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Download full textCastillo, Karol; Cárdenas, Luz Dary; Lastra, Sandra – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This two-cycle action research explores how Colombian students from rural and urban areas construct community knowledge by exploring funds of knowledge using dialogue journals. Thirty-three seventh graders from an urban school participated in the first phase and 19 sixth graders from a rural school and 18 eighth graders from an urban school in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Diaries
Cárdenas, Anderson Marcell – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
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. In order to do so, the researcher used visual input such as pictures and colored stickers for self-monitoring purposes, as well as self-evaluation…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Córdoba Zúñiga, Eulices; Rangel Gutiérrez, Emerson – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
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. The tasks were implemented to overcome the weaknesses these students had to understand oral messages from…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ubaque Casallas, Diego Fernando; Pinilla Castellanos, Freddy Samir – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
This paper presents an exploratory action research study carried out by two English as a foreign language teachers in a private, non-profit institution in Bogota, Colombia, with a group of 12 learners in a B1 English course. These students faced difficulties elaborating on their ideas when discussing issues in class. The study placed emphasis on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Action Research
Viáfara, John Jairo – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2011
As an EFL Student teachers' advisor, I had constantly perceived that they regarded using the target language with their pupils inside their classroom as a challenge. That is why I became interested in investigating how thirteen student teachers in Tunja public schools faced this issue. While participants were involved in a reflective teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Teachers, Language Usage, Public Schools
Khonamri, Fatemeh; Salimi, Mahin – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
Research on teacher development has been the focus of attention in recent decades. The overall aim of this study was to explore the impact of reading strategy training on high school teachers' reading instructional practices. The study was conducted in the EFL context of Iran. To meet this aim, four EFL high school teachers voluntarily took part…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
