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Cote-Parra, Gabriel – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
This paper reports a personal reflection that describes how the Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages at the Universidad de Pamplona provides preservice teachers with a research-based instruction. In an attempt to contribute to today's scholar discussions on foreign language preservice teachers' education, this reflective piece illustrates a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Torres-Rincón, Juan Carlos; Cuesta-Medina, Liliana Marcela – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to determine the factors and conditions that intervene in the implementation of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in diverse Colombian educational contexts. This study was conducted at five private schools from different cities and towns in the country (Bogotá, Chía, Tenjo,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Maíz Arévalo, Carmen – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2017
University lectures are by far the most common method of teaching at Spanish universities. More recently, however, this knowledge transmission has become increasingly interactive. Students' participation and verbal output becomes especially important in classes where the language of instruction is not the students' mother tongue but a second or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Oliva Parera, Pablo M.; Núñez Delgado, María Pilar – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2015
This article reports the preliminary findings of an action research on the effects of autonomy on a group of university students at the post-graduate level taking their first Spanish course through the Content and Language Learning (CLIL) methodology. The participants, whose Spanish was at the low/mid intermediate level (ACTFL, 2012), were exposed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
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Rodriguez Bonces, Jaisson – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
The present article seeks to encourage reflection on the characteristics and considerations when implementing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in a diverse context such as the Colombian one. Initially, the general aspects of an innovative and changing education in a globalized world are presented by stating the need to innovate.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Course Content
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Bueno Hernández, Yuly Andrea – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
This study shows the impact and results of implementing three cognitive strategies in science teaching in English. The three-month study was carried out with 144 second grade students at a public school of Bogota's Bilingualism program, but only 40 students contributed in the data collection process. Data collected from observations and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
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Dimas, Héctor Manuel Serna – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2011
This action research study explores explicit vocabulary instruction in an L2 (English) content-area course with a group of university student teachers. The study reviews several positions on the treatment of vocabulary in L2 contexts. The researcher takes up the teaching of explicit vocabulary through class activities and the students' completion…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Taylor, Shelley K. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to describe the framework for implementing multilingual language education (MLE) countrywide in Nepal. I outline key tenets of MLE, explain the rationale for implementing it in the Nepali context, and describe the MLE framework that formed the basis of trainer workshops. The framework is divided into 7 topics: 4 of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Guidelines, Language Minorities
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Morales Henao, Enith Viviana; Peña Piragua, Angélica Paola – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2008
Professors at the "Institucion Universitaria Colombo Americana" (UNICA) have aimed to deliver lessons for second language learners which integrate content and language, resulting in an "integrated lesson" design. The Center for Applied Linguistics (Washington, DC) recommends the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lesson Plans, Course Content, Verbs