The aim of this study is to get a general overview of the relevance of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) requirement for postgraduate studies in Mexico, since such requirement has been established as one of the main elements of National Quality Postgraduate Programs (PNPC) registered in the National Bureau of Science and Technology (CONACYT) catalog. There are 2,155 programs to be found in such catalog, where 130 of them are cataloged as programs of International Competency; are public university graduates ready to cope with the EFL requirement established in PNPC programs? This research project took a closer look into a group of Mexican university graduates´ EFL proficiency levels fulfilled as both: as a fulfillment bachelor’s degree requirement, and as an entry requirement to be accepted in a biological and agropecuary sciences masters’ degree program from the PCPN.

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Introduction: This research is about the use of technology in learning English as a Foreign Language at higher education in a public University in Mexico. This study is focused on how students use the technology for academic and non-academic issues to learn English. The object of the study a sample of twenty five percent of English language students (375 students) were considered. Students' average age was 18-25. Methodology: For this research two instruments were used to gather data the first one a questionnaire designed for this purpose, the second one an interview to know what kind of gadgets students use to learn English in higher education and how this technology could be introduced in second language learning classrooms. The results: allowed concluding that most technological gadgets used by students were Cells and Laptops to surf the net and chat through social networks for non-academic issues and laptops and desktop computers to work on school duties with specific software.

The subject of this contribution is the geolectal distribution of some morphosyntactic phenomena in the Eo-Navia strip, a linguistic boundary between the Galician-Portuguese and Astur-Leonese domains in the westernmost side of Asturias. Those phenomena concern the 3 rd person direct object clitic pronouns and their allomorphs, conditioned by the previous phonic environment: -r, -s, -n and diphthong. The data -obtained from the project ETLEN -are presented according to two options of classification and two of geolectal analysis. The two options of classification are: (1) according to the forms of the pronouns; (2) according to «existence» or «nonexistence» of pronominal variation. The two geolectal analyses are: dialectographic or «classic», with attention to the distribution of variation areas in 40 villages; and «horiometric», considering distribution of percentages of geotypological assignment (Galician-Portuguese vs. Astur-Leonese phenomena). The results show that the chosen phenomena of geolectal variation are also part of the well-known «isogloss bundle» marking the boundary between both domains. Keywords pronominal allomorphs, linguistic boundary, Galician-Portuguese, Astur-Leonese, horiometry R. DE ANDRÉS, F. ÁLVAREZ-BALBUENA, M. CUETO ET AL. 220 LOS ALOMORFOS DE LOS PRONOMBRES CLÍTICOS Y SU VARIACIÓN GEOLECTAL EN LA ZONA EO-NAVIA (ASTURIAS) ResumenEl objeto de esta contribución es la distribución geolectal de ciertos fenómenos morfosintácticos en la franja Eo-Navia, frontera lingüística entre los dominios gallegoportugués y asturleonés la parte más occidental de Asturias. Se trata de los pronombres clíticos de 3ª persona de objeto directo y sus alomorfos, condicionados por el entorno fónico precedente: -r, -s, -n y diptongo. Los datos -obtenidos por el proyecto ETLEN-se presentan según dos opciones de tipificación y según dos análisis geolectales.Las dos opciones de tipificación son: formas de los pronombres / existencia o no de variación entre formas primarias y secundarias. Los dos análisis geolectales son: dialectográfico o «clásico», con atención a la distribución de áreas de variación en el mapa, de acuerdo con 40 localidades; y horiométrica, que atiende a la distribución de porcentajes de adscripción geotipológica (fenómenos gallegoportugueses frente a asturleoneses). Los resultados demuestran que los fenómenos de variación geolectal considerados forman parte también del famoso «haz de isoglosas» que marca la frontera entre gallegoportugués y el asturleonés. Palabras clavealomorfos pronominales, geografía lingüística, frontera lingüística, gallegoportugués / asturleonés, horiometría

This paper focuses on analyzing the teaching-learning process that takes place in second level basic education in the community of Presidio de los Reyes in Nayarit, Mexico. The study aims at knowing if this links the ancestral knowledge of the Naayeri community (Cora) with the official academic curriculum of the Ministry of Public Education (MPE). The study sample were the teachers and the management staff of Pentecatl Elementary located in a community in Cora baja, in the municipality of Ruiz in Nayarit, Mexico. The methodology of this study was transversal for one year and then qualitative. The instruments used in this study was a semi-structured interview about the knowledge of the basic education profile, as well as the analysis of the teaching sequences of the teachers. The results of the research show how teachers promote traditional knowledge, culture, and the learning of the Cora language as a national language and not as a mother tongue. They design materials and perform activities that relates and links traditional knowledge with academics. They also establish approaches with the traditional authorities, and bridges are being constructed that intertwine the ancestral knowledge with the academic contents proposed by the MPE.