Tracing the cultural component in teacher generated EFL materials

This qualitative documentary research sought to critically analyse the cultural content present in the EFL materials generated by six in-service teachers for the pedagogical interventions of their studies at a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. The methodology selected to conduct the study was...

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Autores Principales: Núñez Pardo, Astrid, Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda
Formato: Capítulo de libro (Book Chapter)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2022
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spelling ir-001-52232022-07-01T03:00:45Z Tracing the cultural component in teacher generated EFL materials Núñez Pardo, Astrid Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda Núñez Pardo, Astrid Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda Cultura Metodología en pedagogía Inglés - Enseñanza Culture Cultural component (superficial culture, deep culture) Contextualised materials Content analysis Teacher generated EFL materials This qualitative documentary research sought to critically analyse the cultural content present in the EFL materials generated by six in-service teachers for the pedagogical interventions of their studies at a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. The methodology selected to conduct the study was content analysis in tandem with Cortazzi and Jin’s (1999) notions of target, local, or international cultures, as well as superficial and deep cultural aspects. Six in-service teachers participated in this study and the data gathering instruments were their artefacts (teacher generated materials) and a questionnaire. The findings revealed the emergence of deep culture issues in teacher generated materials, which was possible through reflection on students’ values, beliefs, and behaviour for transformation and improvement of self-concept. Deep culture was also addressed through students’ inquiry skills, such as observation, prediction, interpretation, and communication for problem solving. Additionally, superficial culture prevailed over deep culture as it was a constant trend regarding topic selection in teacher generated materials. Finally, the analysis unveiled that although these locally created EFL resources have been able to resist cultural hegemony by addressing representations of visible and congratulatory local Culture, they still have some limitations regarding cultural representations of aspects entailed in deep culture. Esta investigación documental cualitativa analizó el contenido cultural presente en los materiales desarrollados por seis maestros de inglés en servicio, para las intervenciones pedagógicas de sus investigaciones, en una universidad privada de Bogotá, Colombia. El análisis de contenido se articuló a la perspectiva de materiales culturales propuesta por Cortazzi y Jin (1999). Seis maestros participaron en este estudio y los datos se recopilaron mediante sus materiales de enseñanza (artefactos) y un cuestionario. Los hallazgos revelaron que los aspectos de la cultura profunda, presentes en los materiales generados por los maestros, surgieron de la reflexión sobre los valores, las creencias y los comportamientos de los estudiantes a fin de transformar el concepto de sí mismos. Se evidenciaron aspectos de la cultura profunda en el desarrollo de las habilidades de indagación como la observación, la predicción, la interpretación y la comunicación para la resolución de problemas. También se develó que la cultura superficial predomina sobre la cultura profunda como una tendencia constante en la selección del tema en los materiales creados por los maestros. El análisis reveló que, aunque éstos han resistido la hegemonía cultural con la representación de la cultura local visible y congratulatoria, todavía presentan limitaciones en la representación de la cultura profunda. 2022-06-30T21:37:01Z 2022-06-30T21:37:01Z 2021 Capítulo - Parte de Libro http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248 http://purl.org/coar/version/c_dc82b40f9837b551 Text info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion 9789587906769 https://dspace7-uexternado.metabuscador.org/handle/001/5223 eng 126 95 37 Defying culture hegemony through teacher generated EFL materials info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Externado de Colombia Bogotá
institution Universidad Externado de Colombia
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language Inglés (English)
topic Cultura
Metodología en pedagogía
Inglés - Enseñanza
Culture
Cultural component (superficial culture, deep culture)
Contextualised materials
Content analysis
Teacher generated EFL materials
spellingShingle Cultura
Metodología en pedagogía
Inglés - Enseñanza
Culture
Cultural component (superficial culture, deep culture)
Contextualised materials
Content analysis
Teacher generated EFL materials
Núñez Pardo, Astrid
Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda
Tracing the cultural component in teacher generated EFL materials
description This qualitative documentary research sought to critically analyse the cultural content present in the EFL materials generated by six in-service teachers for the pedagogical interventions of their studies at a private university in Bogotá, Colombia. The methodology selected to conduct the study was content analysis in tandem with Cortazzi and Jin’s (1999) notions of target, local, or international cultures, as well as superficial and deep cultural aspects. Six in-service teachers participated in this study and the data gathering instruments were their artefacts (teacher generated materials) and a questionnaire. The findings revealed the emergence of deep culture issues in teacher generated materials, which was possible through reflection on students’ values, beliefs, and behaviour for transformation and improvement of self-concept. Deep culture was also addressed through students’ inquiry skills, such as observation, prediction, interpretation, and communication for problem solving. Additionally, superficial culture prevailed over deep culture as it was a constant trend regarding topic selection in teacher generated materials. Finally, the analysis unveiled that although these locally created EFL resources have been able to resist cultural hegemony by addressing representations of visible and congratulatory local Culture, they still have some limitations regarding cultural representations of aspects entailed in deep culture.
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Téllez Téllez, María Fernanda
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title Tracing the cultural component in teacher generated EFL materials
title_short Tracing the cultural component in teacher generated EFL materials
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