hello hi I’m a mother of a toddler a Fulbright student and a language teacher
Fulbright student and a language teacher
Fulbright student and a language teacher dislike any of you I use social media
dislike any of you I use social media
dislike any of you I use social media and I use it to connect to my friends
and I use it to connect to my friends
and I use it to connect to my friends and my family but I also use it to
and my family but I also use it to
and my family but I also use it to update information as we know that
update information as we know that
update information as we know that social media is the source of
social media is the source of
social media is the source of information right people share a lot of
information right people share a lot of
information right people share a lot of posts through social media especially
posts through social media especially
posts through social media especially facebook so every day I read a lot of
facebook so every day I read a lot of
facebook so every day I read a lot of posts that popping up on my newsfeed
posts that popping up on my newsfeed
posts that popping up on my newsfeed unfortunately some of them they are
unfortunately some of them they are
unfortunately some of them they are provoking so some of the posts that I
provoking so some of the posts that I
provoking so some of the posts that I found they try to discriminate a certain
found they try to discriminate a certain
found they try to discriminate a certain group of people be it a cultural group a
group of people be it a cultural group a
group of people be it a cultural group a religious group or a tribal group what
religious group or a tribal group what
religious group or a tribal group what they want is just to make this
they want is just to make this
they want is just to make this particular group look bad okay so that
particular group look bad okay so that
particular group look bad okay so that would do anything to convince the
would do anything to convince the
would do anything to convince the readers that this group is just bad
readers that this group is just bad
readers that this group is just bad sometimes what they do is funny musing
sometimes what they do is funny musing
sometimes what they do is funny musing to me so I’m curious and read through
to me so I’m curious and read through
to me so I’m curious and read through and laugh at it and I read the comments
and laugh at it and I read the comments
and laugh at it and I read the comments what they what people say about that
what they what people say about that
what they what people say about that information shockingly there is some
information shockingly there is some
information shockingly there is some people who just take the information for
people who just take the information for
people who just take the information for granted they just believe it and sadly
granted they just believe it and sadly
granted they just believe it and sadly most of them are younger generation so
most of them are younger generation so
most of them are younger generation so they talk bad things about this group
they talk bad things about this group
they talk bad things about this group and they share the post and talk even
and they share the post and talk even
and they share the post and talk even worse things about them this is
worse things about them this is
worse things about them this is concerning to me because I’m sure it
concerning to me because I’m sure it
concerning to me because I’m sure it doesn’t stop there they’re going to take
doesn’t stop there they’re going to take
doesn’t stop there they’re going to take that information out of the virtual life
that information out of the virtual life
that information out of the virtual life into their real life and then start
into their real life and then start
into their real life and then start shaping their stereotype on that
shaping their stereotype on that
shaping their stereotype on that particular group and then spread hate to
particular group and then spread hate to
particular group and then spread hate to people around them right so as a mother
people around them right so as a mother
people around them right so as a mother I don’t want my son to be one of them
I don’t want my son to be one of them
I don’t want my son to be one of them because they would turn into extremists
because they would turn into extremists
because they would turn into extremists and we don’t want it right I’m sure that
and we don’t want it right I’m sure that
and we don’t want it right I’m sure that I’m not the only mother who doesn’t want
I’m not the only mother who doesn’t want
I’m not the only mother who doesn’t want this happen to their children that’s why
this happen to their children that’s why
this happen to their children that’s why I start trying to think what’s really
I start trying to think what’s really
I start trying to think what’s really going on here
going on here
going on here as I ponder I think the main problem is
as I ponder I think the main problem is
as I ponder I think the main problem is that because these people are not used
that because these people are not used
that because these people are not used to differences so they’re not exposed to
to differences so they’re not exposed to
to differences so they’re not exposed to differences okay and they just believe
differences okay and they just believe
differences okay and they just believe what they get because they don’t know
what they get because they don’t know
what they get because they don’t know anything else beside the source that
anything else beside the source that
anything else beside the source that they get from their social media and
they get from their social media and
