PROFILE 9, No 1. Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development

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2008-01-01

Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation

Uso de material adaptado y su impacto en la motivación de estudiantes universitarios

Keywords:

Materials design, materials evaluation, materials development, materials adaptation, motivation, global material, local material (en)
Diseño de materiales, evaluación de materiales, desarrollo de materiales, adaptación de materiales, material global, material local (es)

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  • Sergio Antonio Duarte Institución Educativa Distrital Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
  • Leonardo Alberto Escobar Universidad Incca de Colombia

This article reports on the development of research that sought to increase the motivation of a group of students of English at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in Bogotá, by means of the design and implementation of adapted material that responds to the necessities and profile of the students. The project started through the application of questionnaires completed by students and teachers regarding their perception towards the material they were currently using. Based on the results we obtained, we started with the design and the implementation of the material. During and after the implementation we again asked students to complete questionnaires in order to obtain their perceptions toward the new material. One of the conclusions was that adapting material can positively influence students’ motivation when learning a foreign language.

Este artículo trata sobre el desarrollo de una investigación que buscó aumentar la motivación de un grupo de estudiantes de inglés de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, a través del diseño e implementación de material adaptado que responda a las necesidades y perfiles de los estudiantes. El proyecto comenzó con la aplicación de cuestionarios a estudiantes y docentes en cuanto a su percepción del material que actualmente estaban usando. Con base en los resultados, se comenzó el diseño e implementación del material. Durante y después de la implementación se aplicaron otros cuestionarios a los estudiantes con el fin de obtener sus percepciones acerca del nuevo material. Una de las conclusiones fue que adaptar material puede influenciar positivamente en la motivación de los estudiantes cuando aprenden una lengua extranjera.

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Antonio Duarte, S. & Alberto Escobar, L. (2008). Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 9(1), 63–87. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705

ACM

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Antonio Duarte, S. and Alberto Escobar, L. 2008. Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 9, 1 (Jan. 2008), 63–87.

ACS

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Antonio Duarte, S.; Alberto Escobar, L. Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2008, 9, 63-87.

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ANTONIO DUARTE, S.; ALBERTO ESCOBAR, L. Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 1, p. 63–87, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705. Acesso em: 26 dec. 2025.

Chicago

Antonio Duarte, Sergio, and Leonardo Alberto Escobar. 2008. “Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 9 (1):63-87. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705.

Harvard

Antonio Duarte, S. and Alberto Escobar, L. (2008) “Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 9(1), pp. 63–87. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705 (Accessed: 26 December 2025).

IEEE

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S. Antonio Duarte and L. Alberto Escobar, “Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 63–87, Jan. 2008.

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Antonio Duarte, S., and L. Alberto Escobar. “Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 63-87, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705.

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Antonio Duarte, Sergio, and Leonardo Alberto Escobar. “Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 63–87. Accessed December 26, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705.

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Antonio Duarte S, Alberto Escobar L. Using Adapted Material and its Impact on University Students’ Motivation. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 26];9(1):63-87. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10705

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