EFL in Public Schools in Mexico: Dancing Around the Ring?
The teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has a long tradition within the Mexican public education system. Unfortunately, this endeavor has been unsuccessful for the most part throughout the country. In this paper, we share and compare the results of two studies, ten years apart, wh...
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Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles
2016-05-01
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| author | Nora M. Basurto Santos Jolene R. Gregory Weathers |
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| description | The teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has a long tradition within the Mexican public education system. Unfortunately, this endeavor has been unsuccessful for the most part throughout the country. In this paper, we share and compare the results of two studies, ten years apart, whose data collections were carried out in very similar contexts. Both studies looked at what is happening in practice from the teachers’ perspectives. Class observation, interviews, and official documents were important sources of information. We conclude that even though there has been ten years between these two studies there seem to be no changes that could enhance the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in public schools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65e7d4009e984ad087e48f00accde4772023-09-06T05:58:02ZengAsociación Colombiana de Profesores de InglesHOW0120-59272016-05-0123110.19183/how.23.1.297EFL in Public Schools in Mexico: Dancing Around the Ring?Nora M. Basurto Santos0Jolene R. Gregory Weathers1Universidad VeracruzanaUniversidad VeracruzanaThe teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has a long tradition within the Mexican public education system. Unfortunately, this endeavor has been unsuccessful for the most part throughout the country. In this paper, we share and compare the results of two studies, ten years apart, whose data collections were carried out in very similar contexts. Both studies looked at what is happening in practice from the teachers’ perspectives. Class observation, interviews, and official documents were important sources of information. We conclude that even though there has been ten years between these two studies there seem to be no changes that could enhance the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in public schools.http://howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/297English as a foreign languageMexicopublic schools |
| spellingShingle | Nora M. Basurto Santos Jolene R. Gregory Weathers EFL in Public Schools in Mexico: Dancing Around the Ring? HOW English as a foreign language Mexico public schools |
| title | EFL in Public Schools in Mexico: Dancing Around the Ring? |
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| title_short | EFL in Public Schools in Mexico: Dancing Around the Ring? |
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| topic | English as a foreign language Mexico public schools |
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