EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities
The following study explored choices and methods to improve professional training and development among primary school teachers from Chocó in order to enhance English teaching at the basic school level. The research work was an analyticaldescriptive study undertaken with in-service primary school te...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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| description | The following study explored choices and methods to improve professional training and development among primary school teachers from Chocó in order to enhance English teaching at the basic school level. The research work was an analyticaldescriptive study undertaken with in-service primary school teachers from ChocóColombia. The investigation analyzed the situation faced by primary school teachers from Chocó when teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in the primary school classroom. Furthermore, the study, to some extent, describes the existence of social, cultural, political and academic factors which may intervene in the EFL context of Chocó’s primary education as well. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied in the development of the investigation. A questionnaire was implemented as the quantitative data collection instrument and the interview as the qualitative one. Additionally, classroom observation was also used as an instrument to gather data. The study has revealed that in-service primary teachers from Chocó lack the knowledge they need to teach English to young children as they are trained neither from a linguistic nor from a methodological point of view. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-98102021-08-08T21:03:01Z EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities EFL en las aulas de primaria de Chocó: un desafío para los maestros en servicio y las autoridades educativas Mosquera, Alexander Córdoba English, foreign language, primary classroom, in-service teachers, challenge, and authorities The following study explored choices and methods to improve professional training and development among primary school teachers from Chocó in order to enhance English teaching at the basic school level. The research work was an analyticaldescriptive study undertaken with in-service primary school teachers from ChocóColombia. The investigation analyzed the situation faced by primary school teachers from Chocó when teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in the primary school classroom. Furthermore, the study, to some extent, describes the existence of social, cultural, political and academic factors which may intervene in the EFL context of Chocó’s primary education as well. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied in the development of the investigation. A questionnaire was implemented as the quantitative data collection instrument and the interview as the qualitative one. Additionally, classroom observation was also used as an instrument to gather data. The study has revealed that in-service primary teachers from Chocó lack the knowledge they need to teach English to young children as they are trained neither from a linguistic nor from a methodological point of view. Este estudio exploró opciones y posibilidades con el fin de incrementar el proceso de formación y desarrollo profesional de los docentes de educación primaria del Chocó para favorecer así la enseñanza del inglés a nivel de la educación básica. La investigación fue un estudio descriptivo-analítico desarrollado con los docentes activos en educación primaria en el Chocó. Por lo tanto, la investigación ha analizado la situación que los docentes de primaria del Chocó afrontan a la hora de enseñar ILE (inglés como lengua extranjera) en el aula de educación básica. Igualmente, y, de manera general ha descrito la existencia de algunos factores sociales, culturales, políticos y académicos que, de una u otra forma, pueden intervenir en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera en la educación primaria del Chocó. Se aplicaron ambos métodos (cuantitativo y cualitativo). Es decir, se implementó un cuestionario como el instrumento de recogida de datos de tipo cuantitativo y la entrevista como el instrumento de tipo de cualitativo. Además, se utilizó la observación de aula para colectar la información. El estudio ha revelado que el profesorado en servicio de primaria del Chocó carece de los conocimientos básicos para enseñar Inglés a los niños de dicho nivel; ya que no cuenta con formación ni lingüística ni metodológica para este fin. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2019-07-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/9810 10.19053/2011835X.9810 Enletawa Journal; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2018): JULY – DECEMBER; 58-70 Enletawa Journal; Vol. 11 Núm. 2 (2018): JULY – DECEMBER; 58-70 2463-1965 2011-835X eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/9810/8191 Copyright (c) 2019 ENLETAWA JOURNAL https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | English, foreign language, primary classroom, in-service teachers, challenge, and authorities Mosquera, Alexander Córdoba EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title | EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title_alt | EFL en las aulas de primaria de Chocó: un desafío para los maestros en servicio y las autoridades educativas |
| title_full | EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title_fullStr | EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title_full_unstemmed | EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title_short | EFL in Primary Classrooms of Choco: A Challenge for In-service Teachers and Educational Authorities |
| title_sort | efl in primary classrooms of choco a challenge for in service teachers and educational authorities |
| topic | English, foreign language, primary classroom, in-service teachers, challenge, and authorities |
| topic_facet | English, foreign language, primary classroom, in-service teachers, challenge, and authorities |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/9810 |
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