This was our last cultural workshop where we, TEFL students,
actually met with our conversation group in our normal location. As it was near
the end of the CIES session, the students in the two speaking classes were
about to begin work on their final projects. The project they had to do was a
presentation on a trifold board that would essentially summarize what they had
learned throughout the cultural workshops. Hassan and Ankita decided to organize
their board to include some of the graphic organizers from the “identity”
workshop, a number of stereotypes about Saudi Arabia, India, and the US, and
some differences in how people communicate in these three different cultures
(hand gestures, greetings, showing respects, hospitality, etc.). The main role
of the TEFL students during this session was to answer questions for the CIES
students as well as provide insights into US culture that they could use in
their presentation. Sofia and I spent some time reviewing the difference
between stereotypes and generalizations and helping Ankita and Hassan identify
some stereotypes held about their respective cultures.
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