The cultural component in the English language classroom: Londinium
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2016
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES]Este proyecto de investigación trata la incorporación del componente cultural y su aplicación intercultural en la enseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera al considerar la competencia cultural como un componente fundamental de la competencia comunicativa. Concretamente, este proyecto propone el uso del trabajo por proyectos como la herramienta más apropiada de introducir elementos culturales en la clase de inglés debido a la flexibilidad de este enfoque y los incontables beneficios que ofrece. Este trabajo también se completa con una unidad didáctica cuya finalidad es la de hacer de los estudiantes el centro del proceso de aprendizaje así como ayudarles a desarrollar habilidades sociales, comunicativas y de cooperación. Mediante esta unidad didáctica, los estudiantes se sentirán motivados a aprender la lengua extranjera aprendiendo cobre países de habla inglesa en relación a su historia, modos de vida, costumbres, tradiciones y sus modos de interacción, los cuales les aportarán los conocimientos necesarios para se capaces de interactuar con personas procedentes de otros contextos y promoverá su tolerancia y empatía hacia otras actitudes y puntos de vida sobre el mundo diferentes a los suyos.
[EN]This research project deals with the integration of the cultural component and its intercultural application in the EFL classroom by paying attention to cultural competence as a fundamental component of communicative competence. In particular, this project proposes the use of Project work as the most suitable tool for the introduction of cultural elements into the English classroom due to the flexibility of this approach and the countless benefits that it offers. This work is also completed with a didactic unit whose aims are making students the centre of the learning process as well as helping them develop social, communicative and cooperative skills. By means of this didactic unit, students will be motivated to learn the foreing language by learning about English speaking countries in relation to their history, ways of life, customs, traditions and interaction patterns, which will provide them with the necessary knowledge to be able to interact with people coming from other contexts and will promote their tolerance and empathy towards other attitudes and views of the world which are different from theirs.
[EN]This research project deals with the integration of the cultural component and its intercultural application in the EFL classroom by paying attention to cultural competence as a fundamental component of communicative competence. In particular, this project proposes the use of Project work as the most suitable tool for the introduction of cultural elements into the English classroom due to the flexibility of this approach and the countless benefits that it offers. This work is also completed with a didactic unit whose aims are making students the centre of the learning process as well as helping them develop social, communicative and cooperative skills. By means of this didactic unit, students will be motivated to learn the foreing language by learning about English speaking countries in relation to their history, ways of life, customs, traditions and interaction patterns, which will provide them with the necessary knowledge to be able to interact with people coming from other contexts and will promote their tolerance and empathy towards other attitudes and views of the world which are different from theirs.