Challenges of the English Teacher in the Engineering Faculty

Changes experienced in recent times focus their attention on new and multiple challenges that must be assumed by the English teacher, in the engineering context, which becomes a challenge against the demands by the current world from the English teacher in Colombia. This situation needs to be analyz...

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Published inEnglish language teaching (Toronto) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 149 - 155
Main Authors Astrid, Ramirez Valencia, Isabel, Borja-Alarcón, Alfonso, López-Vega
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canadian Center of Science and Education 22.01.2018
Subjects
Engineering Education
English for Special Purposes
Foreign Countries
Instructional Innovation
Instructional Materials
Language Teachers
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Teaching Methods
Colombia
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Summary:Changes experienced in recent times focus their attention on new and multiple challenges that must be assumed by the English teacher, in the engineering context, which becomes a challenge against the demands by the current world from the English teacher in Colombia. This situation needs to be analyzed and studied. This article addresses the challenges of teaching English in the engineering context in Colombia, in order to glimpse actions in terms of perspectives, reflecting on how these aspects promote this new teacher, in the new century in which we are living.
ISSN:1916-4742
DOI:10.5539/elt.v11n2p149