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A phenomenological study of central stakeholders' leadership experiences and school outcomes
(2022-08-24) Castillo Chica, Neivys Leivys; Aguas Castillo, Pedro Pablo
While many scholars agree on the influence and importance principal leadership has on some school processes, still little is known about how principals influence or shape school processes, leading to debate about the degree of impact they might have. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine how school principals go through school processes such as achieving school outcomes, playing leadership roles, and making school improvements Through this phenomenological study of 5 participants at an urban public school I intended to answer the phenomenological question, “How do central stake holders make sense of their leadership in a public urban secondary school in a city in Colombia? The study employed seven step Stevick-Colaizzi’s--Keen method of phenomenological analysis and a descriptive approach to phenomenology. Data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, and reflective diaries. Six themes emerged from the data: 1) The power of connectedness, 2) The wholeness of communication, 3) Awareness of a sense of community, 4) A sense of practicalness in education, 5) The uniqueness of a leadership style, 6) Awareness of a commitment to a mission. The findings from this study provided a deeper understanding of the influence principal leadership has on school outcomes and they added to the current body of research regarding the relationship between principal leadership and school improvement.
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Analysis of diversity and inclusion in elt textbooks used in private schools from Montería
(2022-08-31) Caro Petro, Abraham Elías; Calle Díaz, Luzkarime
Educational practices are increasingly required to address the needs and promote quality and equitable learning environments for learners with different race, ethnicity, gender identities, religious and cultural backgrounds. Representation is key when our goal is to make all students feel included and catered for. Thus, in educational settings, materials become fundamental resources for our everyday endeavor. Ideally, English learning textbooks should be sensitive and inclusive to cultural diversity, and ensure representations that reflect multiculturality, especially in contexts like Colombia where factors such as gender, ethnicity, race, religion, and family backgrounds find a way in our classrooms. Because of this, students’ identity may be affected when they do not feel identified with the representations portrayed in English textbooks if they do not reflect traits or establish connections with students’ own culture. This study aimed to identify the way ELT textbooks used in different private schools from Montería represent diversity and the way representations are interconnected with students’ own context. To gather the data in this research project, three different textbooks from Cambridge publishing house were evaluated. The textbooks were analyzed in terms of race, gender, disability and cultural representations. Elements from content analysis were used to draw conclusions about the way diversity is portrayed and represented in these materials. Findings indicated that the representation of diversity in ELT textbooks is partially represented. English textbooks still hold stereotypes regarding whites dominance, afro-descendant engendered roles, Latinx and Asian stigmas, and ethnicity and disability invisibility.
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Cartoon-Based R2L cycle: a multimodal approach to biographical recounts
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2022-08-30) Ogaza Gómez, Dina Luz; Pacheco Machado, Leonardo José
Aprender a leer y escribir diferentes tipos de textos es esencial para los estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera (EFL) y se requiere en todos los contextos educativos. Es por ello que este estudio se aplicó en un colegio bilingüe, donde los estudiantes de quinto grado se enfrentaban a grandes dificultades para comprender textos al leer y organizar sus ideas al escribir. Los estudiantes no pudieron dar sentido a los textos, organizar y conectar ideas y 6 escribir textos independientes. Por lo tanto, el propósito de este estudio cualitativo, arraigado en un diseño de investigación acción, fue promover las habilidades de lectura y escritura de los estudiantes en su segundo idioma mediante la incorporación de textos icónicos como textos multimodales y siguiendo la secuencia de la pedagogía de lectura para aprender (R2L). R2L es un enfoque que permite a los estudiantes desarrollar sus habilidades de lectura y escritura. A través de R2L, los estudiantes pueden dar sentido a los textos y construir textos independientes basados en el análisis y la co-construcción de un texto modelo. Los datos se recopilaron a través de una tarea de diagnóstico, observación participante, dos tareas de lectura, muestras de escritura de los estudiantes, grabaciones de audio, un diario del maestro y un grupo focal. Los resultados mostraron cambios significativos en la capacidad de los estudiantes para comprender y escribir biografías y revelaron que el uso de dibujos animados como textos multimodales fue esencial en la comprensión y producción escrita de los estudiantes.
