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González, Elsa Fernanda – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2021
The extent to which writing assessment training (WAT) impacts writing scores has been widely explored in L2 testing contexts. However, little is known of the benefits of WAT to classroom assessment of writing. This paper analyzes the impact of two WAT sessions on the classroom assessment of writing of eleven EFL Mexican university teachers.…
Descriptors: Assessment Literacy, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, College Faculty
Garcia-Ponce, Edgar Emmanuell – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This study examines the perceptions of employers, university authorities, English teachers and students concerning needs to promote English achievement in a Mexican university. By drawing on data collected from focus groups and questionnaires, the evidence suggests that there are several needs which hinder the attainment of English objectives in…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Universities, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Pérez-Gracia, Elisa; Serrano-Rodríguez, Rocío; Pontes-Pedrajas, Alfonso – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This study explores the beliefs of English as a foreign language preservice secondary education teachers regarding the construction of teachers' professional identity. A questionnaire was used to obtain the opinions of 131 future teachers in the 2014-2020 academic years. Results showed that the participants understood teachers' professional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Cardona-Escobar, Diego; Barnes, Melissa; Pruyn, Marc – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
Drawing upon Bourdieu's concept of capital, this article examines the enactment of the "Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo" (National Bilingual Program), a policy that aims to provide Colombian students equal opportunities to learn English. In this exploratory, sequential mixed-methods study, data were collected from teachers and students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education Programs, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Rahmani Doqaruni, Vahid – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
Although narratives have been widely used and investigated in the second/foreign language literature, studying narratives in authentic classroom contexts and their functions has received comparatively little attention. To fill this gap, the present study examines the narratives produced naturally by teachers within English-as-a-foreign-language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Durán, Estefanía; García, Katherin – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2021
This multiple case study explored the influence of English teachers' methodological practices over undergraduate students' learning processes in two English as a foreign language mandatory courses for different majors, at Universidad de Pamplona (Colombia). Data were gathered through non-participant observations, field notes, stimulated recall…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers
Millán Librado, Tania; Basurto Santos, Nora M. – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This paper discusses the perceptions that six English language teachers, from public schools in the south region of the state of Veracruz in Mexico, have about their particular teaching contexts. A qualitative approach was adopted, and main data collection was through semi-structured interviews. The results show that all teachers have mostly…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English (Second Language), English Teachers, Teaching Conditions
Quintero Polo, Álvaro Hernán – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2019
In this article the author reports on a study of some English language student-teachers' trans-formations of knowledge about language education. The question that guided the study was: How are English language student-teachers' formative pedagogical and research experiences portrayed in a transformative and critical outlook for initial teacher…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Teachers
Suárez Ramírez, Ingrid Rocío; Rodríguez, Sandra Milena – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
This article focuses on research carried out in a private school in Bogotá with a group of English as a foreign language fourth-graders. The study aimed to analyze interaction in the English classroom through action research, based on tasks that promoted collaborative work and involvement of the students and their teacher. The instruments to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paula Vanessa Bello; Melba Libia Cárdenas – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2024
This exploratory case study analyzes Colombian university students' experiences as English users during international mobility. Data collected through surveys and interviews were examined based on content analysis and principles of grounded theory. The students' self-perceived English proficiency and communicative performance before and during…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Insuasty, Edgar Alirio; Jamie Osorio, María Fernanda – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This article reports on the first three phases (exploration, identification, and planning) of a collaborative action research study whose main objective was to transform the pedagogical practices of teachers of a Colombian school of foreign languages. A methodology of collaborative action research and techniques, such as direct observation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Richter, Kenneth; Houde, Patricia Marie Anne; Zimányi, Krisztina – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This article focuses on the use of the repertory grid technique as a research instrument for conducting and analyzing interviews in the field of teaching English as a foreign language. As a demonstration of the explanatory usefulness of this methodological framework, a pilot study was carried out to elicit second language teachers' tacit beliefs…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sucuoglu, Esen – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2017
The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of English language teachers teaching at a preparatory school in relation to their knowing and applying contemporary language teaching techniques in their lessons. An investigation was conducted of 21 English language teachers at a preparatory school in North Cyprus. The SPSS statistical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Kusuma, I Putu Indra – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This study aimed at investigating the EFL preservice teachers' technology integration in managing and teaching speaking skills online during emergency remote teaching in Indonesia. This study employed a single case study approach by implementing an explanatory sequential mixed method design. The findings showed that even though the preservice…
Descriptors: Distance Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cancino, Marco; Díaz, Gabriela – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
The present study sought to assess and characterise the amount of first language use that two English as a foreign language teachers used to accomplish a number of functions in two classroom modes. An adapted version of the Functional Language Alternation Analysis of Teacher Talk scheme was used to analyse teacher talk in six English as a foreign…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction