* Use of self-awareness techniques (in L2, if possible): give students self-assessment questionnaires, sensitivity exercises, a checklist of value orientations, etc. -> very useful to check on students’ stereotypes and on students’ awareness about their own culture. - * Use of self-awareness techniques (in L2, if possible): give students self-assessment questionnaires, sensitivity exercises, a checklist of value orientations, etc. -> very useful to check on students’ stereotypes and on students’ awareness about their own culture.
- Some Useful Techniques (cont’d)
- * Use of cultoons: a cartoon or cartoon strip that depicts some cultural aspects of the target culture; students must find the cultural clues and interpret the social signals of the target culture (e.g., select cartoons illustrating cultural values; delete some words and let students imagine them).
* Invite native speakers as guests and have students interact with them. - Some Useful Techniques (cont’d)
* “[…] more often than not we tend, in our language classes, to focus our attention on developing our students' linguistic skills and we spend rather limited time developing their understanding of the "foreign" culture.” - * “[…] more often than not we tend, in our language classes, to focus our attention on developing our students' linguistic skills and we spend rather limited time developing their understanding of the "foreign" culture.”
- * Cultura’s objectives : . to help students develop their own understanding of the values, attitudes, beliefs and concepts inherent in another culture . to understand how people in the target culture interact, look at the world, and frame their thoughts and ideas.
- Cultura / M.I.T.: http://cultura.mit.edu
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