Abstract

ALVAREZ AGUIRRE, Gloria  and  SANCHEZ PRADA, Consuelo. Teachers in a Public School Engage in a Study Group to Reach General Agreements about a Common Approach to Teaching English. profile [online]. 2005, n.6, pp.119-132. ISSN 1657-0790.

This is an initial report on a study which aimed to know what happened at our school, as teachers engaged in a study group to reach general agreements about a common approach to teaching English. The first step consisted of establishing teachers’ and students’ perceptions of their needs through surveys and interviews. Discussion and analyses of the data revealed that the most focused and most favored approach by the group for teaching English is, in our specific context, the communicative approach and the development of the four basic skills using meaningful learning activities. Having agreed on this essential fact, we started the task of discussing some of the main principles of the communicative approach and what is meant by meaningful learning activities.

Keywords : Agreement; study group; English-teaching; pedagogical experiences; collaborative work.

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