School of Languages

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Research group

Spanish

Pedagogy and Didactics of Foreign Languages

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

To participate in academic discussions and research processes around the pedagogical field of foreign language teaching in general and the training of teachers in this specific knowledge for different particular contexts. The theoretical orientations that will characterize the projects presented by the group will be in the line of epistemological, sociological, psychological, and historical research, assumed as founding principles of pedagogy and specific didactics of foreign languages.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Foreign languages in childhood and adolescence.
Reading and writing as a social practice in foreign languages.
The pedagogical component in the training of foreign language teachers.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Ana Elsy Díaz Monsalve, PhD

PhD in Pedagogical Sciences.

Instituto Central de Ciencias Pedagógicas, Cuba.

Coordinator's Email

ana.diaz@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

fractalespdle@gmail.com

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

University of Vechta, Germany
Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador

Key Research Findings

When theory meets practice: applying Cambourne’s conditions for learning to professional development for elementary school EFL teachers. In PROFILE Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 13(1), 175–187. ISSN 1657-0790.
How do some students of Foreign Languages teaching program perceive the cultural formation? (¿Cómo ven la formación cultural los estudiantes de la licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras?) On: Revista LENGUAJE 40, No 1, p. 17-40, 2012. ISSN 0120-3479.
The use of pretend play and drawings to explore children’s social representations about learning and teaching English (“El uso de juegos dramáticos y dibujos para explorar las Representaciones Sociales de los niños y niñas acerca del aprendizaje y la enseñanza del inglés”.) In ÍKALA, revista de lenguaje y cultura, vol. 19, No. 3, September-December, 2014, pp. 287- 304 Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. DOI: 10.17533/udea.ikala.v19n3a05
Action research processes in a foreign language teaching program: Voices from inside. In Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J., 17(2), pp. 276-289. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2015.2.a07
What do basic competence standards of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) propose to guide cultural formation? (“¿Qué hay en los Estándares Básicos de Competencia en Lengua Extranjera sobre formación cultural?”) In Revista LENGUAJE, 2016, 44 (2), 289-311. ISSN 0120-3479.