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2002-01-01

From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success

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  • Juana Mahissa Reyes Author / PROFILE Journal Scientific Committee, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Although our ultimate goal is to enable our learners to become autonomous and efficient in their use of the foreign language, whether or not they have the opportunity to ever live and interact in a foreign language setting, our work as teachers must involve a conscious analysis of the different factors involved in this process, as well as the conscious effort to put all the intervening factors into action. Furthermore, it is our responsibility to develop the learners¿ thinking skills as they increase their competence in the target language and at the same time make them aware of their responsibility for their own processes and success by enhancing their autonomy and making them aware of the value of learning strategies. It is our task as teachers to be present on this journey and guide our learners towards becoming architects and masters of their own foreign language construct. In order for this journey to be a successful one, we must make sure we provide the learner with a correct supply of building blocks. In this paper we present an analysis of the main components comprised in teaching English as a foreign language, including a historical overview of methods, approaches, strategies, the concept of learner¿s autonomy, social and psychological factors, aiming at contributing to every teacher¿s reflection on his/her task in the school context.

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APA

Reyes, J. M. (2002). From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 3(1), 19–30. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310

ACM

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Reyes, J.M. 2002. From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 3, 1 (Jan. 2002), 19–30.

ACS

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Reyes, J. M. From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2002, 3, 19-30.

ABNT

REYES, J. M. From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 19–30, 2002. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Reyes, Juana Mahissa. 2002. “From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 3 (1):19-30. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310.

Harvard

Reyes, J. M. (2002) “From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 3(1), pp. 19–30. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310 (Accessed: 28 March 2024).

IEEE

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J. M. Reyes, “From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 19–30, Jan. 2002.

MLA

Reyes, J. M. “From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2002, pp. 19-30, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310.

Turabian

Reyes, Juana Mahissa. “From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 19–30. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310.

Vancouver

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Reyes JM. From Building Blocks to Architects Empowering Learners for Success. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2002 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];3(1):19-30. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11310

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