English culture

My experience at the Heartbeat workshop and Spirits Rising concert was both educational and enjoyable. These events explored the culture of the Native Americans of the Great Lakes area. The workshop included participation in traditional dance, an example of both traditional and arranged music, a version of the Native American creation story, and a summary of the culture throughout history. The concert was an excellent opportunity to learn through observation, but I mostly took the chance to…

of non-indigenous students. Therefore it is our responsibility as teachers to become aware of continual issues that have arisen and address them to enable progress. We must examine the ways in which we can Engage and encourage learning within our English classrooms. Before we begin I must tell you my personal experiences and explain why this is an important issue that I endeavour to discuss. I grew up within the far south coast community of the Bega Valley Shire home to the Yuin indigenous…

education is harder, what are the expectations for a student, both from parents and schools and where or how higher education is pursued. Some of the expectation going into this interview is that being in a Chinese culture that I am familiar with…

Cross-cultural is an experience where we learn, understand and appreciate another person’s culture, values, and beliefs. For my cross-cultural experience, I interviewed Besarta Kume. She is a fellow student from my class, who is from a Muslim background, and she immigrated to Canada from Kosovo two years ago. Moving to a new country she encountered many obstacles, but mostly experienced language/communication barrier and culture shock. Uprooting your life and moving to a new country can be scary…

change in order to teach all students, we need to understand the differences that students bring with them to school” (p. 171). It is one thing to know that different cultures exist, but it is another to be in contact with and to connect with different cultures. In my classroom, I know that I will have students from all different cultures and in order to make them feel accepted, I need to have an understanding…

The students in Mrs. Bunkers 2nd period class were students that did great in school and were taking advanced level classes. The students were not being challenged in class and did not want to do some of the regular things that Mrs. Bunker had them doing like reading the textbook. Miller in, The book Whisperer said “I have learned that students hunger for more information, beyond what their social studies textbooks offers if we go the extra mile to provide it” (Miller, 2009, p. 79). Providing…

notions. Like traveling, diversity broadens the mind because when one experiences different cultures, one develops a sense or awareness of other people’s way of living in relation to theirs. Diversity does not just bring enhanced awareness to the mind but it also drives for innovation in a competitive or collaborative environment. The reason that we as a country need to promote and celebrate different cultures is because the United States is an exponentially growing ethnically diverse country,…

speculated that the Indians were merely cutting the ties Mary had with the English world, so she could better assimilate into the Native American culture. Overall, Mary's narrative offers a look from a foreigner, into the world of the Native American culture. As a refugee, she was able to witness the numerous changes that impacted Native American culture, and she was able to witness the politics of Native American culture when a murder was committed. In conclusion, Mary was a victim, however,…

it should not be limited to language. Kids need to be exposed to the culture and there needs to be a way to expose them to just how different life is over there. However I think the biggest challenge is motivating kids from a young age. I find it quite interesting that whilst travelling in Asia, the amount of people that can speak some form of broken English quite remarkable. Compare this to Australia, where other than English majority of Australians would struggle to communicate in any language…

Have you ever felt that you had to choose between your own culture or the american culture? This is understanding since many people go through this one point in their lives when They are trying to fit in or they just don’t like where they came from. In Ken Liu’s “The Paper Menagerie” the main character, Jack, experiences trying to fit in at school. By that, he had to choose between his chinese culture or the all american life. This only happened because Mark called his paper menagerie “chinese…