Claudia Ferradas´ magnificent conference

Claudia Ferradas is a teacher educational who travels around the world delivering conferences.

In the Cardiff closing plenary session, she talked about different themes such as identity of construction and negotiation, selection of material, intertextuality, indeterminancy and hypotext.

She explained that she is a teacher of literature so when she visited the UK she could say something about Shakespeare but she found it difficult to explain how to drink "mate".

Claudia proposed the use of intercultural approach in the classroom to develop personality and sense of identity.

As regards intertextuality, she showed photos of cafes in Buenos Aires where foreign tourist go. Then she sang " Cafetín de Buenos Aires" and related it with the students who are outside looking in, a great metaphor to caracterize the students who have no possibility of receiving education. She analysed this tango as a text exploring values, gender roles, ownership.

According to Claudia, there are gaps of indeterminancy to be filled; for instance, the necessity of explaining who is Gardel to foreign people.

In conclusion, the conference was absolutely amazing, entertaining and interesting. The way Claudia teaches language with an intercultural selection of material.