Response paper #4: Culture in Second Language Teaching

According to the article "Culture in Second Language Teaching", the National Center for Cultural Competence defines culture as "an integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, languages, practices, beliefs, values, customs, courtesies, rituals, manner of interacting and roles, relationships and expected behaviours of a racial, ethic, religious or social group, and the ability to transmit the above to succeeding generations."

This article was very interesting because in many institutions when professors have to teach about culture of other country, they only teach about customs, celebrations, or songs. So, if we are realistic people, students cannot learn correctly how to understand another culture with a brief explanation. Also, the cultural classes are usually teached in few lessons. So we can make us the following question how a Second Language Speaker can communicate correctly with a native speaker, if he does not know how to do it.

Therefore, as future professors we need to find an effective way to teach our students about culture. We can use many different kind of authentic material as films, websites, play role, research, and literature. All these are going to give the student a broader view of culture. Also, all of these material will help the students to understand better and easier the other culture.

In conlusion, culture is a very important topic for students to learn about because it will help them to have a successsful comunication with native speakers. So, professor we need to implement new techniques to help our students because it will be our responsibility.

Response paper #3: The Intellligence Educational Behavior Conference

In the conference about the intelligence educational behavior which was presented by our rector Silvia Castro, she explain many different aspects about neuroscience. The objective was to learn new techniques that we can apply while we are teaching.

For me it was very interesting because as future professor we have to find the way to deal with our students, and it means that we cannot apply the same methods for everyone. All the research made about Neuroscience helps us to find a better way to teach, and avoid many problems that are in traditional methodology.

Nowadays, professors have to look for new methodologies to get the students attention, and do the interesting classes.

Response Paper 2

According to different countries, culture is a wide topic in which we can study different things specially if we compare every country. In culture we can find beliefs, values and cultural upbringing influence, but at the same time, all of them are going to affect the people's behavior.

My beliefs, values and cultural upbringing influence a lot my behavior because according to them I am going to do all my things. For example I am not going to do something that I consider is wrong. On the other hand, if I did something wrong they are going to help me to correct it or to think about. So, my behavior will be according to my beliefs, values and cultural upbringing.

Also, all I mentioned in the previous paragraph are going to influence in peoples's behavior. It means sometimes people are going ot see us differents because all people have different behavior, values and beliefs. For this reason people should not feel bad if other people said that they are different in the opposite people have to feel proud of them because they are not the same as others. If this situation happens to me, I will explain that person that I am who I am because I change my mind with all the experience I get during the past situations or events that happen to me.

In summary, I can say that in all the countries people are going to behave according to their values, beliefs and cultural upbringing influence. It means that we cannot try to change the behavior of other people .

Response paper 1

All the professors have different ways to teach during classes. So if we are studying to be English Teacher, we have to pay attention to our professor. It is the only way we can learn different techniques to be a better professor.

I really like the idea of our professor Ms. Nelly because while she was teaching during our first class, she applied different techniques. I was very interesting because I can find some techniques to get the attention of the students, and at the same time I was learning about culture and Society.

In summary, I can say we can learn many techniques, but we have to know how to applied them because all the techniques cannot be applied for all the ages.