Abstract

OLAYA, Alba  and  GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, Luis Fernando. Exploring EFL Pre-Service Teachers' Experience with Cultural Content and Intercultural Communicative Competence at Three Colombian Universities. profile [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.2, pp.49-67. ISSN 1657-0790.

This article reports the findings of a qualitative research project that explored pre-service English teachers' perceptions of and attitudes toward the aspects of culture and intercultural competence addressed in their English classes in the undergraduate programs at three Colombian universities. Findings reveal that pre-service teachers are mainly taught elements of surface culture and lack full understanding of intercultural competence. They also see culture as a separate aspect of their future teaching career. We provide alternatives so that pre-service teachers might overcome limitations of the teaching of culture as preparation for their future teaching career in the foreign language classroom.

Keywords : Cultural content; deep culture; intercultural communicative competence; pre-service teachers; surface culture.

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