A proposal to develop the intercultural and pragmatic competences in the 'Prácticas del Lenguaje' and 'Lengua y Literatura' subjects, to fight aigainst discrimination and promote integration between students

Identifier:  TFM:350

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFM350

Authors:  Rodríguez Loredo, Alicia

Abstract:
Nowadays, Buenos Aires city and its sorroundings is a zone of linguistic and cultural confluence, as a result of numerous migrations movements. In this paper I present the implications that this phenomenon has for Spanish teaching in high school, and postulate that the apprenticeship could be improved if the development of intercultural and pragmatic competences becomes a general objective in the Prácticas del Lenguaje and Lengua y Literatura designs. I also offer a set of educational orientations to promote the development of both competences, which I think would encourage integration of pupils and combat social and linguistic discrimination among students in school. On a more ambitious level, these contributions represent a reconceptualization of the Spanish class as a democratic space where all cultures and languages –as well as its variants– are valued, bilingualism is strengthened and tools are provided towards language proficiency. At the same time, this will allow students to participate in the society and to feel equally valued, beyond cultural differences.