Abstract

MATURANA PATARROYO, Liliana María. Teaching English in Times of the National Bilingual Program in some State Schools: Linguistic and pedagogical factors. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.2, pp.74-87. ISSN 0123-4641.

This mixed-interdisciplinary study was conducted in four state schools in Medellin-Colombia with the participation of 12 teachers and 111 students from 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grades. Data gathering techniques used were a semi structured interview administered to the 12 teachers and a battery of six psycholinguistic tests administered to the students. This paper addresses qualitative data from the interview and discusses, from a reflective and interpretative perspective, linguistic and pedagogical factors that affect the English teaching and learning processes for a 12-primary-teacher group. These factors emerged essential for the establishment of pedagogical relationships amongst teachers, students and the English language; likewise, the necessity of informed and continuous teacher professional development programmes as part of linguistic policies becomes manifest.

Keywords : English teaching; English learning; pedagogical factors; linguistic factors; teacher's role; teacher professional development programmes.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )