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Problems of Teaching Phonological Awareness to Learning Disabilities Students GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh
This study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of using a phonological awareness-based instructional program in developing the phonetic sequential-memorization skill among students with learning disabilities in the Aseer region. The study sample consisted of forty students from the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, selected from schools in the Directorate of Education in the Aseer
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On the Effectiveness of Scaffolding Strategies and Task orientation on Receptive and Productive Knowledge of Lexical Collocations GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Azam Naserpour,Abbas Ali Zarei
The present study aimed at investigating the effects of scaffolding strategies using input and output-oriented tasks on Iranian EFL learners' receptive and productive knowledge of lexical collocations. For this purpose, 540 adult intermediate-level EFL learners- both male and female- were selected and divided into six experimental groups; three input-oriented and three output-oriented tasks. Each experimental
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A Collaborative Autoethnography on Raciolinguistic Experiences and the Construction of Linguistic Identities During an Intercultural Exchange GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 María Paula Campos Campos,Stephany Garzón Roa,María Paula Méndez,Jairo Enrique Castañeda Trujillo
This research is a Collaborative Autoethnography based on personal experiences as Au Pairs in the United States. It aims to analyze the contributions of an intercultural exchange towards the construction of the teacher’s identity. It also seeks to analyze the current foreign language teaching practices in Colombia. We achieved more significant English teaching insights from our reflections, considering
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Visual Mnemonic Technique : An Effective Learning Strategy GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Parisa Farrokh,Hengameh Vaezi,Hamed Ghadimi
This study was designed to investigate the impact of visual mnemonic technique on young and adult Iranian English learnersʹ vocabulary learning. The current study followed quasi- experimental design. 48 female students were selected based on their performance on Quick Placement Test. The purpose of the QPT was to homogenize the participants based on their proficiency level. The participants were divided
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Transforming an Educational Community in Guatemala Using the Plan Do Study Act Cycle GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Mayra C Daniel,Teresa Wasonga,Ximena Burgin
This case study with educators from a school in an urban low socioeconomic neighborhood near Guatemala City, Guatemala, explored the effectiveness of the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle (PDSA) to guide teachers’ professional development at a Pre-K-K public school (Langley, 2009). This three-year study focused on developing teacher leaders and researchers through self-reflective accountability. Findings
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Exploring the Barriers to online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A case of Pakistani Students from HEIs [Higher Education Institutions] GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Muhammad Arsalan Nazir,Mohsin Raza Khan
The main objective of this study is to explore various barriers that are preventing Pakistani HEIs (universities) students from learning online in this COVID-19 pandemic. Applying a qualitative research design, twelve (12) in-depth interviews were conducted with individual business school participants (students), selected at undergraduate and graduate levels to participate. Data were collected from
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Language Proficiency Development and Study Abroad Experience: A Study On EFL Learners GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Fatma Kaya
Study abroad experience (SA) has been regarded as one of the best ways to enhance English language proficiency because it offers opportunities for learners to experience the use of English in real instances. The present study attempted to explore the language development of a group of EFL learners participating in Erasmus program for SA experience where English is not used as L1. To achieve this, the
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Social Presence in an Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in English during Covid-19 GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Sergio Alonso Lopera
Many educational institutions had to move their face-to-face modality to online modality in a sudden way due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). On this reflection a foreign language teacher describes his social experience in an Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) when he moved his face-to-face classes to online ones. Based on Rourke et al. (2001) and Swan (2019), three elements were found on his online
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Factors that De-motivate EFL Students’ Class Participation at a School of Languages GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Diana Iveth Sánchez-Hernández,Enrique Vez López,Yeraldi García-Barrios
The goal of this qualitative study was to discover the nature of the factors that may demotivate university EFL students from participating in class. While previous studies conducted have focused on factors that affect classroom participation in general, this study involved in-depth interviews and observations in order to gain a comprehensive overview of the demotivating factors that impact EFL student
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Exploratory Study of Ecuadorian Teachers’ Understanding of Social Emotional Learning: An Examination of Primary School Teachers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Ximena Burgin,Sheila Coli,Mayra C Daniel
Direct instruction of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been suggested for improving academic performance and reducing behavioral issues in classrooms (CASEL, 2020). This exploratory study provides insight into how a group of Ecuadorian elementary school teachers define and understand SEL. It examined changes in teachers’ perspectives and beliefs about their role in SEL integration in elementary
