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About us

The Costa Rican educational system currently finds itself in a fragile state given its unresolved structural problems, which date back to years prior to 2018. Since then, these problems have been aggravated by distinct forces: union strikes, teacher strikes and the pandemic. The State of Education (Program Estado de la Nación, 2021) catalogues this crisis as the worst in the recent decades, branding it an educational shut down. This emergency has affected all three levels of the Costa Rican educational system: primary, secondary, and diversified.
As a result of this situation, the weaknesses and needs of the teaching population are not only evident, but are considered a crucial and strategic point in the resurrection of the Costa Rican educational system.

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Academic Frame

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The use of technology in times of change

  • Innovative methodologies from an interdisciplinary approach in English.
  • Virtual activities that generate interest from English students.
  • New perspectives on the use of technology in teaching English.
  • Elaboration of interactive online resources for teaching English.
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Support for the educational lag in the Huetar Northern Region

  • Strategies for academic leveling based on accelerated learning.
  • Techniques for promoting autonomous learning and collaboration.
  • Formative and summative evaluation processes for decision making and techniques for providing effective feedback.
  • Promoting learning communities for educational contexts.
  • Competency based learning and projects.
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Teaching English in the Huetar Northern Region

Panorama of the current English situation:
  • Presentation of the eighth report from the Estado de la Educación.
  • Presentation from CINDE (technical education and employability).
  • Presentation from the Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Zona Norte.
  • Importance of the Language Proficiency Exam (Alianza MEP-UCR).
Panorama from the teachers' perspective:
  • Successful experiences of didactic planning in times of change.
  • Successful experiences in pedagogical mediation in times of change.
  • Successful experiences in learning assessment in times of change.
  • Successful experiences in communication processes in times of change.
  • Successful experiences with at-risk populations.
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Support for the educational lag in the Huetar Northern Region

  • Strategies for academic leveling based on accelerated learning.
  • Techniques for promoting autonomous learning and collaboration.
  • Formative and summative evaluation processes for decision making and techniques for providing effective feedback.
  • Promoting learning communities for educational contexts.
  • Competency based learning and projects.

Organizing Committee

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Dr. Patricia López Estrada

General coordinator

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MEd. María Gabriela Castillo Hernández

Academic/Scientific coordinator

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Licda. Ana Yansy Morales Solís

Logistics/Communication coordinator

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MEd. Eduardo Castro Miranda

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MEd. José Miguel Vargas Vásquez

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Licda. Joselyn Rojas Rodríguez

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Licda. Patricia Leitón Moya

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MSc. Ronny Carmona Miranda

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MA. Amanda Rossi Flood

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Lic. Ardui Flores Calderón

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MEd. Gerardo Matamoros Arce

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Lic. Jorge Chaves Blanco

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Dipl. María Paula Molina Hernández

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Licda. Flora González Arias

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Mag. Pablo Ramírez Alvarado

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Dr. Roy Gamboa Mena

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Feel free to contact us at our official email: englishteachingcongress4@gmail.com