HOW is an academic publication led by ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of  English-language Teachers. The journal is indexed in the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Latindex, Redalyc, SciELO Colombia, and Publindex.

HOW is a biannual publication by and for English-language Teachers who wish to share outcomes of educational and research experiences intended to add understanding to English language teaching practices (ELT). Therefore, the journal falls within the field of education and, specifically, the teaching and learning of English as a second, foreign, additional, or international language (ESL, EFL, EAL, EIL).

It is also registered with Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CLASE), Dialnet, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO, Educational Research Abstracts (ERA), Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics), InfoTrac GALE Cengage Learning Informe Académico, and the MLA International Bibliography.

Our Purpose

HOW’s main objective is to maintain communication among English-language teachers both in Colombia and abroad by offering opportunities for the dissemination of knowledge resulting from educational and research practices that concern English language teaching-learning issues.

Deadline for submissions

The deadline for submissions of manuscripts for the first issue (published between January and June) is April 1st of the previous year. Submissions for the second issue (between July and December) will be received until October 1st of the previous year. Please, read the Author Guidelines for information on how to prepare and upload your submission.



 

Call for Papers

2017-09-18

We kindly invite all authors wishing to submit their manuscript to register with the journal site and follow the five-step submission process.

The deadline for submissions of manuscripts for the first issue (published in January) is April 1st of the previous year. Submissions for the second issue (published in July) will be received until October 1st of the previous year. Please, read the Author Guidelines for information on how to prepare and upload your submission.

In case you have any doubt regarding the submission of papers please do not hesitate to contact us at how.journal.colombia@gmail.com

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2026): January/June

Received: 11

Accepted: 6

Published: 2026-04-13

HOW Editorial 2026-1: Welcoming time

Silvia Lucía Molina-Higuera, Elianna María Serna-Correales

18-22

Exploring critical perspectives in English teaching and learning at a Colombian university

Lorena Zapata-Arias, Dennis Valencia-Gómez, Diana Milena Calderón-Vargas

107-125

Enhancing writing engagement in the EFL context: Social media intervention using instagram

Géneser Alfonso Lagos-Monsalve, Cecilia del Carmen Cisterna-Zenteno

126-147

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