Posgrados

Master’s in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Código SNIES 018126 • Acreditación en Alta Calidad 27 de septiembre de 2021, vigencia 7 años

 Program Features

• Semesters: 4
• Weeks per academic semester: 18
• Class Schedule: Fridays 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
• Number of students admitted: 25
• Tuition fees: 8 minimum legal salaries
• Location: School of Languages, Bloque 11 Oficina 102, número de puesto 9. University of Antioquia
• Total number of credits: 50

Contact Information
Email: apoyoacademicoidiomas@udea.edu.co
maestriaeale@udea.edu.co
Contact number: +57 (604) 219 5796

General Objective

The Master’s Program in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning offers FL teachers working across all academic levels the critical, analytical, theoretical, and methodological elements required to conduct research in their workplaces. In this sense, the Program aims to contribute to the development of more contextualized and innovative pedagogical and research practices and to the construction of knowledge with local and international impact. For this cohort, the program offers the opportunity to write thesis in English or in French.

Specific Objectives

• To expand students’ research repertoire through the analysis and implementation of research projects with an impact in the field of foreign language teaching.
• To expose students to new methodological approaches to foreign language teaching and learning and provide spaces for the critical application of these principles in their classrooms.
• To facilitate the development of a strong knowledge base through the critical reading and analysis of cutting-edge literature in the field.
• To promote the construction of teacher communities of practice for the continuous improvement of schools and language programs.

Research Groups

Grupo de Investigación Acción y Evaluación en Lenguas Extranjeras — GIAE
Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinador: Diana Pineda
E-mail: diana.pineda@udea.edu.co

Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de Lenguas Extranjeras — EALE
Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinadora: Adriana González
E-mail: adriana.gonzalez1@udea.edu.co

Cultura, Identidad y Formación en Lenguas
Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinadora: Ana María Sierra
E-mail: ana.sierra@udea.edu.co

Lingüística Crítica aplicada
Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinadora: Doris Correa
E-mail: doris.correa@udea.edu.co

Pedagogía y didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras 
Universidad de Antioquia
Coordinadora: Ana Elsy Díaz
E-mail: ana.diaz@udea.edu.co

Faculty and Research Advisors

Universidad de Antioquia

• Adriana González, Doctor of Arts in Linguistics, State University of New York, USA.
• Ana María Sierra, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Wisconsin, USA.
• Claudia Patricia Gutiérrez, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
• Diana Angélica Parra Pérez, Master of Arts in English Language Teaching, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia.
• Diana Isabel Quinchía Ortiz, Master of Arts in Didactics of English. Universidad de Caldas, Manizales.
• Diana Pineda, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Texas at El Paso, USA.
• Doris Colorado, Master in Science of Language, University Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3, France.
• Doris Correa, Doctor of Education, University of Massachusetts, USA.
• Fabio Arismendi, Doctor in Science of Language specialized in language teaching and linguistics, University Grenoble Alpes, France.
• Janeth Ortiz, Master of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Universidad de Antioquia.
• Jorge Pineda, Doctor of Education and Technology, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.
• Nelly Sierra Ospina, Doctor of Education, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.
• Paula Andrea Echeverri, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale, USA.

Invited Faculty

• Alexis López. Doctor of Education, University of Illinois, USA.

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