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English Acquisition

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Teachers not have a qualification to teach primary levels, and 21 percent reported that they were not qualified specifically to teach English.

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According to an online survey carried out by the British Council with 2,478 teachers around the world, local teachers associations and local universities in different countries such as  Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Cameroon, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Italy, India, Romania, Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uruguay, the USA and Yemen

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Ingersoll (2002) the problem with teachers who have a teaching certification in the field is that “simply having a certificate in the broad field may not mean teachers are adequately qualified to teach all of the subjects in disciplines within the field” (p.13).

Teachers are focus on 9 grade

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this misconception is causing some troubles in their teaching practices. Not only these teachers are overstressed, but also these wrong procedures are affecting their self-esteem and self-efficacy. Besides, some of these teachers prefer to leave their jobs or teach the subject in a poorly way. That is why there is a need of an environment in which they can share how they feel teaching English, reflect about their experiences, bring their activities to suggest ways to improve them, and be part of some meetings to work on their needs.

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It is difficult to teach a subject in which they have little education or training, no opportunities to reflect about their teaching practices and no support.

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according to Hobbs (2015), the out-of-field teaching problem is a reality that many schools should manage with the support and retraining for these teachers. Considering the previous statement, it is pertinent to mention that schools are guided by some standards in which it is established that Normalistas Superiores have to teach any subject that they are required, because their studies allow them to teach in preschool and primary school. According to MEN (resolución 1994, Art. 112), "Las escuelas normales debidamente reestructuradas y aprobadas, están autorizadas para formar educadores en el nivel de preescolar y en el ciclo de educación básica” (p. 24).  [The Normales Superiores, properly restructured and approved, are authorized to train educators at the preschool level and in the basic education cycle].

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Students that are being affected because of these inappropriate practices will in a certain degree improve their performances.

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in the literature, most studies have been focused on Science, Chemistry, History, Math and other subjects. The consequence of this is that those studies were developed in countries where the mother tongue is English, for that, the English subject is not the matter of study in those researches.

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It is necessary to clarify that this study would benefit in the first place the participant institution. Then, out-of-field teachers of any subject, because the finality of this research is to create a space in order to help these teachers to favor their teaching practices, share and understand their own and other’s experiences when doing their duties in a field in which they do not have expertise and find a support in qualified teachers. In the same way, the administrative authorities in charge of some institutions who are facing these problems as a way to help them understand the implication not only in those teachers, but also in students caused by politics and misbelieves about teaching. Finally, students doing academic bachelor’s degrees or different studies related to education as a step to struggle for a suitable education in which students and teachers have adequate and a quality education.

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How have previous researchers researched the problem?

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How have previous researchers researched the problem?

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Plessis (2017) in her investigation points to how the management and leadership in schools needs to take into account some “fixes” for the professional development of out-of-field teachers. To this regard, we want to recognize whether or not Professional Learning Communities can be useful to support these teachers and give them an opportunity to deliberate and built a collaborative process as a way to help the out-of-field teachers, and consequently students.

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What is missing in the previous research?

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What is missing in the previous research?

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The methodologies and practices should a teacher have to improve his or her performance in English language acquisition, but also what a teacher have to keep in mind to be a good educator.