Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development

🗣️Questions for discussion
💡 This paper highlights the importance of context-sensitive teacher education and the need to bridge theory with real classroom realities.
📣 A must-read for teacher educators, researchers, and anyone interested in ELT innovation!
🔗Full paper: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n2.103146

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This study from our archive explores how students experience anxiety in computer-based speaking tests (APTIS) and what factors affect their performance.
The findings highlight the importance of improving testing environments and supporting students’ emotional well‑being during assessments.
📄 Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v19n_sup1.68575

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📖This study from our archive offers a comprehensive synthesis of 63 research studies on EFL writing published between 1990 and 2020.
The authors propose a research agenda to guide future studies and improve the quality of EFL writing research in Colombia.
📄This article is essential reading for teachers, researchers, and policymakers interested in language education.

🔗Read the full article: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.94798

📚From our archive
This paper explores how teachers’ reflective narratives, when supported by expert mediation, can powerfully reshape both thinking and practice.
💡Meaningful professional growth doesn’t happen through reflection alone; it requires guided interaction, dialog, and pedagogical tools.
🔗https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v19n2.65692

🗣️Questions for discussion
📄This study from our archive examines the implementation of a bilingual model at a Mexican polytechnic university. Implementing bilingual education requires more than policy; it demands well-prepared teachers, institutional support, and contextual adaptation.
📖 Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.97530

💭Questions for reflection

📚 This paper from our archive critically examines Colombian EFL standards and reveals both challenges and opportunities for integrating citizenship education into language learning. It also offers practical recommendations for teachers who want to empower students to think critically and act responsibly in a globalized world.

🔗Full paper: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v19n1.55676

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📄This article examines how preservice EFL teachers’ beliefs are challenged, reinforced, or transformed during the teaching practicum. The findings highlight the importance of reflective mentoring, peer collaboration, and contextual realities in helping future teachers grow in confidence and professional awareness.
📖 Available open access:
https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n1.90342

🔎Topics to explore
📄This study from the archive explores how an English teaching practicum influenced preservice teachers’ attitudes, highlighting the power of reflection, awareness, and real classroom experience to build confidence and satisfaction.

📖Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v18n2.49591

🔎Questions for reflection
📄This mixed-method study from the archive reports how expressive writing in the mother tongue helped university students ease academic stress before exams. Practical implications are discussed for teachers’ practices and student performance. 🔗https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v23n2.90448

CONVOCATORIA DE PROPUESTAS "XVII COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE INVESTIGACIÓN EN LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS"

Invitamos cordialmente a profesionales en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras y a docentes-investigadores en formación o en ejercicio para que envíen sus propuestas en torno a investigaciones en curso o finalizadas. Son bienvenidos los estudios relacionados con temas como identidades y desempeños de los docentes de lenguas extranjeras, metodologías de enseñanza y aprendizaje de idiomas, lingüística aplicada, escritura académica, políticas lingüísticas, lenguas minoritarias y estudios traductológicos y culturales. Se aceptan investigaciones desde diversos enfoques y metodologías (investigación-acción, estudios de caso, investigación narrativa, análisis documental, etnografía, entre otros).

Fecha límite para el envío de propuestas: 15 de mayo de 2026

Consulte los términos de la convocatoria en el sitio web del evento: https://www.humanas.unal.edu.co/coloquio-lenguas/convocatoria

Enlace al formato para el envío de propuestas:
Español: https://forms.gle/9R2k8odQ9RacHGxd7
Inglés: https://forms.gle/4jcBzYunEUjJcoas7

Organizan:
Grupos de investigación LEXI y PROFILE del Depto. de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá

Apoyan:
Cuerpo Académico “Las Lenguas Extranjeras en el Sistema Educativo Público en México” de la Universidad Veracruzana

Grupo de investigación HUM-1011 de la Universidad de Granada

Facultad de Ciencias Humanas - Universidad Nacional de Colombia Egresados Filología e idiomas Unal