M. title: Creating a Teacher Development Program Linked to Curriculum Renewal date: 2018-07-01 words: 12675 flesch: 55 summary: Teacher Development Program Linked to Curriculum Renewal Bearing in mind the various models of teacher development in existence, one can see that the model of teacher development program for curriculum renewal designed here does not limit itself to any one model, but rather incorporates elements of various models such as the training and coaching/mentoring models mentioned by Kennedy (2005), Guskey’s (2002) student centered model, and Diaz-Maggioli’s (2004) teacher-centered model in order to create a 257 Creating a Teacher Development Program Linked to Curriculum Renewal Profile: Issues Teach. Today, teacher professional development is rather understood as extended and continuous improvement in which teachers should engage as they advance in their career. keywords: cu lu; curriculum; development; e cu; e te; program; ri cu; te ac; teacher; th e cache: profile-67937.pdf plain text: profile-67937.txt item: #396 of 518 id: profile-67996 author: Cárdenas, Anderson Marcell title: Tackling Intermediate Students’ Fossilized Grammatical Errors in Speech Through Self-Evaluation and Self-Monitoring Strategies date: 2018-07-01 words: 8647 flesch: 53 summary: This may suggest that the level of attention students had when self-repairing (Kormos, 2000) 195 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v20n2.67996 Tackling Intermediate Students’ Fossilized Grammatical Errors in Speech Through Self-Evaluation and Self-Monitoring Strategies Reparación de los errores fosilizados de estudiantes de nivel intermedio en su habla por medio de estrategias de autoevaluación y automonitoreo Anderson Marcell Cárdenas* Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia The purpose of this action research study was to help English language intermediate students tackle fossilized grammatical errors in their speech, which were verb form, missing subject, and word choice. keywords: attention; errors; evaluation; forms; language; learning; mistakes; monitoring; participants; research; self; speech; strategies; students; study; use cache: profile-67996.pdf plain text: profile-67996.txt item: #397 of 518 id: profile-68246 author: Samperio, Nahum title: Learning Strategies Used by High and Low Achievers in the First Level of English date: 2019-01-01 words: 8620 flesch: 59 summary: Literature Review Research on language learning strategies has been active for decades, and Rubin (1975) was a pioneer in the research of the methods or strategies that good language learners used to become successful. These results appear to support the belief that, in general, high achiever learners report using a higher number of language learning strategies and at a more frequent rate than low achievers or less proficient learners. keywords: achievement; achievers; english; language; language learning; learners; learning; learning strategies; strategies; strategy; stu; use cache: profile-68246.pdf plain text: profile-68246.txt item: #398 of 518 id: profile-68446 author: García-Laborda, Jesús; Madarova, Slavka title: Editorial date: 2017-11-29 words: 560 flesch: 46 summary: Next, Esen Sucuoğlu examines the perceptions of English language teachers regarding contemporary language teaching techniques. Two other interesting articles close this monograph, one with a revision of the bibliography in Scopus regarding mobile language learning and the other on foreign languages and gifted children. keywords: language; teaching cache: profile-68446.pdf plain text: profile-68446.txt item: #399 of 518 id: profile-68447 author: Amengual-Pizarro, Marian; García-Laborda, Jesús title: Analysing Test-Takers’ Views on a Computer-Based Speaking Test date: 2017-11-29 words: 8420 flesch: 56 summary: Within this context, the assessment of oral skills and the development of oral language tests have received renewed interest. As demand for oral language tests continue to grow, the integration of computer technology in the context of l2 oral assessment is gradually gaining global recognition and attention among researchers (Bulut & Kan, 2012; Zechner & Xi, 2008; Zhan & Wan, 2016). keywords: aptis; assessment; computer; english; face; garcía; laborda; language; oral; participants; speaking; takers; test; testing; use cache: profile-68447.pdf plain text: profile-68447.txt item: #400 of 518 id: profile-68495 author: Coskun, Abdullah title: The Effect of Pecha Kucha Presentations on Students’ English Public Speaking Anxiety date: 2017-11-29 words: 6868 flesch: 57 summary: Improving student presentations: Developing student presentation skills at the English language classes through Pecha Kucha. keywords: anxiety; efl; english; format; kucha; language; pecha; performance; presentation; public; speaking; students; study; test cache: profile-68495.pdf plain text: profile-68495.txt item: #401 of 518 id: profile-68518 author: Sucuoğlu, Esen title: English Language Teachers’ Perceptions on Knowing and Applying Contemporary Language Teaching Techniques date: 2017-11-29 words: 7394 flesch: 45 summary: Wang (2014) further claims that language learners can benefit from the use of different online mechanisms to support a constructivist approach to developing language skills. Strategies-Based Language Teaching García Magaldi (2010) maintained that developing a sense of autonomy in language learners is essential to their motivation to continue and their capacity for language adaptation and use. keywords: approaches; english; hybrid; instruction; language; language teaching; learners; learning; skills; teachers; teaching; technique cache: profile-68518.pdf plain text: profile-68518.txt item: #402 of 518 id: profile-68532 author: Gokaydin, Beria; Baglama, Basak; Uzunboylu, Huseyin title: Language Learning of Gifted Individuals: A Content Analysis Study date: 2017-11-29 words: 4917 flesch: 50 summary: It can be interpreted that gifted studies gained popularity after 2000. Key words: Content analysis, giftedness, gifted education, language learning. keywords: analysis; distribution; education; gifted; individuals; language; learning; research; studies; study; university cache: profile-68532.pdf plain text: profile-68532.txt item: #403 of 518 id: profile-68571 author: Gunduz, Nuket; Ozcan, Deniz title: Implementation of the Moodle System Into EFL Classes date: 2017-11-29 words: 8639 flesch: 55 summary: Moreover, the 13 to 15 age group’s perceived ease of use mean score is`x = 3.52 (s = .929) and the score of students group from 16 to 18 is`x = 3.12 (s = .933), indicating that there is a significant difference (t = 3.815) between the two groups. Recommendations The general conclusion of the research reveals that the perceptions of English College students towards the Moodle system in efl classes are rather positive. keywords: english; is`x; learning; mean; moodle; moodle system; score; students; study; system; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: profile-68571.pdf plain text: profile-68571.txt item: #404 of 518 id: profile-68575 author: Valencia Robles, Jeannette de Fátima title: Anxiety in Language Testing: The APTIS Case date: 2017-11-29 words: 6064 flesch: 55 summary: Even though it was believed students had experienced test anxiety, a self-created survey was used to establish anxiety levels. Previous research has demonstrated that it produces test anxiety (Çağatay, 2015; Gerwing, Rash, Allen Gerwing, Bramble, & Landine, 2015; Tóth, 2012; Tuan & Mai, 2015). keywords: anxiety; aptis; computer; factors; language; online; participants; performance; results; speaking; students; takers; test; testing cache: profile-68575.pdf plain text: profile-68575.txt item: #405 of 518 id: profile-68617 author: Hmidani, Thana title: Didactic Model: Teaching the English Temporal System to Arabic Freshman Learners of English date: 2017-11-29 words: 8232 flesch: 61 summary: Recent studies have investigated the role of grammar in the writing curriculum (Myhill, 2005; Myhill & Watson, 2014), in developing communicative Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras84 Hmidani abilities of second language learners (Golabi & Hajilou, 2015; Kaymakamoglu, 2017; Liamkina & Ryshina- Pankova, 2012), in addition to its effect on students’ writing when it is taught within context (Jones, Myhill, & Bailey, 2013; Kuimova, Uzunboylu, & Golousenko, 2017). However, research has shown that both first language learners and second language learners (Krashen, 1989; Waring & Takati, 2003) may incidentally benefit from meaning through reading. keywords: arabic; awareness; control; english; grammar; group; language; learners; model; reading; students; study; teaching; use; vocabulary; writing cache: profile-68617.pdf plain text: profile-68617.txt item: #406 of 518 id: profile-68624 author: Uzunboylu, Huseyin; Genc, Zeynep title: Analysis of Documents Published in Scopus Database on Foreign Language Learning Through Mobile Learning: A Content Analysis date: 2017-11-29 words: 4374 flesch: 51 summary: Through the search conducted on Scopus database with the key words “mobile learning and foreign language learning”, the study is based on the analysis of the documents published between the years 2005 and 2017; their distribution took place by years, subject areas, document types, country/regions, and the affiliated universities of the authors. Through the research the views regarding the use of mobile learning in foreign language learning will be evaluated to contribute to further studies in the related subject areas. keywords: analysis; documents; education; efl; language; learning; mobile; research; studies; teaching; university cache: profile-68624.pdf plain text: profile-68624.txt item: #407 of 518 id: profile-68848 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia title: Bibliometric Indicators and Their Accurate Use in the Ranking of Colombian Journals date: 2018-01-01 words: 2745 flesch: 46 summary: As before, her contributions along with those of the other members will greatly help us carry on with this editorial enterprise whose ultimate goal is to contribute to fostering teacher research, better elt, and quality in education. Editorial: Bibliometric indicators and their accurate use in the ranking of Colombian journals. keywords: colciencias; colombia; journals; language; research; teachers cache: profile-68848.pdf plain text: profile-68848.txt item: #408 of 518 id: profile-69239 author: Despagne, Colette title: EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on the Role of English in Two Mexican Private Universities date: 2019-01-01 words: 8737 flesch: 53 summary: Global English: Linguistic imperialism or practical lingua franca? Based on this quote, Ruth shows the superiority of English teaching over any other language. keywords: efl; efl teachers; english; internationalization; language; linguistic; mexican; mexico; role; students; teachers; teaching; universities; university; world cache: profile-69239.pdf plain text: profile-69239.txt item: #409 of 518 id: profile-69508 author: Gómez Argüelles, Lizbeth; Hernández Méndez, Edith; Perales Escudero, Moisés D. title: EFL Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Oral Corrective Feedback: A Case Study date: 2019-01-01 words: 8000 flesch: 54 summary: Case study: Learner attitudes towards the correction of mistakes. Conversely, ocf attitudes tend to be negative when it is performed explicitly, immediately, obstructively, and in the context of the whole class. keywords: attitudes; cognitive; component; correction; english; error; feedback; language; ocf; participants; strategies; students; study; teachers cache: profile-69508.pdf plain text: profile-69508.txt item: #410 of 518 id: profile-69603 author: de Lima Bastos, Pedro Augusto; Pessoa, Rosane Rocha title: A Discussion on English Language Students’ Body Image: Beauty Standards and Fatness date: 2019-01-01 words: 8686 flesch: 62 summary: According to Croll (2005), “body image is the dynamic percep- tion of one’s body—how it looks, feels, and moves” (p. 155). This overconcern with body image is profoundly influenced by beauty standards propagated by cultural and mediatic messages (Croll, 2005) and it can lead to “restrictive dieting and unhealthy weight control methods” causing “potentially dangerous disordered eating behaviors” (Croll, 2005, p. 158). keywords: beauty; bodies; body; body image; classroom; discussion; english; fat; fatness; female; image; language; people; que; research; standards; students; teaching; themes cache: profile-69603.pdf plain text: profile-69603.txt item: #411 of 518 id: profile-69951 author: Fernández Benavides, Alejandro title: Intercultural Components in the Multimodal Structure of a Language Learning Website date: 2019-01-01 words: 8792 flesch: 45 summary: Livemocha had three main spaces: language lessons (levels and learning material online), help others (a space for grading and offering advice to other learn- ers), and language learners (a section to meet users). Language lessons had eight sections: introduction, vocabulary, usage, practice, and four sections of com- municative tasks. keywords: base; byram; communication; elements; intercultural; knowledge; language; learning; lesson; livemocha; modes; multimodal; units; users; álvarez cache: profile-69951.pdf plain text: profile-69951.txt item: #412 of 518 id: profile-70921 author: Quintero Polo, Álvaro Hernán title: From Utopia to Reality: Trans-Formation of Pedagogical Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education date: 2019-01-01 words: 8687 flesch: 47 summary: The statements and discus- sions about the intersection of pedagogy, research, and innovation in language teacher education are proposed here under a humanistic, inquiring, and critical approach to language teaching and learning (see Figure 1). The Freirean Philosophy The intersection of pedagogy, research, and innova- tion in language teacher education can be discussed from a critical perspective, which in this work is provided by the Freirean philosophy, better known as critical pedagogy (McLaren, 2003; Norton & Toohey, 2004; Wink, 2005). keywords: education; efl; english; formation; issues; knowledge; language; learning; pedagogy; practices; quintero; research; students; teachers; teaching; trans cache: profile-70921.pdf plain text: profile-70921.txt item: #413 of 518 id: profile-71253 author: Pascual, Daniel title: Learning English With Travel Blogs: A Genre-Based Process-Writing Teaching Proposal date: 2019-01-01 words: 8431 flesch: 52 summary: Once the corpus was compiled and the genre under- stood, travel blog posts and comments were manually analysed in terms of their main lexico-grammatical, discursive, and pragmatic features. Differences were traced as to the frequency and use of these features in travel blog posts as opposed to comments.1 keywords: blogs; digital; english; features; genre; language; learners; learning; post; process; proposal; skills; students; teaching; travel; writing cache: profile-71253.pdf plain text: profile-71253.txt item: #414 of 518 id: profile-71300 author: Lucero, Edgar; Roncancio-Castellanos, Katherin title: The Pedagogical Practicum Journey Towards Becoming an English Language Teacher date: 2019-01-01 words: 8791 flesch: 58 summary: Key words: English language education, emotions, feelings, pedagogical practicum, pre-service teachers. Consultation is possible at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras174 Lucero & Roncancio-Castellanos Introduction This article contains reflections on the pedagogical practicum experiences of a group of pre-service teachers who are majoring in English language teaching (elt). keywords: colombia; english; experiences; knowledge; language; mentor; mentor teachers; new; practices; practicum; pre; service; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-71300.pdf plain text: profile-71300.txt item: #415 of 518 id: profile-71362 author: Gómez Palacio, Claudia; Gómez Vargas, Deisa Enid; Pulgarín Taborda, Hadaluz title: Coaching as a Professional Development Strategy for Adjunct Instructors in a Colombian University date: 2019-01-01 words: 8376 flesch: 54 summary: In addition, we will explain the role that genuine care and trust play in coaching sessions as a strategy for teacher professional development. Perspectives Teacher professional development tends to focus on teachers’ development of a technique. keywords: adjunct; coaching; colombia; development; gómez; instructors; language; personal; process; professional; research; sessions; strategy; teachers; universidad; university cache: profile-71362.pdf plain text: profile-71362.txt item: #416 of 518 id: profile-71364 author: Cadena-Aguilar, Roso Freddy; Ortega-Cuellar, Javier Hernando; Cadena-Aguilar, Albedro title: Daily 6: An Approach to Foster Oral Fluency of English as a Foreign Language in Adolescents date: 2019-07-01 words: 8963 flesch: 58 summary: Pages 29-44 Daily 6: An Approach to Foster Oral Fluency of English as a Foreign Language in Adolescents Daily 6 as a Means of Improving Oral fluency Through instruments like the middle survey and the teacher’s journal, we gathered enough evidence to support the Daily 6 as an innovative and efficient approach to improve oral fluency. There are two evident differences between those previous studies and the present one: population, and the approach with which oral fluency skills were developed. keywords: approach; cadena; colombia; english; fluency; language; learners; learning; oral; participants; pauses; question; speaking; students; study; technology; test cache: profile-71364.pdf plain text: profile-71364.txt item: #417 of 518 id: profile-71378 author: Gómez Jiménez, Maria Catalina; Gutierrez, Claudia Patricia title: Engaging English as a Foreign Language Students in Critical Literacy Practices: The Case of a Teacher at a Private University date: 2019-01-01 words: 8667 flesch: 53 summary: Key words: Critical literacies, English language teaching, language skills. In their broadest sense, critical literacies refer to the ability to read texts going beyond their superficial meaning. keywords: catalina; class; classroom; colombia; english; issues; journal; language; learners; literacies; literacy; social; students; teacher; teaching; topics cache: profile-71378.pdf plain text: profile-71378.txt item: #418 of 518 id: profile-71721 author: Guzmán Gámez, Derly Yuleith; Moreno Cuellar, Johana Andrea title: The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students date: 2019-01-01 words: 8042 flesch: 58 summary: Students’ Artefacts In the research project, the scripts and digital stories developed by students during the interventions were treated as objects of investigation in this study. Consequently, students created their own digital story working in pairs and as a result increased their vocabulary, improved their English writing skill and other language skills. keywords: colombia; digital; english; language; learning; plotagon; research; school; skill; students; teaching; tool; use; vocabulary; writing cache: profile-71721.pdf plain text: profile-71721.txt item: #419 of 518 id: profile-71948 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia title: Challenges in Sustaining a Peripheral Journal date: 2018-07-01 words: 2488 flesch: 42 summary: (Salager-Meyer, 2014, p. 81) Scientific knowledge reaches its audience mainly through consultation of scientific textbooks and scientific journals. On the other hand, Colombian teachers Martin Javier Caicedo Pereira, Jhonny Alexander Lozano Bermúdez, and Luis Alfonso Vanegas Medina present a study conducted with both university and pre-university students. keywords: articles; colombia; english; journal; language; profile; students; teachers cache: profile-71948.pdf plain text: profile-71948.txt item: #420 of 518 id: profile-72648 author: Tatar, Sibel title: Employment of English Language Teachers in an EFL Context: Perspectives From School Administrators date: 2019-07-01 words: 9526 flesch: 53 summary: Employment of English language teachers in an efl context: Perspectives from school administrators. The ns/nns distinction inevitably leads to the label- ling of English language teachers as nests and nnests, stemming from the idea that native speakers are ideal speakers of the language and therefore better teachers. keywords: administrators; efl; english; expatriate; hiring; important; language; native; nnests; non; schools; speaker; speaking; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-72648.pdf plain text: profile-72648.txt item: #421 of 518 id: profile-72879 author: Benavides-Jimenez, Fabián; Mora-Acosta, Yenny Lisbeth title: Beliefs of Two Culturally Diverse Groups of Teachers About Intercultural Bilingual Education date: 2019-07-01 words: 8944 flesch: 47 summary: Although most of the national context recognizes Spanish-English bilingualism, for the Sikuani community this feature is broadened because in their territories other indigenous languages coexist, turning this into a multilingual phenomenon. #131-136) The group of university teachers recognizes that the bilingual policy implemented in Colombia considers Spanish-English, but other bilingual forms are forgotten, as explained: I think that the policies regarding bilingualism are focused only on the English-Spanish duet, disregarding other foreign languages or indigenous languages as well. keywords: bilingual; bilingualism; colombia; culture; education; english; groups; interculturality; knowledge; language; participants; people; process; spanish; teachers; university; way cache: profile-72879.pdf plain text: profile-72879.txt item: #422 of 518 id: profile-72992 author: Mosquera, Óscar Andrés; Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto, María Claudia title: Pedagogical and Research Approaches in Inclusive Education in ELT in Colombia: Perspectives From Some Profile Journal Authors date: 2018-07-01 words: 9827 flesch: 54 summary: Apart from the justification to provide opportunities for Colombian citizens to have access to foreign language learning, no guidelines, teaching resources, or teacher education schemes have been made in terms of ie. The learner progressively discovered a great deal of “magic wands” for language learning. keywords: analysis; approaches; bogotá; colombia; education; english; foreign; inclusion; issues; language; learning; policies; profile; research; students; study; teachers cache: profile-72992.pdf plain text: profile-72992.txt item: #423 of 518 id: profile-73116 author: Saavedra-Jeldres, Pamela Andrea; Campos-Espinoza, Mónica title: Chilean Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Benefits and Challenges of EFL Writing Portfolios date: 2019-07-01 words: 9031 flesch: 57 summary: Chilean pre-service teachers’ perceptions towards benefits and challenges of efl writing portfolios. Overall, the findings observed in this study mirror those of the previous studies that have examined the perception towards the contribution of efl writing portfolios. keywords: efl; english; feedback; language; learning; perceptions; portfolio; pre; process; skills; students; study; teachers; use; writing cache: profile-73116.pdf plain text: profile-73116.txt item: #424 of 518 id: profile-73385 author: Ortiz-Neira, Ramón Antonio title: The Impact of Information Gap Activities on Young EFL Learners’ Oral Fluency date: 2019-07-01 words: 6403 flesch: 56 summary: The learners showed positive attitudes towards speaking activities by using information gap activities. To sum up, efl teachers may eventually find support and relief in their teaching practice with the benefits that information gap activities can cater for their learners, as it is an advisable technique to motivate and provide interesting material for speaking activities. keywords: activities; cambridge; english; fluency; gap; gap activities; information; information gap; language; learners; oral; students; test cache: profile-73385.pdf plain text: profile-73385.txt item: #425 of 518 id: profile-73733 author: Muñoz-Restrepo, Ana; Ramirez, Marta; Gaviria, Sandra title: Strategies to Enhance or Maintain Motivation in Learning a Foreign Language date: 2020-01-01 words: 8113 flesch: 52 summary: Therefore, there is an evident need to continue to research to devise instructional interventions that teachers can apply in the classroom to elicit and stimulate student motivation. Motivational Strategies Guilloteaux and Dörnyei (2008) have defined moti- vational strategies as the teaching practices that trigger student motivation. keywords: autonomy; classroom; dörnyei; language; learning; motivation; ryan; self; strategies; students; support; teachers; theory cache: profile-73733.pdf plain text: profile-73733.txt item: #426 of 518 id: profile-73796 author: Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: The Role of Systemic Functional Grammar in the Expansion of Nominal Groups date: 2019-07-01 words: 9262 flesch: 55 summary: Pages 97-112 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.73796 The Role of Systemic Functional Grammar in the Expansion of Nominal Groups El papel de la gramática sistémica funcional en la expansión de sintagmas nominales 1María Claudia Nieto Cruz* Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia This study presents the expansion of nominal groups in a systemic functional grammar class of an English language teacher program in 2016 at a Colombian public university. Nominal groups were first considered in a document written by the students before being exposed to the principles of systemic functional grammar and then in a revised version after the exposure to it. keywords: bloor; clause; colombia; derewianka; function; grammar; groups; head; language; postmodification; sfg; students; table; words cache: profile-73796.pdf plain text: profile-73796.txt item: #427 of 518 id: profile-74091 author: Ortega, Yecid title: “Teacher, ¿Puedo Hablar en Español?” A Reflection on Plurilingualism and Translanguaging Practices in EFL date: 2019-07-01 words: 9269 flesch: 52 summary: Empirical data demonstrate how language students set about solving problems, using language as a tool to mediate their thinking, and thereby help and support each other in making meaning. Canagarajah (2011) notes that multilingual language students feel free to use the languages with which they are more comfortable in using to make meaning, thus counter- ing school impositions of monolinguistic ideologies. keywords: classroom; colombia; cultures; education; english; language; laura; learning; plurilingualism; practices; social; spanish; students; teacher; teaching; translanguaging; use; variations cache: profile-74091.pdf plain text: profile-74091.txt item: #428 of 518 id: profile-75121 author: Rubin, Joan title: Helping Teachers Promote Self-Directed Language Learning: Report of a Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador date: 2019-07-01 words: 5681 flesch: 59 summary: Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. Rubin* Joan Rubin Associates, Silver Spring, usa Since Ecuador has determined that it wants to be fully bilingual in ten years, this paper describes the experience of a Fulbright Scholar at a university Language Center in Quito; one helping language