On
March 2nd, 15 American Corner users attended the fourth session of
Webinar series 2 with the topic ‘’Cross-Cultural
Communication Strategies’’.
Because the Culture matters, nowadays the education field has included topics
and subjects in relationship with the culture, especially when in a constant
interaction between people from different countries, lifestyles and manners.
The English Language is one of the first spoken on earth as second language
that is one of the reason which English teachers must remember planning their
classes about culture.
The presenter Melissa Mendelson explained
us about how bridging cultures and that way she gave the elements of Culture
and Communication:
- Nonverbal
communication (types & functions)
- Verbal communication
(vocalic, written and oral)
- Identity (Personalities,
goals, and interests, Religious beliefs, Social class and status (income,
education, family, Language, Gender, Social roles, Ethnicity).
- Values
- Social norms
The American Corner users reached
the following goals during this webinar series:
Recognized how cultural and linguistic differences
affect communication
They Discussed the importance of preparing
learners to communicate across cultures successfully
An shared activities
that raise cultural and linguistic awareness among English Language Learners