Task 3 – Intercultural Competence

Tutor: Vanessa Villarraga

Student:
Hellen Daniela Arias Arévalo
1.110.600.163

Group: 551036_6

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD

Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación
Course: Language and Culture 551036
Ibagué/2020
 INTRODUCTION

First of all, in the present activity, I demonstrate that the intercultural competence refers to
the ability to meet and engage successfully with people of another social group. Therefore,
in this activity, the reader will see a mind map related to intercultural competence,
intercultural understanding, intercultural communicative competence, and ethnocultural
empathy. On the other hand, I did a research process about three countries such as; Jamaica,
North Korea, and Bolivia, where the activity shows tales, riddles, fables, myths & legends,
and poetry.
Step 1: Read carefully contents of unit 2 and create a mind map stating the main ideas about the following concepts: Intercultural
Competence, Intercultural Communicative Competence, Intercultural understanding and Ethnocultural empathy and share it on the
forum.

https://www.goconqr.com/es/mindmap/23801180/Intercultural
 CULTURAL TRADITIONS
Country Tales Riddles Fables Myths & Legends Poetry
Jamaica Jamaica has a rich culture with Jamaican riddles tend to In the fables, I found that Jamaica so rich in a Jamaica has produced some of the
folktales that you might or show the history and Jamaican people tend to talk history mixed with most lyrical and dynamic poetry
might not know about. Very trends of Jamaica. in Jamaican language which myths, legends and writers in the world. They’ve
prominent figures include: Riddles are therefore, spelling is based on English superstitions. written of love, culture, and
 The Rolling Calf – A basically a question and spelling. controversial topics that continue to
story about a answer game. Example: resonate in today’s society.
menacing bull One such example is:
haunting the Examples: BRER ANANCY Lorna Goodison
countryside at nights. -BANDOOLOO TAILOR
 Ol’ Higue – The story -Riddle: A cow and a Anyhow, hear how di The real Anancy is the
of an old witch that donkey are coming round emperor new clothes story creature, which makes a
feeds on the blood of the corner. They crash. go. Im did love fi dress up web to catch its prey -
children. Which one is wrong? inna pretty clothes an sometimes flies, and
 Duppies – Restless moggle. Two bandooloo make them his daily
spirits that were once Answer: The cow, tailor decide fi tek im mek meal. The folk hero -
alive like you and me. because he should have poppyshow. Dem go a di Anancy is no less than a
 The River Mumma – blown his horn. palace an tell im seh dem person who through
A female spirit can mek one suit fi im outa ginnalship and trickery
lurking at the source -Riddle: Hell a top, hell a cloth weh so light an fine, can survive even the
of Jamaican rivers. bottom, hallelujah eena di lickle most yu can’t seet. In toughest times. For many The poet and university professor
 The Golden Table – miggle. fact, if yu fool-fool an folks, bedtime stories are was appointed Poet Laureate of
The mesmerizing incompetent, yu can’t seet at not complete without Jamaica, received Jamaica’s Order
golden table that lures Answer: Potato or all…. (To be continued) Anancy making his of Distinction – CD rank, and is the
innocent victims to cornmeal pudding (pone), appearance… (To be winner of the Musgrave Gold
the bottom of the made in a traditional continued) Medal, OCM Bocas Prize for
river. oven with coals on top Poetry, and the Windham-Campbell
and at the bottom Literature Prize. Goodison wrote 13
books of poetry, three short stories,
a memoir, and essays.
North Korea North Korea's subsequent It was difficult to find According to Wikipedia, Korean mythology Jang Jin-sung was the North
literary tradition was shaped riddles about North ‘the state and the Korean (Korean: 한국 신화 / 韓 Korean regime’s favourite poet
and controlled by the State. Korean culture, however, Workers' Party control the 國 神 話 ) are the stories – Until he defected to the South.
The "Guidelines for Juche I decided to put this production of literature and passed down by word of
Literature", published by the representative questions: art. In the early 1990s, there mouth over thousands of One such example is:
 official Choson Writers' Which number is was no evidence of any years on the Korean If it were rice
Alliance, emphasised that considered unlucky in underground anti-regime Peninsula and only The child, who only knew grass-
literature must extoll the East Asia? literary or cultural written down in green gruel Given white rice on
country's leader, Kim Il-sung, movements such as the historical times. Besides, their birthday, Cried out and
and, later, Kim Jong-il. Only The answer is 4. Words samizdat in the Soviet Union these stories are about
kicked in protest Clinging to my
members of the Writers' ‘four’ and ‘death’ have or those that exist in the the world and origin
Alliance are authorised to have very similar People's Republic of China.’ myths about nature or the heart, pleading, for rice.
their works published. pronunciation in Chinese, Political themes dominant social world.
Vietnamese, Korean and literature. A series of
Japanese. historical novels—
Pulmyouui yoksa (Immortal
Which of these History)—depict the
languages has no known heroism and tragedy of the
relatives? preliberation era.
-Hungarian
-Korean
-Arabic
-Greek
With over 78 million
speakers, Korean has
more speakers than all
other isolated languages
combined.

Bolivia Bolivia has produced many It was quite difficult to

fine authors in its long and
turbulent history, almost all of
whom came from the nation’s
traditional ruling class of
European descendants.
The following is a short
biography of five Bolivian
authors who have changed the
face of Bolivian literature
forever.
Adela Zamudio
It was quite complex to
find the Bolivian riddles,
find a fable, therefore I
but I found this one, that
decided to put a legend in
is an informative riddle.
here, that is called
Who was the first ‘Armadillo's Song’ A
known European to Bolivian Legend.
battle the Incas? There once lived an
armadillo who loved music
Aleixo García more than anything else in
Francisco Pizarro the world. After every
Francisco de Orellana rainfall, the armadillo would
drag his shell over to the
Aleixo García was the large pond filled with frogs
Bolivia is part of the
Andean region and is full
of extraordinary myths
and legends. Each of
their 36 cultures of
Bolivia has its own
legend. What it makes
Bolivian legends
different from the other
Andean countries is that
the stories are told in the
native language like
Guarani and Aymara. In
addition, native rituals
Bolivia offers such rich history
stemming from the civil struggles
for independence. This
independence brought forth the
development of patriotic literature.
With this Spanish influence,
alongside indigenous languages like
Aymara and Quechua, Bolivia
offers quality poetic writing
appreciated all over the world.
Giovanna Rivero Giovanna is
known for her works of fiction and
short stories. Her works like “The
Beast,” “To feel the Dark” and
 first European to cross and he would listen to the support the storytelling. “The Owner of our Dreams” are
the Chaco and even big green frogs singing back well received earning her
managed to penetrate the and forth, back and forth to prestigious literary awards.
outer defences of the Inca each other in the most
Empire on the hills of the amazing voices.
Andes, in present-day
Bolivia. "Oh," thought the armadillo,
"Oh how I wish I could
sing."

The armadillo would creep

to the edge of the water and
watch the frogs leaping and
swimming in a frantic green
Bolivia’s finest poet and the ballet, and they would call
woman responsible for the back and forth, back and
nation’s first feminist forth in beautiful, musical
movement, Adela Zamudio tones. He loved to listen to
was born to a rich family in the music they made as they
Cochabamba in 1854. Under spoke, though he didn't
the tuition of her father, she understand their words;
published her first poem at 15 which was just as well - for
and went on to become the the frogs were laughing at
director of a girls’ high school this funny animal that
while promoting women’s wanted so badly to sing like
rights across the nation, a frog. (To be continued)
something that was unheard of
at the time.
 REFLECTION

In this activity, I was able to learn that if I want to be a good English teacher, I must take
into account the Intercultural competence, which is the ability to communicative effectively
and appropriately with students who are linguistically and culturally different from
ourselves. It’s an important skill for teachers who want to more deeply support and affirm
the diverse students in their classes, in other words, teacher must bear in mind students
learning styles, what they are learning, and activities related with the inclusion part.
 CONCLUSIONS

In this activity, I had the opportunity to learn about many things related to language and
culture. First of all, I learned that intercultural competence is a skill that helps not only
teacher but also students to have a better communication in the classroom, where
inclusiveness is a component involved in the learning and teaching process. On the other
hand, I learned curious facts about threes completely different countries, such as Jamaica,
North Korea, and Bolivia.
References
About Jamaica. (September de 2017). Obtenido de https://www.about-
jamaica.com/jamaican-riddles/
american folklore. (s.f.). Latin American Folklore. Obtenido de
https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_armadillos_song.html
cooper, c. (s.f.). Obtenido de https://carolynjoycooper.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/di-
emperor-new-house-cost-lickle-or-nutten/
digjamaica. (2019). Jamaican Folklore. Obtenido de
http://digjamaica.com/m/blog/jamaican-folklore/
Earth culture roots. (s.f.). Obtenido de MYTHS AND LEGENDS:
https://www.earthcultureroots.com/myths-and-legends/
globalquiz. (s.f.). Korea riddles. Obtenido de https://globalquiz.org/en/toughest-korea-
riddles/
http://thelatinoauthor.com/. (s.f.). Bolivia’s Poets. Obtenido de
http://thelatinoauthor.com/countries/poetry/bolivias-poets/
jamaicans. (s.f.). 10 Jamaican Poetry Writers You Should Know. Obtenido de
https://jamaicans.com/10-jamaican-poetry-writers-you-should-know/
LATIN FOLKTALES. (s.f.). TOROBOCHI TREE LEGEND. Obtenido de
https://latinfolktales.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/torobochi-tree-legend/
the culture trip. (2017). An Introduction to Bolivian Literature in 5 Incredible Authors.
Obtenido de https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/bolivia/articles/an-
introduction-to-bolivian-literature-in-5-incredible-authors/
Wikipedia. (s.f.). Korean mythology. Obtenido de
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_mythology
wikipedia. (s.f.). North Korean literature. Obtenido de
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_literature