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Culture in the Classroom

Culture in the Classroom. Northeast ABLE Resource Center Ohio TESOL Conference November 17, 2006. Middle Eastern Woman. What did you think when you first saw the woman in the abaya with her head covered? How did it make you feel? 3. Did you speak to anyone about her?

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Culture in the Classroom

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  1. Culture in the Classroom Northeast ABLE Resource Center Ohio TESOL Conference November 17, 2006

  2. Middle Eastern Woman • What did you think when you first saw the woman in the abaya with her head covered? • How did it make you feel? 3. Did you speak to anyone about her? What were your comments? 4. Did you talk to her? What did you talk about? 5. What personal stereotypes have changed during your teaching career or through personal experience?

  3. Culture Culture is the values, beliefs and practices shared by a group of people. Surface - transparent such as food, dress and holidays Deep - emotions, attitudes, interactions, roles and customs

  4. Why? • Learning • Teaching • ESL Class Culture • Retention • Acculturation

  5. Cultural Awareness • Timeline - when did yours begin?

  6. How Competent Are We? 1. If you leave food on your plate at a Chinese dinner, you are telling the host that: a. He is very generous b. You would like to have more c. You didn’t like the food d. You would like to have more later 2. In Korea, covering the mouth when laughing is considered: a. A sign of fatigue b. A sign of hunger c. Rude d. Polite 3. When speaking to you Africans often: a. Hold your hand b. Look at your feet c. Hold your elbow d. Put their hand on your shoulder 4. Arabs expect gifts to be opened: a. In front of the giver b. At home c. Immediately d. After 5 minutes 5. During a meal, Mexicans are supposed to: a. Keep hands on the table b. Keep hands off the table c. Keep right hand off the table d. Keep left hand off the table

  7. Answers • If you leave food on your plate at a Chinese dinner, you are telling the host that: a. He is very generous d. You would like to have some more later 2. In Korea, covering the mouth when laughing is considered: d. Polite 3. When speaking to you Africans often: a. Hold your hand 4. Arabs expect gifts to be opened: b. At home 5. During a meal, Mexicans are supposed to: a. Keep hands on the table

  8. Dialogues • What are the implications?

  9. Immigration Has it affected your students? • Illegals • General Spotlight • Citizenship • Family Reunification

  10. Strategies • Awareness begins • Explore (culture in the classroom) • Keep an open-mind • Listen • Self-Examine • Accept • Adjust/Accommodate

  11. Celebrate Culture! • Fieldtrips • Break time refreshments (coffee) • Show ‘n Tell native culture • Discuss American Culture • Celebrate US and Native Holidays • Throw a Party • Create Community • Safe Environment

  12. Classroom Resources • American Manners and Customs-1, Elizabeth Claire • Cross-Cultural Dialogues, Craig Storti • Cross-Culture Tour Game, House of Training Global Competence • Culturally Speaking, Rhona A. Genzel • Culture Clips, Intelecom • CultureGrams – www.culturegrams.com • On Speaking and Cultural Terms, Northeast ABLE RC • Stories to Tell Our Children, Gail Weinstien-Shr • Teaching Culture, Patrick R. Moran • www.neable.org/resources, Northeast ABLE RC

  13. Teacher Resources Fiction/Nonfiction • Brooks, Geraldine, Nine Parts of Desire • Fadiman, Anne, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down • Hosseini, Khaled, The Kite Runner • Lee, Chang-Rae, Native Speaker • Nafisi, Azar, Reading Lolita in Tehran • Obama, Barack, Dreams from My Father • Santiago, Esmeralda, When I Was Puerto Rican • Tan, Amy, The Joy Luck Club • Umrigar, Thrity, The Space Between Us

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