Enhancing intercultural competence through U.S. multicultural literature in the EFL classroom
| Autor: | Luis Fernando Gómez Rodríguez |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Folios, Vol 0, Iss 38 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0123-4870 0120-2146 01234870 |
| DOI: | 10.17227/01234870.38folios95.109 |
| Popis: | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17227/01234870.38folios95.109 This article reports part of an action research experience that was conducted in an advanced EFL classroom of the language program at a public university in Bogotá, Colombia in 2011. The study proposes the incorporation of authentic multicultural literary texts in the EFL classroom as a means to develop intercultural communicative competence (ICC). Data were collected to show how learners acquired cultural knowledge, developed critical intercultural skills, and created positive attitudes -aspects of Byram’s model of ICC– when they read literary shortstories. Findings show that integrating language and literature in EFL constitutes a pedagogical contribution to construct critical intercultural awareness. |
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