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Centering Indigeneity

In this activity, participants will identify the value systems of indigenous populations who previously owned the land upon which they now live, reconsider the current values that program and education systems are centered upon, and apply indigenous values to these contexts by reflecting upon how to successfully decenter whiteness and center indigeneity.

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Questions Across Cultures

In this activity, participants will be challenged to consider the concept of curiosity and develop strategies for asking cultural questions that are effective, appropriate, and satisfactory.

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Re-imagining Rhetoric

In this activity, participants will be challenged to consider new and inviting ways of engaging with those who hold different opinions and perspectives.

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Mind the Gap

In this activity, participants will identify and describe the gap between cognitive and affective/behavioral competencies in new cultural contexts. Participants will also be introduced to a case study in which researchers are confronted with the gap and a third culture space must be negotiated.

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Intercultural Conflict Styles: Activity + Role Play

In this activity, participants will identify their own Intercultural Conflict Style and its impact in personal and professional contacts and reflect on what cultural and personal influences have shaped it. Participants will also be encouraged to develop in their comfort level adapting to other styles and identify how best to communicate with others who have a different Intercultural Conflict Style than they do.

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Types of Conflict & Identifying the Source

In this activity, participants will discuss sources of intercultural conflict, apply learnings to real-life examples of conflict, and extend analysis to their local contexts. 

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Sense of Belonging

In this activity, participants will identify the role of interaction and communication in fostering a sense of belonging and identify the differences and commonalities among people from different cultures or backgrounds.

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Creating an Inclusive Classroom

In this activity, participants will be encouraged to identify the challenges faced by students from various backgrounds in an academic setting and develop strategies to promote inclusion.

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Creating Intercultural Awareness (The 3-2-1 Worksheet)

In this activity, participants will be challenged to identify express the role culture(s) play(s) in shaping their identity.

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Intercultural Contact Hypothesis Activity

In this activity, participants will be introduced to the four contact conditions and discuss how the conditions can reduce prejudice and lead to better relations.

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Ethics Across the IDC Activity

This activity challenges participants to consider how the definition of ethics shifts for individuals within each stage of the IDC.

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Power Distance Case Study

This activity encourages participants to reflect on the cultural value dimension of power distance, while considering their own cultural perspectives of authority.

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Equity-Centered Assessment Worksheet

This form helps you center equity in all phases of the institutional assessment process.

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Assessment Planning Form

This form helps you think through how to plan for success through all phases of an assessment project.

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TESOL Presentation 3/22/2023

This is the presentation entitled, "An experiential and interactive lesson plan for appreciating difference" from the TESOL 2023 conference.

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Hong Kong, Canada

This activity teaches participants to identify and describe language and identity conflicts that arise in the play Hong Kong, Canada by Tara Goldstein, and invites them to explore feelings of racism, xenophobia, and marginalization and describe the complexities of language discrimination.

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Birds of a Feather

This activity demonstrates to participants that people bring different talents, perspectives, and backgrounds to groups and helps them understand the benefits of forming diverse groups. 

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Pair Up

This activity invites participants to consider how they view people based on appearance and discuss two-way relationships. 

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CERCLL Collection for Language Teachers

This collection includes activities and simulations geared toward intercultural learning in the world language classroom.

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Purdue University School of Languages & Cultures Intercultural Learning Study Group, Fall 2019

This  collection  includes assessments, activities, and readings pertaining to intercultural learning. 

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Building the Skill of Empathy for Language Learners

This collection includes activities that help learners grow in empathy.

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Activities Easy to Adapt for Courses in World Languages

This collection includes activity ideas for intercultural learning in the world language classroom.

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Assessment of/as Intercultural Learning in World Languages

This collection includes recommended inventories, debriefing tools, and surveys for assessing intercultural learning.

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