teachers improve the language learning skills of their students. keywords: ecuador; english; goal; language; learner; learning; rubin; self; strategies; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-75121.pdf plain text: profile-75121.txt item: #429 of 518 id: profile-75172 author: Farías, Miguel; Véliz, Leonardo title: Multimodal Texts in Chilean English Teaching Education: Experiences From Educators and Pre-Service Teachers date: 2019-07-01 words: 8991 flesch: 47 summary: What these results highlight is the slow process for innovations, multimodality precisely, to take root in language teacher education and the mismatch between the multimodal literacy practices of pre-service teachers and those used by teacher educators. Data were gathered through two online surveys that explored the use of multimodal texts by teacher educators and pre-service teachers. keywords: education; educators; english; language; learning; literacy; multimodal; multimodal texts; multimodality; reading; standards; teacher; teacher education; teaching; texts; use; writing cache: profile-75172.pdf plain text: profile-75172.txt item: #430 of 518 id: profile-75401 author: Gómez Burgos, Eric; Sandoval Molina, Soledad title: University Students’ Attitudes Towards EFL: A Case From the South of Chile date: 2020-01-01 words: 7631 flesch: 59 summary: I reinforce my English level by looking for materials on websites related to English learning. Language attitudes of Turkish students towards the English language and its use in Turkish context. keywords: attitudes; chile; college; domain; efl; english; gómez; language; learning; results; students; study; university cache: profile-75401.pdf plain text: profile-75401.txt item: #431 of 518 id: profile-75772 author: Herencia Grillo, Amalia; Hernández de la Torre, Elena title: Education Professionals as Facilitators of Study Abroad Programs in Spain: Formal Training Needs date: 2020-01-01 words: 8829 flesch: 55 summary: This paper investigates an aspect of study abroad programs that has rarely been studied before: the training needs of local education professionals in Spain. Our study has been developed in Spain via interview- ing professionals that work with us university students on study abroad programs. keywords: cultural; culture; education; experience; facilitators; faculty; formal; intercultural; professionals; programs; research; role; spain; students; study; training cache: profile-75772.pdf plain text: profile-75772.txt item: #432 of 518 id: profile-76796 author: Cuartas Álvarez, Luis Fernando title: Intercultural Communicative Competence: In-Service EFL Teachers Building Understanding Through Study Groups date: 2020-01-01 words: 9373 flesch: 48 summary: (Lafayette, 2003, p. 61) Teachers’ Understanding of ICC From a Part to a Whole A last concern teachers expressed dealt with the way they connect the aims of icc with the curriculum. Consultation is possible at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras76 Cuartas Álvarez Introduction Day after day, language teachers are shifting towards the recognition of the role of culture and its close relationship with language as “an inseparable part of the way in which we live our lives and the way we use language” (Liddicoat, 2002, p. 47). keywords: colombia; competence; culture; development; group; icc; intercultural; knowledge; language; service; students; study; teachers; teaching; understanding cache: profile-76796.pdf plain text: profile-76796.txt item: #433 of 518 id: profile-76887 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia title: Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development... Now in Scopus! date: 2019-01-01 words: 1549 flesch: 46 summary: We also acknowledge the support of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, the Centro Editorial of the Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, and the members of the profile Research Group at the same university. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras Cárdenas & Nieto Cruz 8 subject area not properly covered by an existing journal and that, although the scope of our journal is narrow, it addresses the need of an important audience niche. keywords: colombia; language; scopus; teachers; universidad cache: profile-76887.pdf plain text: profile-76887.txt item: #434 of 518 id: profile-76925 author: Hernández Varona, Wilson; Gutiérrez Álvarez, Daniel Felipe title: English Language Student-Teachers Developing Agency Through Community-Based Pedagogy Projects date: 2020-01-01 words: 8572 flesch: 52 summary: Then, narrative inquiry acts as a door to access both teacher knowledge and teacher identity, which results in an education for teacher development (Xu & Connelly, 2009). In this section, first we are going to describe how English language sts developed agency through a four- moment process consisting of (a) interacting within inquiry groups, (b) narratively interacting with the community, (c) voicing the untold necessities of the community, and (d) the moment of taking action (see Figure 1). keywords: agency; colombia; community; development; english; excerpt; group; inquiry; narrative; participants; people; sts; teachers cache: profile-76925.pdf plain text: profile-76925.txt item: #435 of 518 id: profile-77494 author: Donoso, Eladio title: Using Spanish in English Language Chilean Classrooms? Perspectives from EFL Teacher Trainees date: 2020-01-01 words: 6552 flesch: 63 summary: Teachers’ and students’ amount and purpose of l1 use: English as foreign language (efl) classrooms in Iran. The perceptions of prospective English teachers in Turkey about l1 use in English classes. keywords: classroom; efl; english; language; learners; spanish; students; teacher; teaching; use cache: profile-77494.pdf plain text: profile-77494.txt item: #436 of 518 id: profile-77731 author: Cortés-Rozo, Erika Johana; Suárez-Vergara, Daniela Andrea; Castañeda-Trujillo, Jairo Enrique title: Exploring Students’ Context Representations by Using Songs in English With a Social Content date: 2019-07-01 words: 8016 flesch: 60 summary: (Dialogues between students and teacher) However, other students mentioned how they solve their own problems without requiring the help of others. Pages 129-141 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.77731 Exploring Students’ Context Representations by Using Songs in English With a Social Content Exploración de las representaciones del contexto de los estudiantes por medio del uso de canciones en inglés con contenido social 1Erika Johana Cortés Rozo* 2Daniela Andrea Suárez Vergara** Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia 3Jairo Enrique Castañeda-Trujillo*** Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Colombia This paper presents the results of a research study based on a pedagogical experience of two pre-service English teachers with seventh graders. keywords: class; classroom; colombia; context; conversation; day; english; language; people; que; representations; school; social; songs; students; study; teachers; use cache: profile-77731.pdf plain text: profile-77731.txt item: #437 of 518 id: profile-78079 author: Vieira, Flávia title: Pedagogy of Experience in Teacher Education for Learner and Teacher Autonomy date: 2020-01-01 words: 8866 flesch: 48 summary: Research on autonomy in language education has often tended to underrate issues of teacher autonomy, which has rein- forced a de-politicized view of pedagogy for autonomy (see Benson, 1997, 2006). However, three different interpreta- tions of teacher autonomy emerge from his study: (1) professional freedom or control over professional activity; (2) the capacity for taking control over learning how to teach and professional development; and (3) teacher and learner autonomy as interconnected phenomena developing simultaneously within co-constructed, democratic pedagogies. keywords: autonomy; case; education; experience; inquiry; knowledge; language; learner; learning; narratives; pedagogy; reading; self; students; teacher; teaching cache: profile-78079.pdf plain text: profile-78079.txt item: #438 of 518 id: profile-78188 author: Giraldo, Frank title: A Post-Positivist and Interpretive Approach to Researching Teachers’ Language Assessment Literacy date: 2020-01-01 words: 6961 flesch: 52 summary: Specifi- cally, scholars have used questionnaires to study lal as it reflects content from language testing courses (J. D. Brown & Bailey, 2008; Jin, 2010; Lam, 2015) and, in the case of language teachers, their training in lal, current level of lal, and needs to further their understanding of language assessment (see specifically Fulcher, 2012; Vogt & Tsagari, 2014). For example, in Giraldo (2018b), readers can find 66 descriptors that seek to explain part of the lal for language teachers in eight dimensions: aware- ness of applied linguistics, awareness of theory and concepts, awareness of one’s own language assessment context; instructional skills; design skills for language assessments; skills in educational measurement; tech- nological skills; and awareness of and actions towards critical issues in language assessment. keywords: assessment; assessment literacy; colombia; giraldo; lal; language; language assessment; language teachers; language testing; literacy; research; teachers; testing cache: profile-78188.pdf plain text: profile-78188.txt item: #439 of 518 id: profile-78613 author: Méndez López, Mariza G. title: Emotions Attributions of ELT Pre-service Teachers and Their Effects on Teaching Practice date: 2020-01-01 words: 8495 flesch: 52 summary: Results revealed a need for language teaching programmes to include classroom management strategies; however, there is also evidence of the urgent need for socio-emotional support to be provided to pre-service teachers to help them shape their teaching practice through reflection. Providing a space for pre-service teachers to reflect on their beliefs and discuss the emotions experienced during practicum may help to instil commitment and responsibility in future teachers. keywords: emotions; experiences; lack; language; lópez; méndez; practice; practicum; pre; service; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-78613.pdf plain text: profile-78613.txt item: #440 of 518 id: profile-78800 author: Arcaya, Mauricio title: Differences Between Native English-Speaking Teachers and Their Non-Native Counterparts When Evaluating Pronunciation date: 2020-01-01 words: 6915 flesch: 52 summary: Pages 29-41 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v22n1.78800 Differences Between Native English-Speaking Teachers and Their Non-Native Counterparts When Evaluating Pronunciation Diferencias entre profesores hablantes nativos de inglés y sus pares no nativos al evaluar pronunciación 1Mauricio Arcaya* Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile This article is a small-scale qualitative study whose objective was to identify differences between the way in which native English teachers and their non-native Chilean counterparts assess pronunciation. The results show that native English teachers rate students higher than their non-native colleagues. keywords: differences; english; evaluation; language; learning; nnes; nnes teachers; pronunciation; research; speaking; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-78800.pdf plain text: profile-78800.txt item: #441 of 518 id: profile-78806 author: Mesa Villa, Claudia Patricia; Gómez-Giraldo, John S.; Arango Montes, Rodolfo title: Becoming Language Teacher-Researchers in a Research Seedbed date: 2020-01-01 words: 8733 flesch: 45 summary: Despite its potential transformative influence, teacher research is still a minor practice in the field of language teaching. In addition, Borg highlights the necessity of exploring the role of teacher research into both undergraduate and in-service language education programs. keywords: antioquia; colombia; curriculum; education; investigación; language; process; research; research education; researchers; students; teacher; undergraduate; universidad; work cache: profile-78806.pdf plain text: profile-78806.txt item: #442 of 518 id: profile-79924 author: Cárcamo, Benjamín title: Classifying Written Corrective Feedback for Research and Educational Purposes: A Typology Proposal date: 2020-07-01 words: 6813 flesch: 52 summary: Pages 211-222 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v22n2.79924 Classifying Written Corrective Feedback for Research and Educational Purposes: A Typology Proposal Clasificación de la retroalimentación correctiva escrita para propósitos investigativos y educativos: una propuesta de tipología Benjamín Cárcamo1 Universidad de las Américas, Viña del Mar, Chile Although several investigations have been carried out in recent years on written corrective feedback (wcf), there is a lack of agreement about its definition and the effect on students’ writings of different types of feedback. Effectiveness of written corrective feedback: Does type of error and type of correction matter? keywords: acquisition; comments; errors; example; feedback; indirect; language; learning; research; students; studies; teacher; typology; wcf; writing cache: profile-79924.pdf plain text: profile-79924.txt item: #443 of 518 id: profile-80289 author: Insuasty, Edgar Alirio; Jaime Osorio, María Fernanda title: Transforming Pedagogical Practices Through Collaborative Work date: 2020-07-01 words: 6911 flesch: 44 summary: Moreover, Gore (1987, as cited in Insuasty & Zam- brano Castillo, 2010) refers to “collegiality as one of the outcomes of reflective teaching, since working in small groups to question and examine teaching