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2000-01-01

Playing and Teaching English to Adults

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  • Víctor Manuel Cuervo Ballén Instituto San Fernando Ferrini
  • Oscar Orlando Reyes Instituto San Fernando Ferrini
  • Sandra Patricia Torres Díaz Instituto San Fernando Ferrini
  • Lucila Urrea de Garcés Instituto San Fernando Ferrini
This project tried to answer the query: Can adult students (who have not studied English before) speak English if they are given the opportunities to do it? The high school subjects in question belong to Instituto San Fernando Ferrini. Subjects study at night and they have not studied English before so they were afraid. Results suggested that changing parameters such as speaking in English most of the time and including dynamic activities such as games could help adult students feel better about speaking. Further research is needed to describe how to improve pronunciation and writing in adult students. The project was based on the legal framework of MEN (Ministerio de Educación Nacional: Decreto 3011, 1997) that establishes parameters to teach adult students because they have particular characteristics such as families, children, marriages, responsibilities, etc.

References

Decreto número 3011. (1997). Santa Fe de Bogotá: Ministerio de Educación Nacional.

Golebioswska, A. (1990). Getting Students to Talk. Great Britain: Prentice Hall.

Harmer, J. (1984). The Practice of English Language Teaching. London: Longman.

Wingate, J. (1993). Getting Beginners to Talk. Great Britain: Prentice Hall.

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Cuervo Ballén, V. M., Reyes, O. O., Torres Díaz, S. P. & Urrea de Garcés, L. (2000). Playing and Teaching English to Adults. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 1(1), 61–63. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428

ACM

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Cuervo Ballén, V.M., Reyes, O.O., Torres Díaz, S.P. and Urrea de Garcés, L. 2000. Playing and Teaching English to Adults. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 1, 1 (Jan. 2000), 61–63.

ACS

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Cuervo Ballén, V. M.; Reyes, O. O.; Torres Díaz, S. P.; Urrea de Garcés, L. Playing and Teaching English to Adults. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2000, 1, 61-63.

ABNT

CUERVO BALLÉN, V. M.; REYES, O. O.; TORRES DÍAZ, S. P.; URREA DE GARCÉS, L. Playing and Teaching English to Adults. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 1, p. 61–63, 2000. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428. Acesso em: 25 dec. 2025.

Chicago

Cuervo Ballén, Víctor Manuel, Oscar Orlando Reyes, Sandra Patricia Torres Díaz, and Lucila Urrea de Garcés. 2000. “Playing and Teaching English to Adults”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 1 (1):61-63. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428.

Harvard

Cuervo Ballén, V. M., Reyes, O. O., Torres Díaz, S. P. and Urrea de Garcés, L. (2000) “Playing and Teaching English to Adults”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 1(1), pp. 61–63. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428 (Accessed: 25 December 2025).

IEEE

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V. M. Cuervo Ballén, O. O. Reyes, S. P. Torres Díaz, and L. Urrea de Garcés, “Playing and Teaching English to Adults”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 61–63, Jan. 2000.

MLA

Cuervo Ballén, V. M., O. O. Reyes, S. P. Torres Díaz, and L. Urrea de Garcés. “Playing and Teaching English to Adults”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 61-63, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428.

Turabian

Cuervo Ballén, Víctor Manuel, Oscar Orlando Reyes, Sandra Patricia Torres Díaz, and Lucila Urrea de Garcés. “Playing and Teaching English to Adults”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 61–63. Accessed December 25, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428.

Vancouver

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Cuervo Ballén VM, Reyes OO, Torres Díaz SP, Urrea de Garcés L. Playing and Teaching English to Adults. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 25];1(1):61-3. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11428

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