English language--Study and teaching]]> Enseñanza de idiomas]]> Our experience with the use of legends of native people in the English class confirms that not only intercultural competence can be developed, but also chronological-temporal discursive formulaic sequences can be acquired in relation to the chronological organization of events. We describe the experience carried out at two evening schools and its impact on the writing of novel legends.

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Our experience with the use of legends of native people in the English class confirms that not only intercultural competence can be developed, but also chronological-temporal discursive formulaic sequences can be acquired in relation to the chronological organization of events. We describe the experience carried out at two evening schools and its impact on the writing of novel legends.

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Scilipoti, Paola Mabel]]> Tacconi, María Leticia]]> Zinkgräf, Magdalena]]> Ponencia presentada en XVII APIZALS Teachers’ Conference, San Carlos de Bariloche, 18-19 Octubre 2019.]]> http://bibliotecadelenguas.uncoma.edu.ar/items/show/450]]> Scilipoti, Paola M., Tacconi, María Leticia & Zinkgräf, Magdalena. (2019). Let’s teach vocabulary through legendary lessons. Ponencia presentada en XVII APIZALS Teachers’ Conference, San Carlos de Bariloche.]]>
Adquisición del lenguaje]]> Scilipoti, Paola Mabel]]> Tacconi, María Leticia]]> Zinkgräf, Magdalena]]> Actas de las VI Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación y Prácticas en Didáctica de las Lenguas y las Literaturas. San Carlos de Bariloche, 25 y 26 de octubre de 2018. (en prensa)]]> http://bibliotecadelenguas.uncoma.edu.ar/items/show/445]]> Introduction: 
We have been inspired to write this work thanks to our experiences for one academic year as Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Arkansas, USA; respectively granted by British Council- and Fulbright-Ministerio de Educación. Our duties as FLTAs consisted in helping in speaking and writing sessions, testing, teaching, designing materials, and being in charge of cultural activities related to food and dance in secondary schools and universities. Today’s globalized world has permeated education, and interculturality has recently been integrated in the English as a Foreign/Second Language classroom, broadening the language experience by including cultural aspects in a lesson. This is why we believe that understanding others is essential for communication and cooperation. As Sercu (2005) states, “foreign language education is, by definition, intercultural. Bringing a foreign language to the classroom means connecting learners to a world that is culturally different from their own” and promoting “the acquisition of intercultural competence in the learners” (Sercu 2005: 1). When teaching a foreign language, diverse forms of living and understanding the world get into the classroom by means of audiovisual materials, texts, talks, coursebooks and realia. Thanks to these sources, all members in the FL classroom can discover a foreign culture and contrast it with their own. The underlying aim is to work with and form pluricultural individuals, i.e. learners with the ability to recognize others and be aware of their own traditions and values. As it is not always essential to travel abroad to be pluriculturally competent, some practical ideas will be shown as a way of exemplifying lessons that are culturally focused and exploitable from a pluricultural point of view.]]>
Introduction:
We have been inspired to write this work thanks to our experiences for one academic year as Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Arkansas, USA; respectively granted by British Council- and Fulbright-Ministerio de Educación. Our duties as FLTAs consisted in helping in speaking and writing sessions, testing, teaching, designing materials, and being in charge of cultural activities related to food and dance in secondary schools and universities. Today’s globalized world has permeated education, and interculturality has recently been integrated in the English as a Foreign/Second Language classroom, broadening the language experience by including cultural aspects in a lesson. This is why we believe that understanding others is essential for communication and cooperation. As Sercu (2005) states, “foreign language education is, by definition, intercultural. Bringing a foreign language to the classroom means connecting learners to a world that is culturally different from their own” and promoting “the acquisition of intercultural competence in the learners” (Sercu 2005: 1). When teaching a foreign language, diverse forms of living and understanding the world get into the classroom by means of audiovisual materials, texts, talks, coursebooks and realia. Thanks to these sources, all members in the FL classroom can discover a foreign culture and contrast it with their own. The underlying aim is to work with and form pluricultural individuals, i.e. learners with the ability to recognize others and be aware of their own traditions and values. As it is not always essential to travel abroad to be pluriculturally competent, some practical ideas will be shown as a way of exemplifying lessons that are culturally focused and exploitable from a pluricultural point of view.]]>
Espinosa, Gonzalo Eduardo]]> Scilipoti, Paola Mabel]]> Congreso Nacional: el conocimiento como espacio de encuentro]]>
Espinosa, Gonzalo Eduardo, & Scilipoti, Paola. (2012). The importance of being pluricultural: blooming with the other. En Actas en CD del 2° Congreso Nacional El conocimiento como espacio de  encuentro. General Roca: Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Lenguas.
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