Reflecting diversity a creative guide to mainstreaming

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Reflecting diversity a creative guide to
mainstreaming

• By
• Liz Fishwick
• Public Course Coordinator
• British Council Brussels

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The aims of the session

• To explore the seven areas of diversity
• To relate diversity to our work as teachers
• To focus on the intercultural aspect of our work
• To demonstrate creative and engaging ways of
  mainstreaming diversity in our teaching materials

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Stand in the circle if

• You know someone with a disability
• Youre a man
• You go to church
• You have children
• Youre under 30
• You have gay friends
• Youre single
• You vote in the elections
• Your grandparents were/are working class
• You have a non-Brazilian background

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The eight areas of diversity
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The eight areas of diversity
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The eight areas of diversity
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Eight areas of diversity
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Diversity is everywhere

• You probably see the eight areas of diversity
  everyday.
• In groups look at sheets of paper
• Where do you see or experience these areas
  everyday?
• Can you see these areas at work? Where?

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Intercultural awareness

• As teachers, we all know the four skills
• Speaking
• Reading
• Listening
• Writing
• What is the fifth skill?

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Intercultural Awareness

• Our role as teachers are
• Teaching language to children and teenagers plays
  a part in developing their minds, thoughts and
  social practices
• Language teachers need to provide learners with
  social tools in order to support a global
  language community in its cultural diversity

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The advantages are

• Helps increase the learners awareness of the
  world around them
• Helps us be aware of how our cultures are seen
  from the outside
• Understand and see the target culture from its
  own view and not one that is commonly shown
• Helps to interact better with the world by being
  more aware of the diversity of cultures.

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The advantages

• Interesting and engaging lessons where the
  learners and the teacher can make meaningful
  comparisons between their own culture and the
  target culture.
• This means that
• A non native teacher of English has the advantage
  of comparing cultures

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Is this the UK?
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Is this your Brazil?
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Bend it like Beckham
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Bend it like Beckham
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Bend it like Beckham
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Bend it like Beckham

• Watch the clip
• What diversity themes do you see?
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Belief
• Sexual orientation

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Creating materials

• You can find lots of ideas on how to use Bend it
  like Beckham here
• http//www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/br
  itlit/bend-it-beckham
• Lets look at the handout
• Watch me present the first section
• What did I do?
• What skills does this teach?

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Language skills

• Reading skills
• Reading between the lines
• Vocabulary building
• Intonation
• Choose a section and act it out with the other
  participants

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Language Skills Jesss choices
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Jesss choices

• If Jess goes to the USA
• If Jess goes on a date with Joe
• If Jess studies law..
• If Jess has an arranged marriage.
• One way of contextualising conditionals
• Dilemnas and difficult choices

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Other ideas

• Role plays language to persuade and convince
  others
• Discussion on whether girls should have the same
  past times as boys
• Writing a short play about a boy or a girl who
  has a different hobby or past time
• A project on women in sport or women doing male
  jobs

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Aimee Mullins

• Who are role models for teenagers?

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Aimee Mullins

• Watch this short film about Aimee Mullins
• Which diversity theme does it have?
• Disability

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Teaching ideas

• Using I can for A1 learners
• Describing daily routines
• Reading skills using online materials about Aimee
  Mullins
• Project work about a famous person with a
  disability
• Project on the paraolympics

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Teaching ideas?

• I would be happy to see any materials or
  activities that youve developed around these
  clips.
• Do you have any other materials which you think
  will bring diversity to the classroom?

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Reflections

• Lets look at why we include diversity in
  teaching materials
• Realistic view of the target culture and the
  language
• Reflects diversity in our societies
• Allows learners to engage in their reality
• Teaches social responsibility and respect for
  others through.

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MAINSTREAMING DIVERSITY

• Please mail any comments or feedback to
• Liz.fishwick_at_britishcouncil.be