Weaving networks: an approach to rural educational contexts through English teaching Tejiendo redes: acercamiento a contextos educativos rurales a través de la enseñanza del Inglés

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the progress in a research work conducted by the students of the research seedbed SIED of the faculty of education at Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca, who designed didactic material for teaching English language in rural educational contexts in Popayán. The project included different phases and is still being conducted. This paper presents the outcomes for the third phase, which encircled the application of the didactic material in a multigrade classroom. Subsequently, pre-service teaching experiences were gathered by means of autoethnographies and field diaries. Preliminary results show the interrelation between rural teaching scenarios and students’ positive tendency to become teachers by facing pedagogical challenges, which has led to reconsider teaching methodologies constantly.