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Using Digital Formative Assessment to Evaluate EFL Learners’ English Speaking Skills GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Zeynep Çetin Köroğlu
As it is known formative assessment focuses on both the learning process and learner's performance. In this study digital formative assessment and traditional speaking tests were utilized comparatively to evaluate 52 upper-intermediate EFL learners' English language speaking skills. The study was designed as a mixed-method. The quantitative data were collected via achievement tests which had been administered
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Moving from What Do English Teachers know? to How Do English Teachers Experience Knowledge? A Decolonial Perspective in the Study of English Teachers’ Knowledge GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Adriana Castañeda-Londoño
There has been a continuing interest in defining what comprises English teachers’ knowledge with the purpose of defining the boundaries of the English Teaching field and developing it as a respected discipline in education (Richards, 1990). The objective of this paper, shaped by the tenets of the Decolonial Turn, is to share some of the results of studying teachers’ knowledge with a view of knowledge
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Role of Mobile Phones in Developing Motivation through Reading Activities in English Language Learners GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Roger Segura Arias
This case study attempts to elucidate the effects that the use of mobile phones as tools for teaching reading have in fostering motivation in EFL students. Through the use of qualitative research techniques, the professor executes a set of activities in a reading techniques course for second-year English language learners; focus groups and questionnaires help gather the students' perceptions on their
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Exploratory Study of Recent Trends in ELT Master’s Programs: Insights from the stakeholders GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Margarita Maria Lopez-Pinzón,Odilia Ramirez-Contreras,Luisa Fernanda Vargas-Orozco
This article reports on a mixed-methods research study in five English Language Teaching Master’s programs in Colombia. The purpose was to identify research problems as well as the strategies of intervention that M.A candidates and alumni dealt with in their theses. This study identified prevalent research methods, techniques, and instruments. The data collection methods included documentary analysis
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Enhancing Permanence for Vocabulary Learning on 2nd Grade Students in Turkey Through Music GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Omer Faruk Tavsanli,Abdullah Kaldirim,Tayyar Erdem Gedikli
Music plays an important role in students' language development. Because the process of acquiring and developing language skills of the individual and the process of learning to make music work have many similarities. In this study, the effect of teaching word with music with the normal intelligence and development level of 2nd grade students on the learning of the meaning of the word and ensuring
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Awakening Sociocultural Realities in Pre-service Teachers Through a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Angela Yicely Castro-Garcés
Language learning that is grounded on learners’ sociocultural realities promises to be a meaningful experience they are likely to treasure when it comes to grappling with practical day-to-day matters. This article reports on a research study aimed at fostering socioculturally constructed language learning in a group of pre-service English teachers. This is a qualitative case study, grounded in a social
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Implementing Lesson Plans for Collaborative Learning with Children in an EFL Context GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Daisy Catalina Carvajal Ayala,Ricardo Alonso Avendaño-Franco
Different authors have argued that collaborative work among children helps them to negotiate meanings and find solutions for learning. In this article, we describe a study conducted to validate a set of lesson plans specifically designed for collaborative work with children in collaborative learning spaces. A group of nine teachers implemented the lessons in their classes. Data were gathered by means
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Learning Vocabulary Through Instructional Subtitled Videos GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Jorge Luis Romero-Villamil,Claudia Patricia Guzman-Martinez
This quantitative and qualitative research paper attempts to demonstrate to what extent instructional subtitled videos influence students’ vocabulary learning. The main objective is to know how this visual strategy contributes to increasing students’ new vocabulary power in meaningful contexts. This is an action–research study, which is based on the use of qualitative and quantitative methods. The
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Computer-Based Reading Texts to Support Fourth Graders’ Reading Comprehension GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Meral Gözüküçük,Nilgün Günbaş
In an experimental research design, elementary school fourth grade students (n = 60) were randomly assigned to either computer-based reading or traditional reading conditions in this study. The groups completed before-reading, during-reading and after-reading activities on computer or in traditional format, respectively. The computer-based reading texts included static and animated visuals and background
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Influence of Discrimination in the Field of TESOL: Perspectives of Mexican EFL Teachers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Edgar Emmanuell Garcia-Ponce
In the last few decades, several studies have documented the discrimination that teachers face in the field of Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). To date, research evidence has shown that discrimination tends to be motivated by issues concerning the native- vers. non-native language status of these professionals. However, recent evidence has suggested that discrimination in TESOL
