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1. Cultural context of learning
• English language learning and teaching involves more
factors than cognitive functioning or phonetic development.
• Cultural influence of both the native and target cultures
impact learning styles, instructional approach and language
skills.
• Cultural education provides insight to the relationship
between cultural backgrounds and language learning;
awareness of cultural impacts on English language learning
can influence coaching decisions and lead to an increase in
positive learning outcomes.
• The need for cultural literacy in teaching and coaching
arises mainly from the fact that most language learners,
not exposed to cultural elements of the society in
question, seem to encounter significant hardship in
communicating meaning to native speakers.
• This is particularly telling for professionals who learn
English in one cultural and social setting and then work in
another setting.
Cultural literacy and society

2. Influence of Culture in Workplace
• This is compounded when it flows over into the learner’s professional area when
they relocate to work overseas in an English speaking country where social and
cultural norms differ.
• Expectations and Norms:
• Multi tasking – To be flexible to undertake several tasks on your shift and not
work in solos.
• Nurses would attend to the patient plus undertake daily activities such as bathing,
changing and feeding.
• Patient can question and you have a legal obligation to explain.
• Ability to produce written documents as you will be asked to research and
provide details.

3. Education
• Cultural and social education are important steps in
alleviating the potential cultural conflicts that may arise in a
relocating the professional health care worker.
• Therefore coaches and teachers should be educated in
diversified instruction that responds to an English language
student's individual needs and aspirations.
• Explicit cultural and social education should be
incorporated as the ‘soft skills’ for English language
learners.

4. Coaching at PEAR
• At PEAR Academy, we take pride in integrating social and cultural
skills into our coaching programs.
• It is the construct of our content that enable coaches to develop
and deliver these extra skills to our learners.
• Our coaches and instructors come from India and Australia, assuring
a good mix of cultural awareness and soft skill development.
• This approach is a key factor in the success of professional
occupational English development in our students, passing OET, and
working in new cultural settings in the UK, US, CA, AU and NZ.