As we said before, 2019 started and with it our fourth year of existence as the Research Group of the Language Center, Universidad del Pacífico; it also signals the fourth year of publishing this blog, dedicated to the interchange of thoughts and ideas related with the teaching of foreign languages and the wellbeing and advancement of the persons dedicated...
In many private schools in Lima there is an increase in the number of courses taught in English. Courses like Social Sciences, Mathematics and Literature have boosted parents’ demand for such courses like never before. The term CLIL (Content and integrated learning of languages) appeared in the nineties with the aim of integrating the learning of a foreign language...
Who hasn’t heard of Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and Google? Are we already used to Blackboard and Moodle? Social media does encourage social connections and does allow exchange of information at once.
Despite their drawbacks: access to questionable content, addictive nature, bullying, and negative peer pressure, there is no doubt that they are here to stay. Since we can...
Tolerance, social perception, empathy, emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, critical thinking and others are part of a set of crucial skills we all need to survive in a world filled with materialism and vanity. We all know these skills are essential to adapt to a rapidly changing world but, are we born with them? Can we learn to develop them?...
La innovación fue el tema central en la duodécima edición del Congreso Latinoamericano de la Enseñanza de Idiomas. Luego de haber sido parte de los numerosos talleres y semiplenarias quisiéramos resaltar la importancia de introducir nuevas estrategias y técnicas en nuestro diario quehacer pedagógico.
¿Qué implica innovar?
La innovación se puede generar desde diferentes perspectivas. Por ejemplo, desde aplicar una nueva...
With the advent of the Communicative Approach in the English class the then interminable practice of drills and choral repetition of the Audio Lingual method were stashed away by language teachers who adopted other didactical strategies such as pair-work, trios and group work; teacher talking time was denounced and trimmed off, and role-plays were put to frequent use. In...
