Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques
20 techniques for use in all language classrooms
These 20 techniques can be used in all language classrooms and in other training and orientation programs. Each one can be effective on its own, or the 20 can be used as a curriculum to guide students through 4 intercultural skill-building stages until they are able to function in other cultures comfortably, with both respect and empathy but also with a sound appreciation of their own culture. A clear objective and step-by-step procedures for leading activities and discussions are part of every technique. The author then shares suggestions, cautionary notes, and procedural variations based on her own successful use of the techniques in foreign language and ESL classrooms, teacher training, and a variety of intercultural orientation programs.
Table of Contents:
Preface - The Blind Men and the Elephant - iii
Introduction - 1
Cultural Awareness and Communication - 1
Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Adjustment Skills - 2
Applicability of the Techniques - 6
Sequence and Format of the Techniques - 8
Suggestions for the Teacher - 10
General Teaching Suggestions - 10
Suggestions for Leading a Discussion - 11
The Techniques - 15
Stage One. Recognition - non-judgemental observation
1. Family Tree - 15
2. Home - 18
3. Observation and Interpretation - 20
4. Cultural Statements - 23
5. Short Readings - 26
Stage Two. Acceptance/Rejection - coping with ambiguity
6. Nonverbal Interviews - 30
7. Picture Drawing - 33
8. Country Talks - 36
9. Stereotypes - 39
10. The First Days - 43
Stage Three. Integration/Ethnocentrism - empathizing
11. Artifacts - 45/li>
12. Cultural Scene - 49
13. Family Life - 56
14. Nonverbal Communication - 59
15. Empathy - 63
Stage Four. Transcendence - respecting
16. Interview - 67
17. Town Survey - 71
18. School Visit - 76
19. Cultural Adjustment - 81
20. Summing Up - 86
Postscript - On Cultural Openness, by Mahatma Gandhi - 90
Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques
20 techniques for use in all language classrooms
These 20 techniques can be used in all language classrooms and in other training and orientation programs. Each one can be effective on its own, or the 20 can be used as a curriculum to guide students through 4 intercultural skill-building stages until they are able to function in other cultures comfortably, with both respect and empathy but also with a sound appreciation of their own culture. A clear objective and step-by-step procedures for leading activities and discussions are part of every technique. The author then shares suggestions, cautionary notes, and procedural variations based on her own successful use of the techniques in foreign language and ESL classrooms, teacher training, and a variety of intercultural orientation programs.
Table of Contents:
Preface - The Blind Men and the Elephant - iii
Introduction - 1
Cultural Awareness and Communication - 1
Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Adjustment Skills - 2
Applicability of the Techniques - 6
Sequence and Format of the Techniques - 8
Suggestions for the Teacher - 10
General Teaching Suggestions - 10
Suggestions for Leading a Discussion - 11
The Techniques - 15
Stage One. Recognition - non-judgemental observation
1. Family Tree - 15
2. Home - 18
3. Observation and Interpretation - 20
4. Cultural Statements - 23
5. Short Readings - 26
Stage Two. Acceptance/Rejection - coping with ambiguity
6. Nonverbal Interviews - 30
7. Picture Drawing - 33
8. Country Talks - 36
9. Stereotypes - 39
10. The First Days - 43
Stage Three. Integration/Ethnocentrism - empathizing
11. Artifacts - 45/li>
12. Cultural Scene - 49
13. Family Life - 56
14. Nonverbal Communication - 59
15. Empathy - 63
Stage Four. Transcendence - respecting
16. Interview - 67
17. Town Survey - 71
18. School Visit - 76
19. Cultural Adjustment - 81
20. Summing Up - 86
Postscript - On Cultural Openness, by Mahatma Gandhi - 90