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Engaging Students in Culture Study

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Noah Geisel

Transcript

http://www.tinyurl.com/culture-communities

Learning a new

language and culture can

feel like a little kid wading into

the ocean for the first time.

It’s taking on something

that is more

vast and deep

than the eye can see. It’s

when we finally plunge in

that we appreciate rising up

with the crest of each wave,

and, turning back, see the beach

and take in how

far we have come.

What do you love about

the language you teach?

Send a text to 22333

Start msg with 630026

then your response

Hooking our students is “less about a teacher flipping a student's switch than it is about creating the conditions where self-directed students can flip their own switches and know why they're doing it.” -Daniel Pink

More Pink: “...we've got to get past this idea that motivation is something that one person does to another and begin understanding that it's something someone does for him or herself....The most effective forms of persuasion and influence are when the other person comes up with his or her own autonomous, intrinsically motivated reasons for agreeing with you."

  • Outside of class
  • Self-guided
  • Opt-in
  • Something for everyone
  • Freedom to propose
  • Limited only by our creativity

But that is also rooted in the STANDARDS

Bathrooms

trashcans, squatters,

footprints, hoses &

dental floss

False Cognates

&

Misleading signs

Culture & Communities Activity:

Have students interview a native speaker about 2 culture shocks they have experienced or have observed

  • Latination.tv
  • Alt.latino
  • Billboard Hot Latin Songs
  • SayYeah.tv

#

Compelling stories: Peru's Potatoes, Colombia's hostages, Chile's student protest leader, Guatemala's orphan victims, Argentina's ongoing feud with the UK, Cuba's past and present, and Argentina's Desaparecidos

  • A home for 24/7 Pop Culture
  • Quick-hitting activities
  • Accessible...for students AND teachers
  • Easy to grow! You and your students help!
  • Searchable! Use it to connect to your lessons
  • Reblogging isn't stealing! Take what works!
  • Easy to replicate in other languages!
  • 2:30 tutorial - tinyurl.com/tumblrhowto
  • http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/vs9xx/immigrant_redditors_any_funny_culture_shock/ (culture shock stories)
  • http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/ (Trading Cards)
  • http://www.blabberize.com (Conan style interview)
  • http://www.polleverywhere.com (site we used for cell phone poll "back channel")
  • http://www.photopin.com (search tool I used to LEGALLY find the pictures in this presentation)
  • http://goo.gl/maps/jOQby (Custom map of Peru)
  • http://tinyurl.com/howtogooglemaps
  • http://www.tinyurl.com/howtoculture (Site for sharing how YOU teach culture, view all of these activities and many more)

http://tinyurl.com/culture-communities (link to THIS prezi)

http://tinyurl.com/howtoculture (share ideas)

http://tinyurl.com/cultureraft (culture menu)

http://tinyurl.com/tumblrculture (teacher pages)

2013 Teacher of the Year

Noah Geisel

ACTFL Language Teacher

of the Year Program (TOY)

CRITERIA FOR APPLYING:

Purpose of the Award

Candidates must be full-time language teachers

Spend at least 50% of their time in direct teaching during the year of application

Have an expectation of teaching for at least two additional years.

Must go through state and regional selection process

To elevate the status and the public profile of the language profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities to recognize accomplished members of our profession

To create as many media opportunities as possible to increase the visibility and importance of language learning with the media, policymakers, and the general public.

To recognizes best practices and excellence in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.

Hooking WL Students with Culture:

24/7 Pop Culture Realia

by: Noah Geisel

puravidanoah@gmail.com

@SenorG

Resources

I want you...to share!

www.tinyurl.com/howtoculture

  • the tastes
  • the sounds
  • the feel
  • the sights
  • the sites

THE CULTURE

It's all about

sharing the love

So: How do we leverage our love to

foster life-long learning in students?

Meme Martes

mememartes.tumblr.com

Culture can be shocking!

Same, same, but different

Piercing mistakes

And of course, the food

http://wmbrennan.tumblr.com/

Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabbit/5162694823/

A different approach to culture study

Getting into the sandbox

*

Beating Boring Biographies

(a.k.a. "No, really, I was not

actually just trying to assess

your skills at copying &

pasting plagiarized content.")

  • Investigador Privado
  • Conan Interview - Blabberize
  • Thematic Trading Cards

How well do you know the standards? Take the quiz!

Borrowed from the November issue of The Language

Educator, it is available on Edmodo if you join our Teaching Culture group (where you can also find and share resources). Group code: pcc2fe

Animal sounds are different in other languages!

Cultures & Communities Playlist

Screen shots taken from "Standards for Foreign Language Learning" http://ow.ly/hPgPY

Commercials can facilitate exploration of language, culture and communities. The familiarty of the medium allows students a degree of comfort from the outset. In 30 seconds, students can take in both cultural differences AND similarities (and maybe even reflect on the nature of culture!)

THAT IS

Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3536545121/

photo credit Nasa / Goddard Space Flight Center / Reto Stöckli

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