Transcript little c powerpoint

“Little c” Culture in the Foreign
Language Classroom
Presenters: Jessica Bickert, Kelly
Eichenlaub, John MacDonald, Cameron
Murray, Kayleen Notchick
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBuKuA9nHsw
Overview
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Summary
The Cultural Iceberg
“Big C”
“little c”
A Waste of Time
Teaching No Culture
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Time
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Ethnocentrism
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Lack of Dialectical language
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Culture shock
Teaching Solely “Big C” Culture
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Broad, extensive overview
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“C–ing” culture
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Overgeneralization
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Stereotyping
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Misunderstanding
Teaching “little c” Culture
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Ethnorelativism
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Culture + language
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Comprehensive analysis
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Time
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Hard to assess
Summary
 Implementation
 Vitality
 Curriculum Conflict
The Three Step Plan
 1. Get over yourself
 2. What can you “C”?
 3. Ask why.
Conclusion
What should students take away from the
foreign language that they studied in high school?
It is not likely that students will remember every
single vocabulary word or verb conjugation of the
target language. But if students can celebrate
differences as unique rather than wrong, then
language teachers have done their job.
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