developing cross cultural competence tea 2015

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Zoya PukhaZoya PukhaNosivka District Nosivka District

GymnasiumGymnasium

What Is Cross – Cultural What Is Cross – Cultural Competence?Competence?

Cross-cultural competence refers to Cross-cultural competence refers to abilityability to to understand understand people from people from different culturesdifferent cultures and and engage with them effectively. And not just engage with them effectively. And not just people from the one culture that you’ve people from the one culture that you’ve studied for years. studied for years.

So…So…

Having cross-cultural competence Having cross-cultural competence means means students can be effective in their students can be effective in their interactions with people from any interactions with people from any culture.culture.

CCUULLTTUURREEUnderstand the Similarities and Understand the Similarities and

Celebrate the DifferencesCelebrate the Differences!!

Four pictures in one: sky, background, top iceberg, and underwater Four pictures in one: sky, background, top iceberg, and underwater icebergiceberg

Ralph ClevengerRalph Clevenger

Culture has been Culture has been compared to an icebergcompared to an iceberg

Visible Visible section section

above the above the waterlinewaterline

Big “C” Big “C” CultureCulture

Invisible Invisible section section

below the below the water linewater line

Little “C” Little “C” cultureculture

CultureCulture

Understanding Understanding of the natural of the natural worldworld

SportSport ArchitectureArchitecture Holiday Holiday customscustoms

Concept of Concept of leadershipleadership

Concept Concept of beautyof beauty

Concept Concept of selfof self

General General world world viewview

Religious Religious RitualsRituals

ArtArt

CultureCulture

MusicMusic Concept Concept of personal of personal spacespace

GamesGames Work Work ethicethic

Concept of Concept of fairnessfairness

LiteratureLiterature Religious Religious beliefsbeliefs

Styles of Styles of dressdress

Facial Facial expressionsexpressions

Importance Importance of timeof time

Big Big CC & Little & Little cc Culture Culture

""Rainbow Mind“ is a concept of the Rainbow Mind“ is a concept of the ideal education: "Think of a radiant ideal education: "Think of a radiant rainbow, sparkling with a multitude rainbow, sparkling with a multitude of colors. Take one away, and the of colors. Take one away, and the rainbow is not complete. It still rainbow is not complete. It still shines, it's still pleasing and shines, it's still pleasing and colorful, but it's not a whole rainbow. colorful, but it's not a whole rainbow. A complete education is like a A complete education is like a rainbow: all the colors shine. Not rainbow: all the colors shine. Not only do we need to learn our letters only do we need to learn our letters and numbers, we also need to learn and numbers, we also need to learn how to get along with everybody and how to get along with everybody and sing and draw, and learn about the sing and draw, and learn about the planet and the stars, as well as our planet and the stars, as well as our bodies and souls. Why can't we all bodies and souls. Why can't we all be like Leonardo da Vinci?" – A great be like Leonardo da Vinci?" – A great philosopher!philosopher!

/Anna Kealoha's book, Trust the Children/

Camp Details:Camp Details:

Appropriate for ages 10-12 Appropriate for ages 10-12 Duration: 2 weeksDuration: 2 weeks Hours: 10 am to 12:00 pm, 1 pm to 2 pm , Hours: 10 am to 12:00 pm, 1 pm to 2 pm ,

Monday through Saturday. Monday through Saturday. Available languages: English Available languages: English

In keeping with that philosophy, teacher – In keeping with that philosophy, teacher – student collaboration in the camp may be student collaboration in the camp may be divided into Art (vision, perception, divided into Art (vision, perception, creativity), Music (aural art, listening, creativity), Music (aural art, listening, singing, playing instruments, composing), singing, playing instruments, composing), Letters (language, linguistics, ABCs), Letters (language, linguistics, ABCs), Numbers (math, logic, )Nature (earth, Numbers (math, logic, )Nature (earth, science), Body World (exercise, movement, science), Body World (exercise, movement, dance), Outer World (human history, social dance), Outer World (human history, social skills, relationships, families, parties), and skills, relationships, families, parties), and Inner World (The Great Mystery, spirit, Inner World (The Great Mystery, spirit, intuition, dreams, soul, or religion). intuition, dreams, soul, or religion).

The main goals of the camp:The main goals of the camp: prepare the next generation to succeed in a multi-cultural prepare the next generation to succeed in a multi-cultural

society by offering a summer language camp program,- society by offering a summer language camp program,- Creating Creating Global Citizens;Global Citizens;

enhancing the student’s language skills in English;enhancing the student’s language skills in English; provide children with greater awareness of other provide children with greater awareness of other

cultures;cultures; prepare them to adapt to unknown situations regardless prepare them to adapt to unknown situations regardless

of geographical, cultural or social context;of geographical, cultural or social context; ready children to interact with different cultures, ready children to interact with different cultures,

countries enabling them to become successful global countries enabling them to become successful global citizens;citizens;

build confidence through age appropriate activities that build confidence through age appropriate activities that develop self-awareness and leadership.develop self-awareness and leadership.

