Cultural showcase at “English Day” Girardot

At the Girardot branch, the event "English Day: World Englishes" was held, led by the English teachers and the native assistant of the Bachelor's Degree program in Spanish and English.

In order to promote the practice of English as a foreign language, students, teachers, graduates and external guests participated in the English Day, whose theme revolved around the English-speaking countries in the world, of which a gastronomic, historical and cultural exhibition was carried out through a fair with stands where the attending public participated and interacted with the student exhibitors.

The “English Day: World Englishes” has become a social outreach event of the Bachelor's Degree in Basic Education with Emphasis in Humanities: Spanish and English Language program, allowing the entire community to interact and share the culture of English-speaking countries, from food onwards.

The students showcased aspects such as history, geography, gastronomy, and cultural expressions of English-speaking countries such as Fiji, Sri Lanka, Grenada, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Trinidad and Tobago, and from Colombia, San Andrés Island.

Within the process of teaching and learning a foreign language, it is vitally important to create immersion environments where the student develops their communicative competence through constant interaction in real learning contexts.

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