2.2.1 EFL and ICT Policies in Colombia
THE IMPACT OF ICT IN EFL EDUCATION IN COLOMBIA
2.3 The Virtual Learning
Definitions
English as a Foreign Language
(EFL)
Government strategies aimed at improving English proficiency, often influenced by foreign methodologies and frameworks.
Policies and Laws
Implementation in favor of EFL
Foreign influence on methodologies
Lack of contextualization
Identified Problems
Lack of adaptation to the Colombian context
Overcrowded classrooms
Programs without prior evaluation
Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC)
Initiatives promoting the integration of digital technologies in education, though often shaped by foreign models.
Foreign Influence
British Council and its economic benefits
Adoption of the Common European Framework
Internationalization of educational policies
Imported Methodologies
Grammar-Translation
Audio-lingual
Direct Method
Communicative Approach
Task-Based Language
Has depended on foreign methodologies
Homework-Based Learning. Le Gal (2018, p.5) states that learning and teaching have been successively adopted without any real contextualization:
(Le Gal 2018p.6) mentions how those policies have been tilted to the benefits of certain foreign individuals or companies
Affecting the EFL process in Colombia
- Students
Teachers
Future Teachers
Impact of ICT on EFL
Importation of technology without didactic justification
Economic and hegemonic focus
Dominance of foreign methodologies
Foreign Influence
Not fully adapted to the Colombian context
Adoption of the Common European Framework in Colombia
Definition
Virtual Space
through the use
Computers
Tablets
Internet
The autonomy
Is a social
construction
Shared responsibility to ensure learning occurs.
A process that develops by mutual contract
Entails learning
determined by a space of reflection
Impact of virtual learning
Providing networking opportunities
The power and intelligence of new tools
a new way
of teaching and learning
Visual literacy
Tools and concepts available to use.
Gives students access to
classmates all around the world
Promotes using diverse platforms and web apps to help students reach their goals.
the personalization of spaces
Considering interests and abilities.
Enhances various student abilities.
New perspectives for the education of new generations
"Proyecto de Fortalecimiento del Desarrollo de
Competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras"
(PFDCLE)
This project was created in collaboration with the British Council.
Criticism of PFDCLE
Disconnection from local needs
Lack of public consultation
Manufacturing consent (Valencia, 2013)
The policies created by the Colombian government reflect the problems mentioned by these authors.
Le Gal notices that policies created to improve the teaching of foreign languages.
Large classes of up to forty students in Colombian public schools.
They make task-based learning difficult.
They represent a challenge for communicative approaches (Le Gal, 2018).
"is classified into."
modalities
e- learning
remote learning
providing.
Wide range of solutions
Advantages
1. Electronic study content designed for
self-paced.
2. Online teaching and tutoring.
3. Teachers’ accompaniment
with the students
4. The use of
different techniques with examples
5. The feedback to students
b- learning
blended learning