Culturally Responsive Communicative Teaching
Culturally ResponsiveCommunicative TeachingApplying Communicative TeachingPractices in a Culturally Inclusive Classroom
Agenda Communicative Language Teaching: Merits and Problems Culturally Responsive Teaching: Definition and Characteristics Why Did I Choose Today’s Topic? Benefits and Challenges of Culturally Responsive Teaching Navigating through Problems From Conventional to Communicative: Tips to Incorporate Communicative Teaching into aCulturally Responsive Classroom
Where does the term comefrom? Culturally Responsive Communicative Teaching is anEFL teaching approach that was developed by Dr. LiYin, to provide a teaching framework appropriate forAsian classrooms.
Communicative LanguageTeaching
Meaning and fluencyScaffolding andassessmentReal-life situationsActive learningpracticesCommunicativeLanguage TeachingErrors as a proof ofLearningTeacher as afacilitatorStudent-centeredAuthentic materials
Activity 1 Do you incorporate communicative languageteaching methods in your classroom? What strategies do you involve in you lesson?
Sounds great, but is CLTenough?
Why is CLT not enough?
That is not to say that CLT should beexcluded; rather students’ culturalvalues should shape its implementation
Examples of Cultural Differences
Examples of Cultural DifferencesIn traditional societies, a teacher is anauthority figureA Teacher is the main source ofknowledgeFocus is on memorization anddeveloping exam-taking skillsEvery mistake should be corrected
Examples of Cultural DifferencesDiscussions are considered a waste oftimeCommunity takes precedence overindividuals.Self-assertion values might beconsidered prideful and rude.
Activity 2 Have you been challenged bycultural differences in yourclassroom before? What was thesituation and how did you handleit?
Culturally Responsive Teaching “Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) can bedefined as using the cultural knowledge, priorexperiences, frames of reference, andperformance styles of ethnically diversestudents to make learning encounters morerelevant to and effective for them. It teachesto and through the strengths of these students.It is culturally validating and affirming” (Gay,2000, p. 29).
Why did I choose this topic? My experience as an ESL student My experience as an ESL teacher My experience as an LVCA tutor
Why Culturally Responsive Teaching?
About Culturally Responsive Teaching(video)
Activity 3 What are the potentialchallenges of implementingCLT in your classroom?
Challenges ofImplementingCRT
Challenges ofImplementing CRTReluctanceto discusssocial issuesIrrelevantcontentLack oftrainingConsideringothercultures lessvaluableFear ofbeinginsensitive
How to navigate through thesechallenges ?
TeacherStudentContentCommunicativePractices
Teacher and Student: BuildingRapportDo research and ask your student questionsabout her cultureDiscuss media representations and reflect onyour stereotypesUse student’s culture in teaching languageAllow L1 and learn a thing or two about it
Teacher and Student: BuildingRapportLearn about activities in social gatheringsand try to joinKnow your student’s immigration storyAsk your student to share good memoriesabout his homeSet high expectations and develop selfesteem
Teacher and ContentIntegrate culturallyresponsive materialwith curriculumIncludemultiethnic bookssuitable for yourstudent’s levelInclude importantdates, occasions,charactersInclude importantsymbols, mottoes,artifacts incontentCompare and contrastdifferent aspects oflife (sports, food,family, music, etc.)Build integratedlesson plans aroundcultural topics
Teacher and Communicative PracticesLow-level WritingShow and tell- Use personal- Let your studentbring an artifactrelated to hishome. Talk andwrite about itRead a story- Pre-teach,predict, skimdiscuss, sort,summarizestories andphotos aswriting prompts- Createpostcards andtravelMuted Videobrochures- Show amuted videoand let yourstudent guessthe topic.Listen, discuss,and write.High-level Writing- High-levelstudents cancreate journals toreflect on theirexperiences- They can write inblogs and tonewspapers
From Conventional toCommunicative Students need to be transitioned graduallyfrom conventional methods to morecommunicative ones
Here are some tipsLinkProvideactive and communicativeactivities withregularstructurederroractivities.correctionSet predictablepatterns foractivities andSetexercisesobjectivesat thebeginningof the classProvideinstructionsand sign.com
Activity 4 Which of these practices are you goingto use in your tutoring sessions? What are other practices do youralready use?
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Communicative Teaching Applying Communicative Teaching Practices in a Culturally Inclusive Classroom . Agenda Communicative Language Teaching: Merits and Problems . Culturally Responsive Communicative Teaching is an EFL teaching approach that was developed by Dr. Li Yin, to provide a teaching framework appropriate for Asian classrooms .
The Application of Communicative Approach in English Teaching . Hu Shen, Gong Wei . Art and Science department, Chengdu College of UESCT, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, China . . Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is the English name of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Communicative teaching method originated in the 1970s, and has undergone
2.4.15 Conceptualization of Communicative approach 43 2.4.16 Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) implementation 47 2.4.17 Application of CLT around the World 53 2.4.18 Educational reforms in Asian countries 60 2.4.19 Adapting communicative approach for Asian countries 64 2.5 Teachers‟ perceptions of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in .
claimed that communicative language teaching is a cornerstone to develop many forms of teaching methods; it covers four English skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In the book Communicative Language Teaching Today, Richards [5] (2006) stated that "Communicative Language Teaching can be understood as a set of principles about the .
English teachers seriously. Communicative approach is a teaching method rising in t he 1970s to train the learners' practical language communicative ability. As an innovative teaching mode, the effective application of communicative teaching in the teaching process has a very positive effect on
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