This session will discussed the following areas:
1. Intercultural education
2. Intercultural Education
3. Communications and its forms
4. Language and different types of languages
5. Relationship of Language and Culture
4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Define what is intercultural education and reasons for
teaching it.
Identify what is intercultural communication, its
elements and importance to education
Explain the role of language
Definition of culture and illustrate the characteristics
of culture
Know the relationship between language and culture
5. INTERCULTURAL
EDUCATION (ICE)
A dynamic perspective which teaches
knowing and appreciating the difference
between individuals
dedicated to the personal growth of
individuals and promoting harmonious
relationships between people.
6. REASONS FOR TEACHING ICE IN
THE 21ST CENTURY
1. It celebrates & recognizes the diversity in all facets of
human life.
2. It fights all forms of discrimination and advocates genuine
equality, justice, human rights and just learning
environment.
3. It encourages cultural sensitivity and positive
communication among students of diversity.
4. It empowers one to be culturally adept by actively
participating in the social interaction with a feeling of
pride of his own identity and cultural group.
7. INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION (ICC)
refers to the effective communication
between people of different cultural
backgrounds
studies cultural variation in communicative
interaction & interpersonal relationships
among people of diverse cultural &
linguistic backgrounds
9. WHY WE STUDY ICC?
INCREASES SELF-AWARENES
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
WORKPLACE AND ECONOMIC
GLOBALIZATION
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
GLOBAL AND INTRAPERSONAL PEACE
10. IMPORTANCE OF ICC IN
EDUCATION
Teachers will become more sensitive to the
potential problem in a culturally diverse class.
To avoid communication as a source of frustrations,
intercultural conflict or worst, school failure.
To have a successful communication which is a pre-
requisite for an effective transfer of knowledge in
schools.
13. PARALANGUAGE
is the language of gestures, expressions and
postures
according to the linguists, these are auxiliary
communication devices to alter or emphasize
what we say or do.
14. EXAMPLES OF PARALANGUAGE
1. Body language or KINESICS
2. Gestures
3. Glances
4. Slightly change in the tone of voice
15. LANGUAGE
is an abstract system of word meaning and
symbols for all aspects of culture. It includes
speech, written characters, numerals, symbols
& gestures and expressions on non-verbal
communication.
18. 4 AREAS OF THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
• SYSTEMS OF SOUNDS THAT A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE USES; RULES HOW PHONEMES
ARE PUT TOGETHER TO FORM WORDS AND PROPER INTONATION
1. PHONOLOGY
• STUDY OF MEANING OF WORD AND THEIR MEANING WITHIN SENTENCES
2. SEMANTICS
• STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE OF A LANGUAGE WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO (2) MAJOR
PARTS:
• MORPHOLOGY – study of the language smallest unit called morphemes
• SYNTAX – specify how words are combined
3. GRAMMAR
• CONSISTS OF RULES FOR THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN A PARTICULAR CONTEXT
4. PRAGMATICS
19. Relationship
o One cannot exist without the other
o The structure of language determines the way the
speakers view the world
o You cannot understand or appreciate the one without
a knowledge of the other (Linguistic-relativity hypothesis
by Edward Sapir)
20. ❝If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If
you talk to him in his own language,
that goes to his heart.❞
‒Nelson Mandela
Thank you!
Editor's Notes
FORM 4 GROUPS, SEATING ARRANGEMENT ON A HORIZONTAL
RULES ON THE DRAWING: NO WRITING OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS
Our world is continuously growing, so the contacts between people with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is also growing. It become more diverse because of different areas in our society like the business, military, mass media, entertainment, tourism, education and many more. There is a need for a constructive communication to avoid misunderstandings and breakdowns.
United nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) believes that the way to prepare the students to be socially competent in the 1st century is by ICE.
The INTEGRAL PART of ICE or the subject matter of ICE
The advent of social networking has opened the windows for more intercultural communication, making the 21st century multicultural society
P – beliefs, values, attitudes, world views. 2 types: 1. Perception of Time or CHRONEMICS (past-oriented, present-oriented and future-oriented cultures) – events and experiences that is most valued by the people 2. Perception of space or PROXEMICS (ways of relating to space and territory e.g queing in line “first come first served” for americans and Asians but French people have a practice of cutting lines ‘overtake”. for being territorial or protecting personal space, e.g North Americans prefer maintaining at least 2ft when conversing while some Asians tend to ) and touch or HAPTICS (ways to communicate by touching such as handshakes, kissing and embrace as a form of greetings but it is different acc to culture)….CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS – comparing and analyzing cultures of the same action. Another example is Touching or patting the head – in Chinese, Thai and Indian, it shows disrespect or rudeness but to Filipinos, its compliment
V – use of speaking and symbols to portray culture. 2 types: 1. DIRECT SPEECH – reveals true meaning or intention of the speaker; short direct answers e.g North Americans and Canadians are frank sometimes interpreted as rude, cold or offensive to other cultures. 2. INDIRECT SPEECH – not directly reveal the true meaning; uses roundabout statements, metaphors and analogies. E.g “Let’s eat” for Filipinos is just mere a greeting and acknowledgement of one’s presence. Another example is Invitation then you will not attend but you will say ‘I’ll try or I’ll see”
NV – shared thought, emotions, attitudes and feeling thru bodily behavior “actions speak louder than voice”; useful to substitute verbal message. Example: Crossed arm (lacked of openness/disagreement); Slouching (disinterest/boredom/disrespect); Facial expressions and Eye-contact (Sign of Anger, in Chinese narrow eyes while in Americans wide-eyed expressions)
C – business, education, health, tourism
I – own culture
D – immigrants, refugees and undocumented individual (TNT)
W – be competitive in the global market
C – identifying the differences and similarities
G – Respect. Be more compassionate and caring to one another
PL makes us more difficult to lie or hide our emotions during the communication process
Experts said that 70% of what we communicate is thru PL
Trivia: Philippines has 182 languages spoken and in the world, we have 7097 languages spoken
Top 5 countries with most languages spoken: USA-311, India-427, Nigeria-516, Indonesia-740 and Papua New Ginuea-820
Most spoken language: 1. Mandarin-1.1B 2. English-330M 3. Spanish-300M 4. Hindu/Urdu-250M 5. Arabic-200M
History of many languages based on the Bible: Story of Tower of Babel(means Confusion) on Genesis 11:1-9
“A man language is the reflection of the kind of person he is, the level of education he has attained and the index of behavior that may be expected to him”
P - PHONEMES is basic unit of sounds that affects the meaning of a word…bat changed to cat
S – also how we used words and combine the phrases, clauses or sentences. Example of semantics: destination and last stop. A child could be called child, kid, son or daughter.
G – Morphological system is the rule of altering root words to produce such thing as plurals and past tenses. SYNTAX – rule is not limited to one way of saying what we mean. Example: Syntactically correct statement: After class, I went to the library to listen some music….Incorrect (ambiguous/unclear): I listened to some music after class and I went to the library.
Pragmatics – concerned not only on speaking and writing but on social interaction for an effective communication. Example: Say “May I have one of your crayons?” rather than demand “Give me your crayon!”