1. Developing an Intercultural
Orientation
with Technology
Chapter 7 Presentation Hilal Ulusan, Leslie Pirtle
Dr. Sliveira TESOL 509 October 15, 2012

2. 1. Language As a Handicap
–“Sink or Swim”
2. Language as a Right
– Divisive
3. Language as a Resource
– Bilingual or dual
language classrooms
(Freeman & Freeman 2011)

3. Assimilationist
Intercultural

4. Only American culture and language is taught
No minority community involvement
Traditional Pedagogy & Assessment

5. Inclusive of Language and Culture
Minority Community Involvement
Transformative Methods
Show What You Know

6. Did you know?
10% of
public school
students are ELLs!
(Aud, Husser, Johnson & et al, 2012)

7. Dual Language Immersion
If movie does not appear in your screen, click here: http://vimeo.com/47321811

8. “Schools that take an intercultural
orientation see student diversity as
an asset”
(Freeman and Freeman 2011)

9. “Students are
more engaged in
school when
curriculum
connects back to
their background
and culture”
(Freeman and Freeman , 2011)

10. Dragon Dances Football Games
Parades
Fireworks
As a class, in groups or individually, students create a Venn
Diagram depicting cultural similarities and differences.

11. “The goal of good second
language instruction, then,
is to provide ample
opportunities for students
to be exposed to
comprehensible messages
—sometimes referred to as
comprehensible input.”
(McQuillan 2006)

12. iPod, iPad &
iPhone Apps

13. Web 2.0 Tools for Education
If the Voki does not appear in the left side of this window, click here:
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3304855&height=400&width=300

14. “…parent involvement [is]
correlated with higher
academic achievement”
(Gandara & C

15. “Bridge” between
school and home
16 Languages
Research connects to
academic success
Parent Institute for Quality Education. (2010)

16. Discussion Boards
Social Networking
Videoconferencing
Wikis
Blogs
Podcasts Videos
Public Access TV

17. Encouraging First Language Literacy
E-Talking E-Reading E-Writing

18. Tablet devices offer a fun and
interactive way for parents to
encourage 1stLanguage literacy

19. Transformative Pedagogy
Rejects the view of Expands & informs
“mind-as-container” via questioning
& collaboration
(Senteni, 2009) (Freeman & Freeman, 2011)

20. Sample Assignment:
“Select any book or article written about your
country. It could be about your community, culture,
or a specific event. Identify how different aspects of
the subject selected are represented. Do you agree
with these representations? Why or why not?
Discuss”
( Wilson, C., Grizzle, A., Tuazon, R., Akyempong, K., Cheung, 2011).

22. TP gives students the opportunity to incorporate
their cultural background into their learning.
Using TimeGlider.com , we adapted Juan’s Timeline,
from page 194 of Freeman and Freeman (2011)
To view online, click here:
http://http://timeglider.com/t/line_df8f62f8f7a4824f9cfc4c7821040c58?min_zoom=1&max_zoom=100

23. Web 2.0 apps
allow students
to creatively
“Show What
They Know”

24. 3 Orientations to ELL (Ruiz)
• Language as a Handicap
• Language as a Right
• Language as a Resource
2 Orientations for Schools (Cummins)
• Assimilationist
• Intercultural
Intercultural Orientation
• Validates language and culture
• Involves parents
• Transformative teaching
• Advocacy in assessments

25. We suggest that Web 2.0 as well as
applications commonly found on
computers can be used to
•Support ELL’s 1st language and culture
•Reach out to parents & the minority
community
•Offer creative and flexible assessment
alternatives

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edition, Boston, MA: Heinemann.
Glogster EC Inc. , (2012) edu.glogster.com
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program." [Web Video]. Vimeo. Retrieved from http://player.vimeo.com/video/47321811
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iPodLangAcquisition .pdf
Oddcast, Inc. (2012). Voki. Retrieved from http://www.voki.com/
Parent Institute for Quality Education. (2010) Retrieved from http://www.piqe.org/prog_parentengage.php
Senteni, A. (2009). “Transformative pedagogy.” Edutech wiki. Retrieved from
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