Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: competencia intercultural

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Actualmente vivimos en contextos de movilidad creciente en los que la competencia comunicativa intercultural (CCI) constituye una de las claves para gestionar la diversidad e interactuar adecuadamente en escenarios multiculturales. En este artículo abordamos, en primer lugar, los antecedentes, la conceptualización y las dimensiones de la CCI (cognitiva, procedimental, afectiva y de conciencia crítica). En segundo lugar, analizamos cómo reflejan las dimensiones de esta competencia algunos documentos institucionales de referencia en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras tanto en Estados Unidos como en Europa. En tercer lugar, planteamos el estado actual de la investigación, sintetizando algunas contribuciones significativas vinculadas al desarrollo de la CCI en el ámbito de ELE/L2 en las dos últimas décadas. Finalmente, en el apartado de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: competencia intercultural

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The need for foreign language teachers to acquire Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) arises both from recent changes to their role and from the current context of increased globalisation and society's enhanced awareness of interculturality. Faced with such transformations, foreign language classrooms require a specific and systematic integration of the intercultural dimension. However, teacher development programmes rarely include content related to the acquisition of ICC either by teachers or learners. This paper aims to fill that gap by offering guidelines for the development of training courses for L2 teachers of Spanish and contribute to enhance their professional profile. The proposal, which considers both teaching competences and generic professional skills, is designed to be applied to diverse target groups or...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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The model of telecollaboration described in this chapter, Cultura, is one whose focus is precisely that of intercultural competence. Its methodology integrates culture into the language classroom by facilitating the direct communication between two groups of learners from different cultures and the comparison of those cultures. We will describe the principles and practices of Cultura and examine its implementation in an ongoing exchange between classes at Barnard College in New York and the University of Leo´n in Spain.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: cultura

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Teaching second-language (L2) culture is problematic due to the possibility of creating stereotypes and overgeneralizations about the target culture. Several researchers have proposed raising an awareness of first-language culture (C1) at the same time they raise that of the second language (C2), to promote a "relative" view of the C2. The objective is for learners to recognize themselves and others as "socially constructed". We propose learning culture through activities based on surveys completed by native speakers (NS) that can lead learners to a deeper understanding of L2 cultural perspectives and practices. To illustrate this approach, target culture data (e.g., folk medicines used or the kinds of housing students live in) were obtained via a questionnaire completed by 154 native-speaker university students in Spain, Peru, Mexico...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español para fines específicos

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Existing medical Spanish curricula have improved language skills, but are incompatible with resident-physician schedules, and do not always integrate cultural education. A 2009 survey at our institution revealed that residents saw Spanish-speaking patients regularly and wanted a medical Spanish curriculum designed for them. Our objective was to improve medical Spanish and cultural competency among resident physicians at our institution. Kramsch's (1998) principle of combining language and cultural instruction, Gardner's (1983) theory of multiple intelligences, and the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages 5Cs provided a framework for the self-directed curriculum, which consisted of nine-month long modules with online and in-person grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension and conversation practice. We conducted pre...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pragmática

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The present study investigates the way in which second-language Spanish learners conceptualize impolite behavior in intercultural interactions while abroad. The data were collected through a prompt that asks participants to write a narration of an impolite situation that occurred while they were studying abroad in Spain or Latin America. Fifty impoliteness events were analyzed for perceived offense type. The results show that learners perceived greater offense to their "quality face" and "social identity face." Sociocultural and linguistic competence characteristics with respect to the perceived offenses are then discussed. As a result of the analysis, this study concludes with pedagogical recommendations for the teaching of impoliteness in the classroom.

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El presente estudio investiga la manera en que...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pragmática

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Este trabajo recoge los primeros resultados del proyecto COSOPRAG Nórdico, un cuestionario de hábitos sociales sobre variación sociopragmática entre la lengua de enseñanza (español) y la nativa (danés, sueco) aplicado a estudiantes de español en Escandinavia. Los datos se comparan con un grupo de control (estudiantes españoles). Analizamos respuestas sobre el comportamiento comunicativo en situaciones de consejos y críticas, lo cual supone un posible riesgo para la imagen social de los interlocutores. Los datos obtenidos se clasifican según criterios pragmalingüísticos y sociopragmáticos y se utilizan para realizar una propuesta didáctica para la enseñanza del español en cuatro unidades: instrucción explícita del profesor sobre aspectos pragmáticos, juegos de roles basados en estudios de caso, discusión sobre los resultados del...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pragmática

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This article presents the results of a study focused on the management of the speech act of giving advice and its linguistic realizations by Spanish second-language learners and heritage learners enrolled on two advanced courses of Professional Spanish. We analyzed how two groups of students gave advice in three discourse completion tasks with different scenarios. Results indicate that both groups relied on a few basic structures with limited consideration of the proposed contexts, and highlight the need for a pragmalinguistic approach in Spanish for Health Care courses. We then propose a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the role of critical reflection, increases language competence beyond medical terminology, and focuses on an understanding of cultural parameters guiding health care interactions.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: pragmática

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La investigación sobre la competencia pragmática de los hablantes de herencia (HH) de español indica que, en su producción de los actos de habla, estos hablantes comparten algunas características con los aprendientes de español como segunda lengua. Sin embargo, todavía es necesario desarrollar una aproximación teórica para el análisis de dichos aspectos en común. Tomando como referencia un estudio sobre la realización de disculpas por HH de español que residen en Kansas, este artículo considera cómo se puede llegar a una mejor comprensión de las prácticas pragmáticas de los HH. Además, se propone una metodología para enseñar la pragmática fundamentada en la conciencia metapragmática de los estudiantes y que tiene en cuenta las prácticas discursivas de las diferentes comunidades en las que participan.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: literatura

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In today's globalized world, teaching intercultural competence in educational contexts is of great importance. The potential of foreign language literary texts has been emphasized repeatedly. The present study investigates the value of a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach to the teaching of literature in foreign language classrooms for the simultaneous development of intercultural competence and foreign language reading proficiency. An intervention based on integrated intercultural literary pedagogy (IILP) was developed. This longitudinal quasi-experimental study examined the effects of the IILP treatment in a sample of 274 Dutch secondary school students (from seven schools...

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