Teachers 4 Teachers: Conversations about local classroom ELT knowledge
Teachers 4 Teachers: Conversations about local classroom ELT knowledge
Episode 8: The effects of Video Gaming on Secondary Students’ Willingness to Communicate Video Gaming on Secondary Students’ Willingness to Communicate
In this episode, we will be talking to Pablo Iturriaga and Franco Valdés. Pablo conducted an exploratory study examining the effects of Video Gaming on Secondary Students’ willingness to communicate. Today, he will share insights into this research project and Franco will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Episode 7: Building Self-Confidence in Students
In this episode, we will be talking to Diego Arenas and Ljuvisa Dagnino. Diego carried out an action research project focused on helping students build their self-confidence while speaking in the English class, so he will share insights into his research project, implemented in 2018. Ljuvisa will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Episode 6: Promoting participation in the EFL Classroom
In this episode, we will be talking to Claudio Puentes and Paulina Rojas. Claudio carried out an action research project focused on promoting participation and developing speaking skills. Today, he will share insights into this research project which was implemented in 2016. Paulina will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Episode 5: The ELT tightrope
In this episode, we will be talking to Margarita Urbina and Clara Chiclana. Margarita carried out her research on parental involvement in EFL learning and its impact on students’ engagement to learn English in a rural context in Chile. Clara will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for our Latin American EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Episode 4: Promoting speaking with secondary students
In this episode, we will be talking to Luigina Brachitta and Claudio Puentes. Luigina carried out an action research project focused on promoting speaking with secondary students, so she will share insights into her research project, implemented in 2015. Claudio will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Episode 3: The ICTs Rollercoaster
In our third episode, we will be talking to Franco Valdés and Pablo Iturriaga. Franco conducted an exploratory study examining EFL learners’ perceptions towards online social learning-based tasks in the classroom. Today, he will share insights into this research project and Pablo will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Episode 2: Speaking using puppets
In our second episode, we will be talking to Flor Toledo and Claudio Puentes. Flor carried out an action research project focused on developing Speaking through puppets, so she will share insights into her research project, implemented in 2015. Claudio will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Episode 1: Teaching English through games
In our first episode, we will be talking to Ljuivisa Dagnino, who carried out an action research project focused on teaching English using games. Ljuivisa will share insights into her research project, implemented in 2018, and Vilma Rivera will be commenting on the research outcomes and the implications for the Chilean EFL context.
Music credits: Obra: Un Mundo de Color – Música de https://www.fiftysounds.com/es/
Project rationale
Academic research is critical to keep teachers informed and to help them take evidence-informed teaching decisions. However, there is a tremendous gap between what research offers and how that can be transferred into concrete teaching ideas and strategies that they can use in the classroom to improve students’ learning. This happens because the voices of teachers are absent from the decisions taken by educational researchers. Hence, it is crucial that teachers’ voices are heard by playing a greater role in making research meaningful and useful for their own classroom practice.
In the case of Chile, teachers primarily access research through conference attendance where research is not necessarily presented in easily-understandable and contextually-situated ways. Indeed, it is unknown how much of that research is meaningful and practical to inform their teaching. Due to the social and detrimental working conditions of Chilean EFL teachers, they rarely have the time and the financial means to consume, critically analyse, and implement research in their language classrooms. Therefore, this project will serve as a bridge to provide teacher-members of RICELT access to cutting edge international ELT research, that would be critically considered in the light of Chilean classroom realities and contextualized for the Chilean language classroom setting.
Objectives
General objective:
Promote the self-directed professional development of English language teachers in Chile through discussions about local classroom-based research.
Specific objectives:
Offer local classroom teacher-researchers a platform for discussion and dissemination of grassroots ELT knowledge
Share knowledge locally produced by teacher-researchers with the ELT community in Chile
Promote a joint learning experience among speakers and listeners based on conversations about local classroom-based ELT research
Recognise the value of classroom ELT knowledge emerged from local school contexts, students, and teachers
Would you like to be part of this project?
Send us an e-mail to redicelt@gmail.com
1 Comment
José Luis Poblete · March 1, 2022 at 5:35 pm
Hi there,
how are you?
My name’s José Luis Poblete and I’m part of a podcast called ELT in Chile. I’m just writing to offer my experience and help if you need it!
All the best,
José