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… so that my readers will have a better understanding of my ideas about foreign language teaching. I have taught English for more than 15 years at schools and public and private universities in Bogotá. In 2003, I graduated from the Universidad … in 2017, I obtained a Ph.D. in Education from Los Andes University. These working and academic experiences were useful for my doctoral research into methods of teaching English to students and trainee teachers. However, within my doctoral … 2001, Castañeda, 2009) this has led to the idea that it is only a technical education and such teachers are instructors rather educators (Cárdenas et al., 2010; Viera & Moreira 2008 cited in Fandiño Parra et al., 2016; Zafra & …
… awareness, and autonomy Autor(es) Jonathon Reinhardt Titulo del Libro Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development Pais Colombia Editorial Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas ISBN 978-958-787-055-8 Paginas … everyday language to beginning levels, upholding prestige varieties, academic writing, and rarified literary practices for more advanced study, modern standards and guidelines promote proficiencies in vernacular domains that modern L2 (second … is especially true if they wish to actually use the languages they study for everyday purposes. Recognizing this, some L2 instructors have noted the potential of social media—including blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and dozens of similar …
… promotion of English over all other languages spoken in the country. This article is a critical discourse analysis of the handbook that sets the standards for competences in English. The analysis of data follows Fairclough’s textual analysis and shows that the authors of the handbook perpetuate mainstream concepts about the symbolic power of English as the one and only necessary tool for academic … promotion of English over all other languages spoken in the country. This article is a critical discourse analysis of the handbook that sets the standards for competences in English. The analysis of data follows Fairclough’s textual analysis and …
… (FL) have taken place with the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These changes provide instructors with opportunities to become meaning facilitators and designers. This article presents the rationale behind the pedagogy for a university course to enhance FL for academic purposes. It refers to three editions of a course with around 15 students each, native speakers of Spanish who … with opportunities to become meaning facilitators and designers. This article presents the rationale behind the pedagogy for a university course to enhance FL for academic purposes. It refers to three editions of a course with around 15 students …
… A theoretical background for educational video games: games, signs, knowledge Referencia Archive ouverte Université de Genève Titulo A theoretical background for educational video games: games, signs, knowledge Autor(es) Nicolas Szilas y Martín Eduardo Acosta Gempeler Titulo del Libro Handbook of research on improving learning and motivation through educational games: multidisciplinary approaches Pais … The potential of video games for learning is now widely accepted among the community of Educational Technology. However, there is a critical lack of …
… including its educational environment. According to Hurie (2018), since 1948 Colombian schools have become scenarios for avoiding violence and working towards peace (Chaux et al., 2008), places where teachers respond to this challenge by … including its educational environment. According to Hurie (2018), since 1948 Colombian schools have become scenarios for avoiding violence and working towards peace (Chaux et al., 2008), places where teachers respond to this challenge by … their students, a mastery of communicative skills is the priority. In both cases, teachers are placed in the position of instructors. Even in peace-building, positioning differently from an instructor role may have a hidden cost. English for …
… Science Education for Sustainable Development Referencia https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52830-9_3 Titulo Science Education for Sustainable Development Autor(es) Laísa Maria Freire dos Santos, Felipe Kong López y William Manuel Mora Penagos Titulo del Libro Rethinking Science Education in Latin-America: Diversity and Equity for Latin American Students in Science Education Pais Suiza Editorial Springer Nature ISBN 978-3-031-52830-9 Paginas 43-61 … The chapter presents a perspective on the need for articulation of science education with environmental education in the context of the Anthropocene. The great diversity …
… Básicos de Competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras: Inglés” (Basic Standards of Competences in Foreign Languages: English), a handbook issued by the Colombian Ministry of Education. We deem it as a vehicle used to spread a hegemonic and ideological … as one broad category that emerges in our close examination of how the English language is constructed within the handbook. In this paper, we construct our main points around three forms of neutrality: prescription, denotation, and … Básicos de Competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras: Inglés” (Basic Standards of Competences in Foreign Languages: English), a handbook issued by the Colombian Ministry of Education. We deem it as a vehicle used to spread a hegemonic and ideological …
… Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development Imagen Anexo Documento Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development Referencia Publicaciones DIE Titulo Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development Autor(es) Harold Castañeda-Peña Titulo del Libro Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT … 11 Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development Harold Castañeda-Peña Doctorado Interinstitucional en Educación Universidad Distrital Francisco José de …
… Discourse: Space for the constitution of the subject Referencia CALJ. Vol. 14, No. 1 Titulo Discourse: Space for the constitution of the subject Autor(es) Pilar Méndez Rivera Titulo de la Revista Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal … de Caldas ISSN 2248-7085 Volumen 14 Fasciculo 1 Paginas 180-193 Año 2012 Discourse has been pointed as a site of struggle for power. However, when analyzing the teachers’ discourse of resistance to educationalreforms has been privileged an … Discourse has been pointed as a site of struggle for power. However, when analyzing the teachers’ discourse of resistance to educationalreforms has been privileged an …