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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO        coordination would help them perform
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                                                                     their jobs better.

                                                                          About  “payment”,  teachers  affirm

                                                                     that it takes too long to receive it and un-
               that made them happy and made their
                                                                     luckily some teachers depend totally on
               job rewarding. For instance, the genuine
                                                                     this money. That might be the reason
               interest children show on learning Englis-
                                                                     why the program presents a high rate of
               hand the opportunity for the teachers to
                                                                     teachers’ rotation, which affects other as-
               learn from and about children.
                                                                     pects of the program.
                    Teacher A asserts that children act ac-
                                                                          As was the payment, the materials
               cording to their feelings; children’s love is
                                                                     were also usually late. Besides. The books
               huge and loyal, children even say hello to
                                                                     did not correspond to the level or the re-
               the teachers in the street and sometimes
                                                                     ality of the students. Thus, the suggestion
               they use the foreign language, they even
                                                                     is manipulating or adapting the books and
               surprise the teachers using words that have
                                                                     materials to make them closer to the stu-
               not been taught in class.
                                                                     dents’  reality  and  in  consequence  useful

                    Changes       and      improvements              for the  students  and easier for the tea-

                    (Chn&Imp)                                        chers to teach.

               Teachers suggested some changes and                        One more improvement was concer-

               improvements that might help the pro-                 ning the schedule. Teachers suggested that

               gram to function better.Three out of six              the number of hours per week was too litt-

               teachers suggest better organization from             le for the English class.

               the main office, specifically teachers A, C,               Teacher F mentions Teachers’ profile
               D and F.  They consider that assistance,              as an important topic.Theprocess to se-

               proper and timely information from the                lect and hire the English teachers probably

                                                                     does not help the program in an efficient

                                                                     way. The candidates show they know the

                                                                     language because they have official exams,

                                                                     as the Institutional TOEFL and other docu-

                                                                     ments, but some majored in other areas
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