2022 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence
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Teachers’ Tensions to Teach for Interculturality: a Formative Intervention
Presentation Summary
This paper reports how a Formative Intervention not only helped three EFL teachers deal with the tensions that aroused when trying to teach for interculturality during COVID-19 but also shed light on the origins and resolutions of such tensions, as the point of departure towards future intercultural collaborative work.
Primary Presenter
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.
Secondary Presenters
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. She also works as a part-time teacher at Universidad de Córdoba. Her work relates to bilingualism, social interaction, language, and culture.
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.