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Editorial
Authors: RAMOS HOLGUÍN BERTHA , Peñaloza Rallón Anna Carolina
Published: October 2024

In today’s world, there are strong pressures to dehumanize education. Educative institutions tend to use vocabulary that is more related to the industrialized world. Concepts such as methods, standards, effectiveness, competences, models are being naturalized. It seems to be that in education, day by day, institutions accept the criteria of efficiency without a question.
In spite of this, teachers echo their voices to show that what educative institutions should focus on is increased humanism. In this volume of the Enletawa Journal, we acknowledge the voices of those teachers who want to understand their students' lives and their socio cultural realities. In other words, our authors in this volume are more interested in the who of teaching instead of the what of teaching.
Reconstruction of Cultural Practices in the Community: a Pedagogical Experience
Authors: Huertas Aura María
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis paper reports a pedagogical experience carried out with ninth semester students from the Modern Languages Program at theUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. The experience was conducted while the students were taking the English Language Seminar course. The main objective of this pedagogical experience was to identify future student teachers’ perceptions about sociocultural factors indifferent schools and neighborhoods in Tunja, as a way to sensitize them for their upcoming teaching practices. The data was collected by means of surveys, unstructured interviews and students’ reflective journalswith the aim to determine socio cultural factors that influence students’ learning processes. Lastly, this pedagogical experience was an approach to characterize funds of knowledge identified as the understanding that students and teachers have about their own community as a socialenvironment, from which learning processes can be better contextualized and made relevant to a determined educational setting.Key words: funds of knowledge, critical pedagogy and cultural understanding in the classroom.ResumenEste artículo presenta una experiencia pedagógica llevada a cabo con losestudiantes de noveno semestre del programa Idiomas Modernos de laUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. La propuesta fue desarrollada en la clase “Seminario de la Lengua Inglesa.” El principal objetivo de esta propuesta fue identificar las percepciones de los futurosdocentes sobre los factores socioculturales de diferentes colegios y barrios de la ciudad de Tunja como una estrategia de sensibilización en sus futuras prácticas de enseñanza. Los datos se recogieron pormedio de cuestionarios, entrevistas no estructuradas y diarios de los estudiantes para considerar y determinar los factores socioculturales que influencian los procesos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes.Finalmente, éste fue un acercamiento a la caracterización de bases de conocimiento identificado como la comprensión que tienen los estudiantes y docentes de su propia  comunidad como medio social, desde los cuales los procesos de aprendizaje pueden ser mejor contextualizados y hacer relevante un determinado centro educacional.Palabras clave: bases de conocimiento, pedagogía crítica y comprensión cultural en el aula.
Lecciones de una experiencia respecto a la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera
Authors: Cárdenas Cárdenas Mary Sandra
Published: October 2024

En el presente artículo se describe una experiencia en la enseñanza del español como Lengua Extranjera, a un grupo de estudiantes de nacionalidad brasileña radicados en Bogotá e integrado por personas adultas formadas profesionalmente y con niños de primaria. A partir delas dificultades encontradas, hace una reflexión frente a los desafíos que han tenido que asumir los profesores de ELE atendiendo una nueva realidad académicoprofesional. Enfatiza sobre los diferentes factores que inciden en la enseñanzaaprendizaje de una lengua distinta a la materna y la influencia de éstos en la práctica. El trabajo plantea que frente a los factores que inciden en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje de ELE, se requiere de investigaciones orientadas a contribuir en el mejoramiento de la enseñanza aprendizaje del ELE y a suplir las necesidades de comunicación de los ciudadanos extranjeros que llegan a regiones de habla hispana, cada vez con mayor frecuencia, con intereses comerciales, laborales, educativos o turísticos.Palabras clave: Español como lengua extranjera (ELE), factores de aprendizaje, investigación, necesidades comunicativas. AbstractThis article describes an experience in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) to a group of Brazilian students residing in Bogotá integrated by professionally trained adults and primary school children. From the difficulties encountered a reflection upon the challenges that SFL teachers have faced working in a new academic and professional reality is made. This text focuses on the different factors which influence the teaching and learning of a language other than themother tongue and their incidence on practice. The study claims that to face the factors that affect SFL teaching and learning process requires research which aims at  contributing to the improvement of SFL teaching and learning and to meet the communication needs of the increasing number of foreign citizens who arrive in Spanish-speaking regions with job, commercial, educational or tourist interest.Key words:Spanish as a foreign language (SFL), learning factors, research, communication needs.
Marriage & Women’s Roles in the 19th Century and Nowadays
Authors: Arismendy Vargas Luz Amanda , Aparicio Farías Emily Marcela , Cruz Huertas Ana Carmenza
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article aims at comparing the role of women in the 19th century and nowadays. It is based on EMMA by Jane Austen (1815). This writing is the result of the process seen in Pedagogical Communicative Project V,directed by professor Nancy Carvajal, where the main topic was British Culture.Key words: Marriage, Women´s rolesResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo comparar el rol de la mujer en el siglo XIX y hoy en día. Este está basado en EMMA por Jane Austen (1815. Este escrito es el resultado del proceso visto en Proyecto Comunicativo V dirigido por la profesora Nancy Carvajal, donde, el tema principal fue la Cultura Británica.Palabras clave: matrimonio, el rol de la mujer
Editorial
Authors: Ariza J. Aleida
Published: October 2024

