School of Languages

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Research group

Spanish

Foreign Language Teaching and Learning - EALE

Academic Unit: School of Languages

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Social sciences

Subarea

Educational sciences

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Strategic Focus

The research group on Foreign Language Teaching and Learning -EALE- will lead the theoretical and practical reflection on the presence of foreign languages in the initial and permanent training curricula of students and teachers in the region and the country. It will contribute to the development of the scientific community with national and international research and publications on foreign language acquisition processes and teacher training in this area. It will participate in the training of research teachers at the Master´s and Doctorate level to help acquiring the qualification of foreign language instruction policies in formal and non-formal education with national and international impact.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Linguistic policies.
Diversity and interculturality in language.
teaching and learning.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Adriana González Moncada

PhD in Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook (United States) Master´s Degree in Language Sciences, Université de Nancy II (France).

Coordinator's Email

adriana.gonzalez1@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

grupoeale@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Universidade de São Paulo.
Universitat de Lleida.
Arizona State University.
Université de Grenoble Alpes.
Universidad Veracruzana from Xalapa.

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Global South Collective.
Universidad Católica de Oriente.
Universidad EAFIT.
Universidad Católica Luis Amigó.

Highlighted Projects

Building a culture of peace in Colombia: discursive perspectives and educational actions (running).
Colombia intercultural, a didactic strategy for the teaching and learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language from an intercultural perspective (2021-2023).
Digital academic activities to boost the autonomous learning of students in the Institutional English Training Program, PIFLE by its Spanish acronym (2020-2022)
Referees of language policies: teachers and students in the interpretation and appropriation processes of the PIFLE-English program of Universidad de Antioquia (2018-2022).

Key Research Findings

Arismendi-Gómez, Fabio Alberto. (2016). The Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence in Foreign Language Pre-Service Teacher Training in a Colombian Public University. Pages, (44), 109-125. DOI:10.17227/01234870.44folios109.125
Correa, Doris, & González, Adriana. (2016). English in public primary schools in Colombia: Achievements and challenges brought about by national language education policies. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(83), 1-30. DOI: 10.14507/epaa.24.2459
Lopera Medina, Sergio. (2014). Motivation Conditions in a Foreign Language Reading Comprehension Course Offering Both a Web-Based Modality and a Face-to-Face Modality. profile [online]. 2014, vol. 16, n. 1, pp. 89-104 DOI:10.15446/profile. v16n1. 36939.
Pineda Hoyos, Jorge Eduardo &Tamayo Cano, Luis Hernando. (2016). E-moderating and E-tivities: The Implementation of a Workshop to Develop Online Teaching Skills in In-service Teachers. profile [online]. 2016, vol. 18, n. 1, pp. 97-114. DOI: 10.15446/profile. v18n1.44269.

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Specialized face-to-face and virtual consultancies in foreign language teaching for practicing teachers.
Specialized face-to-face and virtual pedagogical and linguistic tutoring service for teachers of English, French and Spanish as foreign languages.
Training service in the use of multimedia tools in the foreign language teaching and learning.
Consultancy for the design, offer and evaluation of face-to-face and virtual courses in English, French and Spanish as foreign languages.