TESOL 103 - Week 07 - October 26, 2021 - Cross-Cultural Students in the Classroom
Cross-cultural students in the classroom
Expressivity - There are many different subcultures in the United States and each one has a different way to express themselves.
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah - are not very expressive.
New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey - they are very expressive.
African American and Hispanic students are more expressive than white students.
Asian students are less expressive than white students, they are very respectful.
Brother Ivers talk about the differences between Asian students and American students, or how Asian students see American students.
Asian Students Positive Comments
*"System of University Education: the way that class provides students considerable opportunity for asking questions, engaging in critical thinking, and participating in a dialog with the professor, opportunity to develop an interpersonal relationship with the professor."
Asian Students Negative Comments
Students:
*"are crude, inconsiderate, don't allow teacher to complete his or her point;
*talk to each other when in class;
*place feet on the desk in front of them;
*read the newspaper while the teacher is talking
*argue about grades"
Brother Ivers explain that much of this behavior is explained by American sense of an "Egalitarian Society", meaning that the teacher is no better than the student.
I know there are all these differences in culture, but I feel that students today are more and more disrespectful with teachers, even parents or any other kind of authority. I understand that this is not the theme here, it is just a point I would like to leave.
As teachers we need to understand these cultural differences and learn to work with them in a way that we are able to do our job, including everyone in the process of learning, making every student feel welcome in our classes, those who are more expressive and those who are very little expressive, they all should feel equally important. Is there a magical way to achieve this?
Hello Fernanda. I could not agree more with you. We live in an age where students are increasingly disrespectful to teachers. As teachers we have to work with these conditions and also teach to be tolerant, respectful and accept everyone in the classroom in the same way, no matter what culture we have in class to work with.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately teaching is not a easy job! You really do need a good support group to see you through the rough days. It is really important that all students feel valued though, it can be hard to do. I make sure I treat all my students the same, and I treat them with kindness and how show through my actions how I want them to treat each other. For those who are less express, by getting to know them, I find ways to engage with them and draw them out to a point where they are comfortable to participate in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteLike your post! Cultural diversity in the classroom encourages us to create universal values and the educational community
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