Fostering reflection in the EFL classroom

This article shares a pedagogical experience that attempted to foster reflective and interactive activities in our English lessons development. Besides, it describes some of the resources that learners used to express their ideas critically. From our research experience, it was evidenced that teache...

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Main Authors: Mesa Solano, Viviana, León Posada, Geidy Yohana
Format: Online
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Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2015
Online Access:https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3633
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spelling oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-36332015-07-15T15:24:19Z Fostering reflection in the EFL classroom Mesa Solano, Viviana León Posada, Geidy Yohana This article shares a pedagogical experience that attempted to foster reflective and interactive activities in our English lessons development. Besides, it describes some of the resources that learners used to express their ideas critically. From our research experience, it was evidenced that teachers focusedmainly in achieving students’ linguistic development. The main discussion of this study refers to the necessity of implementing new perspectives of teaching where language is taken as a social practice to foster reflective thinking through our pedagogical practices. Therefore, we as teachers should generate a confidentenvironment in order to promote students’ reflection and interaction in a spontaneous way. Those learning opportunities are Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2015-07-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3633 10.19053/2011835X.3633 Enletawa Journal; No. 7 (2014) Enletawa Journal; Núm. 7 (2014) 2463-1965 2011-835X spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3633/3210 Copyright (c) 2015 ENLETAWA JOURNAL
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