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The Impact of Learning Styles on Intercultural Learning Outcomes | Seed Grant 2021
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
This project compares Korean language learners’ learning style with their intercultural learning outcomes as communicated by them in pre- and post- reflections during a semester-long Korean...
https://hubicl.org/members/7251/collections/world-languages-and-linguistics
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Growing Intercultural Speakers in Novice Italian: A Virtual vs. Face-to-Face Comparison
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
From the abstract: "The purpose of the study is to compare possible differences in IC development between face-to-face and asynchronous virtual modes of delivery that were taken as emergency...
https://hubicl.org/members/7251/collections/research-from-purdue-universitys-college-of-liberal-arts
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Growing Intercultural Speakers in Novice Italian: A Virtual vs. Face-to-Face Comparison
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28 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
From the abstract: "The purpose of the study is to compare possible differences in IC development between face-to-face and asynchronous virtual modes of delivery that were taken as emergency...
https://hubicl.org/members/7251/collections/world-languages-and-linguistics
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Finding Your Feet
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18 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Kelsey Patton
For this activity, participants will read a summary Philipsen’s 2010 article "Some Thoughts on How to Approach Finding One's Feet in Unfamiliar Cultural Terrain" and discuss...
https://hubicl.org/members/1349/collections/ethnography-and-intercultural-learning
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Finding Your Feet
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27 Mar 2023 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity encourages participants to consider ways they and others "find their feet" in new cultural contexts.
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/original-and-adapted-tools-by-the-cilmar-curation-team
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STEM
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18 Jan 2023 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Working in Unfamiliar Surroundings Quiz, an activity
STEM Education Publications by Purdue Faculty, a collection
Picture A ..., an activity
By the Numbers, an activity
Ice Sculpture (per...
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/resources-for-texas-tech-university-presentation-january-24-2023
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Language and Culture
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18 Jan 2023 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Photo Analysis: Women of Cover, an activity
Working in Unfamiliar Surroundings Quiz, an activity
CERCLL Collection for Language Teachers, a collection
Frameworks and Theories for Intercultural...
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/resources-for-texas-tech-university-presentation-january-24-2023
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Not just for study abroad
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
We have been using the Amazing Race in Study Abroad support courses for many years at Purdue, but I think it has applications to the language classroom as well. You would just need to adapt...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Foundational ethnographic skills
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Do your students need some basic instruction and practice in listening and observation skills that can help them learn about culturally different others? Here are two new options from CILMAR:...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Doing ethnography
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Here are 3 activities you can use to hone those cultural discovery skills in your language learners: Grocery Store Ethnography, YouTube Ethnography, Martian Anthropology.
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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For those who like a good critical incident
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
There are a ton of resources linked from the Critical Incident tool under Links. Check out all the ways that you can get your learners to imagine themselves in a culturally fraught situation and...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Card game that stimulates conflict
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Another great simulation is Barnga, especially if you want to highlight how different cultures "play by different rules" and "define winning in different ways". It is easy and...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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A simulation that highlights assumptions
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Albatross is another oldie but goodie - it is relatively easy to perform and adapt to different contexts. The learning is both in the discomfort of the simulation itself and especially in the...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Classic simulations
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
More kinesthetic options include these simulations that have been around forever in different forms: BaFa BaFa requires quite a bit of accoutrement, but Toothpicks and Cocktail party are easier and...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Focusing on space
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Draw a House is a good proxemics activity. Rather than the more typical focus of personal space bubbles in most proxemic learning exercises, this one emphasizes the differences in how people around...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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An oldie but a goodie
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This activity, the Scissors Game, has been around forever, but I still like it because it is simple, fun, kinesthetic, and effectively makes the point that students need to pay attention to other...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Nonverbals can be as important as conversation skills
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Don't neglect nonverbal communication in the language classroom! Not only can attention to nonverbals be very helpful to language learners in interpreting what they hear, but also they can get...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Conversation starters are a great resource for language teachers
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Whether you are assigning conversation partners amongst your own students, or pairing them with native speakers externally, it is extremely useful to provide some structure and guidance for their...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Assessment ideas for world language classrooms
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Aletha Stahl has a great collection of resources for assessing intercultural learning in language classrooms. See her favorites here.
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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A versatile Values activity
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I love that the Human Values Continuum can be so easily adapted. I linked here not only the original tool, but also collection posts that discuss it being applied in different ways, including...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Humans think in metaphors (which vary across cultures)
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
For more advanced students capable of thinking critically about the underlying cultural metaphors that lurk in our subconscious and come out in language, this activity is great. It's probably...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Speaking of stereotypes...
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
If you are looking for a way to get students to recognize and address stereotypes, this is a basic activity for changing stereotypes into generalizations.
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Send students to the web
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
There are great cultural learning web resources out there. Some are proprietary and have associated costs (see Country Navigator as an example). The Hofstede website tool is free, but I always...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Looking for a good worksheet?
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Culture mapping gets students to think about their own cultural values, which can be helpful both for self-awareness and in preparation to interact with someone from another language background....
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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A great kinesthetic activity
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Language Envelopes takes a lot of effort to put together, but boy is it worth it! I love seeing students creatively trying to arrange objects into categories and eventually coming to the conclusion...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Comfort with discomfort
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Part of openness, or the willingness to interact across cultural differences, is tolerance for discomfort (social, emotional, mental, physical), so activities like this can be helpful for students...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Great video to develop Openness
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
One of my favorite media activities uses the TED talk "The Danger of a Single Story". It is highly engaging and can be used to inspire openness to multiple narratives and perspectives....
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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The SALTO Youth Toolbox
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Annette Benson pulled this toolbox into one of her collections, with lots of concrete details about where to find elements of the SALTO collection in the HubICL, so I am passing along that resource...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Icebreakers with physical props
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
For those of you who like to give your students something physical to manipulate, these experiential tools are great for icebreakers as well as debriefing learning. My absolute favorite is the...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Icebreakers that highlight culture
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Two of my favorite culturally focused icebreakers are Voices from the Past and the Name Game. You can read what I wrote about them in this TESOL collection or visit them directly in the toolbox....
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Icebreakers
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
In any collection for teachers I like to include a few icebreakers that are appropriate to the teaching context. Many teachers overlook the teaching potential of icebreakers, which are useful for...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Research into practice: Virtual exchange in language teaching and learning
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15 Oct 2021 |
Posted by Lan Jin
Dooly, M., & Vinagre, M. (2021). Research into practice: Virtual exchange in language teaching and learning. Language Teaching, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0261444821000069
In this article,...
https://hubicl.org/members/1763/collections/research-on-virtual-intercultural-learning
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Finding Your Feet
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/852