Center for Language Education and Research | The Second “C”: Culture Teaching in the Language Classroom
This workshop is intended to assist language teachers at all levels in integrating culture into the language classroom. We will discuss pedagogical principles for teaching culture. First, we will lay a theoretical foundation for teaching culture by discussing the constructs of culture, intercultural competence and transcultural competence. In this discussion we will consider historical, linguistics, political, societal, geographical perspectives as well as cultural artifacts. Next we will take a closer look at the cultural expectations as defined by the ACTFL standards and the Common European Framework of Reference. Most of the workshop time will be devoted to practical considerations. Pedagogical techniques for culture teaching will be presented and will include those enhanced by technology (e.g., telecollaboration, discussion boards) as well as more traditional techniques (e.g., mini research projects). Participants will experience sample activities taken from German and ESL classes from the perspective of the learner, develop their own activities, and exchange and discuss activities with the other participants. Participants are asked to bring a collection of culture learning activities and/or that you have successfully implemented in your course. These activities should represent a variety of language levels and types of activities. | Jul 26 - Jul 28, 2010 |
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