The necessity of foreign languages learning has increased substantially due to the advancement in mobility not only in the educational field, but also in the professional aspects of our society. Thus, being proficient in more than one language allows members of societies to have access to better life opportunities. Within this paradigm, language teachers and learners face more challenging practices not only in terms of achieving learning goals, butalso regarding the quality of the teaching learning processes.
Creative Writing Activities for Exploring Seventh Graders’ Written discourse Competence
Authors: Hurtado Pérez Cristina
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis project proposes Creative Writing as a pedagogical strategy to  improve 7th graders’ written discourse competence. Creative Writing is described as a chance to experiment freely with language, and it helpsto develop an efficient composing process in a meaningful environment. This paper describes a research project carried out at Técnico Comercial School in Jenesano Boyacá, with nine 7th graders as a sample. This was an action research study. Students’ writing, a final test, and a semi-structured final interview were used as data collection instruments. The findings from this study reveal students’ improvements through theuse of strategies to produce coherent and cohesive texts. Furthermore, the findings indicate students’ advancements in written production, characterized by the use of discourse elements throughout the body ofthe text.  Key words: creative writing, writing process, writings, writing skills, discourse competence.
Hidden Factors Behind Memory Strategies
Authors: Báez Leidy Tatiana , Chacón Leidy Marcela
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis study explores how learning strategies used by a student in a Sociolinguistics class at the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Uptc) influenced memory. In order to achieve this objective,a descriptive and interpretative research was developed. In this particular case, this study was conducted in such a way that we could identify bothpersonality and socio-cultural factors that influence the selection oflearning strategies. Valuing myself, internal force, teacher´s method and life experience were the categories found, these become important for teachers in terms of their methodology, due to the fact that, studentscan choose their learning strategies from this variable. Key words: Learning strategies, memory strategies, personal and sociocultural factors.
Awakening Students’ Perceptions Through the Use of Three Cognitive Strategies for Reading
Authors: Carvajal Carolina , Vera Diana Carolina , Díaz Diana Mayerly , Murcia Luz Angélica
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article describes the implementation of the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) with students from four different settings in Boyacá. The implementation of the model was carried  out during some reading sessions in order to make students active participants of their learning  and to be conscious of the strategies use, suchas, activating prior knowledge, making predictions about the text and checking guesses and predictions. Those strategies are used to facilitate students’ understanding of a text through the implementation of theinstructional model. Key words: CALLA, reading, learning strategies, instructional model.
SUMMATIVE Vs. FORMATIVE: REFLECTION ON THE SAUDI HIGHER EDUCATIONASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Authors: JAWHAR SABRIA S.
Published: October 2024

Este artículo es una evaluación del sistema de valoración en una Universidad Saudita para Ciencias delaSalud.El principalobjetivo es revisar cómo elsistemadeexámenes delengua no refleja el propósitopara el cual seutiliza, tambiénmuestra cómo el sistema afecta negativamente lamanera en la cual se conduce la educación de lengua en lo que los investigadores denominan “washback”. Además el artículo sugiere una valoración alterna por medio de una prueba escrita sumativa distribuida en dos exámenes parciales y uno al final delsemestre.El sistema devaloración actual, a mi juicio, no refleja el aprendizaje real de losestudiantes.
CRITICAL CREATIVE WRITING: AN EXPERIENCE OF PERSONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION
Authors: LÓPEZ DORA CECILIA
Published: October 2024

Este estudio de caso analiza la experiencia vivida por nueve estudiantes de décimo grado con la escritura creativa crítica como recurso para explorar sus voces. Las actividades de escritura llevaron a los participantes a explorar sus experiencias “encuerpadas” como un intento por construir su identidad personal. En este estudio, la escritura fue una forma de expresar lo que hay en sus mentes, sus corazones, sus cuerpos y su mundo circundante. Este estudio está enfocado en qué representa la escritura creativa crítica acerca de la exploración de la identidad personal de los adolescentes basada en experiencias encuerpadas. Detalles de los escritos de los  participantes se presentan a través de diarios, textos creativos y una entrevista semi-estructurada. Algunos de los principales hallazgos nos muestran que la escrituramejora la exploración y reconstrucción de la identidad personal adolescente cuando los  jóvenes conectan sumundo interior a unmundo social en un proceso mediado por la lengua.
Editorial
Authors: Núñez María Teresa Teresa Esteban
Published: October 2024

Classroom research is the consequence of reflective teaching. To this respect, Richards and Lockhart (1994,1 in Bailey, Curtis and Nunan, 2001) say that “teachers and student teachers collect data about teaching, examine their attitudes, beliefs assumptions, and teaching practices, and use the information obtained as a basis for critical reflection about teaching” (p.p 37).
Some Reflections about the National Bilingualism Plan, its Impacts and Realities in Boyacá
Authors: Holguín Bertha Ramos , Espejo Noraida Vargas
Published: October 2024

Este artículo da a conocer las voces, recogidas a través de encuestas yentrevistas, de algunos docentes del área de inglés acerca del Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo y sus efectos en el Departamentode Boyacá. El análisis inicial de estas voces ha dado cuenta, por una parte, del interés regional por realizar alianzas tendientes almejoramiento del nivel de competencia en inglés de los profesores y a fomentar el empoderamiento de estos docentes de inglés en su comunidad académica. Por otra parte, los docentes mencionan su papelpasivo en la formulación de las políticas públicas relacionadas con la promoción de  lenguas extranjeras, la falta de propuestas académicas por parte de los entes encargados de su desarrollo profesional, la pretensión de algunos colegios por volverse «bilingües», la imposibilidad de cumplir con los estándares de inglés y la necesidad de crear espacios de fortalecimiento académico para la zona rural.Palabras clave: Bilingüismo, Plan Nacional de Bilingüismo, Docentes de Inglés en Boyacá  AbstractThis article aims to share some English teachers´ voices regarding the effects of the National Bilingualism Plan in Boyacá. Thosevoices were collected through interviews and a survey. The initial analysis shows that, on the one hand, teachers acknowledge the regional interest to join efforts to improve their English competence as well as theempowerment they have had in their academic community. On the other hand, teachers mentioned their passive role in the formulation of public policies related to foreign languages, the lack of academic proposals for teachers‘ development, the willingness some schools have towards being called «bilingual» schools, the impossibility to achieve the English standards and the need to foster academic spaces for the development of English competences in rural areas.Key words: Bilingualism, National bilingualism Program, English teachers from Boyacá
Exploring the principles of construct and content validity presented in the tests of the textbook english unlimited
Authors: Robayo Lucimaver González , Avendaño Alberto Ramírez
Published: October 2024

Este estudio de investigación tiene como objetivo explorar cómo los principios de validez de contenido y de construcción estánpresentes en los exámenes propuestos por el texto guía usado en el nivel elemental en una universidad privada, la relación con lasmetas de aprendizaje con los estudiantes, así como la reacción y entendimiento de profesores y estudiantes en relación conestas dos clases de validez. En el proceso de recolección de información se usaron dos instrumentos: una encuesta a estudiantes y un cuestionario a profesores de inglés acerca de los exámenes suministrados por el libro de texto. Los resultados revelan quehay inconsistencia en la validez de contenido y en la validez de construcción, tales como tiempo, nivel de dificultad, y preparación, entre otros. En relación con el principio de validez de construcción, no hay  una relación directa entre las actividades propuestas para las clases, además los temas no se practican en la misma forma en que se evalúan en los exámenes.Palabras clave: validez de contenido, validez de construcción, pruebas, libros de texto, evaluación. AbstractThis research study aimed at exploring the principles of construct and content validity presented in the tests of the textbook English Unlimited in a private university, the relation with the students’ learning goals in an ESP course, as well as the teachers’ and students’ reactions and understanding of these two types of validity. In the process of collectingdata, two instruments were  administered: a survey for students and a questionnaire for English teachers in relation to the tests provided in the textbook. The findings reveal that there is a mismatch in both content and construct validity influenced by several factors that are characteristic of these two types of validity, such as timing, level of difficulty and rehearsal, among others. In relation to content validity, students and teachers displayed a low level of satisfaction for somereasons: the tests provided by the textbooks  do not fulfill their expectations related to their learning’s goals, there is a lack of contextualized activities, as well as lack of exposure to the English Language. On the other hand, in relation to construct validity, there is no correlation between the types of activities proposed for the class and the tests given to the students.Key words: content validity, construct validity, testing, textbooks, evaluation.
Exploring Four Teachers’ Perceptions in Relation to the Concept of Bilingualism at the Maria Auxiliadora School- Sogamoso, Boyacá-Colombia
Authors: Cárdenas Mauricio Barrera
Published: October 2024

