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2005-01-01

Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English

Profesores de un colegio público participan en un grupo de estudio para acordar un enfoque común en la enseñanza del inglés

Keywords:

Agreement, study group, English-teaching, pedagogical experiences, collaborative work (en)
Acuerdo, grupo de estudio, enseñanza del inglés, experiencias pedagógicas, trabajo colaborativo (es)

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  • Gloria Álvarez Aguirre Institución Educativa Distrital José Asunción Silva
  • Consuelo Sánchez Prada Institución Educativa Distrital José Asunción Silva

This is an initial report on a study which aimed to know what happened at our school, as teachers engaged in a study group to reach general agreements about a common approach to teaching English. The first step consisted of establishing teachers’ and students’ perceptions of their needs through surveys and interviews. Discussion and analyses of the data revealed that the most focused and most favored approach by the group for teaching English is, in our specific context, the communicative approach and the development of the four basic skills using meaningful learning activities. Having agreed on this essential fact, we started the task of discussing some of the main principles of the communicative approach and what is meant by meaningful learning activities.

Éste estudio buscó develar qué ocurrió en nuestro colegio cuando los profesores participaron en un grupo de estudio para alcanzar acuerdos generales sobre un enfoque común de enseñanza del inglés. El primer paso consistió en establecer las percepciones que los profesores y estudiantes tenían de sus propias necesidades, mediante el uso de encuestas y entrevistas. La posterior discusión y análisis de datos reveló que el enfoque más favorecido por el grupo para la enseñanza del inglés, en nuestro contexto específico, es el comunicativo y el desarrollo de las cuatro habilidades básicas utilizando actividades de aprendizaje significativas. A partir de este primer e importante acuerdo empezamos la discusión de algunos de los más importantes principios del enfoque comunicativo y lo que se entiende por actividades de aprendizaje significativas.

References

Birchack, B. et al. (1998). Teacher Study Groups. National Council of Teachers of English. Illinois, USA.

Institución Educativa Distrital José Asunción Silva. (1998). Proyecto Educativo Institucional (PEI): Hoy hombres y mujeres en convivencia y comunicación para el mañana. Bogotá, Colombia.

Mora, E. (2001). Promoting meaningful learning in the English class. How. A Colombian Journal for English Teachers, 8, 51- 56.

Murphy, C. & Lick, D. (1998). Whole faculty study groups. California: Corwin Press, Inc.

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APA

Álvarez Aguirre, G. & Sánchez Prada, C. (2005). Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 6(1), 119–132. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188

ACM

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Álvarez Aguirre, G. and Sánchez Prada, C. 2005. Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 6, 1 (Jan. 2005), 119–132.

ACS

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Álvarez Aguirre, G.; Sánchez Prada, C. Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2005, 6, 119-132.

ABNT

ÁLVAREZ AGUIRRE, G.; SÁNCHEZ PRADA, C. Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 1, p. 119–132, 2005. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188. Acesso em: 26 dec. 2025.

Chicago

Álvarez Aguirre, Gloria, and Consuelo Sánchez Prada. 2005. “Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 6 (1):119-32. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188.

Harvard

Álvarez Aguirre, G. and Sánchez Prada, C. (2005) “Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 6(1), pp. 119–132. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188 (Accessed: 26 December 2025).

IEEE

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G. Álvarez Aguirre and C. Sánchez Prada, “Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 119–132, Jan. 2005.

MLA

Álvarez Aguirre, G., and C. Sánchez Prada. “Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2005, pp. 119-32, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188.

Turabian

Álvarez Aguirre, Gloria, and Consuelo Sánchez Prada. “Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 119–132. Accessed December 26, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188.

Vancouver

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Álvarez Aguirre G, Sánchez Prada C. Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2005 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 26];6(1):119-32. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11188

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