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Project Proposal Third Submission
Project Proposal Third Submission
Miguel Angel Quimbay Tinjaca, Laura Daniela Lombana Barrera & Diomar Geraldin
Calderón Arias
Departamento de Humanidades
Sociolinguistics_48NH1
Diciembre 2022
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Table of Contents
Contextualization...................................................................................................................... 3
Theoretical framework.............................................................................................................. 6
Methodology.......................................................................................................................... 10
Participant profile................................................................................................................... 12
Data collections...................................................................................................................... 14
Instruments............................................................................................................................ 16
Data Analysis......................................................................................................................... 18
Results................................................................................................................................... 21
Conclusions........................................................................................................................... 23
References............................................................................................................................. 24
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Contextualization
“Language is too important historically to leave to the linguists”
Language and communicative practices are described diachronically, that is, they are
assumed to change over time according to identifiable patterns. In this sense, what is
glimpsed is an articulation of language and history in which synchrony and diachrony are two
sides of the same coin, in which it is assumed that language not only has a history but also
changes with time. time, but also and above all it is historical. that its nature can only be
communication, but "an active force in society, used by individuals and groups to control
others or to defend themselves against being controlled, to change society or to prevent others
The Politics of Language series covers the field of language and cultural theory and
will publish radical and innovative texts in this area. In recent years, developments and
advances in the study of language and cultural criticism have highlighted a new set of
questions.
this new field as the object through which to seek an ethnographic and sociological
social structures or a set of social practices of a specific type is the ultimate object of study,
and language is conceived not as an isolated entity whose nature must be identified and
Problem statement
Seeing how for children we become the second mother / father, and become
the safe place is something so wonderful, but it generates so much fear, that if we use
the wrong words to say something, we can cause almost irreparable damage. In this
internally and in their external relations (Bacharach, 1983). The participants can be
conceived as "political actors with their own needs, objectives and strategies to
achieve these objectives" (Bacharach, p. 10), which is why teachers must learn to
address children with respect and wisdom, in fact Not just children, but people in
general. And this is where life presents us with new situations that are not very easy to
How does political power imply the behaviors of teachers and the English
Based on that question, we can become aware of teacher leadership, that is,
daily political interactions with others within the school environment. Jaded (1990,
1997) and Jaded and Anderson (1995) acknowledge that teachers are not passive
actors in school politics, but also use political strategies to increase their bargaining
society. And also, meaning of sociolinguistics, which is a discipline that deals with
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the relationship between language and society. In this way, we have some objectives
school context.
a school context.
Finally, this study was proposed for teachers to implement political skills
when interacting with directors, colleagues and students that are related to the way in
which people communicate, also studying how they affect teachers' behaviors,
regarding the use of dimensions of political skills and influence tactics by teachers.
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Theoretical framework
Sociolinguistics, has been one of the great disciplines that has been in our society for
a long time emphasizing the language with which we relate day by day, where we are closely
related to our social, cultural, historical, political and educational context, according to
(Bayyurt, 2013) says that "If we had to list the factors that influence our decisions related to
the use of language in any social context, the first issues that would come to mind would be
the characteristics of the context, (school, office, home, park, shopping mall, etc.. ), the role
of the communicators (acquaintances, strangers, etc.), the effects of the selected words among
the listeners taking into account the culture and the people of the country where the language
is spoken".
Emphasizing the educational context, this is closely linked to the education and
training of children, youth, and adults throughout the trajectory of our lives being found in
our daily lives, schools, universities and even work, allowing us to communicate, express
ourselves and socialize through conversation and the language used in their socio-cultural
contexts.
