Correo Electrónico
DNINFOA - SIA
Bibliotecas
Convocatorias
Identidad U.N.
Published
Teaching Foreign Trade in English Through the Modalities Based on Competences and Using Moodle
Enseñanza del régimen de comercio exterior a través de las modalidades centradas en el desarrollo de competencias y con el uso de Moodle
Keywords:
Autonomy, competences, teaching foreign trade in English, using Moodle (en)Autonomía, competencias, enseñanza del régimen de comercio exterior en inglés, uso de Moodle (es)
With the new approach to guide the learning process of students with a model based on the development of competences, and in comparison with the traditional lecture-based learning, it is necessary to start working with the teaching modalities that help to achieve this objective. With that in mind, the aim of the study reported in this article was to show that through the use of active teaching methods focusing on the development of competences we can improve the writing, speaking and research competences in English of the students who nowadays take university subjects in a foreign language in Colombia. The results showed that the support provided by the platform promotes student motivation in carrying out their self-learning, which contributes to the development of the mentioned competences.
El objetivo de esta investigación fue demostrar que mediante el uso de métodos de enseñanza activa centrados en el desarrollo de competencias se pueden mejorar las habilidades de escritura, habla e investigación en inglés de estudiantes universitarios que actualmente cursan asignaturas en una lengua extranjera en Colombia. Los resultados del estudio muestran que en este proceso educativo la plataforma Moodle favorece la motivación de los estudiantes hacia la realización de su trabajo autónomo y el desarrollo de las mencionadas competencias.
Downloads
References
Australia. Moodle Partners. (2012). About Moodle. Retrieved from http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/About_Moodle
Biggs, J. (2005). Calidad del aprendizaje universitario. Madrid: Narcea.
Brandl, K. (2002). Integrating Internet-based reading materials into the foreign language teaching curriculum: From teacher to student-centered approaches. Language Learning & Technology, 6(3), 87-107.
Brandl, K. (2005). Are you ready to “Moodle”? Language Learning & Technology, 9(2), 16-23.
Canale, M., & Swain, M. (1980). Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing. Applied Linguistics, 1(1), 2-47.
Christensen, H., Vigild, M., Thomsen, E., Szabo, P., & Horsewell, A. (2009). Activating teaching methods, studying responses and learning. Barcelona: Arctic Technology Centre & Learning Lab DTU.
Cortese, R. (2001). Communication skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening). Retrieved from http://intranet.ebc.edu.mx/contenido/faculty/archivos/communicating%20_paper_140512.pdf
Delamare, F., & Winterton, J. (2005). What is competence? Human Resource Development International, 8(1), 27-46.
Díaz, M. (2005). Modalidades de enseñanza centradas en el desarrollo de competencias. Asturias: Ediciones Universidad de Oviedo.
European Commission. (2007). Key competences for lifelong learning. Belgium: EU publications.
Ferrance, E. (2000). Action research. Rhode Island: Brown University Press.
Hymes, D. (1985). Toward linguistic competence. AILA, Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, Review, 2, 9-24.
Inozu, J., Sahinkarakas, S., & Yumru, H. (2010). The nature of language learning experiences beyond the class- room and its learning outcomes. US-China Foreign Language, 8(1), 14-21.
Lei, D., Hitt, M., & Bettis, R. (1996). Dynamic core competences through meta-learning and strategic context. Journal of Management, 22(4), 549-569.
Lobanova, T., & Shunin, Y. (2008). Competence-based education: A common European strategy. Computer Modeling and New Technologies, 12(2), 45-65.
Lund University. (2007). The art of writing and speaking. Version 5. Lund: Department of Political Science.
Moodle. (n.d.). In About Moodle. Retrieved from http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/About_Moodle
Moore, M. (2003). Moodle open source management system: A free alternative to Blackboard (Master’s Thesis). University of London, United Kingdom.
Saliha, C., & Warda, K. (2010). The competency-based approach in high education. Retrieved from: http://www.ouargla-univ.dz/pagesweb/PressUniversitaire/doc/05%20Sciences%20sociales%20et%20Humaines/SSP/SSP01/01/SSP0107.pdf
Schultz, N., & Christensen, H. (2004). Seven-step problem based learning in an interaction design course. European Journal of Engineering Education, 29(4), 533-541.
Strakšienė, G. (2011). Characteristics of the development of junior pupils’ communicative competence at primary school. Bridges/Tiltai, 54(1), 123-138.
Thompson, A. (2005). Entrepreneurship and business innovation. Guide to business report writing. Perth: Vineyard Publishing.
University of Minnesota. Driven to Discover. (2009-2011). What does a course look like? Retrieved from http://www.oit.umn.edu/moodle/looks/index.htm
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). Defining and assessing learning: Exploring competency-based initiatives. Washington D.C.: ED Pubs.
Widdowson, H. G. (1979). Explorations in applied linguistics 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zeng, G., & Takatsuka, S. (2009). Text-based peer–peer collaborative dialogue in a computer-mediated learning environment in the EFL context. System, 37(3), 434-446.
License
Copyright (c) 2012 Ana María Correa Díaz
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
You are authorized to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format as long as you give appropriate credit to the authors of the articles and to Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development as original source of publication. The use of the material for commercial purposes is not allowed. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
Authors retain the intellectual property of their manuscripts with the following restriction: first publication is granted to Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development.
