EFL Teaching Methodological Practices in Cali

• Published in: PROFILE issues in teachers' professional development Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 61 - 80
• Main Authors: Chaves, Orlando, Hernández, Fanny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.04.2013; Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Subjects: Colombia; Computer Software; Councils; Course Descriptions; Curricula; EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; EFL; Elementary School Teachers; English (Second Language); English as a foreign language (EFL); English as a foreign language (EFL), teaching methods, teacher profile, teaching practices; English as a second language; English as a second language instruction; English as a second language teaching methods; Foreign Countries; Grammar; Hermeneutics; Interviews; Language; Language Teachers; Learning Activities; Lesson Plans; Planning; Polls & surveys; Profiles; Qualitative Research; Reading comprehension; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second language teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Skill development; Social sciences; Software; Statistical Analysis; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; teacher profile; Teaching Methods; teaching practices; TESOL; Verbal communication; Colombia; English as a foreign language; inglés como lengua extranjera; teaching practices; teaching methods; teacher profile
• ISSN: 1657-0790; 2256-5760; 1657-0790; 2256-5760

In this article we aim at showing partial results of a study about the profiles of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in both public and private primary and secondary strata 1-4 schools in Cali, Colombia. Teachers' methodological approaches and practices are described and analyzed from a sample of 220 teachers. Information was gathered from surveys, interviews and institutional documents. The quantitative information was processed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and Excelwhile the qualitative information (from a survey and focal interviews) was analyzed hermeneutically. An analysis grid was used for the examination of institutional documents (area planning, syllabi, and didactic materials). Teachers' methodology (approaches/methods), lessons, activities, objectives, curricula, syllabi and evaluation are analyzed in the light of literature in the field. Finally, we discuss theimplications of methodological approaches. En este artículo se presentan los resultados parciales de una investigación sobre los perfiles de los profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera que enseñan en colegios de educación básica primaria y secundaria, públicos y privados, de estratos 1 a 4 en Cali, Colombia. Se describen y analizan sus enfoques y prácticas metodológicas a partir de una muestra de 220 docentes. Se obtuvo información cualitativa y cuantitativa por medio de encuestas, entrevistas y documentos institucionales. La información cuantitativa se procesó con el software Statistical Package for Social Sciences y Excel, mientras que la información cualitativa se analizó hermenéuticamente. Se usó una rejilla de análisispara el examen de los documentos institucionales (planes de área, programas, y materiales didácticos). La metodología (enfoques/métodos), clases, actividades, objetivos, currículo, programas y evaluación se analizan a partir de la literatura especializada en el campo. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones de estos enfoques metodológicos.