Este estudio de caso descriptivo estudia las percepciones de cuatro profesores de lengua extranjera en relación con el concepto de bilingüismo. Los participantes enseñan en una institución de carácter privado. Entrevistas fueron utilizadas como instrumento de investigación. Los resultados confirman que los profesores tienen percepcionesespecíficas en relación con el concepto de Bilingüismo. Más aún este concepto, tiene un rol importante en sus profesiones y en lacomunidad donde brindan la instrucción como lengua extranjera. Sin embargo, la implementación de este concepto debe ser explicada en aras de buscar el desarrollo educativo de esa comunidad.Palabras clave: Bilinguismo, percepciones, domino, programa de bilinguismo. AbstractThis explorative report documents four EFL teachers’ perceptions concerning the concept of bilingualism development in a private school. Phenomenological interviews were conducted. Findings suggest thatteachers have specific perceptions about how bilingualism is taking an important place in their professional development and community. Also the development of this concept is visible in this community.However, this aspect must be discussed in order to clarify misconceptions and include it in the real practice as a component of improvement in the educative field in that community.Key words: Bilingualism, Perceptions, Domain, Bilingualism program.
The Way Students See An English Language Textbook
Authors: Becerra Ruth Villelva Carvajal
Published: October 2024

Los propósitos de este artículo son presentar los resultados de una encuesta acerca de las percepciones que los estudiantes tienen sobre los textos de inglés usados en clase y responder la pregunta:¿cómo los estudiantes se ven representados en el libro? El principalinstrumento utilizado para la recolección de datos fue la encuesta. Dicha encuesta, fue respondida por 10 estudiantes, quienes analizaron el contenido de una unidad de un texto escrito por una editorial americana.Los resultados arrojados fueron clasificados bajo las siguientes categorías: los textos de Inglés son una herramienta importante enel proceso de aprendizaje, los textos muestran estereotipos americanos, el contenido de los textos no se ve contextualizado y la discriminación.  Palabras clave: estereotipos, etnicidad, material auténtico y discriminaciónAbstractThe purposes of this article are to present the results of a pedagogical experience through a survey based on the students’ perceptions from the textbook they follow in the English class and to answer thequestion: how do students see themselves represented in this textbook? The main instrument used to collect data was a survey. This survey was answered by 10 students. They analyzed the whole content of a unitin an English textbook written by a North American Publishing house. The reported results were classified under the next categories: English textbooks are seen as an important tool in the learning process,textbooks show a North American stereotype, content is not seenKey words: stereotype, ethnicity, authentic material and discrimination.
Communicative Tasks In A Group Of Children At The International Language Institute At The Uptc
Authors: Matamoros Sergio Nicolás Sánchez
Published: October 2024

El desarrollo de actividades de habla en inglés en donde los estudiantes se puedan comunicar puede ser una tarea desafiante. Esto se debe a la tendencia de usar la lengua materna y la posibilidad de encontrar estudiantes que simplemente no se sientan cómodos hablando. Por esta razón, una serie de tareas comunicativas debe serconcebida con el fin de facilitar la interacción entre los estudiantes y en donde ellos puedan mejorar su habilidad de habla. Se diseñaron y se aplicaron dos tareas comunicativas a un grupo de once niños enel Instituto Internacional de Idiomas de la UPTC. Se observó su comprensión de las normas, sus actitudes hacia las actividadesy su desempeño en el habla. Fue posible  ver que, a través de estas actividades, los estudiantes fueron capaces de usar sólo inglés para comunicarse. Palabras clave: Tarea comunicativa, competencia comunicativa, actividades de habla.AbstractThe development of English speaking activities where students can communicate can be a challenging endeavor. Some of thereasons for this are the tendency of using the native language and the possibility of finding students who simply do not feel comfortable speaking. That is why, a number of communicative tasks should be conceived in order to facilitate student interaction and where learners can improve their speaking skill. Two communicative tasks weredesigned and applied to a group of eleven children at the International Language Institute at the UPTC. Their understanding of the rules, attitude, and speaking performance were observed. It was possibleto find that, through these activities, students were able to use only English to communicate. Key words: Communicative task, communicative competence, speakingactivities.
Local and Foreign Cultures, A great integration to Bring Critical Pedagogy Praxis Into the Classroom
Authors: Coronado Blanca Bernarda Arias
Published: October 2024

Este artículo es una discusión teórica acerca de cómo la cultura local y extranjera toma parte en un aprendizaje crítico. Al comienzo doy a conocer una revisión teórica acerca de la historia de la filosofía crítica, luego presento la revisión de algunos estudios para ver losdiferentes campos de aplicación de la pedagogía critica. En seguida, presento algunas ideas acerca de cómo la cultura local y extranjera facilitan el aprendizaje del inglés y el desarrollo de la conciencia social. Al final discuto algunas implicaciones y características de los materiales dentro del marco de la pedagogía crítica. Palabras clave: Pedagogía crítica, cultura local, cultura extranjera, proceso de aprendizaje, materiales, estudiantes, profesores. AbstractThis article is a theoretical discussion about how local and foreign cultures take part in a critical learning process. At the beginning Ishow a theoretical review of critical pedagogy history. After, I present a revision of some research studies to see the different fields of critical pedagogy application. Then, I provide some ideas about how local andforeign cultures facilitate the English learning and social consciousness development. At the end, I present a discussion about materials implications and characteristics inside the framework of the critical pedagogy praxis Key words: Critical pedagogy, local culture, foreign culture, learning process, teaching materials, students, teachers.
See you again!
Authors: Dueñas Fredy
Published: October 2024

