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Download full textArizmendi Tejeda, Silvia; Gillings de González, Barbara Scholes; López Martínez, Cecilio Luis de Jesús – HOW, 2016
This research report shares the findings that emerged from a qualitative study in which the main objective was to discover whether or not novice English as a foreign language teachers regulate their negative emotions during their initial teaching practice, and if so, how they do this. The data were collected by semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Rivera Cuayahuitl, Eliphelet; Pérez Carranza, Celso – HOW, 2016
While much has been written about the use of instructional materials in the field of language education, very few studies have actually studied the impact of the context in the use of materials in teachers' practices. This work shows the findings of a study about the contextual factors that a group of experienced Mexican teachers believe shaped…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Jaime Osorio, María Fernanda; Insuasty, Edgar Alirio – HOW, 2015
This research report is an account of a study carried out at the Foreign Language Institute of a Colombian public university. Its main purposes were to analyze the teaching practices the participating teachers used in their English lessons, and to assess the effects of these practices on the development of students' communicative competence. A…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Díaz Ramírez, Martha Isabel – HOW, 2014
This article presents the findings of an action research study on developing learner autonomy through project work in an English for Specific Purposes class. The study was conducted at a Colombian regional and public university with environmental engineering undergraduates. The instruments for data collection were field notes, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Environmental Education
Camacho Rico, Diana Zulimay; Durán Becerra, Lucy; Albarracin Trujillo, Judith C.; Arciniegas Vera, Marjorie Verónica; Martínez Cáceres, Magdaleydy; Cote Parra, Gabriel Eduardo – HOW, 2012
The present study was an attempt to understand how a process of reflection helped five foreign language student teachers throughout their first teaching experience. This study was conducted in the classrooms of five public schools in Colombia where English was taught to high school students. Data were collected through classroom observations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflective Teaching, Student Teachers, Practicums
Alirio Bastidas, Jesús; Muñoz Ibarra, Gaby – HOW, 2011
English teaching in Colombian primary schools became a requirement because of the promulgation of the Law of Education in 1994. Taking into account that this decision produced some difficulties in the schools, a study was conducted to diagnose the state of English language teaching in primary schools in Pasto, Colombia. Data were gathered through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Public Schools
