Hsinchu County ESL Teacher Cultural Studies Workshop

April 11, 2013

Workshop instructors: Josh, 東興國小 and 六家國中 Scott, 竹東國中 Sandy, 竹東國中 Emily, 石光國中 Rainbow, 竹北國中

To save time, we’ll just ask: What is your

name? What school are

you from? What is your

favorite hobby?

Does your ESL book teach much culture to your students?

How are the cultures of Taiwan and the USA different? How are they similar?

Why should we study other cultures in ESL class?

Some problems we’ll try to address: What stereotypes

do students have about other people?

Why do students think English is not important to learn?

How is the world “getting smaller?”

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/ Google Earth:

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html Video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STG41Pti2-

Y Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page British Council – Life Around the World:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world

Chinese-language sources are fine, too!