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Sep 1, 2008 9:58 am
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I have been given Western Cultures as a subject to teach this term to grade 2 students in my new job. These are 4 year degree university students. I am not...
[From: "Barbara Vosberg" <barbara92106@...>] I have been reading the discussion on correcting grammar with great interest. I have been retired for a...
On Mon, 9/1/08, becster1979 <becster1979@...> wrote: I have been given Western Cultures as a subject to teach this term to grade 2 students in my new...
Thanks Barbara - I agree and the groups' comments become more important in the eyes of the students than the teacher. However, you do need to make sure that ...
Hi Rebecca and please look in the archives for these lists as your question has come up in the past and there were several very nice ideas written. One...
Rebecca, When my husband taught such a course to 3rd-year university English majors, the department chair wanted him to prepare them to more deeply appreciate...
I did a culture unit on the U.S. - students manipulate the 50 states, find out what each state is known for, know its capital. Most students thought it was...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Sep 2, 2008 3:19 pm
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I am finally here in Chongqing and I am also teaching 3 culture sections. I am reading your responses to Rebecca's question with interest. My students have...
Margaret Curtis
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Sep 3, 2008 5:49 am
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I did pretty much what Nelson Banks did on American culture: there was a library in town so each student picked his own state (no duplications allowed) and...
... I did pretty much what Nelson Banks did on American culture: there was a library in town so each student picked his own state (no duplications allowed) and...
... Try a hands-on unit on fork-spoon-knife.?The world's duality in eating customs will bear down on you like a lead balloon. Nelson Bank...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Sep 3, 2008 2:36 pm
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... Actually, only about a third of the worl'd population uses chopsticks.?Another third uses knife and fork...and the other third uses their fingers. Mert ...
... Try a hands-on unit on fork-spoon-knife. ?The world's duality in eating customs will bear down on you like a lead balloon. my comment:so you wouldn't teach...
For those whose students have internet access, have you considered Tom Robb's Student List Project as an additional way to access cultural topics that involves...
Context is all ! If the person is relating a story, "I go to the store yesterday. and a dog ate my banana." that's fine. Narrative emphasis? But if he simply...
Dave
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Sep 4, 2008 4:02 am
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... what ... I read this and a following post (in digest) and puzzled popped up. ... isn't culture, it's geography. ? Why were the Angry Young Men angry? Why...
Dave
nevin@...
Sep 4, 2008 4:02 am
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... Maybe use the book as a framework, add AV stuff as Tom suggests. Lots of different CHinese uni books on culture. Yes I retaught a class where previous...
Dave
nevin@...
Sep 4, 2008 4:02 am
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Most of the people I know, American and Chinese, would use a fork and knife to eat steak, chopsticks to eat sushi, and their hands to eat a hamburger. Within...
I wouldn't use present simple to say I'd read a book.I'd use past simple, present perfect, or past perfect (eg, "I had read _The Lord of the Rings_ before I...
... find out ... Dave Nevin off the top of his head. ... Yo - Dave, your right, and to make up a lesson as Keys suggests is to go to the net and Google " top...
... Duality? What about parts of the world where neither knives, forks , spoons nor chopsticks are used? And how does a 'lead balloon' 'bear down' pray tell? ...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Sep 4, 2008 11:16 pm
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I have taught 'culture classes' in China several times. The reasons that the students think these classes are important are because this type of information...
... "All senior English majors take the TEM8 ( Test for English Majors Level/Band 8). There are 'culture questions' on this exam" Margaret, this is a very...
Margaret Curtis
margaret.curtis@...
Sep 5, 2008 1:29 am
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Margaret mentioned culture on the TEM8 and some other exams. I've never actually sat the exam, but some of the TOEFL prep books I've seen are laden with...
There are many study materials. One of the best is Spark. I think it would most likely be available at one of the bookstores outside the university gate. Last...
I too am teaching culture. My courses are titled Situational English. All my students will be leaving this university at some time or other to study abroad...
Nancy If your students can barely speak English, then why are you attempting to teach culture in English. Wouldn't it be better to be teaching them the to read...
Many of the Chinese texts on Western culture leave a lot to be desired. However, one feels compelled to use them when they are assigned by the school and the...
Last year after the exam the students came to me with their most puzzling questions. While I knew the answers to most of them, I did not know 'what is the...
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