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Creation and adaptation of materials to promote inclusion in EFL classrooms
(2023-02-16) Sáez Caraballo, Clara Andrea; Pacheco Machado, Leonardo
Inclusive education in Colombia is everyone’s right, not a privilege, and is surrounded by many implications and concepts which have been studied for a long time, for many years researchers have investigated this topic which seems to be very difficult to apply in English classrooms, however, there is something very important to consider when creating inclusive classrooms, and that is the materials used. This study explored how teachers design and adapt materials in EFL classrooms taking into account inclusive discursive practices to meet the necessities of SEN students, it also considered teachers perceptions when designing and adapting these materials and their choices to create so, considering inclusive discursive practices, the research involved two English teachers from a private school in Monteria, Cordoba results from semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and lesson planner review revealed three relevant aspect to consider at the moment of design and adapt material for inclusive classrooms the first one is recognize the special needs of students, the second is that teachers take into account their likes and abilities finally English teachers consider that learning style of each individual, beside this study unveiled two biggest perceptions teachers have when creating and adapting these materials: anxiety and satisfaction both comes into two different moments when creating and adapting materials, teachers said that there is anxiety when they have to start creating the material since some concerns come to their minds in terms of objectives, instructions, appropriation of the material, after the material was applied teachers feel satisfied since they consider the objectives planned were achieved, regarding teachers choices results showed when designing and adapting materials teachers consider that the most important aspect is the interests of the students, finally regarding inclusive discursive practices, results revealed that teachers do not have a deep knowledge of this subject, as they only relate it to speech, without taking into consideration important aspects such as: context, culture, adaptation of people's needs to express and act themselves in the real world.
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Culturally responsive pedagogy to promote oral production in 7th grade students at a public school in Antioquia -Colombia
(2022-09-02) Carmona Sotelo, Isael Manuel; González Lara, Delia Rosa
This research proposal was directed to the teaching of the English language, specifically in the teaching-learning process of oral production; where “morphological, phonological, syntactic knowledge, […] and pragmatic competence” (De la Barra et al., 2018, p. 114) were pedagogically mediated from a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) to reach “academic success” and “cultural competence” (Pilotti et al., 2021). The students who participated in this research proposal presented difficulties in orally expressing their opinions, desires, likes, or dislikes when participating in English classes. Therefore, this study aimed to research on how culturally responsive pedagogy could develop oral production in 7th-grade students of a public institution with 22 students, who were the participants. For that end, pre-and speaking task, three focus groups, and the design of two lessons plans were used to collect data. The results revealed that: First, students' development in oral production was observed due to CRP, and second, significant changes in students' oral production were noted in the implementation of CRP. And thirdly, it was related to the perception of students towards the use of CRP classes, all focused on improving oral production. In this way, assignments were no longer just a matter of performing an isolated activity; rather, they could share familiar cultural experiences and tasks where the student felt comfortable and meaningful learning was achieved. Keywords: culture, CRP, speaking ability, oral production
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Deconstructing teachers’ discourse to promote inclusive solidarity relationship in mainstream classrooms
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2022-08-27) Acosta Tirado, Ginary Marcela; García Montes, Paula Andrea
Este estudio cualitativo implica un enfoque híbrido que incluye tanto como el análisis crítico del discurso y el discurso multimodal (ACDM). Su objetivo es explorar críticamente cómo la interacción derivada del discurso de un profesor de inglés como lengua extranjera promueve o dificulta las relaciones solidarias inclusivas en las aulas e informa los esfuerzos de educación inclusiva en los sectores educativos, en particular las aulas sobre los efectos potenciales del análisis del discurso y la multimodalidad para intervenir en la injusticia social y aprendizaje de EFL para todos. Este estudio abordó las siguientes preguntas: ¿De qué manera el discurso de los docentes promueve o no promueve las relaciones de solidaridad inclusive al interactuar con estudiantes diversos en un salón de clases de inglés como lengua extranjera? ¿De qué manera la reflexión de un maestro sobre su discurso genera oportunidades para relaciones de solidaridad inclusiva entre el maestro y los estudiantes? Con este fin, empleé observaciones, entrevistas semiestructuradas y recuerdos estimulados para revelar críticamente el discurso de los docentes cuando interactúan con estudiantes diversos en el aula regular. Los resultados de esta investigación incluyen: (1) demostración de solidaridad del docente y (2) demostración de falta de solidaridad (3) reflexión del docente sobre su discurso. Las implicaciones de esta investigación pueden alentar la autoreflexión de los docentes sobre su discurso para remodelarlo en una práctica más inclusiva.