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Cooperative Learning Projects to Foster Reading Skills GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Marian Lissett Olaya,Gladys Marta Elena González-González
Abstract This paper reports an action research study on cooperative learning projects for engineering students at a public university. The study is aimed at improving reading skills through the use of four cooperative learning projects implemented during the English classes. Information gathered from a survey, a group’s interviews, and the teacher’s journal was collected and analyzed to determine the
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Educational Innovation through ICT-Mediated Teaching Strategies in the Initial Teacher Education of English Language Teachers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Luis Jesús Rincón-Ussa,Yamith Jo´se Fandiño-Parra,Andrea Margarita Cortés-Ibañez
This paper describes the results of the first cycle of a co-joint research study in methodological innovation in the initial education of pre-service language teachers. The experience consisted of the implementation of several learning strategies mediated by different ICT tools. These strategies were used by three teachers, in three different academic spaces of a B.A. in Spanish and Foreign Languages
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Situating Local Literacies at the core of ELT Curriculum in Higher Education GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Yuly Andrea Nieto-Gómez,Amparo Clavijo-Olarte
This qualitative interpretive study carried out with four EFL teachers in an EAP course at a private university in Bogotá, Colombia addresses the disconnection that exists between curricular content and the life of students in education. From our understanding of literacy as a sociocultural practice we proposed a pedagogy that immersed teachers and students in community explorations to study local
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Voices of the Har-of-Hearing about their L2 Acquisition Struggles: A Case Study GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Rigoberto Castillo,Laura Stefany Florez-Martelo
In the context of advocacy of the rights of minorities, communities should learn more about the learning rights of students who experience hearing loss. This paper reports a qualitative case study that looked into the perspectives and retrospectives on learning in integrated classrooms of three hard of hearing participants. They identified problems of the reproduction of inequalities such as lack of
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Promoting an Academic International Profile in Undergraduate Students of Psychology Programs in Colombia GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Germán Andrés Torres-Escobar,Rolan Arcadio Correa-López
The present reflective article aims to describe some challenges that psychology programs in Colombia must face in the future, in order to let their students achieve an international professional profile and to improve their academic quality. First of all, psychology programs need to implement a bilingual curriculum, with many basic and professional courses in a foreign language like English, to teach
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EFL Students’ perceptions on Gender Stereotypes through their Narratives GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Jhonatan Vásquez-Guarnizo,Maribel Chía-Ríos,Mairon Felipe Tobar-Gómez
This article reports a case study conducted with twelve students from the Modern/Foreign Languages program at a public university in Colombia. It sought to unveil EFL Student’s perceptions on Gender Stereotypes through three different moments. At first, students expressed their thoughts after being exposed to a film. Then, their point of views were heard through the exposure of some before/now photographs;
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Task-Based Language Assessment: Implications for the Language Classroom GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Frank Giraldo
With a communicative approach to language testing, performance assessment has taken on a prominent role in testing systems around the world. Specifically, task-based assessment (TBA) is now being used to make inferences about people’s language ability and what they can do with this construct under realistic communicative scenarios. This reflection paper discusses central issues in TBA, and in doing
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Challenges in the Design and Implementation of an English Placement Test for a Colombian Public University GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Alexander Ramirez
This reflection paper disseminates the design and implementation of an English placement test for first semester students from different majors. This design was carried out within the framework of a research project in a Colombian public university. The article seeks to scrutinize the stages leading to a test, so that language teachers who embark for the first time on the task of designing placement
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Examining the Role of Gender and Educational Level in Committing Plagiarism by Iranian EFL Graduate Students GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Zahra Alimorad
As an unethical behavior, plagiarism refers to using other people’s words or ideas without appropriately acknowledging the source (Delvin & Gray, 2007). Numerous scholars from different parts of the world have attempted to get into the root of this problem by identifying the underlying factors which contribute to such academic misconduct. In a similar vein, the present study aimed at examining the
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The Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Development of Phonological Processing and Evaluation of Their Attitudes toward Pronunciation GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Canan Aksakallı,Oktay Yağız
This study aimed at investigating EFL pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward pronunciation and pronunciation teaching. Another purpose was to explore the outcomes of pronunciation instruction on EFL pre-service teachers’ phonological development and based on the findings to provide suggestions taking learners’ pedagogical needs into consideration. The study was conducted using a quantitative research