they get from their social media and they just believe it okay so I try to
they just believe it okay so I try to
they just believe it okay so I try to relate this issue with my experience as
relate this issue with my experience as
relate this issue with my experience as a former student as you know that we
a former student as you know that we
a former student as you know that we have a lot of opportunities to meet
have a lot of opportunities to meet
have a lot of opportunities to meet people from different countries with
people from different countries with
people from different countries with different cultures different religions
different cultures different religions
different cultures different religions different tribes and knowing them
different tribes and knowing them
different tribes and knowing them learning about them have changed the way
learning about them have changed the way
learning about them have changed the way I used to see them additionally i also
I used to see them additionally i also
I used to see them additionally i also have something like being skeptical to
have something like being skeptical to
have something like being skeptical to pause when i read a post trying to make
pause when i read a post trying to make
pause when i read a post trying to make a certain group that i know of to look
a certain group that i know of to look
a certain group that i know of to look bad and then I start thinking well it’s
bad and then I start thinking well it’s
bad and then I start thinking well it’s not really like that you know I have
not really like that you know I have
not really like that you know I have that kind of ability so at this point I
that kind of ability so at this point I
that kind of ability so at this point I understand why William J Fulbright
understand why William J Fulbright
understand why William J Fulbright believe that one of the ways to promote
believe that one of the ways to promote
believe that one of the ways to promote world peace is by building mutual
world peace is by building mutual
world peace is by building mutual understanding among countries so knowing
understanding among countries so knowing
understanding among countries so knowing each other’s cultures and then where
each other’s cultures and then where
each other’s cultures and then where that we are different I think this piece
that we are different I think this piece
that we are different I think this piece of information is the important thing
of information is the important thing
of information is the important thing that the younger generation it to have
that the younger generation it to have
that the younger generation it to have so as a language teacher I’m aware that
so as a language teacher I’m aware that
so as a language teacher I’m aware that not only a language and culture are
not only a language and culture are
not only a language and culture are inseparable so I’m thinking language
inseparable so I’m thinking language
inseparable so I’m thinking language teachers should do something beyond
teachers should do something beyond
teachers should do something beyond teaching the students language or
teaching the students language or
teaching the students language or linguistic knowledge we call like
linguistic knowledge we call like
linguistic knowledge we call like grammar or vocabulary so language
grammar or vocabulary so language
grammar or vocabulary so language teachers need to see language teaching
teachers need to see language teaching
teachers need to see language teaching as teaching but linguistic knowledge and
as teaching but linguistic knowledge and
as teaching but linguistic knowledge and competence as well as inter cultural
competence as well as inter cultural
competence as well as inter cultural knowledge and competence okay so this
knowledge and competence okay so this
knowledge and competence okay so this thing is crucial for our younger
thing is crucial for our younger
thing is crucial for our younger generation however we are not really
generation however we are not really
generation however we are not really supported by our textbooks I mean in the
supported by our textbooks I mean in the
supported by our textbooks I mean in the English as a foreign language setting we
English as a foreign language setting we
English as a foreign language setting we don’t have a lot of textbooks
don’t have a lot of textbooks
don’t have a lot of textbooks that are really cultural based I’m not
that are really cultural based I’m not
that are really cultural based I’m not saying that they’re bad they’re just
saying that they’re bad they’re just
saying that they’re bad they’re just culture less cultural that’s what I’m
culture less cultural that’s what I’m
culture less cultural that’s what I’m saying so I’m looking around me and I’m
saying so I’m looking around me and I’m
saying so I’m looking around me and I’m thinking about what I can use to fill in
thinking about what I can use to fill in
thinking about what I can use to fill in this gap and then I we are lucky that we
this gap and then I we are lucky that we
this gap and then I we are lucky that we live in this digital era then maybe we
live in this digital era then maybe we
live in this digital era then maybe we can use technology but how okay so
can use technology but how okay so
can use technology but how okay so teachers we can use technology to select
teachers we can use technology to select
teachers we can use technology to select teaching materials and then we can
teaching materials and then we can
teaching materials and then we can create them and share them we share not
create them and share them we share not
create them and share them we share not only the language knowledge but also the
