Joe McVeigh and Ann Wintergerst describe 10 ways of teaching culture in the ESL classroom. Download Word handout at www.joemcveigh.org/resources

1. Ten Techniques for Teaching Culture in the Classroom

2. Joe McVeigh Ann Wintergerst

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4. 1. Brainstorming: Definitions of culture

10. Technique: Teaching culture example

11. 1. Brainstorming: Definitions of culture

12. 2. Critical Incidents Nonverbal Communication

19. 3. Acting it out: Nonverbal communication

23. 4. True/false activities: Testing across cultures

27. 5. Mime / charades

31. 6: Self- Awareness & Feedback

36. 7. Agreement & completion: Gender and language

40. 8. Graphic organizers: Social and group identity

44. Social identity example Family (parents, siblings) Extended family PERSONAL Religion – Catholic Music activities – singing Recreation -- bowling German background New Yorker SOCIA L CULTURAL

46. 9. Culture assimilators

54. 10. Surveys / adapted Likert scale: Respecting others

58. Questions & Discussion

60. Available online at Pearson Longman or Amazon ISBN-13: 978-0-13-245822-1 ISBN-10: 0-13-245822-5

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