Professionalism in Foreign Language Teaching: An Everlasting Challenge

This qualitative, exploratory study is aimed at inquiring the issue of professionalism of university English language professors. Previous research indicates that professionalism in English Language Teaching (ELT) has been a concern for the academia; nonetheless, new demands in the ELT career req...

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Autores principales:	Chaves Carballo, Olga, Rodríguez Chaves, José David
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	spa
Publicado:	Escuela de Lenguas Modernas, Universidad de Costa Rica 2018
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/34844

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title	Professionalism in Foreign Language Teaching: An Everlasting Challenge
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