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It is a big challenge moving

from theory to practice
•Governments understand the
educational situation in a strange
way:
-Not serious educational projects.
-They say what to do, but not how to do
it.
•Some teachers don’t explore:
-Remain silent.
-Accept poor options.
•Educational unrealistic policies:
-They cannot be put into practice
-Public schools without resources
-Teachers without training courses
•Improve education is not an
important issue.
-Governments don’t appoints
teachers for some subjects.
-The Colombian social situation
 -Parent’s Association assumes some
educationalcosts, (Cleanliness, P.I,
English…)
-It’s necessary to reduce the time of
the classes. It represents a lot of
inconveniences for teachers.
-It’s complicated to make projects to
develop the students’ language skills.
•English is considers like a difficult
subject, but WE CAN CHANGE THIS
SITUATION.
•Some students never had taken
English courses.
•Most of English teachers are
considered dreadful by their students.
•I had to earn their love, they like
English better.
•Motivate them to get vocabulary
(routines, games, outdoor
activities…).
•Now, I can give them some
directions and the most of students
understand them.
•Some students can complete
dialogues, play roles, sing songs
very well and read short texts.
•Some try to speak English in the
class. “May I go to the bathroom,
please?”
•IT’S NECESSARY TO WIN THE
BATTLE AGAINST ENGLISH AS A
HEADACHE FOR THE STUDENTS AT
•Age is indirectly proportional to the
ability to learn another language (less
years, more ability).
•It’s better when the new language is
shown trough dynamics (songs,
games, pictures, stories –big books-…)
•Preschoolers are the ones who most
enjoy the English classes. They have
•In kindergarten, English subject is
mixed up with other subjects to
develop the communicative
dimension.
•I work and discuss with the
kindergarten teacher about the
topics that students should carry
out.
•Topics are worked at the same
time in English and in Spanish.
•We develop routines (asking the
date, the weather, commands,
•My students sing “Hello Teacher
Song” with some movements that I
taught them.
•They know recognized some colors,
circle the correct objects, draw and
decorate pictures.
•They repeat and identify the
vocabulary of: animals, professions,
means of transport…
•They follow some commands like:
stand up, silence, be quiet (like a
statue), raise the hand, clap, jump.
•It’s understandable why teachers
couldn’t get carry out their work
and get educational goals:
-Out-of-reality educational
policies.
-Few resources.
-Parent’s pressure (parent’s
attitude).
•OUR WORK ISN’T THE MOST
CHARMING
OF THE JOBS…

…We can get that our students

change their minds and our job
can become very rewarding and
exciting.
 WHAT’S THE CLUE?
•Earn your student’s love for
English.
•Try to explore fresh options with
few resources.
•Mixing theories and
methodological approaches.
•Creating new theories.
•Talking and working with others
teachers.
•Sharing information and positive
experiences.
Our job isn’t easy…
…IT’S A BIG CHALLENGE!