Hostels: new spaces of cultural interaction

Abstract

The focus of this study is to describing the impact on the languages confidence in Modern Languages´ students in sixth semester of the Escuela Colombiana de Carreras Industriales (hereinafter ECCI), with activities developed in a new space as a Hostel, with native speaker. This study utilized concepts from academic, sociological and psychological point of view through the development of the three main concepts on which the study is based: communicative competence, hostels as a new space of interaction and confidence.