educational institutions, it should be noted that it is a challenge that teachers and institutions
face every day since it is not common to put into practice the way of writing, speaking and
putting into practice in a daily case with a native speaker of the language being learned, since
it is a little difficult to understand and the attitude they take towards teaching and learning it,
according to (Bayyurt, 2013) states that "There have been many research studies examining
attitudes in foreign language teaching at all ages and proficiency levels. The general aim of
this line of research is to understand how learners' and teachers' positive or negative attitudes
In this way, it should be recognized that having a native language when communicating and
expressing ourselves daily, is one of the things we use almost at all times to express
ourselves, where the way in which we express ourselves and share our ideas by using words
and expressions known as dialect has a great influence, very popular in different parts or
regions that speak the same language but use different words to refer to the same, "These
inferences determine the type of approach adopted by speakers and listeners relate to each
other during communication, attitudes towards the different uses of language in society can
aspect in students seeks the relationship concerning and close to the quality and accreditation
generalizing the application of tests and evaluation standardizing the quality of education,
however some educational policies underlying the same said above have to be adopted, which
balances the fair and necessary referent on education on sociolinguistics, which in this way,
seeks social justice, in this way (Zavala, 2019) says that " over the decades this increasingly
interdisciplinary field has asked questions regarding how language impacts on the three
dimensions that are fundamental to think about social justice: economic redistribution,
cultural recognition, and political participation. Recently, the category of 'linguistic justice'
has been discussed from economic and philosophical perspectives in relation to the impact of
For some years now, sociolinguistics has moved from analyzing and understanding
2019) states that "A repertoire can include multiple "languages", "varieties" and ways of
speaking, but also gestures, ways of dressing, postures, communicative routines and
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situated actions and activities, and of the deployment of a diversity of identity positionings.".
communication routine since it characterizes the way in which a society or community can
express and understand the form and management of language in simple ways that as time
and generations go by, the communicative resources are molded, having significant radical
changes in the matter of words or expressions that young people commonly use with greater
recurrence, this does not mean that the words of the Royal Academy of the Spanish language
are officially modified, but rather that local conceptualization is also sought among people in
the same environment, such as parents and teachers, since they are an essential part of the
communication and development of children and young people" the accommodation should
be bidirectional, in the sense that teachers should also accommodate the repertoires that
students bring from their primary socialization and those that they learn outside school as part
Based on this, inclusive language is one of the forms that lately has had an impact on
societies and even sociocultural, political and student contexts, since in our days it is common
to find us with a lexical level that reflects or confronts reality, issues of linguistic habits as in
this case impacting language in gender inclusion according to (Sayago, 2019) "this
phenomenon, clearly, is a change induced by a minority (for political reasons) and not an
invisible change adopted by the speaking mass (without political motives). Its success will
not stop gender violence or end machismo, but it would add a very productive nuance in the
sensitivity to gender variety. The change is already underway. We experience it, for example,
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when we say todos (and todas) and not todes or when we say todes, knowing that some of our
repercussions on our forms and abilities of communication in or within a society, since in this
way we can analyze, study and verify the forms of dialect or lexicon that have repercussions
on our daily life and the way in which we can confront it and include it in our perception of
reality, in this way we can emphasize and give a detailed ideological background on the
Methodology
The methodology that is implemented in this research is recurrently qualitative, since
in this way we want to implement the search of the students' behaviors, their way of acting,
expressing themselves when being in an environment completely different from their home,
even if the school is considered their second home, it is there where the children develop
almost in a perceptible way the development and knowledge of their free personality where
the teachers and the institutional body have an impact on the development of their
Thus, the implementation of this method is sought since it is important to know what
happens within the schools, the positions, personalities that teachers and the academic body
take directly in front of the students together with the norms in front of the political power
having repercussions on the whole community and how the subject of the approach to the
thought and free development of personalities is approached as the students grow up within
In this way, data collection is sought in such a way that it is possible to analyze,
standardize and evaluate data of great importance, collecting small but meaningful samples
evaluation criteria in the standardization of behaviors of both students and the position
adopted by teachers regarding the regulations to address and address issues on the behaviors
of their students in relation to the position of political power, with direct and proportional
repercussions.
conduct this research focusing on the study on the students' attitudes and the position that
teachers take on them, according to (Skinner, 1993) says that "The qualitative data are often
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collected via an interview, a focus group (structured group discussion), or via observation.