only the language knowledge but also the
only the language knowledge but also the inter cultural knowledge okay this
inter cultural knowledge okay this
inter cultural knowledge okay this mission sounds very ambitious right but
mission sounds very ambitious right but
mission sounds very ambitious right but in 2014 we try to realize this mission
in 2014 we try to realize this mission
in 2014 we try to realize this mission so my colleague the wages Oh from China
so my colleague the wages Oh from China
so my colleague the wages Oh from China and me we created a project that we call
and me we created a project that we call
and me we created a project that we call new media teaching plans teaching claims
new media teaching plans teaching claims
new media teaching plans teaching claims is basically lesson plans so in this
is basically lesson plans so in this
is basically lesson plans so in this project we created sets of lesson plans
project we created sets of lesson plans
project we created sets of lesson plans with cultural based topics and we create
with cultural based topics and we create
with cultural based topics and we create it and select some teaching materials
it and select some teaching materials
it and select some teaching materials basically so in this opportunity you’re
basically so in this opportunity you’re
basically so in this opportunity you’re going to see what we have in this
going to see what we have in this
going to see what we have in this project as the first team we have
project as the first team we have
project as the first team we have english accents our aims are to build
english accents our aims are to build
english accents our aims are to build our learners awareness of English accent
our learners awareness of English accent
our learners awareness of English accent differences and to build our our
differences and to build our our
differences and to build our our learners awareness of the communication
learners awareness of the communication
learners awareness of the communication breakdown potential that can be caused
breakdown potential that can be caused
breakdown potential that can be caused by a sin differences and what we have
by a sin differences and what we have
by a sin differences and what we have first one we have word clouds to
first one we have word clouds to
first one we have word clouds to introduce the vocabulary related to
introduce the vocabulary related to
introduce the vocabulary related to English accents and then we have
English accents and then we have
English accents and then we have PowerPoint cartoon to introduce how
PowerPoint cartoon to introduce how
PowerPoint cartoon to introduce how different regions will have different
different regions will have different
different regions will have different varieties of English’s and we connect
varieties of English’s and we connect
varieties of English’s and we connect our web page to a YouTube video in this
our web page to a YouTube video in this
our web page to a YouTube video in this video one women telling her story about
video one women telling her story about
video one women telling her story about the communication breakdown that she
the communication breakdown that she
the communication breakdown that she faced because of the varieties of
faced because of the varieties of
faced because of the varieties of English additionally we give
English additionally we give
English additionally we give another example of a communication
another example of a communication
another example of a communication breakdown caused by different English
breakdown caused by different English
breakdown caused by different English accent and we voiceover these two
accent and we voiceover these two
accent and we voiceover these two cartoons or avatars okay this is the
cartoons or avatars okay this is the
cartoons or avatars okay this is the first one and the second one the second
first one and the second one the second
first one and the second one the second theme is holidays and our aims is to
theme is holidays and our aims is to
theme is holidays and our aims is to enhance our learners inter cultural
enhance our learners inter cultural
enhance our learners inter cultural awareness and communication skills in
awareness and communication skills in
awareness and communication skills in the context of holidays celebrated in
the context of holidays celebrated in
the context of holidays celebrated in the United States and China and
the United States and China and
the United States and China and Indonesia what we have first we created
Indonesia what we have first we created
Indonesia what we have first we created a crossword puzzle using hot potatoes
a crossword puzzle using hot potatoes
a crossword puzzle using hot potatoes just to introduce some vocabulary
just to introduce some vocabulary
just to introduce some vocabulary related to holidays and then we start
related to holidays and then we start
related to holidays and then we start creating our own video we interviewed
creating our own video we interviewed
creating our own video we interviewed some people from China and from
some people from China and from
some people from China and from Indonesia talking about their experience
Indonesia talking about their experience
Indonesia talking about their experience celebrating holidays in the United
celebrating holidays in the United
celebrating holidays in the United States and next we have texts that we
States and next we have texts that we
States and next we have texts that we change into Jay clothes or fill in the
change into Jay clothes or fill in the
change into Jay clothes or fill in the blank quiz basically and in this text we
blank quiz basically and in this text we
