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Participants
Ten PSTs (three males and seven females) took part in this study. One PST was teaching English

as a Foreign Language (EFL) to young learners in a day care centre; two on a special pilot

programme for 11 – 13 year old learners; four were placed in technical high schools and two

were placed at a foster home (casa hogar).

PST placement is illustrated in the following table:

PST PRACTICUM SIGNIFICANT CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

Alicia EFL at public high school in the Students are in danger of failing EFL. Most do not like
capital. English at all. Average group size: 40 students.

Andrea English for Young Learns (EYL) Pilot program; team teaching with Julieta.
special program in the capital. Group size: 21 students.

Public secondary school located in Students are unmotivated to learn EFL. They see
Elena small town 30 minutes from the no relevance for their lives. Group size: 30 students each.
capital. Worked with 7th graders.

Isabel EFL at public high school in the Students are in danger of failing EFL. Most do not like
capital. English at all. Group size: 40 students.

Julieta EYL special program at a university Pilot program; team teaching with Andrea.
in the capital. Group size: 21 students.

Karla EFL at public high school in the Students are in danger of failing EFL. Most do not like
capital. English at all. Group size: 50 students.

Leonardo EFL at public high school in the Students are in danger of failing EFL. Most do not like
capital. English at all. Group size: 40 students.

Otto EFL for teens at a foster home (Casa Students have dysfunctional families, troubled pasts.
Hogar) located in the capital. Group size: 12 students.

Very young learners (3 years old). Parents are studying and
Patty EYL for university day care centre. many hold part-time jobs to support their families.
Group size: 8 students.

Vicente EFL for YL at a foster home (Casa Students have dysfunctional families, troubled pasts.
Hogar) located in the capital. Group size: 11 students.

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