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<journal-id>1657-0790</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development.]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[profile]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1657-0790</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1657-07902020000100075</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/profile.v22n1.76796</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intercultural Communicative Competence: In-Service EFL Teachers Building Understanding Through Study Groups]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Competencia comunicativa intercultural: profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera en servicio construyendo entendimiento a través de grupos de estudio]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Fernando Cuartas]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellin ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>75</fpage>
<lpage>92</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1657-07902020000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1657-07902020000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1657-07902020000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper reports on an exploratory collective case study on three in-service English language teachers in Medellin, Colombia. The study aimed at creating a route for teachers to collaboratively construct their understanding of intercultural communicative competence through their involvement in a study group. Data were collected through recordings, interviews, and reflective logs, which followed a bottom-up analysis. Results evidenced changes in the participants&#8217; views of culture, cross-cultural knowledge, intercultural stance, and understanding of intercultural communicative competence. As a conclusion, study groups materialized as an applicable tool for teachers&#8217; professional development, which allowed participants to redraw their own initial beliefs and assumptions, fostering them to change professionally and in their praxis.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este documento reporta un estudio de caso colectivo exploratorio en tres maestros de inglés en Medellín, Colombia. El estudio apuntó a crear una ruta para que los maestros construyeran colaborativamente su comprensión de la competencia comunicativa intercultural a través de un grupo de estudio. Los datos recopilados incluyen grabaciones, entrevistas y registros reflexivos, que siguieron un análisis de datos ascendente. Los resultados evidenciaron cambios en las visiones de los participantes sobre la cultura, su conocimiento y postura intercultural, y su entendimiento de la competencia comunicativa intercultural. Como conclusión, el grupo de estudio se materializó como una herramienta aplicable para el desarrollo profesional docente, permitiendo a los participantes redibujar sus propias creencias y suposiciones, fomentándolos a cambiar profesionalmente y en su praxis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[English as foreign language]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inservice teacher education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intercultural communicative competence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[study groups]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[competencia comunicativa intercultural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cultura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[formación del profesorado en servicio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[grupos de estudio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inglés como lengua extranjera]]></kwd>
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