How do your students engage with culture in your classroom? One way to approach cultural topics is to look specifically at Cultural Products, Practices and Perspectives. Focusing on these cultural aspects helps students develop intercultural competence, which will then make language learning more meaningful and relevant to them. It also allows students to see beyond language and understand the people who speak it. In this episode I share practical strategies to engage students in understanding Cultural Products Practices and Perspectives.
Topics in this Episode:
- High Leverage Teaching Practices from Enacting the Work of Language Instruction by Eileen Glisan and Richard Donato
- Cultural Products: Tangible and intangible items created by a culture, such as art, literature, music, food and traditions.
- Cultural Practices: The patterns of behavior accepted by a society, including customs, rituals, and routines.
- Cultural Perspectives: The underlying values, beliefs, and attitudes that shape how a culture views the world.
- Cultural Value Dimensions
- 5 Strategies for engaging students in Cultural Products, Practices and Perspectives
- Selecting Authentic Cultural Materials
- Contextualizing Cultural Practices
- Facilitating Communicative Interactions around Cultural Products, Practices and Perspectives
- Reflecting on Cultural Perspectives
- Integrating Cultural Learning with Language Skills
**Be sure to download the The CI Toolbox. 15 Comprehensible Input (CI) activities for your language classroom to support comprehension and authentic engagement. These suggestions are a compilation of ideas shared on the World Language Classroom Podcast by me and many guests.
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