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Tamayo Cano, Luis Hernando; Riascos Gómez, Andrés Felipe; Pineda Hoyos, Jorge Eduardo – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This needs analysis study sought to identify the contextual requirements to design and implement a blended learning program in English at a Colombian public university. Data on teachers' and administrators' perceptions were gathered through a questionnaire, interviews, and focus groups and analyzed using grounded theory. Findings revealed the need…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Blended Learning
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Garcia-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This study examines the perceptions of employers, university authorities, English teachers and students concerning needs to promote English achievement in a Mexican university. By drawing on data collected from focus groups and questionnaires, the evidence suggests that there are several needs which hinder the attainment of English objectives in…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Universities, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
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Ariza-Pinzón, Vicky – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2021
This study explores the ways in which master thesis writers position their research in the field of English language teaching in a context where academic literacies are still a developing field. From a social semiotic perspective, this paper aims to identify the resources writers use to represent their object of study and provide a context and…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Masters Theses, Second Language Learning
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Asomoza, Alejandra Nuñez – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015
Content and language integrated learning is an innovative pedagogical approach used in educational institutions worldwide. This study considers information and experiences from various settings in order to explore content and language integrated learning within the Mexican context. This study reports the perceptions of students in a BA program.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Bachelors Degrees, Integrated Activities
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Gómez, Luis Fernando R. – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
This article describes an action research experience carried out in an advanced English as a foreign language classroom of the language program at a university in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2010. The study proposes the inclusion of authentic literary texts in the English as a foreign language classroom through the implementation of four constructivist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
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Becerra, Luz María; McNulty, Maria – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
This action research examines experiences that students in a grade 10 EFL class had with redesigning a grammar-unit into a topic-based unit. Strategies were formulating significant learning goals and objectives, and implementing and reflecting on activities with three dimensions of Dee Fink's (2003) taxonomy of significant learning: the human…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Action Research