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Exploring changes in teachers’ praxis when learning reading to learn (R2L)
(2022-11-16) González Rodríguez, Estefany; Herazo, José David
Reading to learn (R2L) is based on a set of strategies intended to qualify teachers to support their students during their learning process, in order to lead them to independent and successful creation of texts. This methodology has been implemented and researched around the world, considering different curriculum contexts, languages, and content areas. Nevertheless, the main concern of these studies has been learners’ reading and writing improvement based on this Genre-based pedagogy, paying less attention to teachers’ learning and implementation of R2L. This study presents an in-depth analysis of one in-service teacher’s appropriation of R2L for teaching spoken discourse in English as Foreign Language (EFFL) classroom. Specifically, the study describes the challenges and changes that might take place in teachers’ praxis as a result of this process. The study was conducted following a qualitative formative interventions (FI) design. Data were gathered through interviews and lesson observations. Analysis was carried out through activity systems analysis. Findings revealed changes in the teacher’s praxis referring to the object and tools and the contradictions she experienced when learning R2L that propelled such changes. This study will inform future professional development programs in R2L as well as expand our understanding of how R2L can be used for supporting learners’ spoken meaning-making in foreign language contexts.
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Exploring teaching practices used by english teachers for promoting oral online interaction during COVID-19
(2023-02-14) Bohorquez Rodriguez, Deimer David; Herrera Naranjo, Sol
During 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.
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Factors that contribute to argumentation in culture-based discussions among efl students
(2022-11-16) Vergara Montes, Pablo; Calle Díaz, Luzkarime
This study describes the factors that enhance students’ argumentation when participating in culture-based discussions at an undergraduate EFL British Culture course. The research was conducted in a Foreign Languages Teaching Degree at a university in Northwestern Colombia. The objective was to identify the components that aided participants to build and elaborate arguments in culture-driven discussions. Socratic questioning was an integral element of the discussions. To attain the purpose of this research, a qualitative case study design was employed. Findings showed that the factors that facilitated the construction of argumentative processes in culture discussions can potentially be peer scaffolding, previous knowledge, inquiry, activism, and connection to participants’ reality.
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Flipping oral participation in efl lessons during the covid-19 pandemic
(2023-02-15) Hoyos Molina, Andrés Felipe; Pastrana Muñoz, Juan Carlos
The current study explains changes in fourth graders’ oral participation that study in a private institution located in Montería, Córdoba, Colombia, and learned English as a Foreign Language following a Flipped Learning Approach. The essence of this study is rooted in the change that the educational field experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic that affected the world and provoked teachers, schools, and institutions worldwide to implement Emergency Remote Learning. This study followed an explanatory research design to explain how those changes occurred. Observations, in-depth interviews, and documentation were used as methods to collect the data. Data were collected between April 2021 and September 2022. It was analyzed following the Marshall and Rossman model, pursuing their seven stages proposed to analyze the data. To increase the trustworthiness and legitimacy of this study, the data were triangulated, comparing different data sources and proposing rigorous conclusions. The findings revealed that the participants positively perceived oral participation in the flipped classroom. Important aspects such as the importance of participating orally in class and the influence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) were highlighted in those perceptions. A matrix was used to analyze changes in the frequency and quality of oral participation. In that sense, the findings evidenced that students’ oral participation had increasingly significant changes. However, little changes were found in terms of the quality of oral participation in the flipped classroom. Also, this study revealed that affective factors such as self-esteem, anxiety, and motivation provoked changes in students’ oral participation in the flipped classroom.
