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Title
of Presentation:
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Teacher's
Professional Development in Bilingual Education |
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Type
of Presentation:
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30'
paper |
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Biographical
Information:
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Luis
Estrada es Director de la Especialización en Educación
Bilingüe. Programa de postgrado de la universidad El
Bosque (Bogotá). Licenciado en educación de la Universidad
Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia, especialista en la
enseñanza del Español y del Inglés, estudios de lingüística
aplicada a la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera.
Más de 12 años de experiencia en la enseñanza de español
e inglés en secundaria, universidad e institutos de
lenguas. Estudios de ELT en Vancouver. Formador de maestros
en las diferentes comunidades del país. |
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Summary
of Presentation:
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The
purpose of the "Teacher's Professional Development in
Bilingual Education" presentation is to help introduce
the critical need for teachers who are skilled in educating
in a language that is not the mother tongue of the students.
It is a reflective approach to foster effective research
in language and content methodologies for in service
teachers to meet high professional standards. |
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Abstract:
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This presentation is part of the proposal presented
to the Ministry of Education in Colombia as a graduate
teachers professional development course in bilingual
education. The proposal was approved and today is
a regular course at El Bosque University. The purpose
of the presentation is to share our experience in
teacher education on the field of teaching languages
through contents. The program is divided in for main
areas: (academic writing) language of participants,
(action) research in the language classroom, (cognitive)
psycholinguistic aspects of bilingual education, and
pedagogy.
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