Holistic Training: Teachers' views of pedagogy

This article reports the results of a qualitative investigation. It explored the representations on the concept Holistic Training that EFL teachers have in Medellin's public, primary schools. This work had the collaboration of 19 teachers, holding a B.Ed or a specialization in English. They answered a questionnaire and an in-depth interview. The interpretation of this information revealed that the representations of these teachers about the Holistic Training have two different dimensions: instrumental and transcendental. Both are structured around student's personality, motivation, their communicative competence and socio-cultural context.