behavior and provide honest feedback, student teachers may develop trust and respect for each other as teachers and profes- sionals” (p. 89). He also says that reflective teaching enables language teachers to expand their rep- ertoire of strategic options. keywords: action; activities; language; learning; novice; practices; problems; research; researchers; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-80289.pdf plain text: profile-80289.txt item: #444 of 518 id: profile-80528 author: Banegas, Darío Luis; Lauze, Cristina title: CLIL and Comprehensive Sexual Education: A Case of Innovation From Argentina date: 2020-07-01 words: 6179 flesch: 50 summary: In other words, language learners should not reflect on gender diversity and other cse-related topics but should work towards enacting diversity with Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras202 Banegas & Lauze their daily language-mediated activities. Queer inquiry in language education. keywords: argentina; clil; content; cse; education; english; gender; innovation; language; learners; learning; sexuality; teaching; topics cache: profile-80528.pdf plain text: profile-80528.txt item: #445 of 518 id: profile-80687 author: Ubaque-Casallas, Diego F.; Aguirre-Garzón, Edgar title: Re-Signifying Teacher Epistemologies Through Lesson Planning: A Study on Language Student Teachers date: 2020-07-01 words: 8557 flesch: 49 summary: This epistemic turn can constitute initiatives to move language teacher education away from the subaltern place that has established most of the teaching practicum as a mechanism for having student teachers test what has been already said by others in the global North (Mignolo, 2009). Findings suggest that through lesson planning, language student teachers manage to re-signify certain methodological yet hegemonic constructions of teaching and learning. keywords: andrea; colombia; education; english; knowledge; language; language teaching; learning; lesson; lesson planning; planning; practice; practicum; student; student teachers; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-80687.pdf plain text: profile-80687.txt item: #446 of 518 id: profile-80735 author: Madrid, Daniel; Julius, Steven title: Profiles of Students in Bilingual University Degree Programs Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Spain date: 2020-07-01 words: 8826 flesch: 47 summary: Toledo et al. (2012) studied the beliefs, academic performance, and the attitudes of university students beginning their bilingual degrees in the Faculty of Education at the University of Huelva. Jover et al. (2016) studied the types of basic training courses found in schools of education for future primary Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras84 Madrid & Julius school emi teachers and their analysis explained the reasons why this training is deficient (de la Maya & Luengo, 2015; Madrid Manrique & Madrid, 2014; Pérez Cañado, 2016a) in addition to the complaints from university students in emi programs in reference to the lack of training for the professors that teach these courses. keywords: bilingual; clil; course; degree; educación; education; emi; english; international; language; madrid; professors; programs; spanish; students; study; teaching; university cache: profile-80735.pdf plain text: profile-80735.txt item: #447 of 518 id: profile-80843 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: Giving Voice to Novice Teacher-Researchers date: 2019-07-01 words: 1632 flesch: 42 summary: The first section, Issues from Teacher Researchers, includes seven articles concerning teacher education, efl practices with an emphasis on young learners, and efl employment from the perspective of school administrators. This was also an initiative promoted by scholars from different Anglo speaking contexts, in some cases, with different names and definitions—teacher research, exploratory action research, and exploratory practice, among others. keywords: colombia; issues; researchers; teacher; universidad cache: profile-80843.pdf plain text: profile-80843.txt item: #448 of 518 id: profile-81152 author: Cancino, Marco; Díaz, Gabriela title: Exploring the Code-Switching Behaviours of Chilean EFL High School Teachers: A Function-Focused Approach date: 2020-07-01 words: 8973 flesch: 60 summary: Teacher code switching in the efl class- room. Language alternation behaviour among native- speaker foreign language teachers in New Zealand secondary schools [Unpublished master’s thesis]. keywords: clara; classroom; code; efl; english; ester; functions; language; managerial; mode; number; switching; teachers; units; use cache: profile-81152.pdf plain text: profile-81152.txt item: #449 of 518 id: profile-81384 author: de la Barra, Erika; Carbone, Soffía title: Bridging Inequality: Cooperative Learning Through Literature in Two Vulnerable Schools in Santiago date: 2020-07-01 words: 8461 flesch: 47 summary: Pages 49-63 Bridging Inequality: Cooperative Learning Through Literature in Two Vulnerable Schools in Santiago that the results were successful as the students became more autonomous under the use of flipped classroom and then increased their interaction with other students due to cooperative techniques. la literatura en dos escuelas vulnerables en Santiago Erika de la Barra1 Soffía Carbone Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile This paper reports a qualitative action-research study on the use of cooperative learning through literature in two vulnerable English as a foreign language (efl) classrooms in Chile. keywords: colombia; cooperative; education; english; group; inequality; language; learning; literature; santiago; schools; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-81384.pdf plain text: profile-81384.txt item: #450 of 518 id: profile-81894 author: Velandia, Deissy Angélica title: Ensuring Quality in a Foreign Language Tutoring Program for Future Teachers date: 2020-07-01 words: 9320 flesch: 47 summary: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras20 Velandia delivering tutoring sessions while collaborating with a larger research about this pilot program carried out by the lexi research group (Nieto et al., 2013). Knowledge of the subject Teaching- learning processes during the tutoring session Which of the following aspects do you consider most relevant in the development of tutoring sessions? keywords: colombia; evaluation; face; language; learning; nacional; program; quality; research; sessions; students; study; time; tutees; tutoring; tutoring program; tutors; universidad cache: profile-81894.pdf plain text: profile-81894.txt item: #451 of 518 id: profile-82105 author: Millán Librado, Tania; Basurto Santos, Nora M. title: Teaching English to Young Learners in Mexico: Teachers’ Perceptions About Their Teaching Contexts date: 2020-01-01 words: 8985 flesch: 63 summary: At first, we intended to include the perceptions of English primary school teachers in this paper as well. Transforming into a multilingual nation: A qualitative analysis of Mexico’s initiative to develop language teachers. keywords: contexts; education; efl; english; language; learning; level; mexico; perceptions; public; research; schools; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-82105.pdf plain text: profile-82105.txt item: #452 of 518 id: profile-82213 author: Ramírez-Lizcano, Natalia; Cabrera-Tovar, María Alejandra title: EFL Learners’ Perceptions About Language Learning and Culture When Using Telecollaboration date: 2020-07-01 words: 8827 flesch: 44 summary: Three main concerns underlie this work: the lack of studies that explore how students perceive the relationship between foreign language learning and culture in the local context, the need to explore the incidence of culture in language learning, and the role of telecollaboration in cultural exchange. Since their experiences as language learners is con- nected to a language that is recognized and valued worldwide, students perceived language learning as an enriching instrument to broad worldwide com- munication. keywords: colombia; cultural; culture; english; experiences; language; language learning; learners; learning; participants; perceptions; students; study; telecollaboration; understanding cache: profile-82213.pdf plain text: profile-82213.txt item: #453 of 518 id: profile-82247 author: Garcia-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell title: Needs Analysis to Enhance English Language Proficiency at a Mexican University date: 2020-07-01 words: 8173 flesch: 51 summary: It seems that an English coordination and language programmes which regulate and operate English language teaching and learning across the university might be beneficial for addressing the needs expressed by the participants and increasing the students’ English language proficiency to meet the demands of local companies in the State of Guanajuato. The objectives of this na study were to explore the stakeholders’ expectations, needs, challenges, and suggestions regarding English language teaching and learning at the University of Guanajuato; and to understand how this evidence can be reformulated into a proposal which enhances the English proficiency of students at this university. keywords: analysis; employers; english; guanajuato; language; learning; needs; proficiency; programmes; skills; students; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-82247.pdf plain text: profile-82247.txt item: #454 of 518 id: profile-82369 author: Sepehrinia, Sajjad; Fallah, Nahid; Torfi, Soad title: English Language Teachers’ Oral Corrective Preferences and Practices Across Proficiency Groups date: 2020-07-01 words: 7695 flesch: 50 summary: Some of these complexities and intervening variables might be related to practical considerations and learners’ reaction to teacher feedback; in the case of the present study, proficiency level had a role to play in teachers’ corrective practice directing the teachers to use more implicit correction due to practical considerations in the case of the advanced learners and emotional considerations in the case of less proficient learners. Accordingly, researchers might do well to draw on teachers’ experiences and take them as initiatives for more qualified research and to examine the role of these aspects of correction in learners’ ability to implement teacher correction. keywords: correction; errors; feedback; groups; language; learners; practices; proficiency; recast; studies; teachers; use cache: profile-82369.pdf plain text: profile-82369.txt item: #455 of 518 id: profile-82510 author: Aristizábal-Jiménez, Yesika title: Fostering Talk as Performance in an EFL Class Through the Critical Analysis of YouTubers’ Content date: 2020-07-01 words: 8629 flesch: 49 summary: Pages 181-195 Fostering Talk as Performance in an EFL Class Through the Critical Analysis of YouTubers’ Content Awareness of Social Issues in YouTubers’ Content and Improvement of Students’ Language Skills Collected data in the awareness phase of the empow- erment spiral evidenced how students became aware of social issues within YouTubers’ content while improving language skills. In this game, learners had to choose a grammar category (the ones mentioned above) and do the corresponding exercise; if it was good, students won points; if it was not, other students had the opportunity to do the exercise. keywords: analysis; content; ideas; language; learning; media; messages; oral; performance; production; project; spiral; students; talk; video; youtubers cache: profile-82510.pdf plain text: profile-82510.txt item: #456 of 518 id: profile-82535 author: Peñaloza, Anna Carolina title: Leadership, Risk Taking, and Social Gender Roles Among Colombian Female Undergraduate Language Learners date: 2020-07-01 words: 8699 flesch: 54 summary: I Support Others: The Roles Women Are Expected to Play I Am a Risk Taker: Invisibility of Risk- Taking Skills I Support Others: The Roles Women Are Expected to Play Being supportive and caring for others have tradition- ally been associated with female gender roles. The results revealed that the division of labor and social gender roles supersede the students’ initial positions. keywords: colombia; cover; data; female; gender; group; language; leadership; power; research; risk; roles; skills; students; taking; undergraduate; women cache: profile-82535.pdf plain text: profile-82535.txt item: #457 of 518 id: profile-82598 author: Ariza-Pinzón, Vicky title: Analysis of MA Students’ Writing in English Language Teaching: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach date: 2021-01-05 words: 8428 flesch: 50 summary: However, more often than not, students fail to recognize the social nature of master thesis writing—in terms of the organization of knowledge and the organi- zation of intellectual and educational practices within a context (Christie & Maton, 2011). This study of master thesis writing brought to the surface the regulatory principles that underlie writing in higher education in a context where English is used as a second language. keywords: academic; context; english; genre; knowledge; language; master; practices; research; social; students; study; teaching; thesis; writer; writing cache: profile-82598.pdf plain text: profile-82598.txt item: #458 of 518 id: profile-82765 author: Garcia-Chamorro, Martha; Rosado-Mendinueta, Nayibe title: Embracing Conceptualizations of English Language Teacher Education From a Complexity Perspective date: 2021-07-19 words: 8626 flesch: 43 summary: To explain this position, we define complex systems and complexity principles through examples of interconnected components of