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"Making Time to "Making Time to Teach Culture Teach Culture
without Taking without Taking Time"Time"
Elena Shvidko, Stefanie Rasmussen, Elena Shvidko, Stefanie Rasmussen, and Mark Tannerand Mark Tanner
Thursday, March 26, 2009Thursday, March 26, 2009Denver, CO – Convention CenterDenver, CO – Convention Center
Room 404, 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.Room 404, 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Orientations towards culture in the language classroom:
Learning “About”Culture
Teaching Culture
Learning Culture
Teaching “About”Culture
Techniques Used to Teach Culture?
Critical incidents
Cultural assimilators
Culturgrams
Role-plays
Cultural similations
Field experiences
Ethnography
Experiential activities
Cross-cultural training
Values clarification
Film / video
Literature
Realia
Authentic materials
Many teachers do not include culture into the language classroom because they feel there is “no time” to address culture in a packed curriculum.
Consider a “culture
capsulation” Can 5 minutes make a difference? Let’s do the math!
Say you teach for 14 weeks, 4 days a week for 4 hours a day – If students are taught just 5 minutes of American culture in each class, how much culture instruction will they receive?
Every day? – 4 classes X 5 min. = 20 min./day
Every week? – 4 days X 20 min./day = 80 min./week
Entire course? – 14 weeks X 80 min. = 18 hours and 40 min. of culture instruction (It adds up!)
How can we make time for teaching and
learning about culture?
The Grammar Class
The Writing Class
The Reading Class
The Listening Class
Teaching Culture in the Grammar Class
What ideas come to your mind of how to teach culture?
Expanding the lesson…
Do not use under the water!
Use only for one head at the same time!
* Do not use for drying pets!
Do not put in mouth!
Do not use orally!
Teaching Culture in the Reading Class
Teaching Culture in the Reading Class
1) Choose a cultural topic that is related to American culture.
* Look at the passage taken from the textbook “Active Skills for Reading: Book 3” by Neil J. Anderson
2) Use different materials in class that help to teach culture
* T.V. Guide
How would you teach culture using this type of reading material?
Teaching Culture in the Writing Class
Teaching Culture in the Writing Class
1) Choose a cultural topic that is related to American culture.
Compare and contrast two American holidays/famous people/cities etc
Writing on a current event in the US
Writing about political/economical/educational system in America
2) Use different materials in class that help to teach culture
How would you use these “cultural” items in your writing
class?
Brochures
Food Packages
Grocery store receipts
Newspapers
Teaching how to describe a process by making peanut butter
sandwich
Why a peanut butter sandwich?
Procedure Students are divided into groups of three or four Each group writes the process of making a
peanut butter and jelly sandwich using transition words for describing the process: First Second Then Following this At this point After Before this Simultaneously Finally Next Lastly
Groups trade their descriptions and each group will have to make a sandwich according to the description. They should follow the description the way it is written.
Teaching Culture in the Listening Class
Teaching Culture in the Listening Class
Choose a cultural topic that is related to American culture.
*Compare and contrast two American famous people:
Martin Luther King
http://www.windmillworks.com/games/dream.htm
Barak Obama
http://www.headsupenglish.com/skillbuilders/listening/obama.pdf -
What Distinguishes Art from an Accident?
What distinguishes “Culture Teaching” from “Talking about
Culture?”Intentionality
Focus
Conclusion:
Presenters Contact Information
Elena Shvidko icylena@hotmail.com
Stefanie Rasmussen srasmussen@uvu.edu
Mark Tanner mark_tanner@byu.edu
Thanks for coming!
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