Resurgence Of Folk Music And The New Latin American Song: An Intercultural Capsule For Teaching English As A Foreign Language

Caicedo Ospina Diana Estefania, Ramírez Valencia Astrid

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This article reflected on the theme of the cultural identity, cultural awareness, interculturality, multiculturalism, among others contextualized in a course of English as a foreign language, presenting a proposal for pedagogical intervention based on workshops on the Latin American Folk Music and New Song movements, including reflections on the hope, equality, and social justice that were at the heart of the revival of popular folkloric traditions in North America in the 1960s and 1970s; and in Latin America in the 70s. Regarding the methodology, it was based on the qualitative method, to collect the information, an interview was used in which 26 teachers in training participated and a diary was made by the teacher-researcher, as In conclusion, the responsibility of this to integrate the topic of culture within English courses is highlighted. To achieve this objective, a pedagogical intervention proposal was included, which can be included in any English course.


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Folk music revival, interculturality, intercultural awareness, ELT culture.

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