GRUPO HIPERMEDIA,

EVALUACIN Y APRENDIZAJE
DEL INGLS

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGGICA
NACIONAL
DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
Fostering listening skills and
initial intercultural
communicative competence
in EFL pre-service Teachers
through the use of ICT
Context and participants
Context:
Pre-service language teachers at UPN,
sponsored by CIUP, the Research Center of
this university.

Participants:
2004 13 students of intermediate level;
2013 - a group of 27 female and 4 male
students mostly of upper intermediate level
 Pedagogical purposes

To foster
To incorporate collaborative work
technology into through the use of
the EFL classroom the computer as a
as a means to mediator, breaking
facilitate students with the
language learning. traditional
listening activities
done in regular
classrooms
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE US CULTURE

A virtual trip to visit 12

different cultural regions
of the USA and listen to
and understand people of
that country talking
about their own culture.

Then to compare the

characteristics of that
culture to our own
culture.
Research Questions

1. How do participants perceive the

methodological proposal developed
in the hypermedia environment A
Journey through the u.s. Culture?

2. How do intermediate English

learners face listening tasks related
to culture when they use this
hypermedia proposal?
 PROPUESTA PEDAGGICA
Fundamentos desde la psicologa cognitiva

Fomentar el procesamiento de
la informacin paso a paso

Hacer uso del Desarrollar

conocimiento competencias y
pragmtico y cultural habilidades de
manera integrada
Los mapas semnticos
como formas de Uso de estrategias
Representacin del Para fomentar la
conocimiento autonoma
 PROPUESTA PEDAGGICA
fundamento en el socio-constructivismo

Fomentar la apropiacin de una conciencia

intercultural.

Desarrollar competencias y habilidades de manera

integrada

Hacer del proceso de aprendizaje una experiencia

de crecimiento mutuo

Ampliar la zona de desarrollo prximo de los

aprendices
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE US CULTURE

The 12 CULTURAL REGIONS

NEW ENGLAND INTERIOR SOUTH WEST

PACIFIC NORTH WEST
NEW YORK
PACIFIC SOUTH WEST
PENNSYLVANIA
THE MORMON REGION
THE SOUTH
THE ROCKY
UPPER MID WEST MOUNTAINS

HAWAII ALASKA

ESSAY QUESTION 1 ESSAY QUESTION 2

Examples of the interactive
sections of the Hypermedia
Interactive Map ot the 12 cultural
regions
Interactive Map of capital cities.
Reading about famous people
Activity Menu
Example of Test 1
Example of Test 2 Semantic
Map
Pre-final writing activity
Metodologa de investigacin
Cualitativa, estudio de caso, con observacin
participativa
Instrumentos de recoleccin de datos: diarios
acadmicos o logs y entrevistas
Tiempo de recoleccin:
2004- 3 meses; 2013: aprox 4 meses
FINDINGS
 FINDINGS RESEARCH QUESTION 1

The graphic and methodological design generates

motivation, facilitates listening comprehension of
cultural content and fosters the development of
initial intercultural competence
The hypermedia fosters consolidation of linguistic
knowledge, integration of language skills, awareness
of teaching strategies and promotes cooperative
and collaborative learning.reness of teaching
strategies
 FINDINGS RESEARCH QUESTION 2

Learners are aware of tasks demands

Learners use strategic knowledge about
themselves to regulate the learning process.
Learners are aware that dialog, interaction,
and joint work enhance their learning.