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Tag Archives: intercultural competence
Supporting Muslim Students During Ramadan: 4 Suggestions for Teachers to Consider
Naashia Mohamed
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan will be observed in April this year. It is a period of time when Muslims strive for spiritual purification through fasting, self-sacrifice, and increased prayer. In many Muslim-majority countries, working hours and school days … Continue reading
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Tagged as cross-cultural activities, culture, intercultural competence, multicultural
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4 Steps to Becoming a Culturally Sustaining Teacher
Naashia Mohamed
In this unprecedented time of a global pandemic and increased tensions that have arisen as a result of racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural differences between groups in diverse societies around the world, education has been upended for millions of students … Continue reading
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Tagged as culturally responsive teaching, culture, intercultural competence, multicultural
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Understanding Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Naashia Mohamed
In recent years, there have been many calls to transform approaches to schooling in pluralistic societies that have treated the languages, cultures, and ways of being of people of colour as deficiencies that have to be overcome to succeed both … Continue reading
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Tagged as cultural skills, culturally responsive teaching, intercultural competence
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4 Pathways to a Culturally Responsive Virtual Classroom
Judie Haynes
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is grounded in the idea that educators teach to students’ unique cultural strengths. A well-known author in the field of culturally responsive teaching, Zaretta Hammond, has provided professional development based on her book, Culturally Responsive Teaching … Continue reading
Pronouncing ELs’ Names Correctly
Judie Haynes
I once expressed to a Korean parent my dismay that so many of my students from Korea came to school with an Anglicized name. Since I taught in an elementary school, it was usually the parents who picked a new … Continue reading
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Tagged as culture, evergreen, intercultural competence, Judie Haynes
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Revolutionizing Education by Reshaping Narrative
Aziz Abu Sarah will present the Opening Keynote, titled “Revolutionizing Education: Building Peace in a Divided World,” at the TESOL 2016 International Convention & English Language Expo, 5:30 pm, Tuesday, 5 April. “The West wants to destroy the Arab and Muslim world,” one of my … Continue reading
Small Is Beautiful: The 7th PELLTA Int’l ELT Conference
Andy Curtis
The TESOL President’s Blog In 1973, the German economist E.F. Schumacher published a book subtitled A Study of Economics as if People Mattered, making its financial focus clear, but it is the main title that he is best known for: … Continue reading
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Tagged as andy curtis, culture, evergreen, intercultural competence, TESOL Conference, TESOL President's blog
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Happy New Year 2015! Teaching Worldwide Celebrations
Judie Haynes
Whether your English learners celebrate the New Year on January 1st or not, they will enjoy learning about some famous New Year’s Eve celebrations taking place on December 31st. This is also a great springboard to having your ELs talk and … Continue reading
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Tagged as evergreen, intercultural competence, Judie Haynes, new year activities, primary ESL, primary school, teaching culture
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