Cross-Disciplinary Lessons in an Elementary Public Institution
This article reports the results of an action-research study, carried out in the fourth grade of a Colombian public elementary school, which sought the integration of the teaching of English and the natural sciences through cross-disciplinary lessons that followed the principles of content-based ins...
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2021-07-01
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| description | This article reports the results of an action-research study, carried out in the fourth grade of a Colombian public elementary school, which sought the integration of the teaching of English and the natural sciences through cross-disciplinary lessons that followed the principles of content-based instruction. Observation, action plan, and evaluation were the ongoing research stages. Interviews, workshops, and the students’ portfolio were the main instruments used to collect data. Results revealed that the cross-disciplinary lessons were appropriate and useful to connect the foreign language learning with other school subjects. Beginner students of English demonstrated an enhancement in the communicative skills and developed contextualized learning strategies, which proved the importance of integrating English with scientific contents as a contribution to curriculum innovations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a38b14418f8476c91a93fe4f57071b32025-08-20T03:37:50ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902021-07-012328710210.15446/profile.v23n2.83889Cross-Disciplinary Lessons in an Elementary Public InstitutionJosefina Quintero0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9451-113XDiana Yurany Álvarez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-755XAndrea Arcila2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1677-4890Universidad de CaldasUniversidad de CaldasCentro Colombo AmericanoThis article reports the results of an action-research study, carried out in the fourth grade of a Colombian public elementary school, which sought the integration of the teaching of English and the natural sciences through cross-disciplinary lessons that followed the principles of content-based instruction. Observation, action plan, and evaluation were the ongoing research stages. Interviews, workshops, and the students’ portfolio were the main instruments used to collect data. Results revealed that the cross-disciplinary lessons were appropriate and useful to connect the foreign language learning with other school subjects. Beginner students of English demonstrated an enhancement in the communicative skills and developed contextualized learning strategies, which proved the importance of integrating English with scientific contents as a contribution to curriculum innovations.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/83889content-based instructioncross-disciplinary lessonsforeign language teaching and learningpublic schoolsciences curriculum |
| spellingShingle | Josefina Quintero Diana Yurany Álvarez Andrea Arcila Cross-Disciplinary Lessons in an Elementary Public Institution Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development content-based instruction cross-disciplinary lessons foreign language teaching and learning public school sciences curriculum |
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