ERIC Number: EJ1051585
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Publication Date: 2015
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Mexican Secondary School Students' Perception of Learning the History of Mexico in English (La percepción de alumnos mexicanos de secundaria cuando aprenden la historia de México en inglés)
Lara Herrera, Romero
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v17 n1 p105-120 Jan-Jun 2015
This article focuses on Mexican students' perceptions of learning the history of Mexico in English through content-based instruction, which is one of many types of bilingual pedagogical approaches that are now considered established approaches in Mexico and around the globe. A phenomenological approach was chosen in order to understand and examine participants' lived experiences through semistructured interviews; this in turn led to the discovery of their acceptance or rejection towards learning the history of Mexico in English. The data suggest that despite students' initial rejection to learning a sensitive subject as is the history of Mexico in English, most students found the content-based method as being meaningful, thus, they had a sense of pride in the end.
Descriptors: Mexicans, Student Attitudes, History Instruction, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Teaching Methods, Semi Structured Interviews, History, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology, Rejection (Psychology), Positive Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Cognitive Processes, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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