Intercultural Communicative Competence: In-Service EFL Teachers Building Understanding through Study Groups

Autor/in	Cuartas Álvarez, Luis Fernando
Titel	Intercultural Communicative Competence: In-Service EFL Teachers Building Understanding through Study Groups
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 22 (2020) 1, S.75-92 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Communicative Competence (Languages); Intercultural Communication; Language Teachers; Second Language Instruction; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Cultural Awareness; Teacher Participation; Teaching Methods; Educational Change; Second Language Learning; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kolumbien
Abstract	This paper reports on an exploratory collective case study on three in-service English language teachers in Medellin, Colombia. The study aimed at creating a route for teachers to collaboratively construct their understanding of intercultural communicative competence through their involvement in a study group. Data were collected through recordings, interviews, and reflective logs, which followed a bottom-up analysis. Results evidenced changes in the participants' views of culture, cross-cultural knowledge, intercultural stance, and understanding of intercultural communicative competence. As a conclusion, study groups materialized as an applicable tool for teachers' professional development, which allowed participants to redraw their own initial beliefs and assumptions, fostering them to change professionally and in their praxis. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01