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Fredie Díaz Estay is an English teacher graduated from Universidad del Bío Bío in 2019. He holds a certificate in job placement and social skills from the same university.

In 2019, he studied at the Grand Valley State University thanks to the scholarship “Semester abroad” through the Chilean program “English Opens Doors”. In this time abroad he took classes related to strategies in writing, teaching, and learning in adverse environments and music, art, and theatre for elementary education.

At the beginning of 2020, Fredie got his first and current job as a teacher of English at Colegio Darío Salas, where he began teaching mainly elementary school students implementing teaching strategies focused on music and art for the learning of the English language. In his second year at Colegio Darío Salas, he has taught middle school students, implementing teaching strategies to learn English using technology in a hybrid system of education.

Janette Cifuentes is a teacher of English graduated from Universidad del Bío Bío. She was distinguished as Leader of the South in 2017 by the newspaper El Sur, alumni of the United States Department of State.

She was winner of Universidad del Bío Bío 2019 award.

Janette worked for two years as an English teacher at The Wessex School Chillán, supporting the development of the English language through student-centered sessions, and during 2020 she took on the responsibility of head of the school's English Department.

Currently, Janette lives in the city of Concepción and works for the TECHO para  Chile foundation as Education Coordinator, implementing and accompanying the operation of the Techo Para Aprender program, an educational space led by residents of vulnerable communities together with volunteers from the foundation, who through playful learning and reading comprehension, can support the development of social-emotional skills of children and adolescents.

Luis Casimiro P. was born in Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He is a Post-doctorate in Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of Foreign Languages ​​from the Latin American and Caribbean University; Interdisciplinary Doctor of Science: specialized in Neurodidactics, Applied Linguistics and Educational Sciences from the Simón Bolívar University (USB) of Venezuela; Specialist in Teaching of Foreign Languages: English from the Simón Bolívar University (USB); Expert in Language from the Simón Bolívar University (USB); Bachelor of Education focused on: Teaching in English Language of the National Experimental University "Simón Rodríguez" (UNESR). Currently, he works as Assistant Professor of Academic Staff, Deputy Director of School and Coordinator of Pedagogical Practices in the Pedagogy Program in Communication in English Language, attached to the Institute of Linguistics and Literature of the Austral University of Chile (UACh). Together, Dr.  Casimiro Perlaza develops research related to the following lines: Teaching of Foreign Languages, Teachers' beliefs, Technology and Teaching of foreign languages.

Shadow W. J. Armfield, Doctor of Education (Ed. D), is a faculty member at Northern Arizona University (NAU) - College of Education where he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Educational Technology since 2000.  Previous to that he was a middle school science teacher at Flagstaff Middle School in Arizona (FMS).  He has continued his relationship with FMS through the writing of grants to support a technology enhanced middle school program.  He earned an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Technology in Education from Northern Arizona University.  His research agenda focuses on the utilization of technologies by teachers and students in the K-12 classroom and the preparation of pre-service educators for the integration of technology into the K-12 classroom.

Currently, Dr. Armfield is the Chair of Educational Specialties at NAU.

 

Maria-Jesus Inostroza is a Chilean teacher of English, storyteller and researcher, who has been working in primary English teaching for 15 years. She works as a lecturer and teacher educator at the ELT programme at Universidad de Concepción, and she is an active member of the Network of Chilean Researchers in ELT (RICELT) and one of the IATEFL YLT SIG Events Coordinators.
Her teaching experience in the Chilean educational system motivates her commitment with state-run education and teaching English to young learners. Thus, her areas of specialization are Primary English Language Teaching in state-run education, linguistics rights and the use of storytelling to enhance children’s language learning experiences. She also holds a PhD in English Language and Linguistics and an MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL (University of Sheffield, UK).

 

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