Preparing the Culture Presentation

CIED 4013: Capstone CourseFall 2013Dr. Bowles

The Presentation• You may choose either L1

or TL for your PPT and for your presentation

• Choose a cultural experience from a TL country that you have visited

• Describe the experience using the framework of the 3 Ps: practices, products, and perspectives

The Presentation

• 15-20 minute presentation

• Presentation in the Target Language

• Describe what you learned about the 3 Ps from the cultural experience you described in your essay

The Presentation

• Describe how the experience transformed the way you view yourself

• Describe how the experience transformed your cultural perspectives

• Outline your plan for continuing growth of the TL and target culture

The Three Ps

• Practices: the patterns of behavior accepted by a society; they represent knowledge of “what to do when and where (how individuals address each other, the social pecking order, the use of space, gestures, mealtime etiquette)

The Three Ps

Products: things created by members of the culture, both tangible (a house, a painting, an eating utensil, a piece of literature) and intangible (a system of education, a ritual, an oral tale, a dance)

The Three Ps

• Perspectives: traditional ideas, attitudes, meanings, and values of members of that society (social hierarchy). Note that some perspectives have been lost even though there may be practices and products reflected of that former perspective.

The Culture Paradigm

PerspectivesMeanings, attitudes, values, ideas

Practices ProductsPatterns of social interaction Books

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Source: Shrum & Glisan, 2005, Teacher’s Handbook, 3rd ed.

Kluckhohn Values Orientation Method

Five basic concerns common to

all human beings1. What is a person’s

assessment of innate human nature (perception of self and others)?

2. What is a person’s relation to nature (world view)?

3. What is a person’s temporal focus of life (temporal orientation)?

Kluckhohn Values Orientation Method

4.What is the principal model of activity (forms of activity) for a person, or the group to which he or she belongs?

5. What is the modality of the person’s or the group’s relationships to others (social relations)?

Source: Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck, 1961;Ortuño, 1991

Kluckhohn Values Orientation Method

• Person

Person_Nature Orientation

Subject to Harmony with Mastery over

Time Orientation

Past Present Future

Activity Orientation

Being Doing

Human Relations Orientation

Consensus laterally

Hierarchical authority

Individualism

Human Nature

Evil Neutral / Mixed

Good

Tips for the PPT

• Use a light background• Use dark font, 24 pt at

least• Limit your text on each

slide (bullet pts are fine)• Rehearse before you

present• Allow time for questions• Organize with an intro,

body, and conclusion