One aspect of teachers’ working lives rarely given consideration within educational research is that of social interaction with colleagues. While research focuses strongly on linking teaching practices to students’ learning outcomes, the social benefits of teacher collegiality for teachers themselves is often neglected. In this study, I examine teachers’ perceptions among professionals working ...

In the selection of a new textbook, it is important to conduct an evaluation to ensure that it is suitable. Evaluation is widely acknowledged as a powerful means of improving the quality of education. There are three methods of evaluation that can be used for evaluating English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks. An evaluative checklist is one of these methods that can be used to help select the...

The writing skill is often perceived as the most difficult language skill since it requires a higher level of productive language control than other skills (Celce-Murcia & Olshtain, 2000). The present study introduced a discourse-based framework for the teaching of writing on the basis Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). To this end, 60 students majoring in Teaching English as a Foreign Lang...

Few studies in Colombia have incorporated media literacy TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) environments. This paper presents the results of research conducted an upper-intermediate course Language Institute District University (ILUD) Bogotá. A model was adapted to create weekly radio workshops eight-week pedagogical intervention. During study, data were collected from participants' ...