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the books finally arrived, the problem re- DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO
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mained that they were not created or

adapted to the true contexts of the student

population, thus they were not that useful
tuation lived by the teachers who did not
since they did not correspond to the stu-
receive the information and material nee-
dents’ proficiency level. Since the books
ded to keep working properly. In the same
had a higher linguistic level, and some items
sense, teacher F affirms that the program
were not even known in Spanish, the lear-
must be under supervision and there must
ning process was even more difficult for
be supervisors for the English teachers to
children. This problem of the language level
check that everything is working properly.
was not just about the books, the PNIEB
One more teacher showed concern
program itself was/is seen as too ambitious
about the “pilot” status of the program. In
and unrealistic by the teachers.
this regard, teacher D avows, “Children
These two aspects imply that more
need constant work, the program needs to
work on the part of the teachers who are
be constant and right now the program is
compelled to adapt the program, create,
not working”. With regards to their percep-
and adapt material to work with their stu-
tion about their own roles working with
dents. This sometimes burns teachers out
children, teacher D confesses that he was
emotionally and financially, since they have
afraid of children at the very beginning; he
to do it in their free time and do not get
thought that children were not going to
paid for doing all this extra work.
show interest in learning English. In the
Teacher B comments about the
same sense, Teacher A affirms that at the
PNIEB program: “On paper it looks perfect,
beginning he also did not like the expe-
I mean… kids are going to learn little by litt-
rience, but after working with children, he
le, the learners are going to graduate, they
changed his view about them because he
are going to follow a sequence…but actually
realized that children appreciate his work;
it doesn´t work that way”

There were also complaints about the

lack of coordination, and the frustrating si-

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