EFL teaching in FPGS (advanced vocational training): the importance of intercultural competence development

In recent times, globalization has led to ever-shrinking boundaries between cultures. This phenomenon has had repercussions in the professional world, where financial, business and trade barriers have been disappearing in favour of a unified and diverse international market. As a result, companies a...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Muñoz González, Mikel
Format: master thesis
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Valladolid
Repository:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
OAI Identifier:oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/52622
Online Access:https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52622
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Interculturality
ICC
English teaching
Vocational education
FPGS
Interculturalidad
Competencia comunicativa intercultural
Enseñanza de inglés
Formación profesional
Formación Profesional de Grado Superior
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
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Summary:In recent times, globalization has led to ever-shrinking boundaries between cultures. This phenomenon has had repercussions in the professional world, where financial, business and trade barriers have been disappearing in favour of a unified and diverse international market. As a result, companies are looking to recruit young talent not only with English proficiency, but also with the ability to function in cross-cultural work environments. This is where education plays a fundamental role, as there is a growing need to train students to develop intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in advanced stages of vocational education, as part of the English subject of their respective module. In response to this need arises this thesis, which incorporates a didactic proposal, whose methodology based on digital resources and communicative approaches tries to make students aware of the importance of ICC, developing it in class in a transversal way.