EFL Learners’ Intercultural Competence Development Through International News

Authors

  • Luis Fernando Gómez-Rodríguez Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.431

Keywords:

: intercultural communicative competence, news, English as a foreign language, EFL learners surface culture, deep culture

Abstract

This case study analyzed how a group of English learners built critical intercultural awareness through the discussion of cultural events as reported in news media such as The New York Times, the U.S. News, and The Telegraph. Learners’ critical reflections on controversial social conflicts related to injustice, gender inequality, and stereotypes in different cultures constituted the core data collected through field notes, logs, and one questionnaire. Findings revealed that English learners not only gained new knowledge about beliefs, values, and behaviors that cause conflict in other cultural communities, but compared them critically to their own culture. This research concluded that integrating news in EFL education can be a salient instructional material to help EFL speakers become more critical intercultural individuals through topics belonging to deep culture.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Luis Fernando Gómez-Rodríguez, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Colombia

holds a Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University, USA, and a M. A. in education from Carthage College, USA. He is a fulbrigh scholar. He is an associate teacher of the Language Department at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia. He has published research articles in  several indexed journals and is the author of some books. His main research interests are intercultural competence, critical literacy, global literacy, and the teaching of literature in EFL education

Downloads

Published

2018-07-04

How to Cite

Gómez-Rodríguez, L. F. (2018). EFL Learners’ Intercultural Competence Development Through International News. GIST – Education and Learning Research Journal, (16), 185–208. https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.431

Issue

Section

Reflective Articles

Altmetric

Article metrics
Abstract views
Galley vies
PDF Views
HTML views
Other views