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David C. Hill; Christy Gombay; Otto Sanchez; Bethel Woappi; Andrea S. Romero Vélez; Stuart Davidson; Emma Z. L. Richardson – Discover Education, 2022
The rapid adoption of online technologies to deliver postsecondary education amid the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential for online learning, as well as important equity gaps to be addressed. For over ten years, McMaster University has delivered graduate global health education through a blended-learning approach. In partnership with…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Second Languages
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Chavarría, Jason A.; Villada Zapata, Johny; Chaves Castaño, Liliana – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: We investigated the meaning of sixteen achievement emotion words--anger, anxiety, boredom, contentment, despair, disappointment, frustration, guilt, hope, hopelessness, joy, pride, relief, sadness, shame, and surprise--, specifically in terms of their action tendencies component, through a modified version of the CoreGRID…
Descriptors: Semantics, Profiles, Definitions, Psychological Patterns
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Connolly, Andrew John – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
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…
Descriptors: Nouns, Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Robles, Heydy; Burden, Kevin; Villalba, Karen – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2021
Mobile devices are increasingly promoted as tools to facilitate ubiquitous and individualized learning, allowing learners to work at their own pace in authentic and meaningful settings. However, in the case of second language learning, there is a paucity of apps and tools related to improving students' reading comprehension in both Spanish and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Valencia, Heriberto González – English Language Teaching, 2019
This article shows how the integration of native language in EFL classes affect positively the teaching and learning processes of English as a foreign language. The methodology shows a quantitative approach performing different processes and techniques adapted to the requirements of the investigation, data is the result of tests done to two groups…
Descriptors: Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Luschei, Thomas F. – International Review of Education, 2016
In this essay, the author introduces the concept of "convivencia" (peaceful coexistence) as a framework for re-centring education as a moral enterprise. He discusses "convivencia" within the context of education and society in Colombia, paying special attention to the Colombian rural school model "Escuela Nueva" (New…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Peace, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
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Velasco, Ender – TESL-EJ, 2020
From the current available research, it is evident that further evidence is needed to understand Second Language Acquisition (SLA) processes under planned bilingualism approaches in English as a Second Language (ESL) environments. This study employs an explanatory single case strategy to investigate the oral proficiency and SLA experiences of a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mackenzie, Lee – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
The National Bilingual Programme was launched in order to promote English learning in Colombia. The failure of this programme and subsequent iterations is well-documented, and research has also examined some of its negative effects for different societal groups. However, a comprehensive study of the social justice implications of Colombia's…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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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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Ávila-Reyes, Natalia – London Review of Education, 2017
As texts enact historically situated ways of making knowledge, intertextual analysis through citation patterns can shed some light on a community's epistemologies. The present research seeks a deeper understanding of the theoretical trends, the influences, and the emerging disciplinary configuration of the writing studies community in Latin…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Network Analysis, Academic Discourse
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Ortega, Yecid – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2019
This article uses a classroom experience to exemplify ways in which students as social beings learn English as a foreign language in Colombia and how the teacher uses "trans[cultura]linguación". This is a process of making meaning during English-learning tasks while comparing specific linguistic variations as students learn about both…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Seeley, Janel; McAteer, Mary; Osorio Sánchez, César; Kenfield, Yuliana – Educational Action Research, 2019
This study employed phenomenological and semi-structured interviews as an action research approach, to explore participants' experiences around the Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy (The Assembly) following the Conference of the Action Research Network of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. We sought to promote the inclusion of the diverse…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Knowledge Management, Democracy, Action Research
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Catalano, Theresa; Barriga, Andrea Munoz – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
The globally mobile reality of today's world has made the field of intercultural communication increasingly relevant as people more often find themselves in intercultural situations. As a result, language teachers must be more prepared to work in intercultural contexts, and to teach their own students how to communicate across differences in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning
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Revis, Melanie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
This paper investigates child agency in Ethiopian and Colombian refugee families in New Zealand. Emerging scholarship has highlighted ways in which children's actions may influence family language policies. However, the existing descriptions are typically not embedded in a wider social theory, and have generally not included refugees. This study…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Refugees, Land Settlement
Newall, Gregory M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Language regard is defined as the opinions and norms that speakers have about language. In this dissertation, a theory of language regard is applied to variation in second-person singular address forms in Cali Colombian Spanish (["tuteo," "voseo", and "ustedeo" ]). This theory claims that language production and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage
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