Publication Date
2003
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Abstract
Students can use their experiences outside the ESL classroom to facilitate their own learning of culture and communicative competency. In a course I continue to design, students prepare for real-world interactions and learning. They practice communication strategies and discuss topics largely of their own choosing in a multi-cultural context. They then go out into the community to make cultural and communicative observations, and interact with native- and non-native speakers of English. This IPP presents various definitions of culture and communicative competency and gives suggestions for in-class and real-world activities, including communication tasks, observations, and reflections through journal writing.
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | First and Second Language Acquisition | International and Intercultural Communication
Recommended Citation
Ferreira, Brenda, "Their Own Best Resources: Students and Real-World Interaction, Observation, and Reflection" (2003). MA TESOL Collection. 385.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/385
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, First and Second Language Acquisition Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons