This document discusses applying a cultural approach in teaching the short story "The Fruitcake Special". It defines culture and lists four fundamental principles of cultural studies: cross-cultural encounters and the creation of racial/cultural hierarchies, assimilation of dominant cultures, resistance to dominant cultures, and cross-cultural identities. It suggests generation gaps affecting culture as a suitable issue to analyze, with activities for students to compare characters representing old and young generations and relate them to their own environments.

1. APPLYING CULTURAL APPROACH IN
TEACHING SHORT STORY, “THE
FRUITCAKE SPECIAL”.
PREPARED BY: FAIDATUL SYUHADA BT. SHAMSUDDIN (A 135714)
WAN NAZIRA BT. CHE NOR (A 135711)
W. SYAZWANI NASUHA BT.WAN MAZLAN (A 135727)
LECTURER’S NAME: DR. ZALINA BT MOHD. LAZIM

2.  DEFINITION OF CULTURE
• of or relating to a particular group of people and their habits,
beliefs, traditions, etc. (Merriam-Webster online Dictionary)
 FOUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:
 CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND THE CREATION OF
RACIAL AND CULTURAL HIERARCHY
 CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND THE ASSIMILATION
OFTHE DOMINANT CULTURE
 CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND RESISTANCE
 CROSS-CULTURAL IDENTITIES
Pillai, S. (n.d.). Chapter 8: Cultural StudiesApproach. 128-143

3. Select suitable text that
makes any reference to the
issues.
Choose appropriate issues
that suitable and able to
relate with the students.
Choose classroom
activities that best
represent the issues.

4. • GENERATIONGAP IS EFFECTING CULTURE
▪ Differences in age group and its effects on the society/
generation.
▪ Students able to review the relationship between
characteristics of the characters and culture by compare
contrast between two characters that represent the old
and young generation like Anna vs. Anna’s Mother
▪ Student also able to relate to their environment and
relationship with others.
Gerhard Falk, UrsulaA. Falk. (2005). Part II- Age Peers. In Youth Culture and the GenerationGap (pp. 79-
88). United States: Algora Publishing.

5. PRE- READING ACTIVITY
 PICTURES OFYOUNGAND
OLDWOMEN
 Students need to identify the
differences between those
pictures
 RATIONALE
 To trigger students’ interest
on the issues of generation
gaps and its effects on the
culture

6. WHILE READING
 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
 To identify the character and
their characteristics
 RATIONALE
 To classify the characters into
young and old generation.
 To get the overview of the
relationship between the
characteristics of the
characters and generation
gap.

7. POST READING ACTIVITY
 USING MAHJONG PAPER
AND POST-IT PAPER
 To compare and contrast the
characters that represent their
generation. Eg; old vs young
generation.
 Inspires from the site
“lessonswithlaugh”.
 Rationale
 Students able to get the
overview of the issues clearer
and understand the culture of
the short story. http://www.lessonswithlaughter.com/2012/09/ty
pes-of-sentences-and-currently.html?m=1