Qualitative research tries to reveal the perspectives of the subjects or patients that the
research question regards. It uses an "emergent design," referring to the iterative process of
combining data analysis, preliminary data inspection, and data collection. “;. The study is
implemented in this way, whether individual interviews, thus taking standardized samples,
responses with normal distribution, where to be effective in the applicability of this method
of study, an integration will be made with the educational environment and directly
evidencing the behaviors, feelings and thoughts to integrate us, where at the end of the
collection of these data will be recognized and a sample distribution of the interviews will be
made strengthening and valuing the method and applicability of the same.
Finally the results and answers obtained on this investigation will look for the form to
implement and to present the analytical data on this investigation, interpreting the function of
the context the reason why certain type of behaviors are given on the students in front of the
position of the teachers who adopt institutional political policies in the development of the
form in which different criteria are approached in the accomplishment in function of the
growth and development of the students, interpreting also emotional links on the part of the
students whether they are emotional, obstacles on their behaviors, determining origins,
typologies and why different positions are taken by students and teachers in front of some
Participant profile
Focusing on the participant profile, in this circle we focus on teachers and the student
body. Within the framework of education, sociolinguistics allows the teacher to convert the
skills that boys and girls bring from their family environment to school and from their
linguistic and cultural experiences into an opportunity to complement reading and writing
processes and at the same time from the semantic and syntactic levels enrich the language of
In an educational system, teachers act as active members of a very clear reality such
as education and the integral formation of people, as well as educational policies and, in
general, reforms in education, still efforts to achieve. more and better results in the quality of
education, a situation that puts in context the need to understand how teachers and teaching
managers that part of an educational system in a are given country, demonstrate and evidence
the best and most appropriate training and qualification to carry out this important and
determined work today, such as teaching. However, educational systems need a substantive
intervention that shows coherence between the actions of governments and their impact on
the societies that intervene, since although there is a marked tendency towards favoring a
few, the lack of objectivity in the processes of file review, coherence between the positions to
occupy and the realities of each population in which the teacher performs his work, are not
focused on the same route, which is the population in which it is carried out teaching; To
analyze this reality, it is enough to identify how high rates of dropout still remain in the 21st
century for countries such as: Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
among others (Medina-Alvarado, 2018). However, although the policy has a section that
refers to the development of teaching skills through peer observation, study of lessons and
classes open, it is worth noting the fact that these practices are defined as mechanisms
complementary to participation and voluntary organization, that is, they are not mandatory or
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binding. In this way, the strategy for teacher training favors cascade training, through group
workshops focused on familiarization with the methodology and pedagogical material. The
roles that the teacher must fulfill are substantially reduced to "managing" what others have
conceived and produced. This reduction leads progressive way to the "disqualification" and
the loss of autonomy of the teacher, which has a negative impact on training programs for
language planning leads to the enactment of a language policy by the government (or
somebody or official with authority). Teachers are the main responsible for the low
educational quality and its improvement. Improvement understood as the student's school
Corporatists Teachers are more concerned with their wage claims and not with
improving education and public schools. Policies on the teaching sector are of great
importance not only because of the role assigned to teaching but also because of the wide
spectrum of issues related to the teaching profession: its training, selection, evaluation,
remuneration, in addition to the different mechanisms for its regulation. Torres (2000),
beyond characterizing the role of the teacher and his participation in the reforms, presents a
of teachers' organizations and unions in different Latin American countries. At your job she
analyzes the speeches of the reforms, of the decision makers, and how they present teachers,
Data collections
Qualitative research methods are a key component in our research, because they allow
us to better understand the experiences of the participants (Teachers); they also allow us to
explore how decisions are made and give us detailed information about how interventions can
alter care. To develop such insights, qualitative research requires data that is holistic, rich,
and nuanced, allowing themes and findings to emerge through careful analysis to explore
strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. In this case, they are of vital importance, since our
purpose is to understand how teachers are affected in their behavior in a school community
by political power.
Data collection is simply the formal term for how we collect information. There are
many ways to do this for both quantitative and qualitative. In this qualitative case, due to our
methodology. Research studies, and it is essential that you choose the method that best suits
your needs.
