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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO ved any special training to teach English to
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elementary school children.

3.4 Data collection
ver all, except for participant A, completed
Once the selection criterion was establis-
their Bachelor in English Language Teaching
hed, all the teachers were formally invi-
with the 1994 program. .Participant A
2
ted to participate in the study. As expec-
only completed four semesters but with
ted, there were some that soon replied
the 2006 program. All participants, ex-
and others that were not willing to parti-
cept participant E, studied at the Escuela
cipate.Teachers were contacted through
de Lenguas Campus Tuxtla. Participant E
the teachers’ liaison, also a graduate from
studied also at UNACH but at the Escue-
the UNACH, who at the time helped the
la de Lenguas San Cristóbal in Chiapas.
Coordinator and maintained contact with
Finally, what they all have in common is
all the schools and the English teachers of
that they accept that they have not recei-
the PNIEB program.

The ten teachers that replied were sent

a letter of consent for them to acknowledge

2 The 1994 program of the Bachelor in English Language and sign, since “an interview is usually equa-
Teaching required students to take the general entry exa-
mination from the University and an English test adminis- ted with confidentiality, informed consent,
tered by the different language schools of the university.
This exam was based in the Key English Test (KET). The and privacy” (Orb, 2000: 2).
program, however, didnot require students to take any The questionnaire was then sent to
exit exam to show their English level. The new 2006 pro-
gram requires students to demonstrate an A2 level to en- gather information regarding the period
ter. Candiates can choose betweenthe KET or Institutional
TOEFL (350 points or highter). The program also requi- they had worked in the PNIEB, to check
res students to demonstrate through a B1 level to remain
in the program after third semester and finally, it requie- eligibility for the study.Out of the 10 tea-
res students to demonstra a B2 level with an international
examination (eg. IELTS, FCE) in order to graduate. We chers who replied, only six fulfilled the
can therefore assume that those teachers who have not criteria of having worked in the program
taken any examinations belong to the 1994 program.
for at least a year. These teachers were

interviewed.The time and days for the in-

terviews were set according to the partici-

pants’ availability and schedule. Participants

Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas