Abstract

JARAMILLO-YANQUEPE, Claudio. A Synthesis of EFL Research in Chilean High Schools: Research Shortage or Research Opportunities?. profile [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.1, pp.227-246.  Epub Mar 25, 2022. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n1.92155.

This article is a configurative literature review that aims to synthesize available research on English as a foreign language education, undertaken specifically in Chilean high-school settings. Drawing on a pre-COVID-19 research corpus, I identified a limited number of concordant accounts (n = 23) published during the last decade. I used a critical interpretive synthesis methodology which yielded three research fields ranging from didactics to socio-structural problematics. The synthesis shows that the research addresses curricular aspects devoid of socio-political and historical contexts, emphasizing primarily teachers’ teaching tensions and challenges. Finally, I discuss the English as a foreign language research limitations and implications for the Chilean context, for which I suggest some innovations to broaden future inquiry critically.

Keywords : Chilean high school; critical interpretive synthesis; English as a foreign language; EFL research.

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