There is broad acceptance of the idea that teaching culture is important as part of teaching language.
I am wondering if you use current news from the target country as part of this teaching about culture? If so, what categories of news? How do students respond?
Michael:
Using the daily newspaper articles on educational topics add interest to the course content and sometimes you can actually apply the theories and methods taught in some courses to some of the issues, such as school violence. Students can relate to such articles especially when it "hits" home and they are able to contribute to the discussion more readily and apply their knowledge and skills learnt to suggest ways of addressing the culture of violence in some of our local schools.
Best regards,
Debra
Current news stories with a variety of exercises for reading comprehension, speaking and writing. There is also an online Flash video for students to increase their reading speed.
http://intesol.org/wordpress/favorite-resources/
It will depend of number of issues- like, the cultural context of the country, the age of the children, their likes and dislikes and time of the session- that's why it is more important what teacher decides and how he manages everything in his/her own class as there is no right and wrong answer in this regard.
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