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In our culture, the man who works in the salon is likely to be gay. The mentality of the Filipinos is that only the woman should be working in a salon or parlor and not the man. When the man who worked for here is found to be gay. If you are a real manContinue reading “2/21/2020; Week 7: Response to Culture and Psychology”

In our school culture, it is important to show good manners and right conduct. It contributes a huge percentage to the student’s score. In the TESOL classroom, it might not be applicable because the students have different manners from their cultures, and sometimes it is not acceptable to others.  Like for instance, in our culturalContinue reading “2/19/2020; Week 7: Response to Differences in Manners”

We think our own culture is only right if we don’t know the culture of others. In the “cross-cultural video in the classroom”, I learned a lot and I learned how to deal with students of diverse cultures. A student should not be judged immediately on what he or she is acting in the classroomContinue reading “2/18/2020; Week 7: Response to Cross-Cultural Students in the Classroom”

In the video I learned a lot about how a particular person, or in this case, a student, behaves whenever he/she is faced in a particular situation. I realized that the culture plays a huge role on how a particular person will deal with some certain circumstances. With this knowledge, I will be able toContinue reading “2/16/2020; Week 6: Response to Atrributional Tendencies”

Classroom challenges of making a difference in personal space are the distance of classmates to their seats when there is a difference in their culture, lending school equipment or borrowing one another’s personal belongings and touch when talking with his or her classmate. These can be solved if everyone knows what the other’s culture is.Continue reading “2/16/2020; Week 6: Response to Personal Space Differences”

Students with a culture that values ​​individualism are much different than students who value collectivism.  “A culture oriented to individualism might highly value being able to work independently, while a culture oriented to collectivism might highly value being able to work as part of a group.” When at my youthful age I have always heardContinue reading “2/14/; Week 6: Response to Individualism vs. Collectivism”

We all have similar emotions in public but different in private. Each ethnic group has emotional expressions that indicate their feelings and they were misinterpreted when it comes to other groups.  Emotional expression can cause differences between the two groups and it may lead to misunderstanding. When teaching in the classroom the teacher needs toContinue reading “2/12/2020 Week 6: Response Differences in Emotional Expressivity”

As learner on how to teach the English language (TESOL Program) and living in a non-Western country, I have faced a lot of challenges in understanding the lessons. Now that I have learned these miscommunication tendencies, especially in learning. I have found out that each culture has its own identity and way of expressing themselves.Continue reading “2/8/2020 Week 5: Response Cultural Miscommunication”

In my understanding of the cultural paradigm, there are different views and beliefs of people or groups of people in a community or country. That when others look at it, they make an enormous difference in their perspective. As Africans believe in their culture that when women are thin, they are “not synonymous to beauty.” […]Continue reading “2/04/2020 Week 5: Response to Cultural Paradigm — Josephine’s Blog”

I gained a knowledge of the culture of the time that I thought was important to know as a second language teacher. Because students can belong to a country or they were raised up that is either monochronic culture or polychronic culture. A monochronic person is strictly on their schedule and they just like toContinue reading “2/07/2020 Week 5: Cultural Differences Concerning Time”