Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum

ABSTRACT: This article presents an experience of implementing a spiral thematic curriculum to teach English in a public primary school in Medellin. The design and implementation of this curriculum are part of an action research project that focuses on determining the effects of using it to teach Eng...

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Autores:
Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina
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Fecha de publicación:
2007
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
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eng
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Action research in education
Curriculum development
Foreign languages
Primary schools
Elaboración del programa educativo
Escuelas públicas
Lengua extranjera
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title Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
spellingShingle Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
Action research in education
Curriculum development
Foreign languages
Primary schools
Elaboración del programa educativo
Escuelas públicas
Lengua extranjera
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000267
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept7273
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept8687
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3937
title_short Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
title_full Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
title_fullStr Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
title_full_unstemmed Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
title_sort Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic Curriculum
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina
dc.subject.lcsh.none.fl_str_mv Action research in education
topic Action research in education
Curriculum development
Foreign languages
Primary schools
Elaboración del programa educativo
Escuelas públicas
Lengua extranjera
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000267
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept7273
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept8687
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3937
dc.subject.unesco.none.fl_str_mv Curriculum development
Foreign languages
Primary schools
Elaboración del programa educativo
Escuelas públicas
Lengua extranjera
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spelling Cadavid Múnera, Isabel Cristina2020-06-16T19:44:14Z2020-06-16T19:44:14Z20070123-3432http://hdl.handle.net/10495/150122145-566XABSTRACT: This article presents an experience of implementing a spiral thematic curriculum to teach English in a public primary school in Medellin. The design and implementation of this curriculum are part of an action research project that focuses on determining the effects of using it to teach English to children from kindergarten to fifth grade. The project involved the participation of a teacher from the primary school, six student teachers from the Universidad de Antioquia who are doing their practicum there, and the university advisor. The findings of this research were twofold: the children were involved in the process of learning a foreign language in a meaningful way, and their teachers (the student teachers) discovered a way to approach their task from a more student-sensitive and reflective perspective.RESUMEN: Este artículo presenta una investigación acción desarrollada en una escuela pública de Medellín. El proyecto consistió en el diseño, implementación y evaluación de un currículo temático en espiral para la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera en la básica primaria. Participaron seis practicantes de la Escuela de Idiomas de la Universidad de Antioquia, el asesor de práctica y el profesor cooperador del colegio. Los resultados de este proyecto mostraron cómo, tanto los niños como los practicantes se beneficiaron de este proceso al poder crecer y aprender juntos. Los niños comenzaron su proceso de aprendizaje del inglés de una manera significativa, y los profesores (practicantes) mejoraron su práctica como docentes a partir de una mirada reflexiva de la misma.RÉSUMÉ: Cet article présente l’expérience de mise en place d’un cursus thématique spiralaire d’enseignement de l’anglais dans une école primaire publique de Medellin. La planification et l’application de ce cursus font partie d’un projet de recherche-action destiné à observer les effets de son usage dans l’enseignement de l’anglais à des enfants de l’enseignement primaire. Le projet a engagé la participation d’un professeur de l’école, six étudiantsprofesseurs stagiaires et leur professeur-tuteur de l’Université d’Antioquia. Les résultats de cette recherche mettent en relief deux aspects principaux: Premièrement que les enfants furent impliqués consciemment dans le processus d’apprentissage de la langue étrangère, et deuxièmement que leurs professeurs (les professeurs-stagiaires) découvrirent un moyen d’envisager leur tâche dans une perspective plus réflexive et centrée sur l’apprenant.16application/pdfengUniversidad de Antioquia, Escuela de IdiomasMedellín, Colombiahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Action research in educationCurriculum developmentForeign languagesPrimary schoolsElaboración del programa educativoEscuelas públicasLengua extranjerahttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000267http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept7273http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept8687http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3937Teaching English in Primary School through a Spiral Thematic CurriculumArtículo de investigaciónhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1https://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARThttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionÍkala9714818Ikala, Revista de Lenguaje y CulturaPublicationORIGINALCadavidCristina_2003_TeachingEnglishPrimary.pdfCadavidCristina_2003_TeachingEnglishPrimary.pdfArtículo de investigaciónapplication/pdf228811https://bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co/bitstreams/ec97d215-20e3-4142-91ee-d1b45fe3e1cf/download1dde399684d95890655e675a16201799MD51trueAnonymousREADCC-LICENSElicense_rdflicense_rdfapplication/rdf+xml; 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