blank quiz basically and in this text we try to introduce the most common
try to introduce the most common
try to introduce the most common celebration in the United States which
celebration in the United States which
celebration in the United States which is Thanksgiving by asking the students
is Thanksgiving by asking the students
is Thanksgiving by asking the students to read and fill in the blanks and to
to read and fill in the blanks and to
to read and fill in the blanks and to produce the language we encourage our
produce the language we encourage our
produce the language we encourage our students to record their experience
students to record their experience
students to record their experience their own experience on google voice and
their own experience on google voice and
their own experience on google voice and then spread it share share what they
then spread it share share what they
then spread it share share what they have with their teacher and also the
have with their teacher and also the
have with their teacher and also the their friends this is second one and the
their friends this is second one and the
their friends this is second one and the third one our latest one is hijab and
third one our latest one is hijab and
third one our latest one is hijab and our aim is to build learners inter
our aim is to build learners inter
our aim is to build learners inter cultural awareness and knowledge of
cultural awareness and knowledge of
cultural awareness and knowledge of hijab okay so what we have the first one
hijab okay so what we have the first one
hijab okay so what we have the first one is another PowerPoint cartoon to
is another PowerPoint cartoon to
is another PowerPoint cartoon to introduce the topic and we have attacks
introduce the topic and we have attacks
introduce the topic and we have attacks to see hijab from fashion point of view
to see hijab from fashion point of view
to see hijab from fashion point of view and we have another video where we
and we have another video where we
and we have another video where we interview so we interviewed people from
interview so we interviewed people from
interview so we interviewed people from Saudi Arabia Indonesia and from the
Saudi Arabia Indonesia and from the
Saudi Arabia Indonesia and from the United States to share their knowledge
United States to share their knowledge
United States to share their knowledge of women wearing hijab and also their
of women wearing hijab and also their
of women wearing hijab and also their experience how they are treated here so
experience how they are treated here so
experience how they are treated here so basically we give another opinion from
basically we give another opinion from
basically we give another opinion from what the media has exposed about us and
what the media has exposed about us and
what the media has exposed about us and to produce the language we encourage our
to produce the language we encourage our
to produce the language we encourage our students to
students to
students to to write a blog using blogger and then
to write a blog using blogger and then
to write a blog using blogger and then of course share it with their friends
of course share it with their friends
of course share it with their friends that’s basically what we have in our
that’s basically what we have in our
that’s basically what we have in our project and we created this project to
project and we created this project to
project and we created this project to become a model to encourage our
become a model to encourage our
become a model to encourage our colleagues our fellow language teachers
colleagues our fellow language teachers
colleagues our fellow language teachers to start teaching inter cultural
to start teaching inter cultural
to start teaching inter cultural knowledge not only linguistics knowledge
knowledge not only linguistics knowledge
knowledge not only linguistics knowledge because by doing this we are helping our
because by doing this we are helping our
because by doing this we are helping our students be aware that we are different
students be aware that we are different
students be aware that we are different and eventually they will have their own
and eventually they will have their own
and eventually they will have their own ability to filter information that they
ability to filter information that they
ability to filter information that they get so as they can filter it then they
get so as they can filter it then they
get so as they can filter it then they will less extremist and they would be
will less extremist and they would be
will less extremist and they would be aware that yes we live in a different
aware that yes we live in a different
aware that yes we live in a different you know with different people and I
you know with different people and I
you know with different people and I hope in the future like the younger
hope in the future like the younger
hope in the future like the younger generation like my son’s generation will
generation like my son’s generation will
generation like my son’s generation will be ready to be a part of the society
be ready to be a part of the society
be ready to be a part of the society which and that this society is of course
which and that this society is of course
which and that this society is of course value differences and this society will
value differences and this society will
value differences and this society will live together hand in hand even though
live together hand in hand even though
live together hand in hand even though they are different and in as unity in
they are different and in as unity in
they are different and in as unity in diversity thank you
diversity thank you
diversity thank you [Applause]
”
Be First to Comment