%0 Journal Article %T La formaci¨®n integral: una mirada pedag¨®gica desde los docentes %A D¨ªaz Monsalve %A Ana Elsy %A Carmona Agudelo %A Nadia Carolina %J Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal %D 2010 %I Universidad Distrital Francisco Jos¨¦ de Caldas %X 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. %K representation %K holistic training %K personality %K motivation %K communicative competence %K and socio-cultural context. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-46412010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en