Dedicated to my daughter Daniela!I wake up as I do every day and every time. I still have the bitter taste that insomnia usually leaves me. I always have something to think about, be it the daily grind of everyday life, or maybe, how I would like everything to change, and at the end of the day, to achieve everything I have ever wanted.
Developing Intercultural Dimensions through the Design of Curricular Units Based on the Ganag Model
Authors: Cubides Torres Nidia Marcela , Rodríguez Buitrago Laura Victoria
Published: October 2024

AbstractIn this article we share the process and results of an a priori study that focused onmaterials design throughout the implementation of some curricular units based on the development of intercultural dimensions. The curricular units were designed and developed upon the GANAG model, with the purpose of working on intercultural competence dimensions following Byram´s model (2003). In this pedagogical experience, conducted in two private schools in Tunja, our aim was to integrate intercultural dimensions in somecurricular units in order for students to compare and understand their own culture  with those of others. Data was gathered through the use of semi structured interviews, field notes and students’ artifacts. The results revealed that by means of the different curricular units guided by the stages proposed by the GANAG model, learners were able to move toward saviors (Knowledge) and Savoir etre (attitudes) proposed by Byram (2003) in the intercultural competence, where the values, beliefs and behaviors of a community or a social group were understood as individual and unique.Key words: Intercultural competence, curricular units, GANAG, Byram’s model,
Exploring First Graders Language Awareness
Authors: Fagua Fagua Liliana María , Parra Rodríguez Angélica
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article reports a study, carried out at a private school in Tunja, with ten first gradestudents. The aim was to explore and analyze the characteristics of first graders language awareness. In order to achieve this objective, a case study was developed. Thus, a description was made of the way students experience the process of learning English and identifying the features of their language awareness process. Observations and interviews were used for data collection. The main findings suggest first graders features of language awareness are: mothertongue as well as foreign language, peer correction and motivation to contribute to language awareness. Key words: young learners, language awareness, English language learning process,
Pedagogical and Research Projects: A Path to Empower Prospective Teachers to Face their Challenges
Authors: Barón Pereira Nancy , Rojas Espitia Sonia
Published: October 2024

AbstractBeing a teacher today embraces new challenges and possibilities for pre-service and in-service teachers as well as for prospective teachers and their contexts in order to enrich and/ or transform educational practices. Some of these challenges deal with: the need to have a knowledge base of the subject and specifically a high level of Communicative Competencein the foreign language, a general and specific pedagogical knowledge, an understanding about the conception and execution of the curriculum and an appropriation of the teaching-learning theory. The mentioned aspects constitute a base in theirprofessional development. Pedagogical and Research Projects in the Languages School at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) incorporate these aspects in their syllabus in order to face the prospective teachers to the realities they will handle as future ones. The aim of this article is to reflect upon the challenges, knowledge and policies around teaching a foreign language nowadays and discuss what prospective teachers can understand around pedagogy and research as the bridge to link what they study and reflect in classes and the realities they have to face as future Foreign Languages teachers.Key words: Pedagogical and Research Projects, Knowledge base, future teachers‘challenges.
La muerte de las lenguas: hacia unas consideraciones generales
Authors: Corredor Tapias Joselyn
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article provides some general considerations about language death . The paper first presents a definition of this interesting phenomenon, it discloses some of the ways of disappearing languages, then the article proposes information about causes of language death, later, it shows some general aspects of endangered languages extinction, and the resurrection of languages. Finally, the article concludes with some general ideas on the topicsaddressed.Key words: Sociology of language, language death, causes, to resurrect.
Post Method Pedagogy as an Alternative to Autonomous and Well Oriented Teaching Practices
Authors: Arias Coronado Blanca Bernarda
Published: October 2024

This paper is a theoretical discussion focused on post method characteristics and parameters proposed by Kumaravadivelu (1994, 2001, 2003, 2006). Based on these considerations, the paper discusses someadvantages and shortcomings by applying the post method pedagogy. The reflective paper concludes that postmethod pedagogy is an interesting alternative to teach, but it implies a challenge for teachers since theyneed to take responsibility of their own professional development and their role as reflective and active teachers
“De petits promoteurs de la Vie Saine” des émissions de radio pour entendre, se faire entendre et apprendre le français
Authors: Dimas Sierra Manuel Fernando , González Ruiz Henry Ernesto , Alezones Niño Nadia Carolina
Published: October 2024

