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All the courses in the program have helped me to improve my linguistic competence, to prepare myself as a teacher. Reflect on my future and grow every day.

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So far, the courses I have seen have allowed me to learn a little more English, but have also allowed me to reflect both personally and professionally on what kind of teacher I want to be.

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La Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras con énfasis en Inglés forma maestros con alto desempeño lingüístico, críticos, éticos, investigadores y con sentido social capaces de crear ambientes educativos; apropiar de manera intencionada y contextualizada la didáctica de la disciplina; y plantear diversas alternativas de evaluación conducentes a la auto regulación y acciones de mejora para el desarrollo de la comunidad

How have the different courses at the Programme helped you achieve what the misión states?

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How have the different courses at the Programme helped you achieve what the misión states?

Apart from helping to improve my language skills, it has made me more critical in all areas, it has made me ask myself questions about everything, about my practice, about my teachers, it has helped me to re-reflect on how to act in a classroom, as manage the relationship between student and teacher. What kind of teacher do I want to be and what not.

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The different courses of the program have helped me to improve my linguistic, critical, ethical performance and as an investigative person, all this will help me to have a better performance in the degree.

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It has helped me a lot since I have learned new things, to be a bit more critical, to take other positions and to reflect on both the linguistic and pedagogical aspects but I feel that I still need to learn more.

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Through the reflection that has emerged in some of the courses established in the undergraduate degree, since reflection allows to rethink and seek solutions in the difficulties that education presents today, reflection allows to criticize through research to transform social problems.

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Through my three semesters in this program, the courses that have helped me the most are the courses that teach how to teach, the courses that gives me the background and opens my eyes to so many different dynamics and methodologies I can use when I’m a teacher, all of these things were unknown to me and they have helped me build, shape and form an idea of what teacher I want to be, and how I want to teach to my future students, these courses have also taught me work ethic and critical thinking which are two skill that I’m sure will be extremely useful when I become a teacher. Other courses that have also helped a lot are the practice courses since through them I have come to the understanding that there is so much to learn in order to teach and it has helped me to discover what is the better way to approach students

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How have the different courses at the Programme helped you achieve what the mission states?.

In my third semester and thanks to the courses I have seen, I have already learned to contextualize almost all the situations that I live, not only in class but in real life, every time I have a better reflective and critical posture, my linguistic performance has improved ( although I must stop shyness more), and I consider that every time I am a better person who wants to become a great professional. Taking into account that I am training to be a teacher and they are training me as a teacher, I try to put myself more and more in their shoes and I understand the reality of what it is to teach. All the courses that I have taken in the program have helped me to carry out my mission, which up to now has been extremely enriching and satisfying for me.

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The different courses have helped to achieve what this mission establishes because, with the different courses that we have seen, we have learned that there are several types of teachers, models, approaches, and theories that we can use to teach and to learn about each one. Of these, we have established an opinion, a basis on how we want our teaching to be, and with what they have told us in class and the work that they have given us they have taught us to be more critical, analytical, disciplined beings, with the courses AFI's have taught us to be researchers, and with the Amigonian courses, we have become more respectful, ethical, and tolerant.

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These courses have led me to reflect on my work as a student and at the same time as a teacher in training, as well as on how I am going to teach and transmit my knowledge in the classroom. Every course offers a general view of what the teacher establishes in his curriculum to be taught, and it has also allowed me to investigate the teacher from his didactic generality.

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The programs have helped me understand what I am going to do in the future, what I may face, and what challenges may arise; in all three semesters, they have helped me to change my perspective on many aspects. Education and everything about it have changed a lot for me.

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1. I decided to study this career because knowing a second language helps me to understand and know new cultures and in this way be able to share my knowledge with other people and I want it to be in the classroom and be able to participate in a training process, in which my future students do not feel afraid to learn and to expand their knowledge.

2.My ideas were not very clear, I thought I was just learning the language and how I was going to handle it in a professional future, but I did not take into account all the roles that are carried out and the structure that it requires.

3.My ideas have changed my thoughts, and my way of seeing how so many structures are part of this learning process goes beyond just knowing English and that there is an infinite number of subjects that influence my professional and personal formation.

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The different courses seen so far have helped me to further develop my linguistic performance, foster environments conducive to learning, create and generate new experiences in others, in addition to reflecting and questioning myself as a person.

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the different courses have helped me to form my "I as a teacher" the type of teacher and person I want to be now and in the future, the different courses have helped me to understand more about the world of education and how it works, through readings, research, and self-knowledge through all the semesters one is discovering that.

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I think the courses are in line with fulfilling the mission because so far I have been able to reflect on my thoughts and it has helped me to be more critical of different positions, also the courses that are English not only teach us how to learn English but they are also oriented to critical thinking and how to teach it.

