Exploring EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Experience with Cultural Content and Intercultural Communicative Competence at Three Colombian Universities

dc.creator	Olaya Alba
dc.creator	Gómez Luis Fernando
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:21:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:21:56Z
dc.identifier	1657-0790
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b921731626784d8d9cfb4f62b1bf74c4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20527
dc.description	<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">This article reports the findings of a qualitative research project that explored pre-service English teachers’ perceptions of and attitudes toward the aspects of culture and intercultural competence addressed in their English classes in the undergraduate programs at three Colombian universities. Findings reveal that pre-service teachers are mainly taught elements of surface culture and lack full understanding of intercultural competence. They also see culture as a separate aspect of their future teaching career. We provide alternatives so that pre-service teachers might overcome limitations of the teaching of culture as preparation for their future teaching career in the foreign language classroom.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Este artículo reporta los hallazgos de una investigación cualitativa que indagó sobre las percepciones y las actitudes de los profesores en formación en el área de inglés respecto a los contenidos culturales y la competencia cultural que se abordan en las clases de inglés, en tres universidades colombianas. Los hallazgos revelan que los docentes en formación primordialmente tratan aspectos de la cultura superficial y no tienen total claridad de qué es la competencia comunicativa intercultural. También conciben la cultura como un aspecto desligado de su futura profesión docente. Se sugieren algunas alternativas para que los profesores en formación puedan superar las limitaciones de la enseñanza de la cultura y se preparen para su futura carrera docente en el salón de inglés como lengua extranjera.</span></p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas
dc.relation	http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/40168
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1657-0790
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 49-67 (2013)
dc.subject	Cultural content, deep culture, intercultural communicative competence
dc.subject	pre-service teachers
dc.subject	surface culture
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Exploring EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Experience with Cultural Content and Intercultural Communicative Competence at Three Colombian Universities
dc.type	article