Part of 2012 EFLIS Primary InterSection Session With CALLIS & ICIS
Friday, 30 March 2012 - PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING ACROSS CULTURES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM THROUGH CALL
2. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• Why culture is important
• Tools to raise students’ awareness of different
cultures
• Why pronunciation is important
• Tools to help students improve pronunciation
4. TEACHING CULTURE
ABILITY TO PERCEIVE
AND RECOGNIZE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
ABILITY TO ACCEPT
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
ABILITY TO APPRECIATE
AND VALUE SOCIAL
DIFFERENCES
5. WHEN IN ROME ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SOCIAL BLUNDERS
EMBARRASSMENT
6. CULTURE 1 AND CULTURE 2
HOW TO TRANSFER C1 TO C2?
COMPARE AND REFLECT
CRITICAL THINKING
WHAT IS SIMILAR?
WHAT IS DIFFERENT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?