Incorporating the Cultures of English-Language Learners in Daily Lesson Plans: A Two-Way Street

<p>Teaching and learning culture have been matters of interest for teachers of English to speakers of other languages during the past half century. Since the development of the concept of communicative competence, theorists and practitioners have asked questions about the role of culture in the classroom. This field project was designed assist teachers in developing a heightened awareness of the roles of culture in the acquisition of communicative competence. It is my hope that teachers will use the awareness and the skills developed in the exercises and interactions presented in the field project to increase their effectiveness by adapting materials and lesson plans to be more inclusive of students’ cultural knowledge, skills, and awareness. The sample lessons provide teachers with guideposts for accessing more productive avenues for the inclusion of students’ cultural capital in daily lesson plans.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International and Multicultural Education (IME)

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Doyle, James G

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Sedique Popal

• Culture
• English-language learners
• intercultural communication
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/510

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1552