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MULTICULTURALISM IN THE CLASSROOM
A Presentation on Multiculturalism and Diversity in
Education
By Vicky Loras
REFORM SYMPOSIUM FOR EDUCATION, RSCON329-31 July 2011
My Multicultural Story
Born in Canada
Parents born in Greece but raised in Canada
Family history dating back 300 years: Ancestors in France,
Italy, then Greece...
Before that: Who knows?
Young Learners
(Image by Richard Radstone)
Ideas for Young Learners
Get them talking about their own countries first: Flags, Food,
Climate, People Anything!
Show and Tell: They can bring in things from their countries
(objects, souvenirs, food, even music and songs)
Then they start asking each other Interaction!
DIFFERENT IS GREAT...DIFFERENT IS BEAUTIFUL!
Books on Culture
for Young Learners
The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane Derolf and Michael
Letzig
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz
Harvesting Hope The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
Adult Students
First-lesson icebreakers (great opportunities for cultural
elements to appear): Would you take the last piece of cake at a
reception, if you were hungry?
How would you feel if a colleague of yours got the job you
really wanted?
How would you react if a colleague disagreed with your way of
approaching a work problem?
(Cambridge Business English Activities, 2000)
Where you can read and find out more about multiculturalism:
Multiculturalism in the Classroom, Article in English Teaching
Professional, May 2005My blog on education
http://vickyloras.wordpress.com
Read my guest post on Barbara Hoskins-Sakamoto's blog Teaching
Village:http://www.teachingvillage.org/
Contact me:
I can e-mail you various materials I have collected over the
years. Feel free to :
E-mail me: [email protected]
Skype with me: vicky.loras
Connect on Twitter: @vickyloras
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING!!!
