Teaching culture

To truly embrace multiculturalism and understand cultural diversity, it's essential to teach our children how to openly accept one another and themselves.

An image outlining some notable cultural differences between three places. Infographics like this are helpful when it comes to learning about different places and ideas, as it presents an attractive and quick way to keep things in mind. It doesn’t offer in-depth analysis which one should probably get into if they intend to spend time in another nation or communicate with someone from said nation, but quick facts can help avoid intercultural communication conflicts in unexpected situations.

Culture: Culture is the beliefs, customs, arts, etc. of a particular group or society. Culture includes all of the things listed in this picture and how these things vary from place to place. Styles of clothes change because of the weather or because of the religion in certain areas. Celebrations change because of the different holidays people celebrate based on their religious or historic background. The food changes because of what kinds of food are plentiful in that area. (to be…

What is culture?

Last week I asserted that diversity is difficult to define because of the multipliers. None of us is uni-dimensional. We each possess a number of different diversity dimensions, gender, age, ethnicity, occupation, etc. etc. I believe that a GenY woman who is a single mom has a different set of needs than a married Baby…

Use an anchor chart to begin the conversation of what culture is and what it means to your students

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Follow this sound advice to help your messaging land—regardless of linguistic or cultural differences. Communicating with a diverse, global audience is the messaging equivalent of walking a high wire while eating a bowl of noodles. It can be difficult, messy, confusing and downright scary. Dangerous miscommunication lurks with every step, and there are endless opportunities […]

What is Culture? Culture consists of material objects, patterns of thinking, feeling, language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation to the next Material Culture Nonmaterial Cultures

TEFL Classroom: With 15 years of experience as an English teacher under my belt, I’ve had the privilege of exploring a myriad of classrooms, each with its own unique dynamics. Starting with traditional offline classrooms, I took my teaching practice online, reaching eager minds in China and Japan, before finally setting down roots in the... The post Bridging Cultural Gaps: A Global Perspective from a TEFL Classroom appeared first on The Educators Room.