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Cruz-Arcila, Ferney – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2017
Drawing on a larger study of the current state of affairs of English language teaching (ELT) in rural Colombia, this paper interrogates the social impact which education policies promoting English have been associated with. Informed mainly by Nancy Fraser's theory of social justice, I analyse teachers' narratives (obtained through interviews and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
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Bonilla, Sandra Ximena; Cruz-Arcila, Ferney – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014
This article reports a study done with five English language teachers in Colombian rural areas. Questionnaires and interviews were used to see how these teachers understand their professional practice considering the contextual features of their regional workplaces. Amongst the findings, we noticed that these teachers have to mediate between local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns, Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language)