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The Impact of Educational Technologies in Higher Education GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Goretti Cabaleiro-Cerviño,Carolina Vera
The formation of human capital is key to countries’ social, cultural and economic development. The current literature pays considerable attention to the ever-increasing proliferation of technology in the careers of college and graduate school. While the presence of educational technology in higher education offers multiple benefits, its implementation also presents challenges. The literature has considered
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Impact of Pushed Output on Students' Oral Production GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Kevin López
With the advent of communicative methodologies, the promise to develop both fluency and accuracy was made as a goal for teaching and learning English as an international language. However, it did not happen (Richards, 2008). In an attempt to equalize students’ both semantic and syntactic competence, this study investigates the impact of Swain’s (1985) oral pushed output hypothesis on EFL intermediate
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Central Events and Causal Connections: A Narrative Inquiry-Study among Colombian Female Scholars in their Processes as writers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Bertha Ramos-Holguín,Anna Carolina Peñaloza-Rallón
In the Colombian context there has been an increase in the interest for publishing in high impact academic journals. This is due to various factors such as institutional requirements, hiring requirements, categorization of teachers and academic visibility. The purpose of this research-based paper, as a decolonial report, is to portray the central events and the causal connections of three female Colombian
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Digital Games (Gamification) in Learning and Training: an Approach to Adaptation and Integration in the Classroom GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Zulma Liliana Vargas-Macías,Ariel Adolfo Rodríguez-Hernández,Claudia Liliana Sánchez-Saenz
This article is the result of the SGI 2174 project. Its objective is to identify how elements, techniques and mechanics game (gamification) have been implemented, as an ICT-mediated learning strategy for learning and training in the education. A systemic literary review of works on the subject is carried out to contextualize and identify methods, techniques, tools and platforms of gamification. The
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Exploring the Grounds for the Study of the Identity of Indigenous English Language Teachers in Colombia GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Carlos Arias-Cepeda
This article addresses the invisibilization of the existence of indigenous teachers in the Colombian ELT (English language teaching) field. Their existence, which is admittedly a phenomenon that lacks quantitative saliency, offers opportunities to reflect on the epistemological asymmetries that traditionally have linked the Colombian ELT field to an instrumental mainstream bilingualism, often ignoring
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Adjective-Noun Order: An Error Analysis of Colombian Learners of English GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Andrew John Connolly
Adjective- noun order errors are a common occurrence throughout all levels of English language students. Based on professional experiences, existing literature and revisiting what some may consider archaic methodologies, this reflective article aims to analyse adjective-noun order errors among Colombian learners of English, understand why it presents such a challenge in the Colombian context and provide
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Effects of Digital Short Stories on the Development of Listening Skills: An Action Research GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Zeynep Çetin Köroğlu
Literary texts can be used to improve language learners' skills such as reading, writing, speaking and listening because these texts contain rich vocabulary, complex grammar structures, interesting plot and most importantly imagination of the author. However, using literature for language teaching purposes is a controversial issue among scholars. While some researchers think positively, others have
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Research-based Instruction, an Essential Tenet of the Foreign Languages Pre-service-Teacher Education at Universidad de Pamplona GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Gabriel Cote-Parra
This paper reports a personal reflection that describes how the Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages at the Universidad de Pamplona provides preservice teachers with a research-based instruction. In an attempt to contribute to today’s scholar discussions on foreign language pre-service teachers’ education, this reflective piece illustrates a unique way of teaching research to FL undergraduates. The
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Bringing Interactional Identities into the Study of Classroom Interaction in ELT Education GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Edgar Lucero-Babativa
This theoretical-review paper presents the construct of interactional identities as part of the study of classroom interaction in English language teaching education. The paper defines interactional identities from social studies and in the field of English language teaching. By listing studies on the matter, the relationship of this construct with classroom interaction is presented from global and
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Analysis of the pre-service teachers’ teaching anxiety and coping strategies: A Turkish Elementary School Context GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Turgay Han,Ayşegül Takkaç-Tulgar
The aim of this study is to investigate the construct of English as a foreign language (EFL) pre-service teachers' feelings of anxiety before, while, and after experiencing teaching English within a Turkish elementary classroom setting. Specifically, this intrinsic qualitative study investigates the anxiety sources for pre-service teachers in their practicum experiences and the ways they adapted to
