Ximena Paola Buendía Arias

• Magister en Enseñanza del Inglés
• University of Sucre

This article offers a review of 25 empirical studies to identify the areas and findings of professional development initiatives for in-service English teachers in Colombia. The reviewed studies suggest that language teacher professional development has focused on six major areas: language proficiency, research skills and reflective practice, teache...

This paper presents the results of a study that aimed to determine to what point the seven academic programs of the School of Education encourage the development of research skills in the context of the professional teaching practice. The information was gathered based on a qualitative-descriptive approach through surveys, questionnaires, interview...

This research seeks to gain deeper understanding of learner autonomy in English as a Foreign Language students from different cultures through the identification and analysis of similarities and differences between Chinese and Colombian students from two public universities: Tianjin Foreign Studies University in China and Universidad Surcolombiana...