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The courses have helped me by an integral way, it is not like just the language courses help me to improve my English skills because there are other courses that demand me to get better at the language such as the practice courses, and the same thing happens with my critic and ethic development because I can see a pinch of it in every course, for example analyzing Colombian educational context help me to be critic, but studying models and theories help me to be critic and to understand why things are like they are.

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It has helped me a lot, honestly before starting the program I felt very empty with all those topics, and as time went by in these courses, I have been able to make good progress, I still have a lot to learn, but I've had a great advance and improve.

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How have the different courses at the programme helped you achieve what the mission states?

I think that the courses seen so far have managed to change my mentality and have helped me to stimulate my critical thinking through the readings of authors who have contributed to education and to express the ideas based on which I take a position. To deconstruct previous ideas and understand that the role of the teacher in society is very important. Courses where I learn to take into account the context that surrounds the school, to reflect on the way in which I was taught throughout my life and the different pedagogical models that exist

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The language courses have helped me improve my performance in the English language, in terms of linguistic aspects. And courses such as Escuelas y Contextos Educativos have made me think in favor of the different communities and how I can improve these.

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How have the different courses at the Programme helped you achieve what the mission states?
really really it's helped upon me too, because thank you to these courses I had not learned anything, to those courses l've learned too, and that's why have helped upon me too. but it's important aclearing that it's important to learn, because thank you to these couses l've reached upon my challenges and accomplishments.

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The courses have taught me not only to improve my skills with the second language but also have made me a thinker person, to question which type of teacher I want to be for my students, also to understand and respect the difference from a nice point of view which is the knowledge, some of the courses have taught me to literally understand what’s going on the mind of the students and learn how to talk to them or how to make them feel confident to share their thoughts in my class.

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1. first, because I clearly like the language so I need to feel good about it to feel excited to do it, and also because I can help others, I can share what I learn with other people and I can learn from them as well. It's always new experiences and stories with people.

2. When I entered I had the idea of learning a lot about the language, but I could realize that not only about the language there are many more things that influence, and if I liked what I was going to study because I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.

3. It is clear that I could notice that it is not all about the language, it's not just about learning to speak it there are more things they teach us to form us, there are too many courses that I had no idea. I also realized that I really like this, I feel more and more interested in learning and preparing myself to be a better person and a good future teacher.

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1) For several reasons, one is because it is the best way to transcend people with teaching. Nothing is more satisfying than watching someone grow, build and develop. So, it also helps to change or improve society. Forming children with opinion and critical thinking. And also, because it is what I love and want to be, and I feel that it is the most important job since we will be the one who educates future citizens.

2) I entered college with the idea that there was going to be a big focus on English, but when I entered I realized that it focuses more on teaching us how to be a good teacher with courses as educación y pedagogía, roles del maestro, neurodesarrollo and more.

3) That idea was clarified, it was the opposite of how I thought and I was able to better understand things and what was being done.

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1) Since I was very little I have liked languages a lot and always wanted to study them but as hobby.
When I finished my baccalaureate and I was presented with the opportunity to study this career, I was filled with joy since I also liked the part of teaching and seeing that the two could combine. I dedicated myself to stay and strive in this race.

2. The first idea I had is that they were going to teach me English from 0, something very crazy but I thought so.
The second is that I knew that even though I never thought to study this degree, I was not going to get bored and I was going to try to give my all, and the third is that I was going to deepen my knowledge by doing what it is to be a good teacher.

3. It was totally different from what I thought. I have not been taught English since 0. :)

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1. Why did you decide to specialize in language teaching?
I specialize in teaching English because we live in a globalized world where communication has become essential for the development of modern societies, and here is the importance of it.

2. What ideas did you bring when entering your specialty?
The ideas that I brought when I started studying were how to teach a new language, how to educate myself with the necessary skills to teach the language and how to get more involved in teaching.

3. What happened to those ideas while you were at U?
Those ideas I had at the beginning of the race have changed over the course of the race.

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1-Why did you decide t major in lenguage teaching?
I decided to study this, because apart from the fact that I like English, I am quite interested in the cultures of other countries and I promote the importance of English in other people to create new experiences in them.
2- why ideas did you bring with you when entering your major ?
I came up with different ideas.  before teaching a language, first think about training people correctly for society,  making cultures known and promoting communication.

3-What have happened to those while in the U?
I think that now i have further strengthened my ideas in what identifies me as a person. But apart from that, in the differents courses i have been acquiring new ideals about ''what to do as a teacher''

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why did you decide to major in language teaching?
to teach them everyone, and that people improve on their language and that serving them up for their actual lives. and have a teaching of somebody else.

what ideas did you bring with you when entering your major?
for example: teachings, improvements, learnings, experiences.

what has happened to those ideas while in the university?
have used in the university those ideas, the teachers have implemented their teachings and yes the university it's gonna academic results. but it's important that those ideas as well have applied in the university.

