%0 Journal Article %T Representaciones de los docentes de ingl¨¦s sobre el proceso de formaci¨®n integral: ¿qu¨¦ descripci¨®n ofrecen de ella? %A D¨ªaz Monsalve %A Ana Elsy %A Carmona Agudelo %A Nadia Carolina %J ¨ªkala, Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura %D 2010 %I Universidad de Antioquia %X objective: to identify perceptions of comprehensive learning held by public elementary school english teachers in medell¨ªn. method: nineteen teachers with undergraduate or graduate degrees in english participated in a qualitative study. all participants completed a questionnaire, and some took part in an in-depth interview. results: english teacher perceptions possess both practical and theoretical characteristics and are structured thematically in accordance with student personality, communicative ability, and social and cultural context. conclusion: this research project allowed the authors to create new concepts of comprehensive learning based on the experiences of english teachers. %K comprehensive learning %K perceptions %K teaching english as a foreign language. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-34322010000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en