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Publicación Restringido English teaching strategies to develop communication skills in Autistic children(2023-07-11) Piñeres Polo, Natalia Isabel; Herrera Naranjo, SolThe purpose of this research was to explore the strategies used by a teacher when teaching English to a child diagnosed with autism spectrum in the process of developing their communication skills, more specifically their production skills (writing and speaking). The study was conducted at the Santa Rosa de Lima Educational Institution, a public institution in the city of Monteria, with a nine-year-old student diagnosed with Mild Autism. Making a complete description of the process of developing communication skills, class observations, semi-structured interviews with the teacher of the group and the autistic student were conducted to learn more about the educational context and their involvement in their learning process of the English language. In the same way, the didactic guides used by the teacher to teach her English classes and the PEI of the institution were reviewed to find out if the educational institution has the necessary inclusive policies for students with diversity, including autism. The findings allowed us to know the strategy used by the teacher to develop the speaking skill in English, which is the use of technologies focused on online games to achieve the development of the student with the speaking skill. In the same way, it was found that the teacher with respect to the writing skill with Autistic student, analyses are reflected where there is a high percentage of isolated vocabulary teaching with what is observed of the student's development with the writing skill, the student is not capable of developing his writing skill according to the necessary characters that the student must have, guiding us from the institutional documents of the English area related to writing skill. To conclude, this research suggests some references to the work of the teacher and that should be considered for the development of the autistic student in the English subject, these suggestions will help to achieve an environment conducive to the development of the student's learning process in English class. This is with the aim of providing more information on the teaching strategies that can be used by English teachers to ensure that students with Autism favorably develop communication skills and that they can be considered for the development of the teaching exercise when required.Publicación Acceso abierto Exploring teaching practices used by english teachers for promoting oral online interaction during COVID-19(2023-02-14) Bohorquez Rodriguez, Deimer David; Herrera Naranjo, SolDuring Covid-19, teachers experienced drastic changes in their teaching methodologies which posed new challenges for the teaching and learning processes, particularly at the time of promoting interaction. During in-person classes teachers used a variety of means and strategies to promote interaction and keep students enrolled, focused and motivated to participate during the activities. Teachers changed this daily practice due to Covid 19 to synchronous and asynchronous teaching processes. Studies on this area demonstrated how teachers promoted online interaction using forums, public debates and interaction activities mostly mediated through platforms and through asynchronous modes (Guo et al., 2018; Beffa-Negrini, 2002). However, little is known about how teachers modified their teaching to respond to oral online interaction in times of Covid-19. This case study aims at characterizing three EFL teachers´ teaching practices to promote oral online interaction during synchronous classes and their implications for teaching and learning. Data was collected through class observations, interviews and document analysis which revealed how teachers engaged in this challenging experience. Findings showed that teachers mainly used online video conferencing platforms such as zoom, and meets to develop their online classes. They enrolled teaching practices such as IMAGE model, realia, games, direct questions among others to promote oral online interaction. Reading and listening web-based activities were integrated to promote discussion. The results also showed the main implications in teaching and learning during Covid 19.Publicación Acceso abierto Socio-affective factors that influenced the toefl itp test results of undergraduate students in English at Unicordoba(2023-02-15) Vega Guzmán, Jaider; Herrera Naranjo, SolThis research aimed to explore the socio-affective factors that affected the performance on the TOEFL ITP test of undergraduate students in basic education with emphasis in Humanities-English at University of Córdoba. This study used a qualitative approach and a descriptive case study design, which is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case within real-world contexts. After the analysis of results, it was found a set of socio-affective factors such as anxiety, insecurity, and demotivation which influenced graduates’ outcomes in the test. The main aspects that generated anxiety were time pressure, that is, the lack of time to answer all the test questions; the technicality and rigor of the texts, which in turn generated a type of physical anxiety such as mental or physical exhaustion. Also, the poor sound conditions generated by the poor quality of the audios. All of these generated negative feelings which evidenced a decreasing TOEFL ITP results. Some pedagogical suggestions are made such as a socio-affective strategy training during the international preparation course in order to mitigate these feelings and be more successful in the test. Keywords:, socio-affective factors, foreign language testing, graduates, TOEFL-ITP test.Publicación Acceso abierto ToTEFL: An English linguistic-Cognitive Training for Adults(Fondo Editorial Universidad de Córdoba, 2021-05) Herrera Naranjo, Sol; Suárez de la Torre, Maria Mercedes; Zuluaga, MelisaEl envejecimiento natural es un fenómeno constante e inherente al ser humano que afecta todos los sistemas del individuo, incluyendo su funcionamiento cognitivo (Nilsson, 2003). Cada día que pasa, los adultos afrontan un proceso de envejecimiento continuo, un fenómeno complejo en el que con frecuencia coexisten ganancias y pérdidas. Así, se encuentra que el envejecimiento cognitivo saludable ha sido un área de interés para muchos investigadores, con un rápido desarrollo y una mirada especial hacia aquellos elementos que caracterizan el funcionamiento cognitivo del ser humano durante su ciclo vital.