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Culture Teaching Materials

Page history last edited by Derya Kulavuz-Onal 8 years, 3 months ago

 

As one of the projects in our class Cross-Cultural Issues in ESL at the University of South Florida, we created culture teaching materials that integrate some cultural content and technology. You can find below brief information about these materials, the developer of each material, and links to the material page.

 

 

The Material Developer Title and the link to the material page Brief Information about the material and the lesson

 

Class of Spring 2013 

   

 

Britta Beetz Water Consumption and Saudi Arabia

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Upper-Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

 

Nilofer Bharwani Turkish Food

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Beginner

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

 

Arnaldo Ciccotelli Hiragana - Japanese Alphabet

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Donald (Digit) Grimme Dimsung - A Chinese food from Hong Kong

This is a video on Dim Sum in Hong Kong

Age group:  Adult ESl learners 

Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced: Phrasal Verbs  

Micah Jenkins Diglossia in Haiti

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Stephen Lindhorst Immigration in Haiti

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Advanced

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Robin Link Sri Lankan Dance

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Lauren Madera Pho - A Vietnamese Dish

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Beginner

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Taryn McGannon Argentina

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Soichiro Motohashi Controversial Issues - Ban on Hijab in French public schools

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Advanced

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Melissa Nye Citizenship Rules in Kuwait

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Advanced

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

Deanne Vajpeyi Holi - A Hindu Festival

This is a 

Age group: 

Language Proficiency: Beginner

Possible language points that can be taught/practiced:  

 

Class of Spring 2012    

Amal Bukhari Serbian Cuisine 

This is a website created in Weebly, mainly about Serbian Cuisine and its traditional dishes.

Age group: Adults, young adults

Language Proficiency: Advanced

Language points: adjectives, food vocabulary, paired conjunctions: Both - and, not only - but also, either - or, and neither – nor.

 

Roxanne De Armas Education in Sri Lanka 

This is a digital video about educational system and values in Sri Lanka. The digital video was created by using MovieMaker.

Age group: Teen to adult ESL students

Proficiency level: Intermediate

Language points: listening comprehension, vocabulary, writing, speaking, reading, comparing and contrasting, using the simple present and past tenses. 

 
Siriwan Jakobson Russian Kalinka Dance  

This is a website created on Weebly. The website includes information on traditional Russian Kalinka Dance.

Age group:

Language Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate

Language points:

 
Beth Martin Kimchi  

This is an e-book created on Bookr on Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish. One can learn about how to make Kimchi, and some practices and perspectives behind this traditional dish.

Age group:  middle school to young adult
Proficiency level:  low intermediate
Language points:  vocabulary, simple present and past tenses, order of operations, food preparation processes

 

Melissa Masters The Russian Family 

This is a website created on Weebly on some cultural facts, products, practices, and perspectives as it relates to the concept of family in Russian culture.

Age group: Teenagers, young adults

Language Proficiency: Beginner

Language points: Family vocabulary

 
Rebekah Mitchell Chinese New Year   This is a glog created in Glogster on Chinese New Year.

Age group: Young adults

Language Proficiency: Beginner

Language points: Question formation, interrogative words, holiday vocabulary

 

Andres Sanchez Korean New Year  

This is a

Age group:

Language Proficiency: Upper-Intermediate

Language points:

Michelle Snider Colombian Critical Incident   This is a critical incident presented in a screencast format. The critical incident was derived from a Colombian person's initial experiences after moving into the US.

Age group: Young adults & adults

Language Proficiency: Upper-Intermediate

Language points:

Patricia Stevenson Jordanian Interpersonal Relationships    This is a digital video on interpersonal relationships and roles and responsibilities in Jordanian culture.
Age group: Young adults and adults

Language Proficiency: Advanced

Language points: title and role vocabulary, genitives in written work

 

Debora Varela Zuniga Buddhism    This is a website created about Buddhism and a Buddhist Temple in Tampa, Florida, United States. The website is created on Wordpress.com.
Age group: Young adults

Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Language points: specific vocabulary from Buddhism, WH questions format and answers

 

 

Class of Spring 2011   

Alex Darragh
Clothing in France 

A digital movie about what people wear in France. It created and editied in Windows MovieMaker.

Age group: Teen to adult ESL students 

Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Language Points: clothing vocabulary, comparative adjectives, interrogatives, geographical vocabulary

 

Jack Keeley
Taekwondo 

This is a digital movie about Taekwondo. It was created and edited in Windows MovieMaker.

Age Group: Young people or adults

Proficiency Level: intermediate

Language points: Martial Art vocabulary, Brief Cultural History, interrogatives, comparative adjectives

 
Daniel Keen
Holidays in India 

This is a digital movie about individual and group celebrations in India. It was created and editied in Windows MovieMaker.

Age Group:  Young Adults

Proficiency Level:  Intermediate

Language Points:  vocabulary,  questions

 

Ramak Milani

Education in Croatia

 

This is digital movie about education in Croatia. It was created and edited in Photostory 3.

Age group: Teens to adults/ adult ESL students

Proficiency level: intermediate to advance

Language points: vocabulary, forming relative clauses

 

Robin Ramsey
Cosplay Culture

This is a website about cosplay, a popular activity in Japan, the U.S., and around the world, which involves people dressing like their favorite characters from anime, manga, and science fiction! It was created using blogspot.com.

Age group: Teens and young adults

Proficiency level: Intermediate

Language points: vocabulary, step-by-step instructions, forming questions

 

Anastasia Strelnikova
 

Quinceanera

 

This is a digital movie about how people in Latin American countries celebrate Quinceanera. It was created and edited in Windows MovieMaker. 

Age group: Young adults

Proficiency level: Intermediate

Language points: vocabulary, complex sentences, Passive voice 

 

Jelena Vuksanovic

Mexican Holidays 

This is a glog about three Mexican Holidays. It was created using glogster.com.

Age group: Young adults

Proficiency level: Beginner

Language points: vocabulary, quantifiers, adjectives

 

Derya Kulavuz-Onal

(Sample Material)

Turkish Breakfast

This material is a digital movie about Turkish breakfast. It was created and edited in Windows MovieMaker.

Age group: Young adults

Proficiency level: Pre-Intermediate/ Intermediate

Language points that can be taught/practiced: quantifiers, imperatives, food vocabulary

 

 

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