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    • Curricular units: powerful tools to connect the syllabus with students’ needs and interests 

      Ariza Ariza, Judith Aleida
      A basic component of any language program is the construction of the curriculum. There is a variety of approaches to curriculum planning and implementation from the technical production perspective to the critical view. ...
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional Development. 
    • From awareness to cultural agency: efl colombian student teachers’ travelling abroad experiences 

      Viafara González, John Jairo; Ariza Ariza, Judith Aleida
      Colombian English as a foreign language student teachers’ opportunities to grow as educators through international sojourns do not usually subsume the traditional study and residence abroad goal. This was the case for our ...
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional Development. 
    • From strengths to weaknesses: guiding students in their development of oral skills 

      Ariza Ariza, Judith Aleida
      This article intends to report on a small research project carried out with a group of adult EFL learners at the National University extension program, in Bogotá. Founded on a needs analysis process, some activities based ...
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional Development. 
    • Interweaving autonomous learning and peer-tutoring in coaching efl student-teachers 

      Ariza Ariza, Judith Aleida; Viáfara González, John Jairo
      In this article we share the findings on the exploration of undergraduate efl (English as a Foreign Language) student-teachers’ professional preparation and autonomous practices. Participants were tutees who attended ...
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional Development. 
    • Unveiling students’ understanding of autonomy: puzzling out a path to learning beyond the efl classroom 

      Ariza Ariza, Judith Aleida
      This paper aims at reporting a research project on students’ understandings of autonomy evidenced in their learning experiences while in the EFL classroom and outside of it in a Colombian public university. This research ...
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional Development.