Abstract

GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, Luis Fernando. Enhancing intercultural competence through U.S. multicultural literature in the EFL classroom. Folios [online]. 2013, n.38, pp.95-109. ISSN 0123-4870.

This article reports part of an action research experience that was conducted in an advanced EFL classroom of the language program at a public university in Bogotá, Colombia in 2011. The study proposes the incorporation of authentic multicultural literary texts in the EFL classroom as a means to develop intercultural communicative competence (ICC). Data were collected to show how learners acquired cultural knowledge, developed critical intercultural skills, and created positive attitudes -aspects of Byram's model of ICC- when they read literary short stories. Findings show that integrating language and literature in EFL constitutes a pedagogical contribution to construct critical intercultural awareness.

Keywords : intercultural communicative competence; authentic texts; multicultural literary texts; knowledge; attitudes; skills.

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