teacher education. Global societal changes demand the alignment of education and teacher education (te) to new visions. keywords: agents; colombia; complexity; components; development; education; elte; english; journal; knowledge; language; learning; perspective; research; system; teacher; teacher education; teaching cache: profile-82765.pdf plain text: profile-82765.txt item: #459 of 518 id: profile-83052 author: Guerrero-Nieto, Carmen Helena; Quintero, Alvaro title: Elementary School Teachers in Neoliberal Times: The Silent Voices That Make Educational Policies Work date: 2021-01-05 words: 8873 flesch: 56 summary: Our professional careers have provided us with unique opportunities to interact with hundreds of school teachers around the country and to know firsthand their teaching stories. Her research interests and publications are in critical pedagogy, bilingualism, and teacher education. keywords: colombia; education; elementary; english; government; guerrero; micro; policies; policy; practices; quintero; school; school teachers; students; teachers; teaching; voices; work cache: profile-83052.pdf plain text: profile-83052.txt item: #460 of 518 id: profile-83094 author: Giraldo, Frank title: A Reflection on Initiatives for Teachers’ Professional Development Through Language Assessment Literacy date: 2021-01-05 words: 8544 flesch: 44 summary: My purpose with the present reflection, then, is to offer language teacher educators in Colombia a reflection and synthesis of existing initiatives for language teachers’ lal and, especially, focus on how they seem to help language teachers develop professionally in the area of language assessment. In fact, language teachers have been a central stakeholder group in the lal puzzle. keywords: assessment; assessment literacy; development; initiatives; knowledge; lal; language; language assessment; language teachers; language testing; literacy; needs; principles; programs; teachers; testing; training cache: profile-83094.pdf plain text: profile-83094.txt item: #461 of 518 id: profile-83135 author: Benavides, Jorge Eliecer title: Level of English in Colombian Higher Education: A Decade of Stagnation date: 2021-01-05 words: 8907 flesch: 49 summary: For students who finished higher education levels, b2 and also b2+ would be expected, and c1 for graduates from English bachelor’s degree programs at university level (see Table 2). Language teacher education policy promoting linguistic diversity and intercultural commu- nication. keywords: colombia; development; educación; education; english; exam; language; level; men; nacional; policy; programs; results; saber; sciences; students; university cache: profile-83135.pdf plain text: profile-83135.txt item: #462 of 518 id: profile-83884 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto Cruz, María Claudia; Martínez, Edwin title: 20 Years’ Journey of the Profile Journal in ELT Research date: 2020-01-01 words: 1876 flesch: 42 summary: The journal was born out of a concern to make visible the research endeavors of a group of Colombian practitioners who taught English as a foreign language in primary and secondary schools and who participated in a teacher’s development program carried out at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in the latter part of the 20th century. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras Cárdenas, Nieto Cruz, & Martínez 8 to and accepted by the most important databases and bibliographical indexes, something that attested the growing quality of the journal (the latest achievement in this regard was the inclusion in the Scopus database in 2018 [see Figure 1]). keywords: colombia; journal; language; profile; universidad cache: profile-83884.pdf plain text: profile-83884.txt item: #463 of 518 id: profile-83889 author: Quintero, Josefina; Álvarez, Diana Yurany; Arcila, Andrea title: Cross-Disciplinary Lessons in an Elementary Public Institution date: 2021-07-19 words: 8624 flesch: 44 summary: Finally, this research invites both researchers and foreign language teachers to appreciate the benefits of cbi in pedagogical practices. Action research for language teachers (1st ed.). keywords: cbi; classroom; colombia; content; curriculum; education; english; issues; knowledge; language; learning; lessons; matter; research; school; sciences; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-83889.pdf plain text: profile-83889.txt item: #464 of 518 id: profile-83955 author: Romero, Gloria title: Deconstructing Novice Teachers’ Actions and Reactions to Nonharmonic Chilean School Communities of Practice date: 2021-01-05 words: 7969 flesch: 52 summary: Pages 13-26 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v23n1.83955 Deconstructing Novice Teachers’ Actions and Reactions to Nonharmonic Chilean School Communities of Practice Deconstruyendo las acciones y reacciones de profesores novatos ante comunidades de práctica no armónicas en Chile Gloria Romero1 Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile This paper reports a small section of a larger study that uses a mixed-methods approach to examine participation experiences of novice teachers of English in Chile beginning their careers in nonharmonic public, semiprivate, and private school communities. Drawing on Wenger’s framework of communities of practice, this paper reveals that novice teachers come across nonharmonic communities of teachers regardless of the types of schools where they work—that is, schools normally classified by socioeconomic background. keywords: chilean; communities; community; cops; education; english; nonharmonic; novice; novice teachers; participation; practice; school; study; teachers; teaching; wenger cache: profile-83955.pdf plain text: profile-83955.txt item: #465 of 518 id: profile-84020 author: Burgin, Ximena D.; Daniel, Mayra C. title: Examining Current and Future Ecuadorian Educators’ Experiences Using Action Research in the English as a Second Language Classroom date: 2021-01-05 words: 8810 flesch: 47 summary: To prepare English teachers to deliver English as a second language (esl) instruction, the Ecuadorian government signed agreements with the Alliance of Progress from the us and the British Council. The study’s researchers are teacher educators, one from Ecuador and the other from Cuba, whose work focuses on the preparation of teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse students in the United States and Latin America. keywords: action; classroom; data; ecuador; education; english; instruction; knowledge; language; participants; process; research; school; service; students; study; teachers cache: profile-84020.pdf plain text: profile-84020.txt item: #466 of 518 id: profile-85019 author: González, Elsa Fernanda title: The Impact of Assessment Training on EFL Writing Classroom Assessment: Voices of Mexican University Teachers date: 2021-01-05 words: 9084 flesch: 54 summary: This paper analyzes the impact that two sessions of writing assessment training (wat) had on the assessment practices of eleven Mexican efl university teachers. Considering that studies which focus on language assessment training have been conducted in Asia (Koh et al., 2017), North America (Malone, 2013, Nier et al., 2013; Weigle, 1998, 2007), Europe (Fulcher, 2012; Vogt & Tasagari, 2014), and Australia (Knoch, 2011), the Latin American context has remained underexplored. keywords: assessment; assessment training; classroom; classroom assessment; efl; feedback; impact; interview; language; scoring; students; teachers; training; use; wat; writing cache: profile-85019.pdf plain text: profile-85019.txt item: #467 of 518 id: profile-85145 author: Meza, Angélica; Rodríguez, Ingrid; Caviedes, Lorena title: Fostering EFL Preservice Teachers’ Academic Writing Skills Through Reflective Learning date: 2021-01-05 words: 8747 flesch: 51 summary: Regarding the production from the first cycle of the implementation (a draft and final paper) through indirect written feedback, we noticed a high frequency of mistakes in terms of punctuation, wrong word, spelling, Spanish-like forms and wordiness, and a not so frequent display of mistakes related to verb forms and missing word (see Figure 3). In this sense, we focused on reflective learning, academic writing skills, indirect and formative feedback, self-assessment, and metacognition, which are described in the following paragraphs. keywords: aspects; assessment; colombia; efl; essay; feedback; language; learners; learning; performance; process; research; self; skills; students; teachers; writing cache: profile-85145.pdf plain text: profile-85145.txt item: #468 of 518 id: profile-85326 author: Barahona, Malba; Davin, Kristin J. title: A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental Collaboration date: 2021-01-05 words: 8709 flesch: 52 summary: The first phase is demonstration and deconstruction, in which the teacher educator shows student teachers a representation of the practice in context, such as a lesson video or transcript of a class. In this phase, student teachers and the teacher educator discuss how the components of the hltp are portrayed in the representation. keywords: approach; context; education; educator; hltp; implementation; language; learning; lesson; lucia; phase; practice; rehearsal; student; student teachers; target; teacher; teaching cache: profile-85326.pdf plain text: profile-85326.txt item: #469 of 518 id: profile-85931 author: Durán, Estefanía; García, Katherin title: Exploring EFL Teaching and Learning Processes in Two Undergraduate Mandatory Courses date: 2021-01-05 words: 8511 flesch: 51 summary: If students continued pronouncing incorrectly, he asked other students, in English, to give their opinion on their classmates’ mistakes. Hence, to help students achieve such proficiency level, Universidad de Pamplona, for example, has implemented two more alternatives for those stu- dents who do not pursue a language degree: English free-access courses and English mandatory courses. keywords: activities; colombia; courses; efl; english; exercises; frank; grammar; language; learning; margaret; processes; students; teachers; teaching; textbook cache: profile-85931.pdf plain text: profile-85931.txt item: #470 of 518 id: profile-85964 author: Duque-Aguilar, Jaime Fernando title: Teachers’ Assessment Approaches Regarding EFL Students’ Speaking Skill date: 2021-01-05 words: 8482 flesch: 46 summary: Furthermore, the study by García and Artunduaga (2016) conducted in this context, together with my teacher experience, motivated me to explore teachers’ speaking assessment approaches and analyze how these relate to their actual classroom speaking assessment practices. Therefore, an alternative approach to speaking assessment practices should be implemented so that learners are encouraged to show their potential and confidence when delivering ideas, and not restrict their speaking assessment to sum- mative practices (Huerta-Macias as cited in Brown & Hudson, 1998). keywords: approaches; assessment; assessment practices; english; feedback; language; learners; learning; practices; skill; speaking; speaking assessment; speaking skill; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-85964.pdf plain text: profile-85964.txt item: #471 of 518 id: profile-86965 author: Carabelli, Patricia title: English for Academic Purposes Related to Dentistry: Analyzing the Reading Comprehension Process date: 2021-07-19 words: 8788 flesch: 53 summary: In Uruguay, the Dental School of the Universidad de la República implemented reading comprehension courses in English for its undergraduate dentistry students more than 12 years ago. The present research was carried out in 2017–2018 within the ma in English language teaching program at Southampton University (uk); and it took place at the Dental School of the Universidad de la República, in Uruguay, where a reading comprehension in English course was devel- oped for students in the career of dentistry. keywords: comprehension; course; dentistry; english; field; general; language; post; reading; research; students; teaching; test; texts; vocabulary cache: profile-86965.pdf plain text: profile-86965.txt item: #472 of 518 id: profile-87603 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead for Strengthening the Profile Journal date: 2020-07-01 words: 1945 flesch: 41 summary: Findings suggest that through lesson planning, language student teachers manage to re-signify certain methodological constructions of teaching and learning. