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Using Realia & Environmental Assets:

Using Realia & Environmental Assets:. EFL for Himalayan Buddhist Nuns. Where in the World Are these Nuns?. Why English ?. H.H. Dalai Lama says “It’s All Good”: Refugee Survival Sacred Teachings Global Justice. Int’l English Opens the Way to:.

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Using Realia & Environmental Assets:

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  1. Using Realia & Environmental Assets: EFL for Himalayan Buddhist Nuns

  2. Where in the WorldAre these Nuns?

  3. Why English? H.H. Dalai Lama says “It’s All Good”: • Refugee Survival • Sacred Teachings • Global Justice

  4. Int’l EnglishOpens the Way to: • Handicraft Sales: jewelry, weavings, etc. • Tourism $$ • Int’l volunteers • Int’l donation $$ • World Buddhist network

  5. ESP Targets for Nuns • Tourism • School Teacher • Handicrafts • Nurse-Midwife • Political Action

  6. Where the Convents Are:No Next-Day Deliveries  • In Spiti,Himachal Pradesh (India)

  7. Ladakh

  8. Nepal • Near Mt. Everest • Lovely in summer-autumn • FREEZING in winter!

  9. Pema Cho Ling – Summer-time

  10. Deboche-Tengboche (Nepal)Winter-time • Himal = Snow • Laya = Land

  11. Jungle MonasteriesIndia, Bhutan • Hot & Steamy • Built in Caves • Snakes, Spiders, Scorpions • Books Crumble • Ink Runs • Chalk Dissolves

  12. Himalayan Realia & Environmental Assets • No classroom – • Where is the space? • No paper or pens – • How to write? • No books – • What texts? • No materials – • What to talk about?

  13. Where is the learning space?Monastery Grounds • Space is cramped inside • Most EFL happens outside • Teacher keeps this spacecentered

  14. How to write?On the hillside, in the courtyard ABC’s • In dirt, with sticks • In mud, with fingers • In snow, with sticks • On riverbank, with pebbles

  15. What are our texts?The Teacher’s Memory Fairy Tales! • Cinderella • Snow White • Hansel & Gretel • Your Childhood Favorites

  16. What are our texts?The Teacher’s Memory Songs with Movement! • Farmer in the Dell • Hokey Pokey • Your Childhood Favorites

  17. What are our texts?The Teacher’s Memory Poems with Rhythm • One Fish Two Fish • A.A. Milne • Limericks • Your Childhood Favorites

  18. What are our texts?The Students’ Memories • Folktales – can be acted out in simple words • Himalayan students know DOZENS of folktales!

  19. What are our texts?Oral Tradition – Memorized Stories

  20. What are our texts?The Students’ Memories • Songs! • Students sing one in Tibetan • Teacher sings one in English • Learn to Sing Each Others’ Songs!

  21. Class Materials?Realia:Khukuri’s Knives & scythes • Talk about: • Cutting animal feed • Cooking • Harvesting grains • Carpentry • House-building • Shearing yak & sheep

  22. Class Materials?Realia: Butter-Churn Chang • Talk about how to make: • Salt-Butter tea • Barley Beer • Rice Beer • Wheat Beer • How Girls Learn to Cook

  23. Class Materials?Realia: In the Gompa • Talk about: • Colors • Room parts: floor, ceiling, wall • Furniture: shelves, tables

  24. Class Materials?Current Events =New Vocabulary • “Eye Camp” 3 days away • Talk about: • Eyes • Cataracts • Blindness • Doctors • Surgery • Health-care

  25. Class Materials?Current Events =New Vocabulary • “Mani Rimdu” morality play • Talk about: • Demons • Protectors • Big Lamas • Guru Rinpoche • Sherpa Stories

  26. Materials to Talk About?Realia: They Walk thru Town • Yak & Sheep • Talk about: • Where to graze • What they eat • Dairy milk, butter, cheese • How to shear their wool • How to tame a wild yak

  27. Class Materials?Realia: Hitched Out Front • Pack Animals • Talk about: • Load size? • What altitude?

  28. Class Materials?Assessment: Find A Tourist A fun test to do in the Village: • Waylay a Tourist • Teacher requests Tourist to ask a polite English question: • “Where can I drink tea?” • See if students can answer in English! • (or if they get scared & run away!)

  29. Will this Tourist help set up our Test?

  30. Will this Tourist help set up our Test?

  31. How about this one?

  32. Well OK – Just ask this one!

  33. Tashi Delek!

  34. Resources: • www.tnp.org - Seattle & Dharamsala • www.jamyang.org - San Diego & Zanskar / Spiti (Ladakh)

  35. Om Mani Peme Hung

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