Online Culture Training

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http://www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/

After reading Module 2 in the Kellough & Carjuzaa book, I recalled this website from a past education course. I took TSL 4234 a few semesters ago and still find this website to be entertaining and interesting. In our Module we discussed a few things about ELL learners and I think this website is great supplemental material to learn about cultures outside of America.

This website was designed for students to use before going on trips abroad. It is especially interesting to learn about the different cultures, manners and formalities that we are not exposed to on a daily basis. The website discusses stereotyping, naive realism, and ethnocentrism. It has a bunch of neat activities that can help you learn about the ethnicities of the world, as well as about yourself and you own culture. It also discusses the differences between individualist cultures and collectivist cultures. Future teachers should also learn about universalism and particularism. The most interesting part of this website is the page pertaining to different body movements and how they relate to specific cultures. All of these activities will provide an understanding for the diversities that you will encounter in your classrooms.

It has activities that you can do that will help you rate yourself and your own culture to see where you lie on the spectrum. I really suggest checking out some of the little tidbits on the website if you have some free time. There are a bunch of interesting facts and activities that will teach you about yourself and the cultures that make up the world.