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<journal-id>0123-4641</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0123-4641</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ciencias y Educación de la Universidad Distrital, Bogotá Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0123-46412018000100120</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.14483/22487085.11987</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Promoviendo encuentros significativos como una forma de mejorar las competencias interculturales]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Promoting Meaningful Encounters as a Way to Enhance Intercultural Competences]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carreño Bolivar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la Sabana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>120</fpage>
<lpage>135</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0123-46412018000100120&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0123-46412018000100120&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0123-46412018000100120&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente artículo tiene como objetivo compartir la experiencia obtenida al impartir un curso que apuntaba al desarrollo de Competencias Interculturales en estudiantes universitarios de una institución Colombiana de educación superior. Temas como las minorías, la identidad nacional y el racismo fueron incluidos en el programa del curso con el fin de sensibilizar a los estudiantes sobre la importancia de la interculturalidad. Con el fin de retratar las percepciones de los estudiantes acerca del curso y su influencia en el desarrollo de las competencias interculturales; se incluyó el análisis de los mensajes individuales y grupales de los estudiantes a los foros virtuales que se proponían semana a semana, además de sus respuestas a una encuesta individual. Los hallazgos sugieren que la interacción con personas procedentes de diversos contextos culturales aumenta la conciencia y la apreciación de la diferencia como un rasgo valioso y particular de la naturaleza humana.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article presents a pedagogical experience in which a course aiming at the development of intercultural competences was taught to university-level students in a Colombian higher education institution. Topics such as minority groups, national identity, and racism were included in the course syllabus in order to raise students&#8217; awareness regarding the importance of interculturality. Data were collected from students&#8217; individual and group posts to the virtual forums proposed every week. In addition, survey responses contributed to determining the influence of the course on the development of intercultural competences. Findings suggest that interacting with individuals coming from various cultural backgrounds increases one&#8217;s awareness and appreciation of difference as a valuable and particular asset of human nature.]]></p></abstract>
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