1. Presenters:
 Aubrey Kuan Roderick, MiraCosta College
 Rachel Meyer, ABC Language School
Chinese Language Education Forum
November 13, 2010
San Francisco

3. Implicit vs. Explicit Internal vs. external
Situational vs.
transferrable
People-centered vs.
task-centered
Chinese
Vs.
American

4. Communication
Cultures
ConnectionsComparisons
Communities

5. Perspectives
Products
Practices

6.  Lack of time
 Create controversy
 Can’t express in target language
 Teacher’s over-stepping role
 Embed culture into lessons
 Make it fun, light and humorous
 Pre-class reading and use of visual prompts
 Start with something natural

7. • Colors
• Shapes
• Numbers
Products
• 給
• 送
• 把
Practices
• Gift-giving
Culture
• Customs
Perspectives

10. • Information
gathering
Pre-class
reading
• Experience
In-class
Practice
• Comparisons
Homework
• Reflections
Assessment

14.  Videos: YouTube & TeacherTube
 Dramas: 快樂漢語(CCTV); Sexybeijing
 Social Networking: Facebook & Ning
 Web 2.0 tool: www.mystudiyo.com (to embed cultural videos
& photos to create online quizzes) &
http://lingtlanguage.com/ (to embed cultural videos and
photos to create online recording and writing assignments)

15.  Culture engages students to communicate
 Culture inspires students to make comparisons
 Culture helps students understand & make
connections
 Culture encourages students to create a learning
community

16.  Koning, Patricia. “Culture Is Integral to Language
Education. The Language Educator, Volume 5, Issue 5
(2010)
 Barnes-Karol, Gwendolyn, Maggie A. Broner. “Using
Images as Springboards to Teach Cultural Perspectives in
light of the Ideals of the MLA Report.” Foreign Language
Annals, Volume 43. No. 3 Fall 2010
 Menzel, Peter (2005), Hungry Planet: What the World Eats,
Ten Speed Press

17.  Aubrey Kuan Roderick
mcclaoshi@gmail.com
 Rachel Meyer
rachel@abclang.com