The Importance Of Intercultural Communicative Competence In Teaching English As A Foreign Language To A Group Of Pre-Service Teachers In Colombia

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions and/or beliefs that a group of future English teachers (24) had about intercultural communicative competence and its teaching, asking them about the subjects that were within the study plan that train them as an English teacher. Then, they were asked about the application of this knowledge in the space of teaching practice, in the methodological approach a qualitative analysis was chosen, using an interview to collect the data. In conclusion, a fraternal call is made to the programs that train English teachers so that within their study plans they include subjects that give the possibility of strengthening the cultural issues of the language and its teaching, always seeking to rescue those that correspond to their mother language, to ensure that these future teachers can address them pedagogically when they are immersed within the space of teaching practice.