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras Cárdenas & Nieto-Cruz 8 on the impact of their experiences publishing in Profile for the first time. keywords: colombia; english; profile; research; teachers; universidad cache: profile-87603.pdf plain text: profile-87603.txt item: #473 of 518 id: profile-87744 author: Sanchez-Aguilar, Janeth title: Tutors’ and Tutees’ Behaviors, Attitudes, and Perspectives Regarding EFL Peer Tutoring in Higher Education in Mexico date: 2021-07-19 words: 8656 flesch: 48 summary: While examining the benefits of peer tutoring based on existing research, Nguyen (2013) suggests that the gains of peer tutoring strategies are also reflected in positive effects on social, self-control, and behavioral outcomes. Peer tutoring is now one way cooperative learning is used in the education field since it is recommended by unesco as a highly effective practice for inclusive teaching (Duran, 2006). keywords: attitudes; behaviors; education; english; language; learning; participants; peer; peer tutoring; research; sessions; students; tutees; tutoring; tutors cache: profile-87744.pdf plain text: profile-87744.txt item: #474 of 518 id: profile-88378 author: Bata, Sara; Castro, Cristal title: English as a Foreign Language Students’ Emotional Intelligence Management When Taking Speaking Exams date: 2021-07-19 words: 8345 flesch: 50 summary: In addition, two participants with high emotional intelligence (Girl and Black Panther) and one participant with low emotional intelligence (Florecita) placed emphasis on preparing themselves Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras254 Bata & Castro before the exam by reviewing or studying: “I relaxed too much listening to music before taking the oral exam; also, I studied a lot” (Black Panther). On the other hand, the emotional responses pre- sented by participants with low emotional intelligence were not as calm and relaxed as their counterparts. keywords: anxiety; emotions; english; exam; factors; intelligence; language; participants; responses; speaking; speaking exams; students; taking; term; test cache: profile-88378.pdf plain text: profile-88378.txt item: #475 of 518 id: profile-88928 author: Cadena-Aguilar, Albedro; Álvarez-Ayure, Claudia Patricia title: Self- and Peer-Assessment of Student-Generated Podcasts to Improve Comprehensibility in Undergraduate EFL Students date: 2021-07-19 words: 10279 flesch: 53 summary: Using podcasting to facilitate student learning: Despite challenges with anxiety levels and concerns about the reliability of student feedback in peer- assessment (Topping, 1998; A. Walker, 2001), it has been found that peer feedback has positive effects on the development of higher-order thinking, adoption of positive attitudes towards lifelong learning, and enhancement of social attitudes and trust in others (Hamer et al., 2015; Noonan & Duncan, 2005). keywords: assessment; colombia; comprehensibility; comprehensible; english; feedback; formative; intonation; language; learning; participants; peer; podcasts; practices; self; selfand; sgp1; sgp2; stress; student; study; use cache: profile-88928.pdf plain text: profile-88928.txt item: #476 of 518 id: profile-89034 author: Castaño-Roldán, Juan David; Correa, Doris title: Critical Reading With Undergraduate EFL Students in Colombia: Gains and Challenges date: 2021-07-19 words: 8927 flesch: 57 summary: Discussion and Conclusions The results above show that efl students in this reading comprehension course experienced various gains and challenges during the cr unit. In a country where many efl reading comprehension instructors focus on grammar rules and reading comprehension strategies (Aguirre-Morales & Ramos-Holguín, 2009; Bautista- Barón, 2013; Gómez-Torres & Ávila-Constain, 2009; Lopera-Medina, 2012), it is important to show how reading instruction can be done differently and that efl students have the potential to become active users of the information they read in English texts, to avoid being passive reproducers of the ideas in them (Luke, 2000; McLaughlin & DeVoogd, 2004), and to even go further in their analyses than expected. keywords: author; challenges; colombia; efl; gains; language; literacy; position; principle; readers; reading; students; texts; voices cache: profile-89034.pdf plain text: profile-89034.txt item: #477 of 518 id: profile-89181 author: Villegas-Torres, Perla; Lengeling, M. Martha title: Approaching Teaching as a Complex Emotional Experience: The Teacher Professional Development Stages Revisited date: 2021-07-19 words: 7513 flesch: 54 summary: Literature Review For the purposes of this article, it is fundamental to clarify the concept of teacher professional development, also known as teacher development. This same idea is reflected in the assertion that teacher professional development is based on constructivism and thus, teachers should be considered at the same time as learners involved in practices of observation, teaching, evaluation, and reflec- tion (Dadds, 2001; King & Newmann, 2000; Lieberman, 1994; McLaughlin & Zarrow, 2001; Villegas-Reimers, 2003). keywords: career; development; experience; huberman; learning; model; professional; research; stage; students; teacher; teaching; violet cache: profile-89181.pdf plain text: profile-89181.txt item: #478 of 518 id: profile-89212 author: Lucero, Edgar; Cortés-Ibañez, Andrea Margarita title: Pedagogical Practicum and Student-Teachers Discursively Conceived in an ELT Undergraduate Program date: 2021-07-19 words: 9011 flesch: 46 summary: We present some examples of these discourses in the following Excerpt Set 3. Excerpt Set 3 Student teachers must be… Student teachers must… y docentes en formación concebidos discursivamente en un programa de pregrado en la enseñanza del inglés Edgar Lucero1 Andrea Margarita Cortés-Ibañez Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia The research study shows how pedagogical practicum is conceived, and how student-teachers are constructed as language teachers, within the discourses spoken in the initial meetings and institutional documents of pedagogical practicum in an English language teaching undergraduate program in Bo- gota, Colombia. keywords: advisors; colombia; discourses; education; elt; english; issues; knowledge; language; language teachers; meetings; practicum; program; student; teachers; teaching; undergraduate; universidad cache: profile-89212.pdf plain text: profile-89212.txt item: #479 of 518 id: profile-89251 author: Alemi, Minoo; Rezanejad, Atefeh; Marefat, Bijan title: Exploring the Reasons Behind Iranian TEFL Graduate Students’ Academic Failure date: 2021-07-19 words: 8720 flesch: 54 summary: Personal and institutional characteristics of student failure. Lots of different factors have been cited as having an impact on the academic success or failure of university students, namely gender (Pirmohamed et al., 2017), economic and financial issues (Roman, 2014), different class times (Beşoluk et al., 2011; Enright & Refinetti, 2017), lack of adaptability (Collie et al., 2017), the students’ communication skills (Abdullah, 2005), as well as limited technology and internet use (Torres-Díaz et al., 2016). keywords: education; factors; failure; graduate; graduate students; iranian; reasons; results; students; study; success; tefl; university; university students cache: profile-89251.pdf plain text: profile-89251.txt item: #480 of 518 id: profile-90195 author: Juárez-Díaz, Catalina; Perales, Moisés title: Language Teachers’ Emergency Remote Teaching Experiences During the COVID-19 Confinement date: 2021-07-19 words: 8701 flesch: 53 summary: According to Comas-Quinn (2011), online teachers must reconceptualize their and students’ roles and how they construct knowledge through online interaction. Regarding feelings, the second group of teachers reported satisfaction from professional growth and from witnessing student learning. keywords: classes; confinement; content; education; ert; experiences; face; language; learning; online; participants; presence; students; teachers; teaching; work cache: profile-90195.pdf plain text: profile-90195.txt item: #481 of 518 id: profile-90342 author: Periñan-Morales, Abel Andrés; Viáfara-González, John Jairo; Arcila-Valencia, José Alexander title: Triggering Factors that Reinforce or Change EFL Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs during the Practicum date: 2022-01-19 words: 8705 flesch: 51 summary: Teacher beliefs as a complex system: English language teachers in China. Zeichner (1996) posits that “many of the ideas that student teachers bring to the practicum . . . keywords: beliefs; change; classroom; colombia; education; factors; language; lesson; participants; practicum; preservice; psts; research; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-90342.pdf plain text: profile-90342.txt item: #482 of 518 id: profile-90374 author: Bonilla-Medina, Sandra Ximena; Varela, Karen Vanessa; García, Katherine title: Configuration of Racial Identities of Learners of English date: 2021-07-19 words: 8627 flesch: 54 summary: In this sense, the coloniality of being, spread by media, usually seduces foreign language learners rather than oppresses by means of those propagated discourses of goodness and superiority that English language has. In this manner, the “whiteness device” of post colonialists and a debate for a whiteness uncon- sciousness in crt are interwoven and they come to be useful to explain what happens in English language learning in regard to conceptions of racial identity, self-identification, and the consequences that those ideas bring about. keywords: colombia; construction; discourses; english; english language; experience; identities; identity; language; learners; learning; practices; race; racial; racism; social; teachers; theory; whiteness cache: profile-90374.pdf plain text: profile-90374.txt item: #483 of 518 id: profile-90448 author: Argudo, Juanita title: Expressive Writing to Relieve Academic Stress at University Level date: 2021-07-19 words: 8328 flesch: 54 summary: Expressive Writing The use of personal and emotional writing skills as an alternative strategy to relieve stress is known as expressive writing (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986). Klein and Boals (2001) worked with university students who, after using expressive writing, felt less stressed when undergoing a formal evaluation. keywords: efl; english; expressive; language; level; pennebaker; preservice; program; session; strategy; stress; students; study; university; use; writing cache: profile-90448.pdf plain text: profile-90448.txt item: #484 of 518 id: profile-90518 author: Tajeddin, Zia; Saeedi, Zari; Panahzadeh, Vahid title: English Language Teachers’ Perceived Classroom Assessment Knowledge and Practice: Developing and Validating a Scale date: 2022-07-27 words: 8674 flesch: 50 summary: To address the recent conceptualizations of classroom- based assessment needs of language teachers (Brookhart, 2011), we set out to develop a CBLAL scale based on Xu and Brown’s (2016) six-component interrelated frame- work of teacher assessment literacy in practice (TALiP). Teacher assessment literacy: Surveying knowledge, conceptions and practices of classroom-based writing assessment in Hong Kong. keywords: assessment; assessment knowledge; assessment literacy; classroom; classroom assessment; classroom test; items; knowledge; language; literacy; performance; practice; scale; students; teachers; test cache: profile-90518.pdf plain text: profile-90518.txt item: #485 of 518 id: profile-90519 author: Romero, Yanilis; Pérez, Adriana title: Fostering Citizenship and English Language Competences in Teenagers Through Task-Based Instruction date: 2021-07-19 words: 8994 flesch: 56 summary: In groups of three, students write a short paragraph about a video message based on what they know or on notes taken. Development of respect and tolerance when listening to others and working together Students share what they write while the teacher writes key words on the board. This involved putting into practice a number of strategies at a high school in Montería1 (Colombia) and focusing on teaching values and citizenship competen- cies, so that students were given opportunities to fully develop their potential and become active members of the communities and participate in the construction of a better future. keywords: citizenship; class; colombia; competences; education; english; groups; language; learning; presentation; problem; process; students; task; teacher; teaching; use cache: profile-90519.pdf plain text: profile-90519.txt item: #486 of 518 id: profile-90533 author: Giraldo, Frank title: Language Assessment Literacy and Teachers’ Professional Development: A Review of the Literature date: 2021-07-19 words: 8016 flesch: 48 summary: To make the review useful, I focused my analysis on courses and workshops in which language teachers specifically studied issues related to language assessment. Based on these findings, I include implications for the construct of language assessment literacy and recommendations for those who educate language teachers. keywords: assessment; assessment literacy; design; development; lal; language; language assessment; language teachers; literacy; programs; research; studies; teachers; testing cache: profile-90533.pdf plain text: profile-90533.txt item: #487 of 518 id: profile-90754 author: Ubaque-Casallas, Diego title: Language Pedagogy and Teacher Identity: A Decolonial Lens to English Language Teaching From a Teacher Educator’s Experience date: 2021-07-19 words: 8949 flesch: 46 summary: This normativization has also affected eltis as these have been subjected to “a dominant/ colonizing way of existing” (Castañeda-Peña, 2018, p. 29) in which English language teachers are the result of what they know. This is precisely my attempt in this study: to “challenge dominant, Western notions of education as a cognitive activity” (p. 4) in order to recover from any damage English language teachers have been subjected to, either ontologically or episte- mologically, as colonized people. keywords: andrey; colombia; decolonial; education; elp; elt; english; english language; field; identity; knowledge; language; language teaching; learning; pedagogy; research; teachers; teaching cache: profile-90754.pdf plain text: profile-90754.txt item: #488 of 518 id: profile-90809 author: Rosas-Maldonado, Maritza; Durán-Castro, Macarena; Martin, Annjeanette title: The Socio-Emotional Influence of Past Teachers on Novice English Teachers’ Beliefs date: 2021-07-19 words: 8738 flesch: 51 summary: In fact, it has been found to be even more influential than teacher education programmes, which may explain the “weak effect” that esl/efl teacher education has been