Alejandro Fernández Benavides

ORCID: 0000-0003-0763-4287
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Research Areas
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Digital Communication and Language
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Educational and Organizational Development
  • Educational Methods and Psychological Studies
  • Education and Teacher Training
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Health, Education, and Physical Culture
  • Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century
  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
  • Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
  • Education in Rural Contexts
  • Business, Innovation, and Economy
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
  • Immigration and Intercultural Education
  • Literacy and Educational Practices
  • Diverse Music Education Insights

Universidad del Valle
2018-2023

Universidad de Costa Rica
2021

Inform (Germany)
2021

Universidad Santiago de Cali
2018-2019

This article examines the ways a social networking site for language learning (SNSLL) enhances or hinders intercultural communicative competence (ICC). The study identifies components of that emerge from students' interactions and reflections about SNSLL Livemocha. research was conducted with second-year students an English class in Colombian university. Data were collected through screen recordings, logs, surveys, focus group. Findings indicate that, five dimensions ICC, Attitudes,...

10.1080/17513057.2018.1503318 article EN Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 2018-08-06

The emergence of language learning websites has generated changes in intercultural communicative practices. Particularly, these sites use a wide variety modes communication (visual, linguistic, spatial) which allow the presence elements. This interpretative case study analyzes semiotic structure one lesson website Livemocha order to unveil elements it. Data were analyzed following method for multimodal analysis and Byram’s model competence. Findings suggest essentialist view culture on...

10.15446/profile.v21n1.69951 article EN cc-by-nc-nd PROFILE Issues in Teachers Professional Development 2019-01-01

The interconnected and changing social, political economic reality of the postmodern era pushes for a perspective language teaching that addresses intercultural dimension communication in EFL classroom. This need added to persistence ethnocentrism, hate discourses, discrimination demand an active role teachers students as mediators. goal can be achieved with integration teaching. Therefore, this study aimed integrate approach through exploration cultural meanings Rhythm Blues (r&b)...

10.17227/folios.58-16178 article EN Folios 2023-07-01

This article reports an action-research project aimed at designing, applying, and assessing a didactic sequence for teaching English as foreign language in the first grade of public school Cali. The comprises context, reasons that justified research, theoretical support, methodology, results, analyzed through descriptive statistics data matrix. findings suggest proposal was easy to use teacher, understandable students, appropriate students’ proficiency level due its emphasis on oral skills....

10.19183/how.23.1.139 article EN cc-by-nc-nd HOW 2016-04-30

Objective: This study aims to analyze the reflections of a group ninth graders from Colombian high school about their culture during development an intercultural-based classroom project. Method: qualitative action research was grounded in intercultural approach for language teaching. The used questionnaire and written production students collect data which were analyzed using thematic frequency analyses. Results: findings suggested that inclusion cultural topics motivated enhanced awareness...

10.17081/eduhum.25.45.5608 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Educación y Humanismo 2023-08-30

Due to the highly globalized nature of communication and increasing acknowledgement role one’s social context in language learning, intercultural dimension has increasingly been included EFL agenda. Nevertheless, exploration own culture local still requires closer attention. Hence, this qualitative action-research study examines how ninth graders conceptualized their reflected upon cultural symbols practices after implementation a pedagogic proposal based on an view teaching. Data were...

10.14483/22487085.18919 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 2024-09-12

Emotion recognition is important in the context of smart buildings and IoT, because it allows environment to have a better notion mood humans who are present. With view developing such projects, this article we analyze performance an emotion classifier that uses convolutional neural network. Specifically, focus on analyzing impact epochs batch size hyperparameters. To do this, propose experimental design with following hypothesis: "The number model trains given by iteration each epoch...

10.1109/jocici54528.2021.9794338 article EN 2021-10-25

10.1177/004005998001300103 article EN Teaching Exceptional Children 1980-09-01
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