DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.14177

Published:

2019-11-07

Issue:

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2019): July-December

Section:

Research Articles

Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks

La conciencia intercultural y su tergiversación en los libros de texto

Authors

Keywords:

enseñanza del inglés, conciencia intercultural, cultura, políticas lingüísticas, competencia comunicativa intercultural (es).

Keywords:

English teaching, intercultural awareness, culture, language policies, intercultural communicative competence (en).

Author Biographies

Edwin Alejandro Henao Mejía, Secretaría de Educación de Antioquia (SEEDUCA)

Edwin Alejandro Heano Mejía holds an M.A. in Education from Universidad de San Buenaventura and an M.A. in Learning and Teaching Processes in Second Languages from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He is currently undertaking doctoral studies in Education at Universidad Arturo Prat del Estado de Chile and tutoring in the P.T.A. 2.0 Program from the Colombian Ministry of National Education.

José Orlando Gómez Salazar, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

José Orlando Gómez holds a Ph.D in Modern Languages from Wayne State Unversity in Detroit, Michigan. He also has a master degree in ESL from University of Northern Arizona (NAU). He is currently working as a fulltime professor at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, doing research and developing material for the teaching of languages.

Jorge Heriberto Murcia Yalí, Secretaría de Educación de Antioquia (SEEDUCA)

Jorge Heriberto Murcia Yalí holds an M.A. in Learning and Teaching Processes in Second Languages from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. He is currently undertaking doctoral studies in Education. He is also a primary school teacher in a rural area in the public sector.

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How to Cite

APA

Henao Mejía, E. A., Gómez Salazar, J. O., and Murcia Yalí, J. H. (2019). Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 21(2), 179–193. https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.14177

ACM

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Henao Mejía, E.A. et al. 2019. Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal. 21, 2 (Nov. 2019), 179–193. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.14177.

ACS

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Henao Mejía, E. A.; Gómez Salazar, J. O.; Murcia Yalí, J. H. Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks. Colomb. appl. linguist. j 2019, 21, 179-193.

ABNT

HENAO MEJÍA, Edwin Alejandro; GÓMEZ SALAZAR, José Orlando; MURCIA YALÍ, Jorge Heriberto. Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 2, p. 179–193, 2019. DOI: 10.14483/22487085.14177. Disponível em: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/14177. Acesso em: 7 may. 2026.

Chicago

Henao Mejía, Edwin Alejandro, José Orlando Gómez Salazar, and Jorge Heriberto Murcia Yalí. 2019. “ Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 21 (2):179-93. https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.14177.

Harvard

Henao Mejía, E. A., Gómez Salazar, J. O. and Murcia Yalí, J. H. (2019) “ Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks”, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 21(2), pp. 179–193. doi: 10.14483/22487085.14177.

IEEE

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E. A. Henao Mejía, J. O. Gómez Salazar, and J. H. Murcia Yalí, “ Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks”, Colomb. appl. linguist. j, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 179–193, Nov. 2019.

MLA

Henao Mejía, Edwin Alejandro, et al. “ Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Nov. 2019, pp. 179-93, doi:10.14483/22487085.14177.

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Henao Mejía, Edwin Alejandro, José Orlando Gómez Salazar, and Jorge Heriberto Murcia Yalí. “ Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 21, no. 2 (November 7, 2019): 179–193. Accessed May 7, 2026. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/14177.

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Henao Mejía EA, Gómez Salazar JO, Murcia Yalí JH. Intercultural awareness and its misrepresentation in textbooks. Colomb. appl. linguist. j [Internet]. 2019 Nov. 7 [cited 2026 May 7];21(2):179-93. Available from: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/14177

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