Younger students are engaged in activities such as Younger students are engaged in activities such as songs, games, crafts, and storytelling from other songs, games, crafts, and storytelling from other countries;countries;

Global villageGlobal village

The definition of The definition of a global village a global village is the idea that is the idea that people are people are connected by connected by easy travel, easy travel, mass media and mass media and electronic electronic communicationscommunications, and have , and have become a single become a single community.community.

Raising Global kidsRaising Global kids

The whole world may be in one The whole world may be in one room… in our hands… in hands room… in our hands… in hands of kids…of kids…

In the camp…In the camp…

The motto of the camp is:The motto of the camp is:

Longman Dictionary reads:Multiple: many, or involving many things, people, events

Intelligence: the ability to learn , understand, and think about things

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What should teachers do?What should teachers do? Nourish your own creativity. Nourish your own creativity. Be creative!Be creative! Avoid judgments, criticism, comparisons. Avoid judgments, criticism, comparisons.

Be positive!Be positive! Honour your students individually.Honour your students individually. Be thankful!Be thankful! Don’t force students to do something. Don’t force students to do something. Be patient!Be patient! Provide the resources they need. Provide the resources they need. Be helpful!Be helpful!

Handprint Rainbow CraftHandprint Rainbow Craft

A Hand Of FriendshipA Hand Of Friendship

Whole Brain Whole Brain Teaching/ Teaching/ Learning Learning

Power Teaching / Chris BifflePower Teaching / Chris Biffle

International Day for Protection of International Day for Protection of ChildrenChildren

The Chain Of DiversityThe Chain Of Diversity

We are all different We are all different but we all smile but we all smile with the same with the same language/language/

Chain of Diversity Chain of Diversity ActivityActivity

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My Pet Rock My Pet Rock Project Project

Now students and their teachers Now students and their teachers know that…know that…

Rainbow Summer Language Camp is a Rainbow Summer Language Camp is a unique diving into English that lifts up unique diving into English that lifts up students competence in English students competence in English language, and cultivates appreciation of language, and cultivates appreciation of variety of culture. variety of culture.

Step by Step to Better EnglishStep by Step to Better English

We are happy that …We are happy that … Our campers interact with English Our campers interact with English

teachers every day not only through fun teachers every day not only through fun learning and through interesting cultural learning and through interesting cultural activities such as acting on stage , activities such as acting on stage , games, singing, story telling, arts and games, singing, story telling, arts and crafts. In this way, they quicker acquire crafts. In this way, they quicker acquire the ability to communicate in English the ability to communicate in English with their teachers and among with their teachers and among themselves.themselves.

RainbowRainbow

A lovely rainbow always appeared after A lovely rainbow always appeared after warm showers. The rainbow was so warm showers. The rainbow was so beautiful with its colours that followed beautiful with its colours that followed one after another making a fantastic one after another making a fantastic carpet in the sky. Red, Orange, Yellow, carpet in the sky. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Purple were Green, Blue, Indigo and Purple were friends and never quarreled. They friends and never quarreled. They coloured everything around and people coloured everything around and people liked how all looked. liked how all looked.

But one day Red decided that it is the brightest But one day Red decided that it is the brightest of all the colours and that’s why it wanted to of all the colours and that’s why it wanted to have more powers and to colour more things have more powers and to colour more things around. So one day people awoke in the around. So one day people awoke in the morning and were shocked! All the trees, morning and were shocked! All the trees, bushes and grass were red. The things looked bushes and grass were red. The things looked like burning and fading for ever. Green was like burning and fading for ever. Green was angry so much and decided to colour the sky angry so much and decided to colour the sky green. At the same time Blue painted all the green. At the same time Blue painted all the apples, oranges, and cherries blue. Purple was apples, oranges, and cherries blue. Purple was afraid that it wouldn’t find anything left to paint afraid that it wouldn’t find anything left to paint and coloured the sun. Orange coloured the and coloured the sun. Orange coloured the oceans and seas orange.oceans and seas orange.

Everything looked very strange! It didn’t look like Everything looked very strange! It didn’t look like our Earth! It became dark everywhere because the our Earth! It became dark everywhere because the sun was purple and it started raining. It was sun was purple and it started raining. It was raining days and nights and the rain washed the raining days and nights and the rain washed the colours out and everything became transparent colours out and everything became transparent and hardly visible. The rain turned into a and hardly visible. The rain turned into a thunderstorm. Suddenly a lightening appeared in thunderstorm. Suddenly a lightening appeared in the sky and it burned the sun that became the sky and it burned the sun that became yellow again.yellow again.

The sun dried up all the rain on the The sun dried up all the rain on the Earth and shaped a carpet of Earth and shaped a carpet of raindrops hardly visible in the sky . raindrops hardly visible in the sky . Then like a magician the sun Then like a magician the sun stretched its rays to the carpet and stretched its rays to the carpet and a newly born magnificent rainbow a newly born magnificent rainbow appeared in the sky. appeared in the sky.

A new rainbow was A new rainbow was extraordinary beautiful with all extraordinary beautiful with all the colours. The colours never the colours. The colours never quarreled again painting all the quarreled again painting all the things on the Earth that became things on the Earth that became the carpet with all equally the carpet with all equally important colours.important colours.

What environment do our What environment do our students live in a language students live in a language

camp?camp?They shape their minds for the They shape their minds for the

futurefuture to become global to become global citizenscitizens

The Disciplined MindThe Disciplined Mind The Synthesizing MindThe Synthesizing Mind The Creative MindThe Creative Mind The Respectful MindThe Respectful Mind The Ethical MindThe Ethical Mind

The Disciplined MindThe Disciplined Mind

The Synthesizing MindThe Synthesizing Mind

The Creative MindThe Creative Mind

The Respectful MindThe Respectful Mind

The Ethical MindThe Ethical Mind

But one day the friends argued who was to be the best.

I’m the best and the most important! I can lift up

to the skies!

No! I’m the best! I can easily travel round the earth and see

the whole world!

Oh, no! I’m the best! I’m stable and permanent! I am firm and

reliable!

And the triangle really started to And the triangle really started to pull up its top so its friends pull up its top so its friends couldn’t see it in the cloudscouldn’t see it in the clouds

The circle went away very The circle went away very quickly jumping like a quickly jumping like a ball.ball.

Only the square stayed at the Only the square stayed at the place they had lived before.place they had lived before.

Time passed the triangle Time passed the triangle while pulling upward while pulling upward broke its top and was not broke its top and was not happy at all.happy at all.

The bright lively circle now The bright lively circle now became dirty, worn out became dirty, worn out and shapeless.and shapeless.

The square staying for a long The square staying for a long time motionless looked like time motionless looked like a stone hardly visible in the a stone hardly visible in the grass.grass.

The friends met without The friends met without words. They helped each words. They helped each other and in some time they other and in some time they again had the initial shape . again had the initial shape . They understood that all the They understood that all the shapes were important and shapes were important and they had to live in harmony they had to live in harmony shaping things around. shaping things around.

The morality of the story is : The morality of the story is : all the shapes are equally all the shapes are equally important important

The beauties of nature come in all The beauties of nature come in all colours. The strengths of humankind colours. The strengths of humankind come in many forms. Every being is come in many forms. Every being is wonderfully unique. All of us contribute wonderfully unique. All of us contribute in different ways. When we learn to in different ways. When we learn to honour the difference and appreciate the honour the difference and appreciate the mix, we find harmonymix, we find harmony

Understand the Understand the Similarities and Celebrate Similarities and Celebrate

the Differences!the Differences!

Understanding the similarities and Understanding the similarities and celebrating the differences we all celebrating the differences we all smile in the same languagesmile in the same language

ImagineImagine ……

St Nicholas…St Nicholas…

… … is the patron and is the patron and protector of childrenprotector of children

……is known as the friend is known as the friend and protector of all in and protector of all in trouble or need trouble or need

……is the patron of sailors is the patron of sailors and voyagers.and voyagers.

Happy St. Nicholas Day!Happy St. Nicholas Day! Let St. Nicholas Day Let St. Nicholas Day

inspire us to imitate inspire us to imitate St. Nicholas’ virtues St. Nicholas’ virtues of love, generosity, of love, generosity, courage, justice!courage, justice!

Before going to bed on St. Nicholas Eve toss Before going to bed on St. Nicholas Eve toss the dust on the ground in front of the door. the dust on the ground in front of the door. Then go inside and put shoes outside the Then go inside and put shoes outside the bedroom door. When the good saint sees the bedroom door. When the good saint sees the sparkle on the ground in the moonlight, he sparkle on the ground in the moonlight, he knows children live there and will come to the knows children live there and will come to the house, leaving simple treats in the shoes.house, leaving simple treats in the shoes.

St. Nicholas Magic DustSt. Nicholas Magic Dust