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The Reciprocal Teaching Model in the Development of Writing in Tenth Graders GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Karen Julio Cárdenas,Margarita María López-Pinzón
This article presents an action research study which purpose was to determine the extent to which the Reciprocal Teaching model (RT), proposed by Palincscar and Brown (1984), impacts tenth grader’s English writing skills. The research work included: (1) A diagnostic stage to determine the participant’s initial difficulties in regards to their writing skills; (2) An action stage that consisted of the
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Fostering Language Learning in the University EFL Classroom through Literature: A Task-Based Approach GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Argemiro Arboleda-Arboleda,Angela Yiceli Castro-Garcés
The role of literature as a teaching and learning tool in English as a Foreign Language has long been acknowledged. Literary texts offer teachers opportunities to provide students with authentic materials to heighten their motivation by involving them in challenging Task-Based activities in which they interact with authors and learn about features of these authors’ society. The purpose of this research
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Problematic Phonemes for Spanish-speakers’ Learners of English GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Olga Lucía Uribe-Enciso,Sol Smith Fuentes Hernandez,Karla Lizeth Vargas Pita,Anderson Steve Rey Pabón
When learning English, learners might face a challenging task in mastering pronunciation due to differences in both languages such as sound-to-letter correspondence, size of phoneme inventory, allophonic realization of sounds, place and manner of articulation, among others. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review both theoretical and research reports on the most problematic sounds for Spanish-speakers
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Assessment of English Learning in a Language Teacher Education Program GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Leonardo Herrera Mosquera,Lilian Cecilia Zambrano Castillo
The purpose of this study is to characterize the assessment process in an English Language Teacher Education Program (ELTEP, hereafter) at a Colombian public university. Following a qualitative-descriptive approach, we identified the perceptions of teachers and students facing this process, reviewed some official documents such as course syllabi and test samples, and observed some classes to respond
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Video Games: Their Influence on English as a Foreign Language Vocabulary Acquisition GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Gonzalo Camacho Vásquez,Joan Camilo Ovalle
In this particular project, a four-week video game-based activity is proposed, using videogames as main sources to improve participants' vocabulary. Moreover, the data gathered in the project is triangulated by using tests, teacher's journal, and students' journal during the four weeks. The project aims to demonstrate the bond between videogames and vocabulary acquisition as well as breaking the superstition
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Effects Of Genre Based Approach (GBA) In EFL Reading Comprehension And Writing GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Sindy Johana Montero-Arévalo
The present paper puts under examination the effects of Genre Based Approach (GBA) on 9th grade students from a city in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The study has the purpose of analyzing how GBA affects reading comprehension and writing. We implemented GBA for six sessions using instruments for data collection that included tests, questionnaires and interviews. The overall findings show that students’
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Authentic Assessment in the Listening Comprehension Classroom: Benefits and Implications GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Henry Sevilla Morales,Lindsay Chaves-Fernandez
This research paper discusses the benefits and implications of bringing authentic assessment into listening comprehension classes. The study was run in 2016 based on a QUAL-Quan model to research and included 38 college students enrolled in a listening comprehension class at an English Teaching Major (ETM) from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Data collection instruments included plans of improvement
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Shaping Narrative Writing Skills Through Creating Picture Books GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Francisco Antonio Pérez,Carolina Vargas-Daza
This research sets out to assist in the enrichment of narrative writing processes in EFL 5th graders through the implementation of picture books as a means to surmount the lexical density that the written expression entails and to shape the natural ability of telling an event or a sequence of events systematically. To achieve this goal, it was necessary to understand writing as a formal description
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Project-Based Learning as a catalyst for Students and Teacher Autonomy development: The experience in a State School in Nilo, Cundinamarca. GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-12-12 Jose Fabian Agudelo,Adriana María Morales Vasco
This paper reports the findings of a graduation thesis which intended to identify the effects that Project-Based Learning implementation had on the development of autonomy of a group of tenth grade English language learners and their teacher. In this Action Research study, several instruments were used. An initial questionnaire to confirm perceptions; a student´s attitude scale to assess how students
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Students’ Perceptions Regarding their B.A. in English Language Graduate Profile GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Enrique Vez-López, Briseida Jiménez-Velásquez
This paper examines the perception undergraduate students have, prior to graduation, regarding the attributes they have developed in terms of transferable and communicative skills. The goal was to shed light on how undergraduate students in the context of this research perceive their graduate profile. This study was carried out at a university school of languages in southeast Mexico over the course
