Flipping the classroom: developing teaching skills for future in-service english teachers

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Heidi Marlen Marriott Toledo
Lucila Margarita Sánchez Pérez

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Abstract: In teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to future in-service teachers, instructors need to develop not just the students’ language proficiency, but also the necessary skills for 21st century teaching in the ever changing classroom where pupils are considered as digital natives. The required skills future teachers need to accomplish, a higher level in both the students’ performance and class interest, can be developed through the Flipped classroom model, which is why this research work aims to explore diverse strategies that can be applied to blend theories such as multiple intelligences and higher order thinking in order to develop students’ critical thinking skills through the incorporation of technology outside and inside the classroom. Considerations to differentiated instruction (DI), students’ different levels of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), and the fostering of the Zone of proximal development (ZPD) of learners are also given as a feature that needs to be incorporated in flipped classrooms. In real-to-life teaching practice, this offers students the possibility to incorporate effective practices that can be directly applied in their future classrooms.


Keywords: flipped classroom, undergraduate students, EFL teaching, English learning.

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Marriott Toledo, H. M., & Sánchez Pérez, L. M. (2017). Flipping the classroom: developing teaching skills for future in-service english teachers. INNOVA Reseach Journal, 2(8), 119–129. https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v2.n8.2017.345
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Heidi Marlen Marriott Toledo, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Ecuador

Master en Currí­culo e Instrucción, Especialización Inglés como Segunda Lengua de la Universidad del Estado de Kansas, EEUU. – Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación, Especialización Lengua Inglesa y Lingüística de la Universidad de Guayaquil.

Docente de la Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación. Escuela de Lenguas y Lingüí­stica. Gestora Académica de Investigación. Docente Universidad Internacional del Ecuador. Facultad de Ingeniería Automotriz.

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