Module 4: Investigate Your Student

 

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We need to understand our students in order to know what they need to learn and how to teach that to them. For this exercise, you will learn more about your students as cultural beings. This is what you need to do:

1. Create a plan to gather information about your learners as cultural beings. You should find out something new about your learners, using one or more of the activities that we have done together. This could include
   • A writing task using the Identities Wheel
   • The “iceberg” activity described in Frank’s “Raising Cultural Awareness in the English Language Classroom  Download Raising Cultural Awareness in the English Language Classroom” (see diagram on last page of the article)
   • A writing task where they write about a cultural “bump”

   You can either design a classroom activity for learning about your students or you can “interview” 2-3 different learners. Think of the activity that you do as a door into your students’ world.

2. Post the idea for what you will do in the discussion forum below.
3. Then, carry out your plan! We will discuss our findings next week.

Please note that in this course, you are expected to use your own words and ideas, and to acknowledge any sources you use to gather ideas. Plagiarism is not allowed in OPEN courses.

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