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Children’s Cultural Identity Formation: Experiences in a Dual Language Program GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Ilba Yaneth Rodríguez Tamayo, Lina María Tenjo-Macías
The role of cultural identity in bilingual programs has been barely discussed in regards to SLA. This research focuses on providing relevant information that helps in having more knowledge about the experiences that an elementary student has during the second language learning process in a bilingual program within a multicultural context. This qualitative study took place in a Dual Language Program
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Autobiographies: a Tool to Depict English Language Learning Experiences GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Julia Posada-Ortiz, Eliana Garzón-Duarte
This article contains a description of a research project carried out with a group of English Language Pre-service Teachers (ELPTs) of a state University in Bogota, Colombia. The purpose of the study was to portray the experiences the ELPTs went through as English language learners, their feelings and insights as such. The main source to collect data was the autobiographies. The results show that the
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Becoming Language Teachers: Exploring Student-teachers’ Identities Construction through Narratives GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Nancy María Torres-Cepeda, Bertha Ramos-Holguín
This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative narrative study. Its aim was to analyze what student-teachers’ narratives unveiled about the construction of their identity as language learners, and the connections made with being future in-service teachers. This study, which was carried out with undergraduate students from a public university in Tunja, was the product of permanent interaction and
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Tuning the Chords of Youth Identity: A Community-Based Project Focused on Music in English GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Edna Mercedes Bonilla-Salazar
This is an exploratory case study implemented in a public school of Ibague Colombia, that reports findings of a qualitative research. In this study tenth graders EFL students, explored into their local contexts, salient aspects of youth identity, that emerged from interaction with music in English. The study is framed on some basic principles of Critical Pedagogy (CP) and foundations of Community-
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Situated Practice in CLIL: Voices from Colombian Teachers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Juan Carlos Torres-Rincon, Liliana Marcela Cuesta-Medina
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to determine the factors and conditions that intervene in the implementation of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in diverse Colombian educational contexts. This study was conducted at five private schools from different cities and towns in the country (Bogota, Chia, Tenjo, Facatativa, and Girardot). Data was collected from three sources
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An English for Research Publication Purposes Course: Gains, Challenges, and Perceptions GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Frank Giraldo
espanolLa escritura academica, para investigadores que deseen publicar sus estudios en ingles, ha recibido una atencion considerable en circulos academicos en escritura. Este articulo muestra los hallazgos de un estudio de caso sobre los logros, retos, y percepciones sobre escritura en ingles que un grupo de profesores tuvieron mientras estaban en un curso de escritura academica. Dos cuestionarios
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Exploring the Funds of Knowledge with 108 Guatemalan Teachers GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Mayra C Daniel, Ximena D Burgin
Using a reflective exercise designed for this study, Guatemalan educators explored their students’ and their own cultural capital. The cultural capsule exercise served as a vehicle to bring delicate issues that are difficult to discuss, but that are essential to effective schooling, to reflective conversations. A total of 108 teachers went beyond identifying problems and detailing frustrations, to
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Break the Negative Feedback Chains: Future Teachers Speak Up GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Henry Sevilla-Morales, Roy Gamboa-Mena
This study examines future teachers’ theoretical reflections on Critical Incidents and how these link to Costa Rica’s English teaching system. Participants included 30 senior college students from an English teaching program. Using narrative research techniques, the authors have concluded that: (1) spaces for reflection must be created in EFL so that students’ voices are heard; (2) both instruction
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Construyendo sentido de comunidad a través de la investigación comunitaria y la implementación de un programa de estudios negociado GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Paola Andrea Gómez, Julio Andrés Cortés-Jaramillo
The following paper describes the outcomes and insights of the first stage of an action research study aimed to explore ways in which CBP and NC strengthen sense of community and provoke actions to benefit that community is a public school located in a rural area. This work emerged from a needs analysis study in which students gave their opinions about the importance of English as a second language
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Revisiting the Issue of Knowledge in English Language Teaching, a Revision of Literature GiST Education and Learning Research Journal Pub Date : 2019-06-21 Adriana Castañeda-Londoño
In the following literature review, I set out to show an analysis of the main developments regarding the study of in-service English teachers’ (IELTs) knowledge. In the first part, I trace scholarly work regarding the topic at the national and international levels. I bring up both poststructuralist and decolonial perspectives to problematize the concept of teacher knowledge base (Shulman 1987, 2005)