Multicultural Competency: How to Understand & Work with Chinese Students in an ESOL Classroom (BOS)
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- Overview
- By exploring and analyzing some cultural characteristics unique to Chinese adult learners, the presenter and the participants of this workshop will work together to explain some communication and performance patterns of the Chinese, and maybe other East Asians, in an ESOL classroom. And within the cultural framework, they will also attempt to address the linguistic issues which affect the Chinese learners’ acquisition of English as a second language and which may be caused by no other than the Chinese cultural habitude as well as their particular language system.
- Details
- This interactive workshop is one of the Multicultural Competency series that ALRI/Boston SABES is now constructing on a pilot basis to follow the principles of the Massachusetts DOE ABE Curriculum Framework for ESOL and to meet the increasing needs of multicultural resources or skills for teachers, counselors and administrators in culturally diverse ABE/ESOL programs.
- When
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December 5, 2007
from
01:00 pm
to
03:30 pm
- Where
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- ALRI Office in UMass Boston, Wheatley Building, 4th Floor, Room 167
- 100 Morrissey Blvd.
- Boston, MA 02125-3393
- Topics
- ABE, ESOL, Counseling, Curriculum Development
- Multi-session attendance required
- no
- Contact info
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John Zhang
john.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079 or andrea.lawless@umb.edu. - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
- Learning objectives
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As a result of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
- Get more sensitive and responsive to the behavior and performance of Chinese adult learners in an ESOL class
- Become more knowledgeable of language barriers that hinder Chinese students in ESOL learning
- Feel more and better prepared for future lesson planning or curriculum development for culturally diverse ESOL classes - Presenters
- John Zhang, Associate Coordinator at ALRI/Boston SABES
- Presenters Bio
- John started his career as teacher of English in a foreign languages school in China and has an 8-year history of teaching English, ESL, ESOL or Chinese in China or America.
- Host RSC
- Boston Region
- PDPs
- no
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