Yesterday’s presentation was on how culture affects curriculum. It was interesting since we chose the same topic but we focused on the technology part. Their choice went on language and culture; how different culture is and how it actually affects learning. The activities demonstrated this quite strongly.
My applications will be
1) I don’t often use flash cards or colored papers in the class and ask students to organize items in order. I believe having the students to stand up and actively participate is great. We indeed enjoyed it. 2) It was very interesting to see the 3 students’ books for Chinese grade 1 level. Different countries having different approaches; I could use more sources when preparing my curriculum. 3) The body language used in the presentation can be use for the younger learners. I usually teach higher grades so I don’t really bother with body signs. I will try it with my grade 7 students.
Hi everyone! It was another great week for all of us! I guess we all enjoyed the activities that were given by these two lovely ladies. Saying hello, thank you, and goodbye in different languages can be fun and motivating for the students, especially when you teach them how to say it with gestures. Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of culture. Do you agree?
My Applications: 1) I really liked the first activity that they gave. Hopefully,by the next school year, I will introduce the same activity to my students. That activity is related to the topic about INTRODUCING ONESELF/GREETINGS. 2) In my class, I will always see to it that I have pronunciation practice for every lesson. I do believe that "practice makes perfect." 3) To avoid boredom in my class, I will introduce different kinds of activities. I want my students to know and feel that English subject is fun and exciting!
The Class on curriculum and culture was interesting. I must commend on the efforts both put for the presentation. My applications are:
1) The class reminded of me things I could find more information about like the process of learning a language, and especially like Dr. Andy said about how he teaches english by letting students enjoying the subject rather than teaching student boring rules which I definitely agree with. 2) Having every student greet in their own language/country was excellent and also repeating what the person before said helps students get prepared for Globalization in their workplace etc. 3)Culture is something much beyond language, and if I ever run out of options where I can involve language I can create activities involving life styles, behaviour, food, costume and so much more to make every student involve with the help of their respective culture.
Last week's presentation was on how culture affects curriculum, mainly focusing on Language. I remembered that it was a good try from the presenters, and they incorporated activities well.
1) From my understanding, culture is not only the language but much more. Its the way people think, it's the way they act, it's why certain groups of people do what they do. For teachers, I think its important to understand youth culture of today. What are the kids into? What do they talk about? What excites them? I think these are the things to consider when thinking about culture and curriculum.
2. I think to understand another's culture, I think I have to first be open to understanding it. I think one would also have to be open to be confronted by it. I teach in a Japanese kindergarten. When I started out I was not so acquainted with the Japanese culture and certain things they did caused me to question them. So I think if one were to teach a student from an entirely different culture, the teacher has to be open to accept the students culture and not compare it with his own.
3. Thirdly, about language and culture. I remember there was one video in the presentation that showed the Chinese characters being animated as people or creatures. I had heard before that Chinese characters in the language are actually drawings of the things the characters represent. For example, the character for tree would actually be a drawing of a tree. I asked another classmate and they confirmed with me that it was true. I think that video showed some insight to the Chinese culture about how they used their language. I think that if we can teach our students to appreciate different cultures we would be doing something good. Videos like the one showed in the class are good examples of what could be done to help this process.
Yesterday’s presentation was on how culture affects curriculum. It was interesting since we chose the same topic but we focused on the technology part. Their choice went on language and culture; how different culture is and how it actually affects learning. The activities demonstrated this quite strongly.
ReplyDeleteMy applications will be
1) I don’t often use flash cards or colored papers in the class and ask students to organize items in order. I believe having the students to stand up and actively participate is great. We indeed enjoyed it.
2) It was very interesting to see the 3 students’ books for Chinese grade 1 level. Different countries having different approaches; I could use more sources when preparing my curriculum.
3) The body language used in the presentation can be use for the younger learners. I usually teach higher grades so I don’t really bother with body signs. I will try it with my grade 7 students.
Hi everyone! It was another great week for all of us! I guess we all enjoyed the activities that were given by these two lovely ladies. Saying hello, thank you, and goodbye in different languages can be fun and motivating for the students, especially when you teach them how to say it with gestures. Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of culture. Do you agree?
ReplyDeleteMy Applications:
1) I really liked the first activity that they gave. Hopefully,by the next school year, I will introduce the same activity to my students. That activity is related to the topic about INTRODUCING ONESELF/GREETINGS.
2) In my class, I will always see to it that I have pronunciation practice for every lesson. I do believe that "practice makes perfect."
3) To avoid boredom in my class, I will introduce different kinds of activities. I want my students to know and feel that English subject is fun and exciting!
Cheers,
Evan :)
The Class on curriculum and culture was interesting. I must commend on the efforts both put for the presentation. My applications are:
ReplyDelete1) The class reminded of me things I could find more information about like the process of learning a language, and especially like Dr. Andy said about how he teaches english by letting students enjoying the subject rather than teaching student boring rules which I definitely agree with.
2) Having every student greet in their own language/country was excellent and also repeating what the person before said helps students get prepared for Globalization in their workplace etc.
3)Culture is something much beyond language, and if I ever run out of options where I can involve language I can create activities involving life styles, behaviour, food, costume and so much more to make every student involve with the help of their respective culture.
Regards,
Laxshmi S.
Last week's presentation was on how culture affects curriculum, mainly focusing on Language. I remembered that it was a good try from the presenters, and they incorporated activities well.
ReplyDelete1) From my understanding, culture is not only the language but much more. Its the way people think, it's the way they act, it's why certain groups of people do what they do. For teachers, I think its important to understand youth culture of today. What are the kids into? What do they talk about? What excites them? I think these are the things to consider when thinking about culture and curriculum.
2. I think to understand another's culture, I think I have to first be open to understanding it. I think one would also have to be open to be confronted by it. I teach in a Japanese kindergarten. When I started out I was not so acquainted with the Japanese culture and certain things they did caused me to question them. So I think if one were to teach a student from an entirely different culture, the teacher has to be open to accept the students culture and not compare it with his own.
3. Thirdly, about language and culture. I remember there was one video in the presentation that showed the Chinese characters being animated as people or creatures. I had heard before that Chinese characters in the language are actually drawings of the things the characters represent. For example, the character for tree would actually be a drawing of a tree. I asked another classmate and they confirmed with me that it was true. I think that video showed some insight to the Chinese culture about how they used their language. I think that if we can teach our students to appreciate different cultures we would be doing something good. Videos like the one showed in the class are good examples of what could be done to help this process.
That is all for now. Thank you.
-Micah