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Implications of a virtual learning object for teaching Spanish L2 in an indigenous community

Authors

Martha Patricia Forero Villamizar , Josimar Carolina González del Mar Liceo de Colombia Bilingüe , Lizeth Donoso Herrera Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ,

This article analyses the pedagogical and technological implications of the design of a Virtual Learning Object (VLO) aimed at a Colombian indigenous community to support the teaching practices of Spanish as a Second Language (E2L) from an intercultural perspective. The main objective from the investigation was to design an VLO as complementary didactic material that would support the teaching of E2L in the Emberá-Chamí community of Altomira, Colombia. The VLO was built based on the integration of the methodologies proposed by Graves (1996) and Morales-Martín et al. (2016). Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the community's ethno-educators and some of the teaching materials used were reviewed. Hence, it was possible to identify the need of structuring materials to work with these communities from an intercultural perspective, responding to their reality and context, since the instruments currently used are decontextualized and addresses Spanish as the first language (L1). In addition, the importance of an interdisciplinary perspective that coherently articulates programming tools with pedagogical and didactic intentions is highlighted, involving ICTs in teaching indigenous communities, a necessary and pertinent challenge. Finally, the pedagogical and technological skills and knowledge of ethno-educators must be recognized.

Keywords:

Spanish as a second language (E2L), Virtual Learning Object (VLO), Interculturality, Pedagogy, Technology

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023)

Published

2023-06-08
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Forero Villamizar, M. P., González del Mar, J. C., & Donoso Herrera, L. (2023). Implications of a virtual learning object for teaching Spanish L2 in an indigenous community. Humanitas Hodie, 6(1), H61a2. https://doi.org/10.28970/ hh.2023.1.a2
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Author Biographies

Martha Patricia Forero Villamizar

Licenciada en lengua castellana, inglés y francés de la Universidad de La Salle. Diplomada en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera de la Universidad de La Salle. Magistra en lingüística aplicada del español como lengua extranjera de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá.

Josimar Carolina González del Mar, Liceo de Colombia Bilingüe

Licenciada en comunicación social de la Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín. Licenciada en educación, mención idiomas modernos, de la Universidad del Zulia. Magistra en lingüística aplicada del español como lengua extranjera de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá.

Lizeth Donoso Herrera, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Ph.D en Lingüística, didáctica de las lenguas; Magister en Estudios Literarios. Licenciada en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras.