Research on language teaching and learning : : advances and projection / / editor/compilador José Vicente Abad.

• TeilnehmendeR: Abad, José Vicente,
• Place / Publishing House: Medellín : : Universidad Católica Luis Amigó,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)

In 2010, teachers from the B.A. in English Teaching at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó formed CILEX (Construcciones Investigativas en Lenguas Extranjeras). Research and teaching in the program have grown synergistically ever since, but ten years down the road it was time to take stock of our research to project the direction in which we wanted to move forward. This book is the result of that effort to recognize our shared history and thus propel our upcoming academic endeavors. The book starts out by presenting the epistemological foundations of CILEX, which is based on the threefold notion of the language teacher as an intellectual, an academic, and an educator. It thereon explains the system that arranges our academic production within five thematic nodes: cultural studies, language policy, literacies, language teacher education, and language assessment. Each chapter reports on one or two studies in which the authors participated as leading researchers or advisors. Hence, the book also reflects the formative research tradition that characterizes most of our practice. Having language teacher education as a binding thread that cuts across the entire volume, authors present their particular perspective on topics as varied as college academic performance, early childhood literacy, language policy appropriation, teacher educators’ assessment literacy, student teachers’ practicum identity crisis, research training in teacher education, and critical reading instruction. This book condenses the work of a group of teacher educators who believe in the power of research to galvanize teaching and inspire positive educational change. As readers go through its pages, it is our hope they will be able to recognize not only the singular value of each individual chapter but also the richness of our collaboration, which constitutes the fabric of our identity as an academic community.

Table of Contents

RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING: ADVANCES AND PROJECTION -- PÁGINA LEGAL -- GENERAL STRUCTURE -- FOREWORD RESEARCH IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAM AT UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA LUIS (...) -- RATIONALE FOR THE BOOK -- EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS -- LANGUAGE TEACHERS AS INTELLECTUALS -- LANGUAGE TEACHERS AS ACADEMICS -- LANGUAGE TEACHERS AS EDUCATORS -- NODAL SYSTEM AND BOOK STRUCTURE -- OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 RETHINKING UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FROM A SOCIOCULTURAL (...) -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- REPORT ON RESEARCH PROJECTS -- STUDY 1: HOW LINGUISTIC DISCRIMINATION INFLUENCES LOW-PROFICIENT STUDENTS' (...) -- STUDY 2: SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE MIGRANT STUDENTS' ACADEMIC (...) -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 REFLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF COLOMBIAN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES AS A (...) -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- EDUCATION REFORMS AND LANGUAGE POLICIES IN COLOMBIA: A BRIEF SUMMARY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- REPORT ON RESEARCH STUDIES -- STUDY 1: ENGLISH-ONLY OR LANGUAGE ECOLOGY -- STUDY 2: REFLECTION ON LANGUAGE POLICES: RAISING CRITICAL AWARENESS -- DISCUSSION -- TEACHERS AS POLITICAL SUBJECTS -- A CONTEXTUALIZED PRACTICE: TEACHERS FOR COLOMBIA -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 ABOUT READING AND WRITING: CONTEMPORARY TASKS FROM DIVERSE ACADEMIC (...) -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- REPORT ON RESEARCH STUDIES -- STUDY 1: EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS' CONCEPTIONS ABOUT READING COMPETENCE (...) -- STUDY 2: EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND THEIR LINGUISTIC REGISTERS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 READING DIDACTICS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING IN THE EFL (...) -- INTRODUCTION.

LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- REPORT ON RESEARCH STUDIES -- STUDY 1: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN READING PRACTICES -- STUDY 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH READING -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 THE PRACTICUM IDENTITY CRISIS: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR (...) -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- REPORT ON RESEARCH STUDIES -- STUDY 1: PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CRISIS -- STUDY 2: STUDENT TEACHERS' COMPETENCE TO ARTICULATE THEORY AND PRACTICE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 FORMATIVE RESEARCH IN THE TRAINING PROCESS OF AN ENGLISH TEACHING (...) -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- REPORT ON RESEARCH STUDY: FORMATIVE RESEARCH IN AN ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAM -- TYPE OF STUDY AND PROBLEM -- CONTEXT AND POPULATION -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 TEACHER EDUCATORS' COMPETENCE IN LANGUAGE TEST DESIGN -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESEARCH ANTECEDENTS -- RESEARCH REPORT: PROMOTING TEACHER EDUCATORS' SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE TESTS DESIGN -- TYPE OF STUDY AND PROBLEM -- CONTEXT AND SAMPLE -- METHOD -- MAIN FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- LEXICAL GUIDELINES -- REFERENCES -- AUTHORS' BIODATA.