Abstract

ACOSTA PADRON, Rodolfo; HERRERA ARENCIBIA, Ileana Isabel  and  GARCIA GARCIA, Antonio. Africa in America, for the English teaching at the University. Rev. Mendive [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.1, pp. 210-227.  Epub Mar 02, 2022. ISSN 1815-7696.

The African culture is an intrinsic part of the culture in America, understood as a continent, and not only as the United States of America. It is expressed in language, art, music, dance, literature, history, etc. The exclusion of the African culture in America in English language teaching at schools and universities is a reality due to various reasons, from discriminatory to indifferent positions. However, the intercultural education has the objective of learning how to live in an ethnically and culturally diverse society, for this reason, it is included as a guiding objective, together with the communicative and the interactive competence in teaching languages. This article aims to propose the inclusion of the African culture in America in English language teaching in the Foreign Languages training at the University of Pinar del Rio. For this purpose, the research methods used were interview, survey document analysis, and the techniques of composition and group discussion. This was achieved with the design of texts and digital tasks that shows the relationship between language and culture and offers opportunities for the development of communication, which can be used in hybrid learning and flipped classrooms. These digital products show the contributions of the African culture in the American culture and their benefits in English language teaching from an interactive, reflective and cultural approach in the interest of building a better citizen.

Keywords : African culture; America; English teaching; intercultural education; University.

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