Licenciatura en English Language Teaching
This licenciatura program prepares ELT professionals to develop and empower Guatemalans from different perspectives: administrators, innovators, or researchers in the field. With this licenciatura, you can officially academically administer a school and be the legal representative to MINEDUC.
The graduate of the Licenciatura in English Language Teaching is an ESL/EFL professional who has a solid theoretical understanding of and a practical approach to the academic, pedagogical, and management roles in the field of ELT.
INSCRÍBETE ANTES DEL
26 de diciembre
PRÓXIMA PRUEBA DE ADMISIÓN:
3 de enero
You will
learn about:
Learning and Teaching Strategies
To design, implement, and assess student-centered language learning experiences for particular educational contexts in the public and private sectors. The student develops competencies of critical and analytical thinking, effective communication, and ethical behavior.
Education Management
To develop the necessary competencies to coordinate or lead institutions, projects, or educational projects with specialization in ELT.
Research
Does educational research that enriches teaching practice and solves educational problems, using a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed approach.
The student of our programs:
- Designs, implements and assesses learning conditions based on essential practices, approaches, methods and techniques of ELT; psychological and developmental characteristics, social, and language factors to develop learners’ language competencies and address their individual differences through learning experiences based on the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) approach and the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), among others.
- Conducts an English language teaching context that promotes quality educational and learning processes that contribute to the improvement of ELT in Guatemala.
- Does educational research that enriches teaching practice and solves educational problems, using a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed approach.
Methodology
The Faculty of Education of UVG integrates profesorados with different specializations for different educational levels. These programs are formed by 25 courses and 2 teaching practices that promote active, collaborative, and autonomous learning.
All of the careers combine educational technology and multidisciplinary projects with state-of-the-art focuses such as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and DUA (Diseño Universal de Aprendizaje).
Profesorado + licenciatura
The Faculty of Education of UVG integrates profesorados with different specializations for different educational levels. These programs are formed by 25 courses and 2 teaching practices that promote active, collaborative, and autonomous learning.
All of the careers combine educational technology and multidisciplinary projects with state-of-the-art focuses such as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and DUA (Diseño Universal de Aprendizaje).
Generic competencies
- Thinks critically and analytically
- Communicates effectively
- Works effectively in teams
- Solves problems creatively and effectively
- Adequately integrates educational technology
- Exercises positive leadership
- Acts ethically
- Researches in different areas of knowledge
- Practices adaptability to changing environments
- Learns to learn independently
- Acts in an entrepreneurial and innovative way
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Target audience
Profesorado graduates in the following program:
- Profesorado de Enseñanza Media especializado en English Language Teaching