Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques (Resource Handbook, No. 4)

These 20 techniques can be used in all language classrooms and in other training and orientation programs. Each one can be effective on its own, or the 20 can be used as a curriculum to guide students through 4 intercultural skill-building stages until they are able to function in other cultures comfortably, with both respect and empathy but also with a sound appreciation of their own culture. A clear objective and step-by-step procedures for leading activities and discussions are part of every technique. The author then shares suggestions, cautionary notes, and procedural variations based on her own successful use of the techniques in foreign language and ESL classrooms, teacher training, and a variety of intercultural orientation programs.