2. Objetives
By the end of this presentation we’ll
have…
Experienced intercultural activities
Identified a framework to
introduce intercultural activities in
the classroom
3. 1. The rise of international students from
countries all over the world.
2. US classrooms are more and more like
international schools in 2015.
3. Great opportunity to learn other culture
4. The study of non-verbal aspects of
communication
5. Community connection
Why there is a need
to take an intercultural
perspective in language
teaching?
4. Artefact -Any construction of the human being
Fact - Elements of a country’s culture (history, art,
institutions, music) and way of life.
Nature of the educational effect:
behavior, beliefs, perceptions expressed to language
and determine the acceptance (sometimes rejection) of
a person in the host community.
Intercultural framework:
5. Who is attending
Chinese classes today?
Chinese
Background
Speaker
Speakers
of other
languages
Native
English
speaker
6. Five Principles of
Intercultural Language Learning
Active Construction (thinking skills, solving
problems)
Making Connections (of one’s existing
conceptions)
Social interaction
Reflection ( identity one’s thoughts and feelings)
Responsibility (for better understanding oneself)
7. Before we start
the activities:
1. Individualism / collaboration
2. Level of students
3. Logical Sequence
4. Space and Budget
5. Link to the language lessons
6. Support from others
10. Crossing culture: example 3,
holidays
Easter-USA
Korean New Year
Japanese New
Year
Chinse New YearChinese Moon Festival Japanese Moon Rabbit
11. Noticing Activity
Watch the video: Made in China –Factory
of the World
What are the three things you learn from
the video that you did not know before?
https://youtu.be/WlSHo61nRWw
12. Questions you may use:
Where is the event taking place?
What is happening?
Who are the people involved?
Why do they do these activities?
If this took place in your country…
What would happen?
Who would be there?
What would they wear?
What would people do?
Video
Watching
13. Activity: Acting
Greetings
How do people give business cards in Taiwan
/Japan/USA?
Practice giving your business cards to your
colleagues
Why (do you think) are business cards given in
Japan the way that way?
How did you feel giving the business cards the
Japanese way?
14. Activity: Drama /
Story Telling
Group students in small group of 3-4
Giving each a reading material – story from
other counties
Have each group act out a different story
(for example - 嫦娥奔月 和 亞當夏娃)
Asking students how did they feel being in a
different culture situation
16. Activity: Quiz and Game
Cultural information can be delivered
through quiz or game
Formats: Online, Paper, in-class activity
A way of assessing student’s learning
outcomes
17. Activity: Small Group Discussion 1
In you culture, do you have special festivals or
holiday?
What are they?
What are they tradition?
What are the food associated with these
festivals or holidays?
18. Activity: Small Group Discussion 2
Can you describe one of the Chinese
Festivals from the presentation -
What are they?
What are they tradition?
What are the food associated with these
festivals or holidays?
19. Processes Analyzing
What information
did you learn?
How are the actions
performed?
Why are these
information the way
they are?
What did you
feel/think about
practicing these
activities?
20. Raise cultural awareness
What? How?
Information of the
cultural aspects.
Information about
the actions.
The actual action,
conditions and
context
Why? Self
Explanations for the
actions.
Cultural understanding
Feelings
Reasoning
Adapting
Assimilating
Rejecting