The three basic approaches to data collection in qualitative research are interviews,
focus groups, and observation, as they provide us as researchers with rich and in-depth
information. It should be noted that all methods require skill on the part of the researcher, and
all produce a large amount of raw data. However, with careful and systematic analysis, the
data obtained with these methods will allow researchers to develop a detailed understanding
studies that we would use for an analysis. Next, we would use interviews, which provide the
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simplest and most direct approach to collecting detailed and rich data on a phenomenon in
question. As the behavior of teachers depending on the environments that are teachers.
In other words, it should be able to answer our research question or allow you to
It is also important to note that, as Cormack (2000) points out, no data collection
method is perfect because each method has its limitations and strengths. Your role as a
researcher is to select or adapt a method that is as perfect as possible for your research study,
and then you must be able to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the method you have
chosen.
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Instruments
Choosing the correct qualitative data collection tools is a fundamental step when
developing a project, with this research approach, since the quality of the information that
will be obtained and the analysis to be carried out will depend on it.
Qualitative research methods are a key component in our research, because they allow
trying to understand the underlying reasons for behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. In our case,
they are of vital importance, since our purpose is to understand how teachers are affected in
Similarly, qualitative data collection tools collect data that is more descriptive than
These types of tools help to understand the context and motivations, so they are useful
Taking the above into consideration, we chose these 4 instruments for the
1. Interview: These are one of the most common qualitative data collections tools and
There are different types of interviews. Informal and conversational interviews in our
case, we will take the informal one since they are ideal as a first approximation in field
research through open questions that allow obtaining a rich and detailed context.
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2. Surveys and open questionnaires: Surveys and questionnaires are also used to
collect qualitative data. Using open-ended questions, respondents are given freedom and
flexibility in their responses, allowing respondents to respond broadly rather than choosing
Another of our purposes is to be able to carry out surveys with teachers, so that we
can get a little closer to reality and thus understand why they have certain behaviors.
3. Focus groups: Focus groups are like interviews, except that they are conducted in a
group format, and are usually made up of 8 or 10 people who participate in the conversation.
Added to the above, we would develop this other technique, because it is also useful when
you need to collect data on a specific group of people (Teachers of the institution).
groups are to be observed while the researcher is an active part of the situations.
In other words, on many occasions he considers that observation can have a research
bias, since participation can influence the attitudes and opinions of the researcher, which
makes it difficult for him to be objective. So, the use of this instrument would be one of our
last resorts.
So, conducting this research through a qualitative methodology, since we are not
afraid to try different alternatives and innovate to find the most valuable insights about our
topic of interest, and to understand how teachers are affected in their behavior in a school
Data Analysis
techniques to describe and illustrate, condense and recap, and evaluate data. According to
Shamoo and Resnik (2003) various analytic procedures “provide a way of drawing inductive
inferences from data and distinguishing the signal (the phenomenon of interest) from the
While data analysis in qualitative research can include statistical procedures, many
times analysis becomes an ongoing iterative process where data is continuously collected and
observations through the entire data collection phase (Savenye, Robinson, 2004). The form of
the analysis is determined by the specific qualitative approach taken (field study, ethnography
content analysis, oral history, biography, unobtrusive research) and the form of the data (field
analysis of research findings. Improper statistical analyses distort scientific findings, mislead
casual readers (Shepard, 2002), and may negatively influence the public perception of
research. Integrity issues are just as relevant to analysis of non-statistical data as well.
framework, suggesting, in part, a deductive thrust, or driven more by the data itself,
identifying relevant themes rather than attempting to position their work in a particular
Data from the interviews, surveys, participant observation and focus group will be
fully transcribed. The process of data analysis will be both inductive and deductive. The
inductive process was guided by the three main objectives of the study and by the review of
related literature. Therefore, began data analysis by establishing some initial categories and
The first main category was critical pedagogy definitions. We will include within this
category were the themes of critical pedagogy purpose(s), theory(ies), influential theorists,
and related pedagogies. This primary category and its related themes are associated with the
first series of interview questions. After that, we will establish categories related to the
objectives of the research study and those included: Examples of critical classroom practices
(with many themes within that); success with praxis (theory/practice congruence); and
Equally important, we will read through the transcriptions with a view to deductively
identify other categories and themes that emerged out of participants’ responses to the
interview questions.
