Reviewing the Impact of the Folk Music Resurgence and The New Latin American Song: an Intercultural Science for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Abstract

This article reflected on the theme of thecultural identity, cultural awareness, interculturality, multiculturalism, among
others contextualized in a course of English as a foreign language, presenting a proposal for pedagogical intervention
based onworkshops on the Latin American Folk Music and New Song movements, including reflections on the hope,
equality, and social justice that were at the heart of the revival of popular folkloric traditions in North America in the
1960s and 1970s; and in Latin America in the 70s. Regarding the methodology, it was based on the qualitative method,
to collect the information, an interview was used in which 26 teachers in training participated and a diary was made by
the teacher-researcher, as In conclusion, the responsibility of this to integrate the topic of culture within English courses
is highlighted. To achieve this objective, a pedagogical intervention proposal was included, which can be included in
any English course.