Meaning and direction in foreign language teaching

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Luis Carlos Estrada Naranjo

Abstract

This document explores the possibility to link to foreign lan - guage teaching practice in the classroom, two streams of theo - retical elements set by late research on neurosciences about the cognitive processes underling learning, and the elements from sociolinguistics dealing with languages in contact. The objective of the paper is to consider those elements as an en - riching source for didactics and as an alternative to practice based on recipe -like activities well designed to different settings. Reflective teaching is presented though, as the empirical tool to make language education a real part of praxeology, in which effective teaching is connected to meaningful and contextualized didactics.
Author Biography

Luis Carlos Estrada Naranjo, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios

Licenciado en Educación, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. Estudios de Metodología de la Enseñanza del Inglés. Docente de Inglés en el Centro de Lenguas Rochereau, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios.