Literature and multicultural aspects

Literature has been a very useful tool to teach multiple cultural aspects: values, customs, traditions, among others. These aspects only become relevant when the learner becomes aware of the differences between his/her lifestyle and others. Here are some sites that may be of interest to the foreign language teacher.

http://freestoriesforkids.com/

http://www.poemsforkids.net/teaching-values-through-poems.htm

http://www.indianchild.com/Kids/poems_for_kids.htm


What other ways would you consider an interesting and effective way to learn about diverse cultural aspects?
Explain briefly and develop an example activity.

Multiculturality: advantage or disadvantage?

Herein is a link to a text that explains how multiculturality is considered in the eye of education, giving an overall view of how to approach this topic in the learning-teaching process.

http://www.ukzn.ac.za/musiced/multiculturality_of_the_world_wi.htm

Post your opinion about this document. How can this be important for the praxis of language teachers?

Some of the world cultures

What do we understand by culture?
Are there different cultures in your country?
Can differences of culture affect us as humans? If so, why?
It is a reality that we are going to find multiple cultures in a class.
Can this be seen as a problem or as a tool to work with a language learning class?

Welcome!

The World of Culture is a site that try to give the visitors interesting information about Culture and education, especially in Language Learning. This blog intends to show videos, images, sites, documents and general information about Culture, its usefulness in the classroom and the effects in the learning- teaching process.
Authors: Bravo, Jessika
Flores, María
Stoll, Johann