EFL Students’ Perceptions of Social Issues in Famous Works of Art

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Published: May 3, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19183/how.23.1.117
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Conversation club, critical thinking, EFL interaction, famous works of art, students’ perceptions

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Lizmendy Zuhey Bautista Urrego
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
Ingrid Judith Parra Toro
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

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This article reports on a qualitative, descriptive, and interpretative research intervention case study of English as a foreign language students’ construction of perceptions on social issues found in famous works of art. Participants in this study engaged in the practice of critical thinking as a strategy to appreciate art that expresses social issues. The research was conducted at a Colombian public school over ten days. Famous works of art were presented with the purpose of creating a conversation club in which students were expected to identify and discuss social issues implicit in those works of art. Data were collected through direct observation, field notes, and interviews. Findings showed participants’ perceptions of works of art while interacting in English conversations.

 

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Bautista Urrego, L. Z., & Parra Toro, I. J. (2016). EFL Students’ Perceptions of Social Issues in Famous Works of Art. HOW, 23(1), 85–102. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.23.1.117
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Vol. 23 No. 1: (April/September 2016)
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Reports on Pedagogical Experiences

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Lizmendy Zuhey Bautista Urrego, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Lizmendy Zuhey Bautista Urrego holds a BA in Modern Languages from Universidad Distrital, Colombia. She has taught in private schools in Bogota. She was a speaker at the III Encuentro Bi-universitario de Futuros Maestros de Lenguas Extranjeras sobre Investigación Formativa e Innovación Pedagógica, Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia). She studied English proficiency at Boston Academy of English, MA.

Ingrid Judith Parra Toro, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Ingrid Judith Parra Toro holds a BA in Modern Languages from Universidad Distrital, Colombia. She has taught in private schools in Bogota. She was a speaker at the III Encuentro Bi-universitario de Futuros Maestros de Lenguas Extranjeras sobre Investigación Formativa e Innovación Pedagógica, Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia). She completed a course in ESL from I.E.L.I. Hunter College, NY.
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