Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques. Resource Handbook Number 4.

Autor/in	Gaston, Jan
Titel	Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques. Resource Handbook Number 4.
Quelle	(1992), (99 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-86647-010-7
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Classroom Techniques; Conflict Resolution; Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Awareness; Culture Conflict; Educational Strategies; Empathy; Family Environment; Family (Sociological Unit); Intercultural Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Social Adjustment; Sociocultural Patterns; Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Klassenführung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kulturkonflikt; Lehrstrategie; Empathie; Familienmilieu; Familie; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Soziale Anpassung; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Klischee
Abstract	The guide provides a conceptual framework for teaching cultural awareness and intercultural adjustment skills. Designed in the context of an intensified English second language program, the approach is recommended for students at the intermediate or advanced levels of language learning or for monocultural classes. In this approach, four stages of cultural awareness are identified, and within each stage, general skills to be developed. The first stage involves recognition of the existence and pervasive influence of culture. The primary skill to be developed here is non-judgmental observation. The second stage is characterized by either acceptance or rejection of cultural differences, and the skills to be developed at this stage focus on coping with ambiguity. The third stage concerns achievement of attitudes on a continuum from ethnocentrism to cultural integration. To achieve a bicultural perspective at this stage, the ability to empathize must be developed. Transcendence, or appreciation of one's own as well as others' cultures, is the final stage of cultural awareness, and the skills to be cultivated concern the ability to respect. For each stage, a set of classroom exercises targeting the appropriate skill area is suggested. An introductory section offers suggestions on classroom teaching technique. (MSE)
Anmerkungen	Pro Lingua Associates, 15 Elm St., Brattleboro, VT 05301 ($12; large quantity discounts).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01