Cet article a pour objectif, présenterle projet “ De petits promoteurs de la vie saine ” quia été réalisé à l’Institution Éducative “ Silvino Rodríguez, siège San Antonio ” avec lesélèves de CE2. C’est un travail de recherche qui est basé sur des émissions enregistréesde radiopour promouvoir l’utilisation de la langue française, et améliorer lacompétence communicative des élèves,en particulier la compréhension orale et laproduction orale. Les émissions de radio portent sur des sujets mis en rapport auprojet transversal : “ Styles de vie saine ”de l’Institution Éducative.On a pu constater quel’enseignement et l’apprentissage d’une langue deviennent plus significatifs quand la langue est un moyen pour accéder àd’autres connaissances. Dans ce cas, le français a été au service du projet transversal de l’institution.
L’éloignement de la Famille : Repartir à Zéro Vers le Vide
Authors: Sierra Díaz Diana Carolina
Published: October 2024

The family is a very perceptible element in the novels Disgrace J.M Coetzee (2008),The trial Franz Kafka (1983), The Human Stain Philip Roth (2000) and Mon coeur àl’étroit Marie Ndiaye (2007). This article aims to analyze the unstable relation between thecharacters and their families. In this regard, a comparative literary analysis is proposedin order to present an alternative reading of this novels. This analysis focuses on threeelements mainly: the detachment phenomenon and the characters’ differentpoints of view, the debts transmission as a fatal a condemnation, and finally thecharacters’ silent suffering as a resistance and fate symptom.
Editorial
Authors: Viáfara González John Jairo
Published: October 2024

Recently COLCIENCIAS, the governmental agency for the promotion of science and technology in Colombia, has shared its new policy for what they claim would be an improvement to the quality of national scientific journals and a new model to classify scientific national publications. The new model and policies are basically the adoption of international standards to evaluate and measure Colombian scientific journals. As the editor of ENLETAWA journal, I would like to start this editorial by expressing my concern regarding the future of many Colombian journals which have tried, as in the case of our ublication, to become a space for the dissemination of academic work produced by individuals in our field. Our journal has been working for years to adopt COLCIENCIAS guidelines in order to gain thisagency´s recognition as a quality publication. Unfortunately the adoption of new policies and standards, which are not grounded in the specific characteristics of the Colombian context and which deepen the imposition of models privileging and legitimizing the value of exact and applied sciences over human sciences, cannot been regarded as a measure designed to improve journals in the humanities.
Developing Speaking Skills Through Speaking - Guided Workshops
Authors: Dueñas Macías Fredy Alonso , Cardozo Becerra Denis Xiomara , Peña Ibarra Carlos Manuel
Published: October 2024

This paper aims to share the results of a small-scale research project, focused on developing speaking skills through the implementation of speaking-oriented workshops. The workshops incorporated the use of puppets as an interaction strategy and were based on “healthy lifestyles”, a cross-curricular project developed in the school. This project was carried out with a group of fourth graders in a Colombian public school in Tunja, Boyacá. A field diary, video recordings, interviews and workshops were used to gather information in this action research study. Findings revealed that through the use of these workshops students became more confident and developed their speaking skills while enhancing their cooperative learning abilities
Self-Regulation and Language Students’ Learning Experience
Authors: Salamanca González Fredy Orlando
Published: October 2024

The aim of this reflective article is to display the relationship between B.A. students learning experience and self-regulation metacognitive skills. It is a demanding task for a teacher to assess their apprentices in terms of their individual academic needs and capabilities. Self-regulation metacognitive skills can empower students with the tools to recognize themselves as learners with different expectations and aptitudes. The challenge for current classrooms is to work on making students aware and responsible for their own learning. Commitment and discipline are key aspects of becoming a self-regulated learner.
Reflections on Decolonization: an Alternative to the Traditional Classroom
Authors: Revistas UPTC Mariana Ibáñez Galindo , Sandoval Gabriel Fernando
Published: October 2024

The concept of colonization in education has multiple characterizations and is related to many teaching fields and theoreticians. It is commonly related to how teachers are colonizers of students’ minds with knowledge and how, sometimes, teachers are not aware of this responsibility. This article presents some reflections about decolonization processes underlying structured education and discusses the need to create teacher awareness and understanding of decolonizing practices and, in time, to spread it to other members of the academic community. The article presents a reflection process in five stages, based on different authors and the reflection from the discussion between this article’s authors.
Tendencias Investigativas en Programas de Maestría en Lenguas: Traspasando las Fronteras del Inglés
Authors: Cruz-Arcila Ferney , Donoso-Herrera Lizeth , Moreno-García Nohora Patricia , Ayala-Zárate Jair
Published: October 2024

