Characterization of the socio-cultural competence in the discipline Integrated English Practice

Abstract

Sociocultural competence is one of the requirements of the professional model of the Foreign Language Major. The objective of this article is to characterize this competence in the Integrated English Practice discipline in the University of Las Tunas. For this purpose, research methods were used, among which the historical-logical and the analysis-synthesis methods stand out. In the work, the need to articulate the contents of the communicative and pedagogical-professional to favor the integrating character of the initial training process is foreseen. It also gave the opportunity to establish possible ways to achieve the referred integration.