%0 Journal Article
%T Intercultural Competence: Another Challenge Competencia intercultural: otro desaf¨ªo
%A Norma Barletta Manjarr¨¦s
%J Profile Issues in Teachers` Professional Development
%D 2009
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%X This paper intends to draw the attention of language teachers and educational authorities to the area of culture teaching in foreign language education at a time when the recently issued Basic Standards of Competencies in Foreign Language have conferred modest attention to this aspect of language education. The paper first describes the notion of Intercultural communicative competence. It then discusses the tensions between this new understanding of the teaching of culture and the prevailing teaching practices, approaches, beliefs and discourses associated with the learning and teaching of culture. Third, it reports on the results of a study which critically analyzed the academic discourses of in-service teachers in Colombia regarding the cultural component of foreign language programs; finally, it proposes ways to start taking new directions. El presente art¨ªculo intenta llamar la atenci¨®n de maestros y autoridades educativas sobre el ¨¢rea de la ense anza de la cultura en lenguas extranjeras en un momento en el que los recientemente publicados Est¨¢ndares B¨¢sicos de Competencias en Lenguas Extranjeras - Ingl¨¦s prestan modesta atenci¨®n a este aspecto. Primero se describe la noci¨®n de competencia comunicativa intercultural. Luego se discuten las tensiones entre este nuevo concepto de la ense anza de la cultura y las pr¨¢cticas de ense anza, los enfoques, creencias y discursos asociados con el aprendizaje y la ense anza de la cultura. Se reportan tambi¨¦n los resultados de un estudio que analiza cr¨ªticamente los discursos acad¨¦micos de profesores colombianos acerca del componente cultural en la ense anza de lenguas extranjeras. Finalmente, se proponen formas de iniciar nuevos rumbos.
%K Competencia intercultural
%K est¨¢ndares
%K cultura
%K ense anza de la cultura
%K ideolog¨ªas
%K discursos
%K Intercultural competence
%K standards
%K culture
%K culture teaching
%K ideologies
%K discourses
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