Interculturality and the Linguistic Education of Immigrant Students in the province of Almeria: a case study

Traditionally the intercultural experience has taken place in school centres basically throughout the learning of a second language which was mainly based on the study of grammar and literature. Nowadays we know that to learn a language is also to acquire the necessary skills in order to have the adequate communicative and sociocultural competence. But these practices are still narrow, as they do not include different cultures. A qualiltative investigation was undertaken, employing etnographic analisis of a case study, with the aim of obtaining an exact description of gramatical, pragmatic-discursive and cultural contents received by immigrants in the classrooms of Almería, as this is required for planning curricula in accordance with this new paradigm presented.Tradicionalmente la experiencia intercultural ha tenido lugar en los centros educativos sobre todo en forma de estudios lingüísticos o literarios y como instrumento para la adquisición de algunas destrezas: la comprensión lectora, por ejemplo; pero tales prácticas son muy limitadas porque no incluyen las distintas culturas. Nosotros realizamos una investigación cualitativa, mediante un estudio de caso hecho con técnica etnográfica, con objeto de obtener un diagnóstico exacto sobre los contenidos gramaticales, pragmático-discursivos y culturales que recibe el colectivo de inmigrantes en las aulas de Almería, porque solo así podremos planificar unos currículos acordes con este nuevo paradigma