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1. I fell in love with the English language years ago, and a few years back when I was deciding what I wanted to do, I realized that I wanted to learn how to teach other people to love the language just as much as I do. so I searched for something that could fulfill that dream and that was language teaching.

2. I had so many misconceptions before I started the major, I thought everything was going to be so easy and that it was simply learning more English, since I had studied in a traditional school I thought there was only one way of teaching and there were no other ways to make others learn than by teaching them theory

3.  I now understand there is so much more depth to teaching and learning than what I originally thought, I understand that there is more than one way to teach and there is a lot more to learn than English to be able to teach students. However my passion and love for the major hasn't changed at all and I still feel the same way about it now, that I did when I started

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1. Because I wanted to help to change the world step by step and raise good people for the next generations, I find two of my favourite things in the world: create awareness and languages and I believe that our country needs more teachers if we want to be better one day.
2. I came here not only with regular English but also with ideas of that here I was only meant to be taught how to share a second language, like, I would have to take the responsibility of the values I wanted to teach
3. I realize more than what I did not know, I learned that to be a teacher I must be empathetic  with the students, try to understand them and then teach them and learn from day every day

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1)Deciding must to be done in a state of consciousness which allows the security of what you want to learn and then transmit.
2)The main one was to believe learning only English.
3)I never expected to be a specialist.
*I never thought to know myself with such depth.
*I understood that it is not only learning English, it must also be taught to transmit.
*Know me from different domensions, ethical, social, spiritual, etc.

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1. Since I was a child, I felt very close and happy for English or languages in general, then, I realized that I liked to teach, but choosing what to study was not such an easy decision, because I though that another major would be better for my future. But, at the end I decided to follow my dream.

2. When I entered in my major, I was very happy and I though that it was going to be like this all the time, but then I started to wonder if I was going to be able and if I was going to achieve it.

3. Sometimes, I still feel scared to know if I will be able to do it, but as I progress I realize that I really want this for my life and that I will do my best to achieve it.

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1.  i never imagined myself being a teacher, i wanted to study arts and at school i was very good at english, for many reasons i chose to study a degree, but still i didn´t want to be a teacher

2.When I got to university, I had very different thoughts regarding my career, I wanted to do it more as an aid to continue with art or be a translator. But I still didn't have much knowledge about being a teacher, so I didn't see myself doing that.

3.My thinking changed completely, when I started classes I was more critical and I began to notice things that I had not done before in school, that's when I became more interested in education, in how to do it better, and I don't know if it's okay but I started to compare with the teachers at my school and that motivated me to want to change many things

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1. I don´t really decide to study English less a major, but I get really attached or fancy by the language, therefore I wanted to study deeper, to be really engaged with the language and I also like it when another person is in the process of learning English, I have discovered that I like to teach, not only English but various knowledge or skills that I have
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I didn't have many ideas that lead to teaching or English, mostly teaching, I had the opportunity to take this major and I wanted to take it even though I didn't know anything about teaching a language or methodologies, etc.  I never even saw myself as a teacher, but gradually I am learning many things that education entails ,that it is not only the fact of bringing specific knowledge to certain people, but that it has a more profound background.

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1. I decided to study this major because studying languages and knowing how to teach them gives me a better understanding of the cultures of the world, also, everything that involves teaching in a classroom by the teacher has always attracted my attention because I always saw my teachers as a mysterious figure that I considered that I had to discover for myself.

2.  My ideas were very limited, I believed that the English teacher only studied the language and dedicated himself to it, but I did not take into account the roles, the models he/she implemented in a class, the types of students he/she faced and what is his/her position in the Colombian context.

3.  My ideas changed, and I have been molding them to give them my approach and meaning in terms of teaching English. I have been building new concepts with the help of teachers and my classmates, which the English teacher must explore from different academic perspectives.

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Why did you decide to major in language teaching?
Because I think that educating people can help transform their lives and through language teaching people can aspire to better job opportunities, can communicate with other cultures and enjoy a more globalized world.

I also feel that I enjoy sharing knowledge in languages and I feel satisfied when a person learns and tests her abilities and loses fear to express in another language

Why ideas did you bring with you when entering your major?
I entered thinking that the degree would be very focused on learning English. That the pedagogical part would be approached superficially and because of knowing English it would be easy for me and my performance would be very high. I also thought that in the degree they would teach us, just to transmit what we know about English and nothing else.

