Resumen en español

One of the goals in Colombian Education system should be the development of Intercultural competence which has long been studied for many years by prominent authors and researches such as: Byram, Risager, Kramsch, Short, Liddicoat, Dervin, Deardoff, among others. They have argued how intercultural communication fosters understanding and awareness of culturally mediated communication phenomenon, in this sense, this research seeks to analyze the representation of interculturality in the Colombian language textbook Way to Go 8th grade through the systematic analysis of 42 reading activities as the primary sample to be studied using content analysis. The data was analyzed using a matrix to identify what aspects of the ICC (Intercultural Communicative Competence) were focused and promoted through the activities. Results indicate that the most activities represent and tend to promote attitudes, knowledge, and awareness as part of Byram’s ICC model. Consequently, the emphasis of the reading activities in terms of both content and purpose, is also placed and are expected to develop these aspects of ICC.