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2003-01-01

Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade

Creación de nexos curriculares entre las ciencias naturales y el inglés en grado noveno

Keywords:

English language teaching, high school, English teaching methods (en)
Enseñanza del inglés, escuela secundaria, métodos de enseñanza del inglés (es)

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  • Pedro Antonio Chala Bejarano Universidad Nacional de Colombia image/svg+xml
  • Diana Marcela Pedraza Leal Universidad Nacional de Colombia image/svg+xml

As English teachers our objective to design this proposal, was to show this language as a useful tool, not only to be practiced in the classroom, but also in the context of other areas, in this case, science. Throughout the piloting of this project at Gustavo Restrepo school, in the south of Bogotá, English was used to learn science and science was used to practice English during the performance of some tasks with a communicative purpose so that the students of ninth grade had the opportunity to learn by doing.

Como profesores de inglés nuestro objetivo al diseñar esta propuesta fue mostrar este idioma como una herramienta útil, no sólo para ser usada en el aula, sino también en el contexto de otras áreas; en este caso ciencias naturales. A través del pilotaje de este proyecto en el colegio Gustavo Restrepo en el sur de Bogotá, el inglés fue usado para aprender ciencias naturales y las ciencias naturales fueron usadas para practicar inglés durante el desarrollo de algunas actividades, con un propósito comunicativo de manera que los estudiantes de noveno grado tuvieran la oportunidad de aprender haciendo.

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How to Cite

APA

Chala Bejarano, P. A. & Pedraza Leal, D. M. (2003). Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 4(1), 66–81. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231

ACM

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Chala Bejarano, P.A. and Pedraza Leal, D.M. 2003. Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 4, 1 (Jan. 2003), 66–81.

ACS

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Chala Bejarano, P. A.; Pedraza Leal, D. M. Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2003, 4, 66-81.

ABNT

CHALA BEJARANO, P. A.; PEDRAZA LEAL, D. M. Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 66–81, 2003. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231. Acesso em: 25 dec. 2025.

Chicago

Chala Bejarano, Pedro Antonio, and Diana Marcela Pedraza Leal. 2003. “Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 4 (1):66-81. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231.

Harvard

Chala Bejarano, P. A. and Pedraza Leal, D. M. (2003) “Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 4(1), pp. 66–81. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231 (Accessed: 25 December 2025).

IEEE

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P. A. Chala Bejarano and D. M. Pedraza Leal, “Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 66–81, Jan. 2003.

MLA

Chala Bejarano, P. A., and D. M. Pedraza Leal. “Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 66-81, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231.

Turabian

Chala Bejarano, Pedro Antonio, and Diana Marcela Pedraza Leal. “Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 66–81. Accessed December 25, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231.

Vancouver

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Chala Bejarano PA, Pedraza Leal DM. Establishing Cross-curricular Links between Science and English in Ninth Grade. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2003 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 25];4(1):66-81. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11231

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