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Teachers' professional development is a key factor to have more reflective educators capable of working on teams to find solutions to problems that arise in their classrooms. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact that the collaborative planning, implementation, and evaluation of classroom projects, developed through collaborative action research, have in the professional development of in-service and pre-service teachers in a BA in English program. This is a qualitative research study focused on collaborative action research. Data were collected through journals, surveys, and meeting proceedings of collaborative sessions. As a result, it was possible to describe the processes and dynamics generated, as well as the changes perceived, which contributed to the professional development of the participants. El desarrollo profesional docente es vital para formar educadores más reflexivos, capaces de trabajar en equipo para encontrar soluciones a los problemas que surgen en sus aulas. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar el impacto que la planeación en equipo, la ejecución y la evaluación de proyectos de aula, desarrollados a través de la investigación acción colaborativa, tienen en el desarrollo profesional de los docentes en servicio y en formación en un programa de licenciatura en inglés. Esta es una investigación cualitativa con un enfoque en investigación acción colaborativa. Los instrumentos de recolección de datos incluyen diarios, encuestas y actas de sesiones colaborativas. Como resultado, fue posible describir los procesos y dinámicas generadas, al igual que los cambios percibidos, lo cual contribuyó al desarrollo profesional de los participantes.

This paper presents a description of the Spanish dialect spoken in Noanamito - Colombia. The people who live in this community are mostly of African descent and their speech is characterized by lexical and phonological patterns that differ from the rest of the country. The following phonologicalfeatures are illustrated: a) /s/ deletion and aspiration; b) the cluster /ao/ (pronunciation variant that occurs at the end of words ending in /ado/); c) final /d/ deletion; d) phonological reduction of inflected estar ‘to be’; and e) fricatives /s/ & /f/ shifted to [h] word initially. Some lexical features that are characteristic ofthis town are also described, such as: the use of the word potrillo (to refer to a canoe) or the word papiao(to refer to someone who has just eaten). The paper is structured in four parts: 1) Introduction; 2) Method; 3) Data analysis; 4) Conclusion