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Implementing Clil In Social Science class activities in English to foster the development of higher order thinking skills in 4th graders
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2024-09-03) Díaz Meza, María Auxiliadora; Boccia, Cristina ; Herrera Naranjo, Sol Jashmed; Calle-Díaz, Luzkarime
Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has been widely used as a teaching approach to teach language through content. Despite its diverse implementations to teach content knowledge and language simultaneously worldwide, little is known about the application of CLIL to foster higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). According to Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) in their revision of Bloom's taxonomy in 1956 this relationship remains unexplored, particularly in Social Sciences activities conducted in English in primary grades. This study aimed to explore the implementation of CLIL in Social Sciences activities in English in a Bilingual School to help 4th graders foster HOTS. Data was collected by applying a CLIL lesson plan mediated by Task-Based Learning (TBL) that consists of a macro-task, a set of micro-tasks, and a final task. This final activity consisted of creating an environmental magazine by the participants. The written discourse produced by each student was analyzed individually, drawing upon Taylor's approach to discourse analysis (2012) . Findings showed that the participants successfully developed HOTS during this study. The results revealed specific instances of student's cognitive skills development through their written work. The results obtained supported the effectiveness of the methodological decision made, such as drawing on Bloom's Taxonomy to establish learning objectives and measure the student's learning, and integrating CLIL with TBL. The strengths and weaknesses identified in students' cognitive skill development underscore the need to carefully consider task design and instructional strategies in future CLIL implementations. The findings of this research have the potential to inform other educators about the benefits and challenges of implementing CLIL to foster students' HOTS in Social Sciences activities in English.
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Improving efl learners’ personal narrative writing skills by using writing process-based approach in padlet
(2022-11-18) Vélez Padrón, Stefhanya; Lorduy Arellano, Danilsa
This study aimed at implementing the writing process-based approach (WPBA) in Padlet to improve writing skills, particularly in the genre of personal narratives. A classroom action research, was conducted to achieve this purpose with 7 students of 10th grade in a private school in Monteria for 4 months, enrolled in activities as extracurricular classes. A diagnostic activity and two cycles were implemented to improve e learner’s writing using the WPBA approach. Data was collected from writing tasks, the diary of the researcher, and class observations. Findings showed that the implementation of WPBA in padlet can be useful in the development of students’ writing skills in personal narratives. students’ writing performance improved particularly in terms of vocabulary use, grammar accuracy, coherence, and sentence structure, as well as the general structure of the personal narrative texts.
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Improving reading comprehension using genre-based pedagogy while reading manga
(2022-11-15) Oviedo Salgado, Jean Paul; Diaz Martínez, Luis Alfredo
This research maps the use of Genre-Based Pedagogy (GBP) and manga to picture possible changes and improvement in students reading comprehension abilities. An initial reflection within the action research design led to the understand students’ needs and school educational system towards reading as an important skill. Analysis of the problem showed that the study of new emerging and popular trends, such as genre- based pedagogy, can be assertive tools in the learning of a L2. It was also found there are gaps in studies related to manga that could illustrate its use in education and EFL/ESL context. Because of its nature, this investigation is qualitative using action research design. An action plan using GBP, manga and multiple genres was carried out to improve reading comprehension levels. Results showed that there were multiple changes perceived by all actors of the study and that were substantiated by a series of instruments that revealed important data; improvement of students’ reading comprehension levels, changes of class mechanics when reading.
