Masterclass Series
The role of culture in ELT
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Introduction
One of the defining characteristics of English language teaching (ELT) is that its learners come from a vast range of different countries, different language backgrounds and from different cultures.
While it is true that many of these learners are curious about the cultures of the countries where English is spoken as a first language (and for many of them this is synonymous with English culture), there has been a welcome shift away from this monocultural focus to the opportunities of multicultural exchange and understanding, as befits the development of learners as global citizens.
This workshop first considers how the term culture can be defined before looking at the way in which cultural representation has developed in ELT materials. It then introduces the concept of cultural dimensions and how these can be used to understand culturally influenced behaviours in our classrooms.
Presented by Neil Harris – Teacher Trainer & Director of Marketing @CELT Language School.
This Workshop is included with PRO Membership.
Preparing for the Workshop
Our Masterclass workshops are typically delivered in 90 mins.
At Gallery Teachers, we endorse the philosophy of building on your previous knowledge and experience as opposed to just imparting knowledge on you.
Therefore, in order to prepare you for the webinar and help you activate what you already know about the topic, we will suggest two to four reflective questions for you to consider before you join the event.
You will also be given the opportunity to post your reflections, along with any questions you may already have at the pre-watching stage, to the discussion forum.
The reflective questions, as well as ideas and shared experiences posted to the forum by attendees, will be used in the real-time Q&A session in order to generate an engaging and meaningful discussion, involving the presenter and teachers from around the world.
After the event, the forum discussion will take on a life of its own and teachers will be encouraged to continue posting their experiences, reflections and questions related to the topic of the webinar. So, if you feel strongly about the topic, we will make it possible for you to take the discussion beyond the scheduled workshop and continue sharing your ideas with like-minded teachers and teacher trainers from other countries
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Culture is everywhere in the language classroom
Before I attend the live webinar, I was expecting something abstract as the role of culture in language classrooms. However, the presenter gave me a brand new but detailed view to look at the culture in language teaching which is really inspiring.
My original thinking was culture can be taught only with materials that clearly stated culture or cultural-related topics. Now I understand that culture is not only limited to teaching materials but also can be seen through teacher-student relationships and interaction, hidden beliefs, context and etc.
Thanks again for the wonderful course.
-Jane Wu
Excellent lecture
As a new teacher, the speaker was incredibling welcoming as for the host and the other guest.
It really gave me an insight on some problems that I might incounter in the future, specifically coursebooks not being the best representation of diverisity and really up to date with societies. What was very interesting where some of the solutions and considerations that as teachers can use to progress in our classrooms.