2022 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
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Exploring intercultural teaching Practices in the Colombian EFL classroom
Presentation Summary
This paper describes the intercultural teaching practices that four teachers in three south American state schools, where economic divides are notorious, used to teach for interculturality in distance and virtual learning educational environments during the outburst of COVID-19.
Primary Presenter
LEONARDO JOSE PACHECO MACHADO, Institución Educativa Alfonso Spath Spath
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Colombia
Professional Biography
Leonardo Pacheco holds a Master of arts in Education from Universidad del Norte. He is a full-time English language teacher at a state school in Córdoba - Colombia. He teaches secondary school students from sixth to eleventh grade. His work relates to the adaptation and contextualization of National Language policies.
Secondary Presenters
Anamaria Sagre Barboza, Universidad de Córdoba
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Colombia
Professional Biography
Anamaría Sagre is a full-time teacher-educator at the Universidad de Córdoba (Montería, Colombia), where she works as a teacher trainer in the Department of Foreign Languages. Her research focuses on foreign language teacher preparation, L2 learning, social interaction, and interculturality.
Yurisan Tordecilla, Institución Educativa La Ribera
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Colombia
Professional Biography
Yurisan Tordecilla holds a Master of arts in Education from Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana. She is a full-time English language teacher at a state school in Córdoba - Colombia. She teaches secondary school students from sixth to ninth grade. Her work relates to language and culture.