Constructing Sociocultural Awareness from the EFL Classroom

Autor/in	Bautista Pérez, Nancy Yolanda
Titel	Constructing Sociocultural Awareness from the EFL Classroom
Quelle	In: GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, (2017) 15, S.149-172 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1692-5777
Schlagwörter	Sociocultural Patterns; Consciousness Raising; Focus Groups; Questionnaires; Video Technology; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Action Research; Teaching Methods; Cultural Awareness; Global Approach; Intercultural Communication; Decision Making; Language Teachers; Local Issues; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziokulturelle Theorie; Bewusstseinsbildung; Fragebogen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Privathochschule; Ausland; Projektforschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Globales Denken; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Kolumbien
Abstract	This article reports an action research project carried out with a group of 24 undergraduate students in a private university in Ibagué, Colombia. The study aimed to characterize the development of university students' sociocultural skills, to analyze their perceptions and to examine the teacher's procedures and possible implications required to implement the "Raising Cultural Consciousness Macrostrategy" taken from the Postmethod Pedagogy. To reach these objectives a series of interconnected tasks were designed and implemented in three different stages. To collect the data, five data collection methods were used: the students' artifacts, teacher's field notes, questionnaires, video recordings and a focus group. The findings revealed that these university students became gradually aware of the importance of having the opportunity to develop tasks that allowed them to connect the English classroom with the local and global context. Furthermore, students suggested that this type of pedagogy should be an explicit component of the curricula of their professional programs. A review of the literature also showed that in our local context this kind of sociocultural study with a postmethod orientation is scarce, thus this study intends to bridge this gap in the Colombian ELT field. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01