This article examines difficulties encountered by 40 native English-speaking language assistants working in classrooms in the Madrid region, as reported in their teaching portfolios, a requirement of the Master's degree programs they completed during the same period. The 187 comments obtained were analyzed by sorting them according to theme; the findings confirm those of prior studies while bringing to light challenges not mentioned to date in research. Some aspects discussed by the native English speakers were differences in classroom methodology and discipline, the need for increased communication with local teachers, the policy to use only English at the schools, an inability to help students with special needs effectively, and responsib...
[eng] Foreign languages still seem to be one of the biggest problems of nowadays’ Spanish education...
This paper looks at secondary teachers’ discourse about Madrid's Bilingual Programme (Spain). Madrid...
This article reports on a qualitative exploration of the perceptions held by a group of eight univer...
This article examines difficulties encountered by 40 native English-speaking language assistants wor...
This article examines difficulties encountered by 40 native English-speaking language assistants wor...
Este trabajo analizará el contexto actual y el funcionamiento del programa de auxiliares de conversa...
Language Assistants (LAs) are nowadays part of the faculties of those schools oriented towards an i...
This study explores the effectiveness of language assistant (LA) training in Madrid’s bilingual prog...
Those involved in the teaching of foreign languages in general, and in the teaching of English in pa...
The foreign language assistant (LA) has played a key role in the bilingual programs in the Community...
The foreign language assistant (LA) has played a key role in the bilingual programs in the Community...
This study explores the effectiveness of language assistant (LA) training in Madrid’s bilingual pro...
The more and more prominent role of English in the Spanish Education system has brought to the foreg...
In United States schools, the rate of immigrant English language learners is rapidly rising, affecti...
English language teacher education has recently undergone substantial changes in Europe mainly due t...
[eng] Foreign languages still seem to be one of the biggest problems of nowadays’ Spanish education...
This paper looks at secondary teachers’ discourse about Madrid's Bilingual Programme (Spain). Madrid...
This article reports on a qualitative exploration of the perceptions held by a group of eight univer...
This article examines difficulties encountered by 40 native English-speaking language assistants wor...
This article examines difficulties encountered by 40 native English-speaking language assistants wor...
Este trabajo analizará el contexto actual y el funcionamiento del programa de auxiliares de conversa...
Language Assistants (LAs) are nowadays part of the faculties of those schools oriented towards an i...
This study explores the effectiveness of language assistant (LA) training in Madrid’s bilingual prog...
Those involved in the teaching of foreign languages in general, and in the teaching of English in pa...
The foreign language assistant (LA) has played a key role in the bilingual programs in the Community...
The foreign language assistant (LA) has played a key role in the bilingual programs in the Community...
This study explores the effectiveness of language assistant (LA) training in Madrid’s bilingual pro...
The more and more prominent role of English in the Spanish Education system has brought to the foreg...
In United States schools, the rate of immigrant English language learners is rapidly rising, affecti...
English language teacher education has recently undergone substantial changes in Europe mainly due t...
[eng] Foreign languages still seem to be one of the biggest problems of nowadays’ Spanish education...
This paper looks at secondary teachers’ discourse about Madrid's Bilingual Programme (Spain). Madrid...
This article reports on a qualitative exploration of the perceptions held by a group of eight univer...