Continuing education strategy to improve the practices of teaching English as a foreign language through the CLIL approach in the first grade of elementary school at the San Isidoro Educational Institution

Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop a continuing training strategy based on the  Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach for the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), in order to contribute to the improvement of the teaching practices of First Grade teachers of Basic Primary Education in the San Isidoro School in the municipality of El Espinal, Tolima, based on the process carried out during the pedagogical practices, completed by the researchers and guided by the tutor teachers of the institution previously mentioned. The methodology            used    was     based on the application of four techniques: participatory observation, semi-structured group interview, survey and focus group dynamic, which aimed to obtain information about the context and  the methodological         knowledge     or strategies implemented by nine teachers from the different branches of the San Isidoro educational institution. Finally, based on the results obtained, it was designed a continuing training strategy of kind diploma course in implementation of the CLIL approach for teaching English in this context.