Los estudios sobre tendencias investigativas en programas de maestría en enseñanza de lenguas enfrentan dos desafíos significativos: en primer lugar, su enfoque se ha limitado casi exclusivamente a la formación de profesores de inglés, dejando de lado otras lenguas importantes; en segundo lugar, han dependido en gran medida de fragmentos de tesis o datos recopilados a través de entrevistas y encuestas, sin un análisis comprensivo de los informes completos de investigación. Este estudio documental busca abordar estas problemáticas al examinar críticamente las tendencias temáticas y metodológicas de un programa de maestría en enseñanza de inglés, francés y español. Se analizan 107 tesis completadas desde el inicio del programa en 2009 hasta 2022, utilizando el software Atlas-ti8. El objetivo principal es identificar áreas de acción investigativa donde las tres lenguas puedan complementarse mutuamente, destacando la necesidad de una mayor diversificación, un enfoque más crítico y la promoción de puentes investigativos multilingües. Este análisis revela oportunidades para el enriquecimiento investigativo mutuo, pero también subraya la importancia de ampliar y profundizar la investigación en este campo.
Congrès de l'A.T.I.B.T. à Djakarta (Indonésie) 14-15 juin 1977
Authors: Rédacteur de la revue Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
Published: October 2024

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On the method of analyzing the “nature-text” in ethical literary criticism
Authors: Tingting Yao , Lin Ye
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. The application of the method of “text-nature” analysis is discussed, based on the concept of “umwelt”, which is of decisive importance for ethical literary criticism. The purpose of the study is to characterize the method of “text-nature” analysis and the term “brain text”, to emphasize that the literary work of a critic should respect the natural process of creating works and encourage readers to freely interpret texts to achieve ethical and moral values in understanding life.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The book-essay “In Memory of Memory” by M.M. Stepanova and the novel “Anna Karenina” by L.N. Tolstoy were used. A textual analysis was conducted through interpretation, a descriptive method was used, which facilitates the development of further scientific procedures in the field of using the Umwelt for literary studies purposes, a method of analyzing the “nature-text” was introduced, designed to return literary texts to the ecological sphere, to the Umwelt.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The analysis of the “nature-text” in ethical literary criticism is substantiated, opening up a new perspective for literary criticism. The use of the Umwelt concept, refracted through the prism of literary criticism, allows us to consider that when reading and criticizing a literary work, their relationship with the ecological environment should be taken into account. Literary reading and criticism should be based on their involvement in the surrounding world and the extraction of meanings.

CONCLUSION. A new paradigm of literary criticism is developing, the essence of which is to pay attention to the natural process of creating literary works and the reader’s experience, since both the reader and the critic have their own umwelt.
The function of oneiric miniatures in the inner plot of F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”
Authors: Ivanov E. E.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. This study examines the structural interaction of the oneiric component of the novel poetics of Crime and Punishment with the plot of the entire work. The aim of the study is to define the role of oneiric miniatures in the main character’s image development. For this purpose, the series of dreams of the protagonist is singled out as a separate poetological construct, which shows compositional overlap with the strong position of the first dream.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The comprehensive study of F.M. Dostoevsky’s work is based on hermeneuticinterpretation, structural-semantic, phenomenological methods, the method of holistic analysis with the use of motive analysis techniques. Special attention is paid to the hermeneutic opposition of the first and second dreams in terms of the bipolar psychologism of Raskolnikov’s image. In the concept of Dostoevsky’s bipolar poetics of the text, the cycle of oneiric miniatures is analyzed as the basis of the internal plot, revealing the discourse about the hero’s “new word” full of understatement.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The analysis of the conversation with Razumikhin about “great sadness” shows the non-coincidence of the concepts of “truly great people” and “nonordinary” (in the context of his article) in the hero’s autoreflection. The image of a horse from the first dream allegorically correlates with the picture of nomadic life, which the hero observes in the finale of the work, as well as with the dream of biblical Egypt, symbolizing salvation from spiritual slavery and loneliness. The subtextual image of the prophet Moses is interpreted as an image of merging with the people, etymological parallels of the name “Rodion” with the Egyptian origin of the name “Moses” are given. The surname “Raskolnikov” and the name “Sonya” are also interpreted in a Gnostic way about the “mistake” in the creation of the world and its imperfection.

CONCLUSION. The existential error in Raskolnikov’s own speculative theory is deduced from the analysis of the hero’s dream cycle as a projection of an internal plot into an external one. This approach is the key to interpreting the evolution of Raskolnikov’s image from tragic alienation to vitalistic awakening.
Media promotion of scientific knowledge among a mass audience
Authors: Dementieva K. V. , Kostina A. G.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. Popularization of science plays a significant role in modern society, contributing to the development of domestic science and technology, the formation of an educated and critically thinking society. The purpose of the study is to consider materials on popular science topics as agents of popularization of scientific knowledge for a wide audience.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The following media were analyzed: “Izvestiya Mordovii”, “Stolitsa S”, “Zdunov zdes’”, “Igor’ Gubaidulin i GR”, “Minpromnauki Mordovii”, “MGU im. N.P. Ogareva”, “Startapstudiya “Ogarev”, “Glushko”. In total, more than 1000 media texts were analyzed; the sample for qualitative analysis consisted of 200 publications for the period from January 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The process of promoting scientific knowledge in the media space of the Republic of Mordovia is revealed, the subject matter, genre and functional classification of popular science materials, and the university’s cooperation with the media in the process of popularizing science are considered.