found to have on student teachers (M. Borg, 2005; Johnson, 1994; Korthagen, 2010; Zeichner & Tabachnick, 1981). The teacher I wish to be: Exploring the influence of life histories on student teacher idealised identities. keywords: beliefs; education; english; experiences; influence; johnson; language; learning; novice; past; research; school; students; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-90809.pdf plain text: profile-90809.txt item: #489 of 518 id: profile-91098 author: Ganji, Mansoor; Samani, Farzane Safarzade title: The Relationship Between Demographic Features and Iranian EFL Teachers’ Attachment Style date: 2022-01-19 words: 8647 flesch: 55 summary: These authors gave 12 suggestions on how to improve student–teacher relationships and how school bonding could be fostered. In their study, they compared students in acc to students in regular educa- tion (re), examining aspects such as students’ internal working models and student–teacher relationships, and the association of these factors with school performance. keywords: age; attachment; attachment styles; bergin; correlation; educational; experience; participants; relationship; results; students; style; teachers; women cache: profile-91098.pdf plain text: profile-91098.txt item: #490 of 518 id: profile-91112 author: Forero-Mondragón, Alber Josué; Quintero-Polo, Álvaro Hernán title: Disciplinary Power Lying Behind the Requisite of English Language Mastery in International Scholarships date: 2022-01-19 words: 8939 flesch: 45 summary: Finally, this characteriza- tion is not exhaustive but allows us to identify the main social function of said discourse: ensuring the quality of English language teaching, learning, and assessment. Identity-forming discourses: A critical discourse analysis on policy making processes concerning English language teaching in Colombia. keywords: actors; aiesec; applicants; clause; colombia; complex; discourse; education; english; english language; icetex; language; power; requisite; scholarships; school; social; standard cache: profile-91112.pdf plain text: profile-91112.txt item: #491 of 518 id: profile-91113 author: Peynado, Cristian Camilo; Morales-Triviño, María Camila; Castañeda-Trujillo, Jairo Enrique title: A Collaborative Autoethnography on Being Preservice English Language Teachers Throughout the Bachelor’s Degree date: 2022-07-27 words: 8702 flesch: 45 summary: Findings suggest that preservice English language teachers should be allowed to reflect, analyze, and thus contribute to understanding the social dynamics of what it means to teach and be a language teacher. When we consider the pedagogical practicum, we visualize it as the primary encounter in which PELTs lay the foundations upon which they construct themselves as English language teachers (Lucero & Roncancio-Castellanos, 2019). keywords: autoethnography; colombia; development; education; english; experiences; identity; language; language teachers; learning; pelts; practice; practicum; preservice; research; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-91113.pdf plain text: profile-91113.txt item: #492 of 518 id: profile-91153 author: Mahmoodi, Mohammad Hadi; Hosseiniyar, Shiva; Samoudi, Negin title: EFL Teachers’ Classroom Management Orientation, Self-Efficacy, Burnout, and Students’ L2 Achievement date: 2022-01-19 words: 8628 flesch: 48 summary: Com- mitment to philosophy, teacher efficacy, and burnout among teachers of children with autism. Change in teacher efficacy and student self- and task-related beliefs in mathematics during the transition to junior high school. keywords: achievement; burnout; classroom; classroom management; efficacy; efl; efl teachers; l2 achievement; management; research; self; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-91153.pdf plain text: profile-91153.txt item: #493 of 518 id: profile-91259 author: Ariza-Quiñones, Kelli Johana; Hernández-Polo, Lizzeth Dayana; Lesmes-Lesmes, Kelly Julie; Molina-Ramírez, Elcy Lorena title: Preservice EFL Teachers’ Experiences in Their First Teaching Practicum: A Collaborative Autoethnography date: 2022-01-19 words: 8401 flesch: 48 summary: How can student teachers elicit experienced teachers’ prac- tical knowledge? The cooperating teacher is a “teacher teaching English at the school identified for practicum [and who] could be requested to assist the university supervisor in observing student teachers teach in classes and offering them comments and further guidance” (Al-Mekhlafi & Naji, 2013, p. 9). keywords: autoethnography; classroom; context; efl; english; experiences; language; learning; practicum; preservice; process; students; teachers; teaching; teaching practicum cache: profile-91259.pdf plain text: profile-91259.txt item: #494 of 518 id: profile-91282 author: Cruz-Ramos, María de los Milagros; Herrera-Diaz, Luz Edith title: Assessment of Students’ Oral Communicative Competence in English Through a Web Conferencing Platform date: 2022-01-19 words: 8227 flesch: 44 summary: Moreover, these oral assessments are provided to online course students in a traditional face-to-face setting, disregarding the technology-based nature of the course itself. We hope the present manuscript encourages teachers, online instructors, and institutions to embrace the capabilities of online language courses by providing online assessment options that are truly congruent with the principles of online instruction. keywords: assessment; communication; competence; conferencing; course; design; english; face; group; language; online; oral; students; study; test; use; web cache: profile-91282.pdf plain text: profile-91282.txt item: #495 of 518 id: profile-91448 author: Wood-Borque, Paula title: Compiling a Corpus of Audiovisual Materials for EFL Learning: Selection, Analysis, and Exploitation date: 2022-01-19 words: 8626 flesch: 59 summary: Films are usually intrinsically attractive (provided the topic appeals to the viewer) and they are said to be one of the most enjoyable and accessible forms of entertainment, which can work as a motivator and an educator for efl students (Feng & Webb, 2020), enhancing the language learning process as long as appropriate materials are selected and suitable activities designed (Donaghy, 2015). However, in order to improve efl students’ com- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras136 Wood-Borque municative competence, appropriate activities for each fragment in line with communicative language teaching principles should be carried out. keywords: classroom; corpus; education; efl; english; films; fragments; input; language; learning; materials; series; students; titles; use; year cache: profile-91448.pdf plain text: profile-91448.txt item: #496 of 518 id: profile-91744 author: Mosquera-Pérez, Jhon Eduardo; Losada-Rivas, Jhon Jairo title: EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity: A Narrative Study With Colombian Graduate Students date: 2022-07-27 words: 8838 flesch: 44 summary: Consultation is possible at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.91744 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4027-3102 mailto:jhon.mosquera01@uptc.edu.co https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-0658 mailto:jhon.losada@usco.edu.co https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.91744 https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.91744 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras48 Mosquera-Pérez & Losada-Rivas Introduction Historically speaking, language teacher identity (LTI) has been associated with the overall set of prac- tices, beliefs, and behaviors that characterize educators immersed within the language teaching field. Language teacher identity. keywords: colombia; development; education; efl; elt; english; experiences; identity; language; lti; master; narrative; participants; professional; program; research; teachers; teaching cache: profile-91744.pdf plain text: profile-91744.txt item: #497 of 518 id: profile-92134 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia; Martínez, Edwin title: Possible Research Paths for English Language Teacher-Researchers in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2021-01-05 words: 2033 flesch: 40 summary: The topics discussed by researchers in the current issue concern English language teaching, foreign language teacher education, and teacher professional development as regards (a) pre and in-service teachers, (b) novice and experienced school teachers and undergraduate and graduate foreign education students, (c) the development of skills from different perspectives and actors, as well as (d) language policies, assessment, and action research as the main topics. This should also have an impact on teacher education which is expected to pay more attention to distance and virtual education. keywords: colombia; english; language; teachers; teaching; universidad cache: profile-92134.pdf plain text: profile-92134.txt item: #498 of 518 id: profile-92155 author: Jaramillo-Yanquepe, Claudio title: A Synthesis of EFL Research in Chilean High Schools: Research Shortage or Research Opportunities? date: 2022-01-19 words: 9414 flesch: 46 summary: I will consider the stages’ organization to present the findings, that is, stage one, the general search results; stage two, the thematic mapping of studies; and stage three, the characterization of high school research. Exploring the code-switching behaviours of Chilean efl high school teachers: A function-focused approach. keywords: article; chilean; colombia; education; efl; efl research; english; findings; high; inquiry; language; qualitative; research; school; stage; students; studies; synthesis; teachers; teaching cache: profile-92155.pdf plain text: profile-92155.txt item: #499 of 518 id: profile-92319 author: Porto, Melina; Pesci, Anahí; Riva, Mariela title: Plurality of Voices in Reflecting Upon the Research Process: Trajectories of Collaboration in an Argentinian Setting date: 2022-01-19 words: 8732 flesch: 42 summary: Keywords: language education research, newer researcher, research process, simultaneous roles Este artículo describe las trayectorias de colaboración de tres individuos con diferentes roles (informante, asistente de investigación y supervisor) The plurality of voices distinguishes this article from others in language education research. keywords: anahí; article; canagarajah; collaboration; development; education; english; language; mariela; process; reading; research; teaching cache: profile-92319.pdf plain text: profile-92319.txt item: #500 of 518 id: profile-92481 author: Tavella, Gabriela N.; Fernández, S. Carina title: The Educational Purpose of Language Teaching at University: Giving Voice to Native Communities date: 2022-01-19 words: 6152 flesch: 51 summary: Before starting our research, we had noticed that the percentages of university students representing each of the three groups mentioned above (students of Mapuche ori- gin, local students, and students from around Argentina) varied every year. dar voz a los pueblos originarios Gabriela N. Tavella1 S. Carina Fernández Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Martín de los Andes, Argentina This paper reports the findings of a case study carried out in an English for specific purposes class with student tour guides at an Argentinean university. keywords: communities; context; english; fernández; intercultural; language; learning; mapuche; practices; research; students; tavella; teaching; university; voice cache: profile-92481.pdf plain text: profile-92481.txt item: #501 of 518 id: profile-92497 author: Acosta, Hazel; Cajas, Diego; Minchala, Elizabeth title: Contextualization of Training Input in Multi-Level Replication and Scaling-up Approach in EFL Teacher-Training date: 2022-07-27 words: 8554 flesch: 47 summary: Specifically, this paper aims to highlight the impor- tance of contextualizing input, such as modules, as an effective strategy in a multi-level replication and scaling-up approach in teacher training. (2012, 2015), it is necessary to expand research studies on the impact of professional development and teacher training while taking diverse educational contexts in Ecuadorian classrooms into account. keywords: classroom; contextualization; development; efl; english; input; modules; phase; professional; skills; strategies; teachers; teaching; training cache: profile-92497.pdf plain text: profile-92497.txt item: #502 of 518 id: profile-92797 author: Niebles-Thevening, Indira; Bailey, Angela; Rosado, Nayibe title: Evaluating Teachers’ Practices Beyond Content and Procedural Knowledge in a Colombian Context date: 2022-07-27 words: 8772 flesch: 45 summary: However, evaluations of in-service language teachers’ practice do not reflect this, nor allow reflective aspects of teacher practice to be identified. Therefore, we believe that by adapting the KARDS language teaching framework and by creating an evalu- ation tool using the key ideas in these three perspectives (teacher, observer, and student), we could identify more specific areas for teacher professional development in Colombia. keywords: autonomy; class; classroom; colombia; context; development; education; english; evaluation; kards; knowledge; language; learning; model; needs; practice; professional; students; teachers; teaching cache: profile-92797.pdf plain text: profile-92797.txt item: #503 of 518 id: profile-93061 author: Valle, Liliana; Lorduy-Arellano, Danilsa; Porras-González, Nohora title: Using Reverse Mentoring to Transform In-Service Teachers’ Beliefs About How to Teach English date: 2022-01-19 words: 8647 flesch: 49 summary: Furthermore, Porras (2007) states that in Colombian elementary schools “there is a shortage of qualified teachers who have been trained as English teachers” (p. 8). Teacher cognition in language teaching: A review of research on what language teachers think, know, believe, and do. keywords: beliefs; children; classroom; colombia; english; language; learning; mentoring; practices; process; reverse; service; student; teachers; teaching cache: profile-93061.pdf plain text: profile-93061.txt item: #504 of 518 id: profile-93096 author: Aguirre-Garzón, Edgar; Ubaque-Casallas, Diego title: Mentoring Language Student-Teachers: A Narrative Perspective to Mentors’ Experiences From Borders and Cracks date: 2022-07-27 words: 8775 flesch: 43 summary: From a more dialogical viewpoint, though, Fairbanks et al. (2000) assume mentoring as “complex social interactions that mentor teachers and student teachers construct and negotiate for a variety of professional purposes and in response to the contextual factors they encounter” (p. 103). As teacher practicum has been fundamental in teacher education (Trent, 2013), it is essential to pinpoint that it encapsulates feelings, beliefs, and background experiences in which mentor teachers and student- teachers engage in a mutual construction of the teaching experience (Lucero, 2015). keywords: colombia; education; experiences; journal; knowledge; language; mentoring; mentors; narrative; perspective; practice; practicum; research; student; teacher education; teachers; teaching cache: profile-93096.pdf plain text: profile-93096.txt item: #505 of 518 id: profile-93110 author: Posada-Ortiz, Julia title: English Language Preservice Teachers’ Identity Construction Within Academic and Other Communities date: 2022-01-19 words: 8141 flesch: 49 summary: Language teacher identity research: An introduction. In G. Barkhuizen (Ed.), Reflections on language teacher identity research (1st ed., pp. 1–11). keywords: camilo; communities; construction; education; english; identities; identity; identity construction; knowledge; language; learning; luna; marcela; preservice; preservice teachers; research; santiago; teachers cache: profile-93110.pdf plain text: profile-93110.txt item: #506 of 518 id: profile-93408 author: Cadavid-Munera, Isabel Cristina title: Children’s Social Representations of English Teaching and Learning: A Study in Medellín, Colombia date: 2022-01-19 words: 8556 flesch: 57 summary: Conclusion This article presented a qualitative interpretive study about the sr that children in elementary schools in Medellin, Colombia, hold regarding English teaching and learning. In the second session, children were asked to draw the English class, and then there was a semi-structured interview with one of the researchers; the third session was about pretend play: Children were asked to “act out” one English class they liked, and keywords: children; class; colombia; data; drawings; english; grade; inglés; language; learning; representations; research; school; social; study; teacher; teaching cache: profile-93408.pdf plain text: profile-93408.txt item: #507 of 518 id: profile-93434 author: Escobar-Alméciga, Wilder Yesid title: Framing English as a Medium of Instruction Within the Iberian-American Spanish-Speaking Education Contexts date: 2022-01-19 words: 8764 flesch: 40 summary: Even more directly related to matters of interaction and collaboration among emi students as aspects that drive learning, Serna-Dimas and Ruíz-Castellanos (2014) designed activities aimed to develop language competences in a course from the physical therapy undergraduate program. In reference to the research on perceptions and attitudes regarding emi implementations in Colombia, for instance, García (2013) discusses a literature review that contributed to the longstanding debate regarding the ideologies surrounding native and non-native speakers of English and their place in English language teaching. keywords: classroom; colombia; communication; development; education; emi; english; instruction; language; learning; literature; research; spanish; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-93434.pdf plain text: profile-93434.txt item: #508 of 518 id: profile-93571 author: Nayernia, Akram; Nosrati, Rana; Mohebbi, Hassan title: The Factors Contributing to Language Teachers’ Effectiveness in an EFL Learning Context: A Questionnaire Validation Study date: 2022-07-27 words: 8236 flesch: 52 summary: Consultation is possible at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.93571 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9335-5916 mailto:a_nayernia@iust.ac.ir https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-9826 mailto:rana_nosrati@alumni.iust.ac.ir https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-1690 mailto:hassanmohebbi@ut.ac.ir https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.93571 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras64 Nayernia, Nosrati, & Mohebbi Introduction Due to the essential role of language teachers in the teaching profession, researchers have focused on the crucial factors that would improve their performance and, consequently, their effectiveness. Considering the factors agreed upon by experts and language teachers, three aspects of assessment have been included: teachers’ fairness, course objectives and mutual relationship between assessment and class productivity. keywords: assessment; content; effectiveness; efficacy; experience; factors; items; knowledge; language; language teachers; proficiency; self; study; teachers; teaching cache: profile-93571.pdf plain text: profile-93571.txt item: #509 of 518 id: profile-93676 author: Sayyadi, Ali title: In-Service University-Level EFL Instructors’ Language Assessment Literacy and Training Needs date: 2022-01-19 words: 8637 flesch: 50 summary: Different facets of language assessment training have been studied in western academic settings including teachers’ training needs and the efficiency of face-to- face and virtual training (Malone, 2008; Vogt & Tsagari, 2014). Accordingly, there is a dearth of research concerning language assessment training in the Iranian higher education context. keywords: assessment; assessment training; classroom; english; instructors; language; language assessment; literacy; needs; respondents; teachers; testing; training; university cache: profile-93676.pdf plain text: profile-93676.txt item: #510 of 518 id: profile-94468 author: Hernandez-Ocampo, Sonia Patricia title: Colombian Scholars’ Discussion About Language Assessment: A Review of Five Journals date: 2022-07-27 words: 8514 flesch: 47 summary: Language assessment practices and beliefs: Implications for language assessment. Also, there is a perceived need for more teacher education in language assessment. keywords: assessment; assessment practices; beliefs; colombia; development; discussion; english; issues; lal; language; language assessment; practices; students; study; teachers; use cache: profile-94468.pdf plain text: profile-94468.txt item: #511 of 518 id: profile-95186 author: Pérez-Gracia, Elisa; Serrano-Rodríguez, Rocío; Pontes-Pedrajas, Alfonso title: Building EFL Preservice Teachers’ Professional Identity: Does Gender Matter? date: 2022-07-27 words: 7978 flesch: 46 summary: In P. A. Schutz, J. Hong, & D. C. Francis (Eds.), Research on teacher identity: Mapping challenges and innovations (pp. 61–70). Thus, the scientific and educational grounding of this study is mainly based on the constructivist approach to teacher education because it defends the idea that learning occurs only when preservice teachers are thoroughly engaged in the process of meaning and knowledge construction (Harfitt & Chan, 2017). keywords: development; education; efl; english; gender; identity; language; learning; participants; preservice; preservice teachers; study; teachers; teaching; tpi; training cache: profile-95186.pdf plain text: profile-95186.txt item: #512 of 518 id: profile-95749 author: Richter, Kenneth; Houde, Patricia Marie Anne; Zimányi, Krisztina title: The Repertory Grid Interview: Exploring Qualitative and Quantitative Data on Language Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs date: 2022-07-27 words: 8231 flesch: 48 summary: In comparison to the English participants, the Spanish group, however, viewed the pedagogic characteristics of language teachers as being relatively distinct from the characteristics of the non-language teachers they had identified as elements (85% match). For the French instructors, a “great teacher” and a “great second language teacher” only matched at approximately 75%, suggesting that for this group, language teachers possess several characteristics and beliefs that distinctly separate them from teachers in other fields. keywords: analysis; beliefs; constructs; data; english; grid; journal; language; learning; personal; repertory; research; rgt; teachers; teaching; technique cache: profile-95749.pdf plain text: profile-95749.txt item: #513 of 518 id: profile-96187 author: Yasin, Burhanuddin; Kasim, Usman; Mustafa, Faisal; Marhaban, Saiful; Komariah, Endang title: Self-Efficacy of English Language Teachers With Low and High Curriculum Literacy in Indonesian Schools date: 2022-07-27 words: 9146 flesch: 51 summary: Teacher efficacy: Capturing an elusive construct. Dimensions of teacher self-efficacy and relations with strain factors, perceived collective teacher efficacy, and teacher burnout. keywords: curriculum; curriculum literacy; education; efficacy; english; group; knowledge; language; literacy; participants; research; scale; self; teacher self; teachers; teaching; test cache: profile-96187.pdf plain text: profile-96187.txt item: #514 of 518 id: profile-96647 author: Cárdenas, Melba Libia; Nieto-Cruz, María Claudia title: Profile in Quartile 1 of the SCImago Journal Rank date: 2021-07-19 words: 2765 flesch: 42 summary: The topics discussed by researchers in the current issue concern English language teaching, foreign language teacher education and teacher professional development, the development of skills from different perspectives and actors, as well as English in content areas, identities, remote teaching, emotional intelligence and tutoring as the main topics. Juanita Argudo, from Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), opens the first section with an article dealing with expressive writing to relieve academic stress at university level. keywords: article; colombia; english; journal; language; teachers; teaching; universidad cache: profile-96647.pdf plain text: profile-96647.txt item: #515 of 518 id: profile-96952 author: Bastidas, Jesus Alirio title: Are Language Teaching Methods Really Dead as Some TESOL Gurus Have Proclaimed? date: 2022-07-27 words: 6321 flesch: 56 summary: Are language teaching methods really dead as some TESOL gurus have proclaimed? Despite the previous strengths of the method era, by the middle of the 20th century, some analysts of language teaching methods voiced their concerns about 207Profile: Issues Teach. keywords: approaches; language; language teaching; learning; method; methodology; students; teachers; teaching; teaching methods; tesol; university; use cache: profile-96952.pdf plain text: profile-96952.txt item: #516 of 518 id: profile-97040 author: Gutiérrez, Claudia Patricia title: Learning English From a Critical, Intercultural Perspective: The Journey of Preservice Language Teachers date: 2022-07-27 words: 8590 flesch: 52 summary: Challenges in critical language teaching. Keywords: critical interculturality, critical language education, culture, English as a foreign language, preservice teachers La formación de maestros de lenguas desde una perspectiva crítica es una labor inevitable para los programas de formación docente. keywords: class; colombia; course; culture; education; english; intercultural; issues; language; language teaching; learning; perspective; pst; students; teachers; teaching; unit cache: profile-97040.pdf plain text: profile-97040.txt item: #517 of 518 id: profile-97497 author: Kusuma, I Putu Indra title: EFL Preservice Teachers’ Technology Integration in Managing and Teaching Speaking Skills During Emergency Remote Teaching date: 2022-07-27 words: 8595 flesch: 46 summary: But, unfortunately, little is known regarding how EFL preservice teachers would integrate technology in managing and teaching speaking skills during ERT, especially pertaining to online instruction. While having a solid understanding is necessary for becoming a skilled teacher, EFL preservice teachers also require field experience through teaching practicum or practice teaching. keywords: efl; english; google; language; learning; online; preservice; preservice teachers; skills; speaking; speaking skills; students; study; teachers; teaching; technology; tools; whatsapp; youtube cache: profile-97497.pdf plain text: profile-97497.txt item: #518 of 518 id: profile-97530 author: Castillo-Nava, Diana Leslie; Mora-Pablo, Irasema title: English Learning and Teaching at a Polytechnic University in Mexico: Towards Bilingual Education? date: 2022-07-27 words: 8713 flesch: 53 summary: In BIS universities there are two types of teachers: EMI teachers, who are in charge of content subjects, and English language teachers, who concentrate on general English classes. Participants belonged to four groups: students, English language teachers, EMI teachers, and coordina- tors of area. keywords: bilingual; bis; content; education; emi; english; knowledge; language; mexico; model; participants; programs; students; teachers; teaching; university cache: profile-97530.pdf plain text: profile-97530.txt