Rice University - The Role of Culture in Teaching English Learners
- Offered byCoursera
- Public/Government Institute
The Role of Culture in Teaching English Learners at Coursera Overview
Duration | 22 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
- Overview
- Highlights
- Course Details
- Curriculum
The Role of Culture in Teaching English Learners at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion
- Add to your LinkedIn profile
- 12 quizzes
The Role of Culture in Teaching English Learners at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Discover new ideas for teaching and assessing cultural knowledge and intercultural communicative competence.
- Learn how to incorporate culturally responsive teaching methods into your everyday classroom practices.
- Understand the multi-dimensional nature of culture and its importance in teaching English learners.
- Culture and language are inextricably linked
- As teachers, we are often faced with the challenge of teaching both language and elements of culture to our English learners
- When these students join our classes, they come equipped with knowledge about their own culture, which may or may not have the same norms and values as the new one they find themselves in
- It is not our job, as teachers, to prove that one culture is better than another
- Instead, it's our goal to understand how culture influences one's identity, affirm our students' identities in the classroom, and use best practices to teach intercultural communicative competence and promote acceptance and respect for those who are different from us
- This course is designed for early career teachers (0-3 years of experience) to learn about the foundations of culture and the key role that culture plays in teaching English learners
- You will also learn about the connection between language and culture and how to appropriately incorporate cultural topics into instruction
- We will discuss how culture is an asset in the classroom and ways to celebrate diversity with students
- Throughout this course, you will watch instructional videos and interviews with experienced teachers of English learners
- You will read scholarly articles, participate in discussion boards, and complete assignments that will encourage you to think about your practices as a culturally responsive educator
- Finally, you will complete this course with a treasure trove of practical tips for integrating culture into your classroom
- By the end of this course, teachers will be better prepared to serve the English learners in their classrooms
- They will be able to evaluate curriculum for cultural responsiveness, identify best practices for teaching and assessing intercultural communicative competence, reflect on their own cultural background and how that may influence expectations for students, and create a lesson plan to teach cultural knowledge
The Role of Culture in Teaching English Learners at Coursera Curriculum
What Is Culture?
Course Introduction Video
A Metaphor for Culture
Tips for Teachers: Culture in the Classroom
Personal, Social, and Cultural Identities
Tips for Teachers: Identity in the Classroom
Enculturation vs. Acculturation
The Elements of Culture
The Dimensions of Culture
Finding their voice: English-language learner students working to fit in while maintaining cultural identity
Linguistic Identity
TEDx Talk: Between Two Cultures
Strangers in Stranger Lands: Language, Learning, Culture
Process of Enculturation
Role of Assessment in Learning Culture
Apply It: Classroom Story
Module 1, Lesson 1 Quiz
Module 1, Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 1, Lesson 3 Quiz
Personal Cultural Presentation (graded)
Impact of Personal Culture on Teaching
Getting Comfortable with Culture in the Classroom
Preparing to Become a Culturally Responsive Educator
Tips for Teachers: Cultural Inclusivity in the Classroom
Culture Shock
Tips for Teachers: Navigating Cultural Differences Across Educational Systems in the Classroom
Teacher Interview: Culture as an Asset in the ESL Classroom
Tips for Teachers: Asset-based Pedagogies in the Classroom
Implicit Bias and Microaggression
Cummins' Collaborative Empowerment Model for Teachers
Language Minority Stories
TEDx Talk: Cultural Humility
Newcomer School Models
Culture Clash in the Multicultural Classroom: A Case Study from a Newcomer School
Turning Toward Asset-Based Pedagogies for Multilingual Learners
Culturally Responsive Teaching
TEDx Talks: Cultural Pedagogy: Educational Equality for Our Youth
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Module 2, Lesson 1 Quiz
Module 2, Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 2, Lesson 3 Quiz
Evaluate Curriculum for Cultural Responsiveness (graded)
Adjusting to a New Culture
Culture and Communication
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Tips for Teachers: Culture and Language in the Classroom
An Introduction to Intercultural Communicative Competence
Tips for Teachers: ICC in the Classroom
What Is a Speech Community?
Tips for Teachers: Academic Speech Community in the Classroom
Language is Culture: On Intercultural Communication
Culture's Effect on Language
Grice's Maxims
ICC Self-Assessment
Use of Foreign Films in Cultivating Intercultural Communicative Competence in ELT: A Case Study
Apply It: Classroom Story
Multilingual Speech Communities
Language Choice and Language Attitudes in a Multilingual Arab Canadian Community
YouTube Video: Language Choice in Multilingual Communities
YouTube Video: Not Just One Language (Diglossia)
The Academic Speech Community
Module 3, Lesson 1 Quiz
Module 3, Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 3, Lesson 3
Evaluating Lessons for ICC (graded)
Speech Communities and More
Incorporating Culture in the Classroom
Tips for Teachers: Culture Across the Curriculum - Mathematics & Science
Tips for Teachers: Culture Across the Curriculum - Social Studies & Language Arts
Traditional Activities for Teaching Culture
Teacher Interview: Teaching Culture as Content
Tips for Teachers: Traditional Activities for Teaching Culture in the Classroom
Teacher Interview: Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence and Cultural Knowledge
Culturally Responsive Teaching in All Subjects
TEDx Talk: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Mathematics: A Critical Need
Expert Video: Culturally Sustaining STEM Learning in the Gullah Community
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Through Arts-Based Learning: Preservice Teachers Engage Emergent Bilinguals
TEDx Talk: Multiculturalism in the Modern World
A Bit of Context
Pop goes the TESL! Using Pop Culture to Teach ESL
Cultural Bias in Assessment
Assessing Cultural Knowledge and Skills: Methods and Challenges
Project-Based Assessment in Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence for Foreign Language Students in Higher Education: A Case Study
Tips for Teachers: Culture and Assessment in the Classroom
Apply It: Classroom Story
Module 4, Lesson 1 Quiz
Module 4, Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 4, Lesson 3
Lesson Plan with Culture (graded)
Traditional Ways of Teaching Culture
Other courses offered by Coursera
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?
Useful Links
Know more about Coursera
Know more about Programs
- Teaching & Education
- Middle School
- Physical Education
- Pre Primary & Primary School
- Secondary & Sr. Secondary School
- Nursery & Primary Teacher Training (NPTT)
- Special Education
- Nursery Teacher Training (NTT)
- Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE)
- Vocational Education
- Pre Primary Teacher Training (PPTT)
- Primary Teacher Training (PTT)