On Intercultural Communicative Competence: Student-Teachers' Accounts of Colombian Cultural Identity

Autor/inn/en	Perez-Gomez, Francisco; Cortes Coss, Dina Elizabeth
Titel	On Intercultural Communicative Competence: Student-Teachers' Accounts of Colombian Cultural Identity
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 14 (2021) 12, S.69-90 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); Learning Processes; Self Concept; Student Teachers; Foreign Countries; Student Teacher Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teacher Education Programs; Speech Communication; Classification; Computer Software; Nouns; Form Classes (Languages); Personal Narratives; Oral Language; Written Language; English (Second Language); Action Research; Computational Linguistics; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Learning process; Lernprozess; Selbstkonzept; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Analytischer Sprachbau; Erlebniserzählung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Geschriebene Sprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Projektforschung; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Kolumbien
Abstract	In student-teachers' education, it is fundamental to foster the intercultural communicative competence for them to express their views on cultural concepts and phenomena in written and orally, with native and non-native speakers of a foreign language. In the same vein, future foreign language teachers, particularly at an early stage of their learning process, are expected to possess some basic citizen competencies which allow them, amongst other things, to show an understanding of the country they live in, the cultural diversity it has, and the current situation they and their co-nationals are facing (cognitive dimension). Bering in mind the importance of competences mentioned before. This short-scale quantitative study set out to classify the perceptions that a group of student-teachers had on Colombia, their cultural identity, and Colombians' cultural identity in general. To that end, one oral and two written short narratives along with a final questionnaire were collected and analysed using Atlas TI. 8 and Excel spreadsheets. The counting and classification of prominent speech parts that conveyed perceptions (nouns, nouns plus adjectives and adjective per se) unveiled that participants held quite optimistic views on their nation, particularly in cultural, natural, geographic, and culinary aspects. It was also revealed that student-teachers had a high appreciation of themselves culturally speaking, praising their personality and mood as most important features. Furthermore, it was unveiled that participants held a positive view about their compatriots, highlighting their personality, mood, and character. It is important to remark that positive views about own identity were much higher than general views on Colombians. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01