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Francy Lorena García; Edgar Willian Jurado Soto – HOW, 2024
Silent reading frequently entails engaging the "inner voice," a phenomenon in which individuals sub-vocally articulate words in their minds. This inner voice is understood to stem from the internalization process, wherein external verbal speech transitions into internal dialogue. However, the mechanisms through which foreign language…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Speed Reading, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension
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Olaya-Mesa, Marian Lissett; Mora, Willian Alexander – HOW, 2023
Teacher´s beliefs and conceptions of teaching English are an important area for the professional development path of primary teachers. Giving primary teachers opportunities to grow professionally and support their learning belongs to the wide variety of practices that can be implemented to foster early education today. To do that, the Colombian…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Torres-Casierra, Liana Mercedes – HOW, 2021
This article presents the preliminary results of an enquiry on the work experience of Colombian language teachers who have entered the workforce in foreign countries. The study aims at unveiling aspects of the personal and professional experience of those graduates that might be relevant for pre-service teachers in local degree programs ahead of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jiménez, Maureyra; Rodríguez, Caroll; Rey Paba, Lourdes – HOW, 2017
This case study explores the relationship between the results obtained by a group of Industrial Engineering students on a national standardized English test and the impact these results had on language program improvement. The instruments used were interviews, document analysis, observations, surveys, and test results analysis. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Standardized Tests, Interviews, Documentation
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Gómez Sará, Mary Mily – HOW, 2017
This article reviews the background of the foreign language bilingualism in Colombia, as well as the Colombian bilingualism plans and the policy launched between 2004 and 2016. Then, these plans and policy are analyzed taking into account the most common criticisms from the academic community. In this sense, aspects such as the lack of continuity,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingualism, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Sánchez Solarte, Ana Clara; Sánchez Solarte, Andrés – HOW, 2017
This paper reports the results of a group intervention based on strategies derived from the systemic therapy model--brief strategic therapy. These strategies aimed at decreasing the anxiety levels commonly found in oral performance tasks related to L2 learning. Thirteen students from different semesters who belonged to two foreign language…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Intervention, Second Language Instruction
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Guerrer, Carmen Helena – HOW, 2010
This article aims at contributing to the ongoing discussion about how bilingualism is understood in the current National Bilingualism Plan (PNB for its initials in Spanish). Based on previous research and discussions held at academic events, it is evident that the promoters of the PNB use the term "bilingualism" in a rather…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Folk Culture, National Programs, Spanish