What have happened to those while in the U?
All these ideas have been falling since the first semester, I realized the different alternatives that make up teaching, and how relevant it is to reflect on pedagogy, the fact of going beyond transmitting knowledge and deconstructing all those previous ideas of what it is to teach.

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1.At first I didn't know what to do, but I looked into my skills. I focused on what I was good at to keep doing it. I wanted something that would make me happy and not be boring for me to do.

2.The first question was if I was going to be able to let go of the fear and grief
then I asked myself if it was what I wanted, then I realized that I was. I set out to be self-motivated, to strive every day and to do my best to make myself proud.

3.I still think I decided the right thing to do. I like what I am studying.
I think it has changed my confidence in myself. I feel more confident in what I do.

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1. Because I am so into languages, I really like English, and the fact of being able to teach it seems amazing for me, besides I want to contribute to the deconstruction of wrong ideas about English learning, such as "it is just for some people, not everyone can learn it" I want to help to change that kind of thoughts.

2. That teachers were kind superheroes, that they were able to change a lot of things, and indeed they have a lot of influence, but it is not like if being a teacher just involve preparing and teaching in class because it goes beyond and at the beginning I ignored all those things.

3. They have been changing or completely disappear, for example, I do not think teachers are superheroes anymore, and I don't think teaching English is just about attitude and good practices because it involves theories, models, context analysis, reflection, etc. I have been changing ideas such as being a good teacher today means that you're gonna be a good teacher almost always for clarities like teachers have to constantly reinvent themselves.es.

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1) Before entering this major, I wanted to study Translation, but I couldn't get into it, so I decided on this one because it has English and I like education, I think that education is not for everyone and I can do  well in this field. Besides that, when I graduate, I know that I will have a permanent job.

2) The first idea I had was that, finally, I was going to study something that I liked.

The second is that I was going to learn more English than I knew and that there were going to be pedagogy subjects to be able to transmit my learning as a future teacher.

3) Those ideas have been reinforced, I already knew what was coming. I already had a couple of ideas of what I was going to develop in the Major, surprisingly I was right on some of them

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1. R/= I decided to choose language teaching because not only do I like English, but because I like to teach others things they don't know, I feel very happy and excited when I see the happy face of a student who manages to learn new things, and by teaching them English, I can show them that there are not only new things to know, but also a world to see, opportunities to take, and challenges to take on.

2. R/= The ideas that I brought when I entered were that I wanted to study the major and within it to fully learn English and French language, and after graduating I became a university teacher because I considered that as a university professor, I could take advantage of all the knowledge that I had learned in college.

3. R/= These ideas have changed, now I know that the university rather than train us to become language teachers, wants to train us as good teachers, upright, conscious, critical, creative, and analytical. Apart from this, now I know that in order to be a university professor I must do a postgraduate degree, so I will have to update my ideas, and if I want to be a university professor, I must do a postgraduate degree.

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1. Well, honestly speaking of all the degrees it was the one that most caught my attention, but other aspects also influenced, such as the fact of wanting to learn English and be able to teach, and also because English is a language that is being required in almost all jobs and teaching is one of them.

2. Well, since I was looking for information about the degree, I already knew that it was to train teachers of foreign languages, especially in English. Therefore, I thought that with the degree I would reinforce my knowledge and learn a new language.

3. At the moment, I still want to continue aspiring to be an English teacher. But, in the course of it, doubts have also arisen.

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1- From a very young age, I have been attracted to languages, their culture, and that new world that they offered me, therefore, I knew that the future would study something related to it, but I was sure it would be this major; m. I have also always liked to teach, I have liked to help and guide others in what I can. From a very young age I helped my little brothers and schoolmates with all their homework and activities; tutoring classes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Social, Geographical and Historical Sciences; Music, Philosophy, Economics, and Accounting. There was always something in me that encouraged me to help and guide others.

2- When I entered this major and before knowing the study plan, I thought to study it, would only involve issues related to language and pedagogy; I thought ur would perfect my English "literally" by dedicating entire semesters just to the language. The truth, it did not have a very broad connotation about teaching and much less, teaching a second language.

3- In the course of my major I have realized that the knowledge acquired is contrition made by myself with the help of my teachers who impart their knowledge and every day they motivate me to be a self-critical and reflective being.
-I understood that before learning and knowing new languages ​​and cultures it is more important to appropriate the country's languages ​​and cultures and to teach that richness to the strain must be preserved and sought not to extinguish.
-I understood that learning to teach a new language implies much more than learning the language and pedagogy classes, it implies the formation of the being and demonstrating it as a person and professional, knowing the history of both teaching and its development through history in the national territory, which is our context, implies so many things that perhaps at one time crossed my mind but I never took them into account with the weight and seriousness that they denote.