In order to continue with the data analysis, all data was evaluated at four different
levels. At the first level, the information on the participant’s questionnaires will be examined
to determine if the responses reveal any general trends or preconceived ideas about critical
pedagogy. Next, the information will be review based upon the participants’ own analysis of
their responses. This will be done to determine if any inconsistencies existed between the
date of the questionnaire and the follow-up interviews. Participants’ focus group will be
reanalyzed to determine if any new information could be discovered and also, to see if the
focus group have any intended or unintended applications of critical pedagogy. Finally, the
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transcribe interviews will be examined to determine if any inferences could be made from the
participants’ responses. The purpose of the post interview reviews was to determine if any
new information could be obtained. The information gained provided valuable insight into
that the participants provided their information with respect to the exposure that each had had
Results
Based on the tools that were implemented for data collection as in this case the
interview, which when implemented had a favorable help understanding and understanding
certain behaviors on political power and how it affects in an almost favorable way as well as
unapproachable determining how teachers are directly affected, where we proceeded to carry
out a characterization and research on how teachers face this and implement the political
power on their decisions when teaching a second language as in this case English, without
The research on the influence of political power on teachers, students and parents, we
can make brief analyses which have an impact on the way in which some of the teachers
present and approach some or most of the daily problems and situations when teaching a
language, although they may be affected in one way or another, the institutions have a direct
impact on this problem, it is the case that the way in which these problems are faced, teachers
tend to discuss and find the way to give a final solution in a correct way, In this way,
everything is carried out in a very adequate and stealthy way without any detail to be
covered, although this is closely related to the teachers being directly affected, trying to give
almost transcendental solutions without including the academic body, meaning briefly,
without bringing any problem or situation to the academic body, because when reaching these
instances, there may be more strict solutions or stronger decisions that may affect both the
It was evident from the surveys and open-ended questionnaires that the teachers were
able to express their opinion and express freely and independently about how some of the
laws and parameters established within the institutions considerably affected their right to
freely exercise the approach of their classes, it is clear that some of the teachers follow to the
letter the curriculum that is established to address and carry out the topics during the
institutional educational plan when teaching English, However, some teachers do not agree to
exercise their free will to teach and learn, and some want to use a different method than the
traditional one, in order to break stereotypes and to teach in a more comfortable way,
allowing the student to develop his or her free personality when learning in the classroom.
The student has a great impact on the way in which the political power also influences
them, in this way it can be concluded that learning a language may be of great relevance for
some students in their studies and literacy of a language, since the curricula as mentioned
above are established, but many do not understand or are not coupled to the rhythm that this
same with takes characterizing the performance of students without first having been in a
classroom with students, without knowing the factor that many times for students may seem
complex where the teacher to be in the field area has to be certain of this and look for ways in
which it can address this problem, but although some institutions to be governed by
Ministries of education choose to follow the curricula to the letter demoralizing the work of
teachers and directly affecting the teaching of students without caring if they are learning
properly or if only learn to get a note, that in the vast majority of public schools, sadly
Conclusions
and how they would have been written and used. Moreover, studying Historical Linguistics
allows Linguists to inevitably learn more about the culture, customs, religion, and literature
of the language studied in question and to gain a diachronic perspective of such aspects. This
is crucial as Languages have been greatly influenced by the culture of their speakers.
forms and abilities of communication in or within a society, since in this way we can analyze,
study and verify the forms of dialect or lexicon that have repercussions on our daily life and
the way in which we can confront it and include it in our perception of reality, in this way we
can emphasize and give a detailed ideological background on the management of language
Finally, the fact that the field of Historical Linguistics exists is a sign that Linguistics
is gradually becoming a very important subject – one which is worthy of attention. As Robins
affirms (1967: v), “the current interest shown by linguists in the past developments and the
earlier history of their subject is in itself a sign of the maturity of linguistics as an academic
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