Systematization of pedagogical experiences in the EFL teaching training program

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Abstract: The present study Systematization of pedagogical experiences in the English as a Foreign Language) EFL teaching training program, was conducted with the aim to describe and make reflexions about the experience as teacher in training. The participants were EFL students and teachers from 15 basic education system and 15 high school groups of classrooms from schools and high schools in Quito, Ecuador. There was used a qualitative method with mixed descriptive and reflective approaches. The instruments used to collect the data were 10 EFL class observations, 10 EFL classes did as auxiliary teacher in training, and 10 EFL classes as principal teacher in training, five from ten of them from basic education and five from high school level. Data collected was described from four points of view: planning, linguistic aspects, language management and methodology used during the classes. There were made reflections regarding all those four aspects. The findings indicate English environment is not according to nowadays expectations with modern methods, techniques, strategies, and resources used, for giving students the real opportunities to practice oral language into the EFL classroom.