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Influence of an EFL outreach program on student-teachers empowerment and professional competencies: an exploratory case study
(2022-11-16) Martínez Espitia, Jasir; Valle Zapata, Liliana
A concern about the contributions of an EFL Outreach Program to the participants´ lives arose among its proponents and stakeholders. Even though they recognize the linguistic influence of the Program on children, there isn´t any systematic study yet that delve into the contributions of the Program to student-teachers’ development and empowerment. This study aims to explore how an EFL Outreach Program contributes to student teachers’ professional development, specifically to their technical-pedagogical field, and how during its implementation, the Program brought about teacher empowerment. Through this qualitative study I intend to answer the questions: How does the “Bilingualism for Peace” program contribute to student teachers’ technical-pedagogical field? And, how does the “Bilingualism for Peace” program bring about teacher empowerment during the implementation process? Data was collected through a semi-structured interview, questionnaire, observations, and lesson plans reviews. Such data was analyzed carrying out a thematic analysis. Findings suggests that the outreach program contributes to improve the students-teachers’ development of pedagogical competences while conducting the teaching/learning process. The participation in the program also helped them to make decisions, improve their teaching abilities to promote learning, increase their autonomy, among others. This study raises awareness on the contributions of bilingualism outreach programs on the pedagogical education offered by undergraduate programs and the improvements a Program like this could make to give potential to these types of outreach programs as appropriate contexts to carry out undergraduate students’ practicum. RESUMEN Surgió una preocupación entre sus proponentes y partes interesadas acerca de las contribuciones de un Programa de Extensión de ILE a la vida de los participantes. Si bien reconocen la influencia lingüística del Programa en los niños beneficiados, aún existe la necesidad de profundizar en los aportes del Programa al desarrollo y empoderamiento de los estudiantes-docentes. Este estudio tiene como objetivo explorar cómo un Programa de Extensión de ILE contribuye al desarrollo profesional de los estudiantes-docentes, específicamente en su campo técnico-pedagógico, y cómo durante su implementación, el Programa generó empoderamiento docente. A través de este estudio cualitativo pretendo responder a las preguntas: ¿Cómo contribuye el programa “Bilingüismo para la Paz” al campo técnico-pedagógico de los estudiantes-docentes? Y, ¿cómo el programa “Bilingüismo para la Paz” logra el empoderamiento de los docentes durante el proceso de implementación? Los datos se recopilaron a través de una entrevista semiestructurada, un cuestionario, observaciones y revisiones de planes de clases. Dichos datos fueron analizados realizando un análisis temático. Los hallazgos sugieren que el programa de extensión contribuye a mejorar el desarrollo de las competencias pedagógicas de los estudiantes-docentes al desarrollar el proceso de enseñanza/aprendizaje. La participación en el programa también les ayudó a tomar decisiones, mejorar sus habilidades docentes para promover el aprendizaje, aumentar su autonomía, entre otros. Este estudio da a conocer los aportes de los programas de extensión del bilingüismo en la formación pedagógica que ofrecen los programas de pregrado. También informa sobre las mejoras que un Programa como este podría tener para potencializar este tipo de programas de extensión como contextos apropiados para llevar a cabo la práctica pedagógica de los estudiantes de pregrado.
