Formative Research at Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras Inglés: A case study between 2015 and 2020. Duad Universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

The present case study focused on the revision of five research carried out under the research field two “The study of English and its context” and the Macroproject two. Both the field and the Macroproject compounds the structure that gives the shape to the formative research at Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras Ingles DUAD. Because "The study of the English language and its contexts” entails the main topics in which, some students of B.A have been interested in investigating through their formative research process, the researcher took five narrative research projects developed by teachers in training between 2015 and 2020 and analyzed them following the methodology of a case study. The context of these projects was framed by their life stories, and their process to become professional English teachers. In this case study, the researcher used data collection instruments such as interviews with some teachers of the program, bibliographic records built simultaneously with the reading of the projects, and analysis methodologies such as a matrix and a mental map through which reliable and truthful information was obtained, finding a qualitative data analysis that was categorized following the principles suggested by Corbin & Strauss (2008).