CONCLUSION. The classification of popular science materials in the media of the Republic of Mordovia was identified (by territorial affiliation of the study, by genre specificity, by volume of information, by visualization methods), the primary source of scientific information was identified – university media platforms and its dissemination through other communication channels in the time period. The process of formation of the term “Mordovian scientists” in media materials was traced, recommendations for covering science, both for regional and federal media, were compiled.
The cultural code of Rostov-on-Don in the minds of the media audience
Authors: Muha A. V. , Fedoseeva N. I.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. The study is addressed to the cultural code as a modern mechanism for the formation of a value system in the media. The aim of the study was to determine the cultural code of the city of Rostov-on-Don, which is formed by regional media, as well as to identify a number of concepts of the cultural code that have become entrenched in the consciousness of society.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. In the course of the analysis of the question posed, the following research methods were used: description, systematization, survey. The empirical base of the study was formed by regional Internet media: 161.ru, Rostovgazeta.ru, Donday.ru, Rostov.rbc.ru and Donnews.ru.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The work systematizes scientific research in the field of understanding the term “cultural code”, and also formulates the main elements of the cultural code, on the basis of which the authors characterize the “cultural code” as a set of stereotypes in the consciousness of a group of people formed under the influence of a certain culture, which is a single complex of concepts and meanings that help a person to identify each other within a certain territory; a survey of the audience of the media of the Rostov region was conducted, as a result of which the main characteristics of the cultural code of Rostov-on-Don in the understanding of the city’s residents were determined; the content of regional media that forms the cultural code of the city was analyzed; using a comparative method, the elements of the cultural code that exist in the minds of the audience and those broadcast by the media were compared.

CONCLUSION. The survey showed that 80 % of respondents believe that Rostov-on-Don needs to adjust or update its cultural code. The results of the study may be useful for further study of the dynamics of cultural changes and their reflection in the regional media space.
Production of cultural and educational programs and cultural industries: on the issue of approaches to television analysis
Authors: Razina O. A.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. Television activity is devalued due to the loss of its exclusivity in the creation of video content and dissemination of video information. However, television has creative and technical resources, professionals, a school for producing programs aimed not only at supporting the consumer society and political manipulations, but also at developing fundamental meanings and strengthening values – culture, memory, national heritage. The gap that has occurred between the perception of television and its advantages and experience in creating content is a problem affecting the development of the media industry and television journalism. At the same time, the production of television special projects based on cultural events is related to the direction of cultural industries that is relevant for Russia, which allows us to rethink the meaning of television. The purpose of the study is to compare the creative characteristics of special TV projects with the properties of cultural industries and record the identified correspondences.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The empirical basis of the study is special projects of the regional TV channel “Saint Petersburg”, which are representations of cultural events based on live broadcast technology and using expressive means of television. The study used the case study method, as well as a comparative analysis of approaches to creating television projects and criteria of cultural industries.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. A comparison of modern special television projects with the theory of creative industries revealed similarities in such positions as: a) high risks; b) the opposition of creativity and commerce; c) high production costs and low distribution costs; d) attitude to semipublic goods, etc.

CONCLUSION. The models of such television projects correspond to the characteristics of cultural industries, which develops a theoretical view of television and actualizes its possibilities in the context of media transformation.
Cultural aspects of modern education
Authors: Nikolskaia T. M. , Lavrinova N. N. , Zykova I. N.
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. Consideration of cultural aspects in education is a relevant issue today, as it enhances the overall cultural level of individuals and aids in addressing key tasks facing education in the Russian Federation. Addressing these aspects at different levels of education, such as primary, secondary, and higher education, primarily involves exploring the cultural traditions of the country, as it is a complex of knowledge and value representations related to artistic, aesthetic, physical, political, familial, behavioral, and other components that define harmonious interactions among individuals within a cohesive society. The purpose of the study is to reveal the importance of applying the main cultural aspects at different stages of personality development in education.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The material presented is derived from methods of analysis, generalization, and systematization of knowledge regarding the role of cultural aspects and principles in modern education, as well as their applicability.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. By exploring various cultural traditions, learners acquire the basics of intercultural communication and the unique cultural characteristics of each nation, which enables them to understand the historical, sociocultural, and spiritual traits of the Russian people and the possibilities for peaceful, respectful coexistence among nations.

CONCLUSION. Cultural aspects serve as a guiding framework for the development of a creative, self-developing personality.