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Listening comprehension through picture storybook strategy in kindergarten students
(2022-09-02) Mejìa Ramos, Leidys Adriana; Arrieta Carrascal, Adolfo
Picture Story Books (PSBs) is a pedagogical tool consisting of text and illustrations that allow students to develop the process of pre-reading skills, emergent literacy, and comprehension skills. This research study attempted to use Picture storybook strategy (PSBs) as a tool to encourage students’ listening comprehension development. The issue addressed the lack of materials teachers use in preschool to teach English as a second language, therefore, teachers implement strategies that do not consider specific students learning' needs. Furthermore, there has not been sufficient data that describes the use of strategies drawn to stimulate children’s foreign language listening development during the preschool years. The purpose of this Action Research study was to describe how the use of Picture Story Books favors or not on students’ listening comprehension in preschool levels in a private bilingual school in Monteria. In addition, the study described how the use of the strategy contributes to the professional development of English as a Foreign Language Teachers (EFL). In order to accomplish the objective of this Action Research, some interventions were carried out based on students’ needs and the development of their listening comprehension skills. Moreover, this Action Research follows a model of four steps; Plan, Act, Observe, and Reflect. Analysis of classroom observations, students’ artifacts, and teacher’s diary were used to collect the data and reflect on the practical ways teachers provide to assist the specific situations in the classroom.
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Metalanguage for Spoken Discourse in Reading to Learn (R2L)
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2024-08-16) Sánchez Ruiz, Geraldine; Herazo Rivera, José David; Pacheco, Leonardo; Arrieta, Adolfo
Reading to learn (R2L) is an instructional approach in which teachers support learners in the creation of meaning in texts. To that end, the approach follows a 3-stage cycle that moves learners from joint to independent creation of meaning to fulfill a purpose socially through language. To date, few studies have explored the role of metalanguage as a tool to support learners during each stage of the R2L cycle (for oral communication. Therefore, this case study aimed to find out how SFL metalanguage could serve as an aid during students’ creation of spoken texts throughout R2L instruction. Under the scope of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), metalanguage refers to the language used for talking about language itself, used to identify and explain meaning in contexts. This study was part of a larger investigation that sought to explore a teacher’s changes in praxis as she learned R2L for spoken discourse in a state high school in Cordoba, Colombia. Analysis of Metalinguistic literacy events (MLE) presented during observations and learning sessions revealed that the teacher first learned the metalanguage needed for the chosen genre and later included it during her class development for different purposes such as explaining the genre, guiding the activity, and helping students to achieve the lesson goals. Furthermore, students used metalanguage to identify the stages and create meaningful and purposeful spoken texts. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge as well as invites further exploration and refinement of metalanguage integration within educational practices in the language classroom.
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Movie trailers, multimodal texts to promote interpretive skills
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2023-08-26) Madrid Fadul, Lesbia Isabel; Pacheco Machado, Leonardo José
In recent years listening, especially active listening as part of the interpretive mode of communication, has had a significant interest in language research that it seems not to have in the past. Interpreting audio texts has become a difficult task for second and foreign language students. Students feel frustrated when they do not interpret, comprehend or infer ideas or situations from authentic texts. This study focuses on the development of interpretive skills not only to comprehend but to interpret ideas or situations. At the same time, it brings multimodality up, one of the emerging theories which benefit language learning. This study aims at using interpretative tasks based on movie trailers as multimodal texts to promote interpretative skills in the language classroom. The methodology used in this project embraces a qualitative design in which students' interpretative actions and multimodality role will be explored. The participants for this research are teenagers of a public high school in Colombia. Data was collected taking in consideration the stages of action research (plan, act, observe and reflect) and the analysis followed thematic data analysis procedures. The implementation of interpretative tasks based on movie trailers as multimodal text promoted interpretative actions concerning movie trailer story and students’ real life; critics about society's stereotypes and meaningful reflection concerning human behavior; in addition, students described their experience in terms of the methodology, materials implemented, and the role of multimodality. In the same way this study could be an opportunity for researchers to add to the field of multimodality and explore learners as meaning makers.
