Critical Interculturality and CALL in ELT: A ten-year revision of research in Colombia
This article provides an examination of the studies published in 4 Colombian journals between 2014 and 2023. The contents of 91 issues were reviewed to identify articles that addressed one or several of the following issues: English Language Teaching (ELT), Critical Interculturality (CI), and Compu...
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Universidad Mariana
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Revista UNIMAR |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.umariana.edu.co/index.php/unimar/article/view/4709 |
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| Summary: | This article provides an examination of the studies published in 4 Colombian journals between 2014 and 2023. The contents of 91 issues were reviewed to identify articles that addressed one or several of the following issues: English Language Teaching (ELT), Critical Interculturality (CI), and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The methodology followed the thee-step process proposed by Álvarez Valencia (2014) and some principles from Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). 99 articles were examined from a total of 791 articles published in a ten-year period in the four Colombian journals. Findings reveal a growing interest in Critical Intercultural issues, however, most of this interest has been expressed through reflective articles, and theoretical reviews at the higher educational scholarship. The empirical research about this issue is still incipient when compared to the vast research in ELT which still respond to the development of linguistic skills, communicative competence, and Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) from a relational or functional stance. Around one third of the studies reviewed, explored a particular CALL tool or included CALL in the methodologies inquired. At primary and secondary school levels, a remarkable dearth of research which intersects these variables was found. Findings evidence the need of research not only on CI but also on CALL in ELT at the school level. As pointed out by Granados-Beltrán (2018) the actions linked to decolonizing ELT are always connected to research.
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| ISSN: | 0120-4327 2216-0116 |