the role of culture in our lives

“How you look at it is pretty much how you'll see it” 

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CO: to think about cultural diversity in the context of educationLO: to practise speaking fluency skills

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In the background…

On the right hand side…

On the left-hand side…

In the foreground… In the centre…

In the bottom right-hand corner…

In the top left-hand corner…

“How you look at it is pretty much how you'll see it” 

― Rasheed Ogunlaru

I want you to imagine that…

CO: to think about cultural diversity in the context of educationLO: to practise speaking fluency skills

…you have just won a scholarship to go and study in the University of Tokyo. You are excited but scared at the same time. You will be leaving in three weeks!

In pairs, discuss…

• What you are afraid of leaving behind you in Ecuador

• What your concerns are about what awaits you in Japan.

Be ready to share some of your partner’s thoughts with the class.

CO: to think about cultural diversity in the context of educationLO: to practise speaking fluency skills

We are going to read a diary extract of a Japanese boy who is moving to Europe.

1. read the first diary extract (pp. 275-6, textbook) and identify if the writer has any of the concerns you thought about earlier

2. complete text handling exercise (p. 277)

CO: to think about cultural diversity in the context of educationLO: to practise speaking fluency skills

Today you are going to write a diary entry. I want you to imagine that you have just been awarded a SENESCYT scholarship to study abroad (it could be in the UK, the USA, Australia etc…). The diary entry could be made before you leave, after your first day or after your first week (or three shorter entries covering three different dates). It must be 500-600 words long.

CO: to write a diary entryLO: to use informal language

Formal features of a diary:

• MUST be headed by a date!!!!• address e.g. “Dear diary”

Stylistic features of a diary:

• informal register (use of informal language)• written in the first person e.g. “I found out today

that…”• with include reflection i.e. self-questioning• will reflect ‘real-time’ writing (thinking as you’re

writing)• talking to your diary as if it were a person

CO: to write a diary entryLO: to use informal language