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A Multisensory Approach to Enhance Autistic Learners' Reading Skills
(Universidad de Cordoba, 2024-11-15) Pertuz Suarez, Angie Sugey; Romero, Yanilis; Aguas Castillo, Pedro Pablo; Pertuz, Angie
Esta investigación-acción pretendía averiguar la utilidad de las lecciones basadas en la multisensorialidad para reforzar las destrezas lectoras de los autistas. Cuatro estudiantes autistas de un grupo de veintiséis alumnos de un colegio privado participaron en la puesta en práctica y evaluación de varias lecciones. Se llevó a cabo un ciclo de investigación-acción de cinco semanas en el que se enseñó a los alumnos vocabulario, se identificaron las ideas principales y las palabras clave de un texto para ayudarles a leer mejor. Los resultados mostraron que los estudiantes autistas tienden a tener un mejor rendimiento cuando los profesores se centran en actividades multisensoriales para ayudarles en su proceso de aprendizaje del inglés. Utilizar varios sentidos durante el aprendizaje ayuda a los alumnos autistas a comprender y recordar la información con mayor eficacia. Este enfoque es especialmente beneficioso en los ejercicios de lectura, ya que los hace más fáciles y accesibles.
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Online affinity spaces in the foreign language classroom
(2023-02-27) Diaz Borja, Gustavo; Jerez Rodríguez, Sonia
Online affinity spaces (OAS), whether formal or informal, have offered teachers of other languages an opportunity to share beliefs, values, interests, culture, but also to gain knowledge about different issues or topics. Furthermore, the social interactions held in these spaces are not only driven by personal interests but also by a desire to learn, innovate and self-direct their professional learning. However, even if OAS are usually held out of the classroom by teachers since they usually engage with new literacies such as social networks, webpages, blogs, or play video games, there is scarce evidence of studies among teachers of foreign languages and their everyday experiences, memberships, participation in OAS, and the integration of its features in their language lessons. Thus, this qualitative case study aimed at exploring five (5) foreign language teachers’ online affinity spaces living and learning and the features conveyed in their language classes during the Pandemic Covid 19. The study attempts to answer the following questions: How do teachers of foreign languages live and learn in online affinity spaces?, and, what features from Online Affinity spaces were conveyed in their language classes to provide a possible venue for learning during the Health crisis?. Data collection procedures such as online in-depth interviews, observations of video recorded classes, and the researcher’s diary were used. Secondary sources such as visual evidence from the participants’ interaction in online affinity spaces (OAS) was also considered. The results shed light on participants’ profiles, portals, personal and professional endeavors, content, and frequency of their participation in OAS. Most participants exhibit living and learning experiences in OAS driven by personal interests. They also demonstrate attempts to include OAS in their classes to construct social presence and support students’ collaboration, networking and communication, joining students towards a common endeavor, guiding them to participate and share content in their lessons. Further research is suggested to continue exploring the possibilities OAS offer teachers of other languages to become independent and collaborative problem solvers, communicators, negotiators, and designers of texts rather than only consumers.
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Reading to learn instruction in a group of EFL sixth-graders’ development of spoken discourse for descriptive reports
(2022-11-16) Díaz Ochoa, Luisa; Arroyo, Diana
High school students in Colombian classrooms have been shown to lack autonomous spoken production in English (Gutierrez, 2005; Bocanegra & Ramirez, 2018). One of the causes may be the inappropriate strategies for teaching the skill (Herazo, 2012; Fuentes, 2013). The present study addressed this issue through the innovative Genre-Based pedagogy model, reading to learn (R2L). Reading to learn is an instructional approach that uses texts as a starting point of instruction. Research in R2L (Becerra et al. 2020; Herazo et. al., 2021) has shown that this approach leads students to become autonomous creators of meaning. Emerging research on R2L for spoken communication has proven that this methodology effectively develops oral interactions in L2 classrooms. This research study examined the impact of a Reading to learn model adapted to spoken communication on learners’ production of descriptive reports in a 6th-grade EFL Colombian class. The study followed a case study-mixed method design to encompass the complexity of learners’ production development. The data were collected through two spoken tasks (pretest and posttest), observations, and interviews with the students. The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data were integrated with a joint display. Findings suggest that R2L significantly affected the learners’ spoken production of descriptive analysis and is a valuable tool for developing students’ ability to create meaning in English.