TESOL 103 /2019

10/17/19; Week 5: Response to "Cultural Miscommunication" In social-cultural life, communication is the engine that helps us interact between culture and culture. Globalization allows countries to develop more effectively using different language codes. I found the video of Professor Ivers (BYUI) quite interesting. I learned how important it is in certain cultures, the way we gesture. What for one culture may seem normal, for another it can cause problems and even be considered disrespectful. Let me share an experience that I lived in my house a few years ago. My daughter Nicolle had a friend from China. She asked me permission to invite her home and go over some school assignments. I agreed. Then my daughter asked me to prepare "noodles" for that day since it was her friend Mei Ling's favorite food, btw, Mei means "beautiful" and ling "Jade pieces flashes" I felt very excited to meet Mei Ling and to know something about her cultur...

10/15/19; Week 5: Response to " Cultural Differences in Concerning Time. What category do you belong to? Monochronic or Polychronic? After watching Professor Ivers' video, I can conclude that my whole environment is based on a polychronic paradigm. Professor Ivers (BYU- Idaho Online Learning) said "M-time, on the other hand, is oriented to tasks, schedules, and procedures"  Considering that I will be an ESL teacher, I think it is very important that I focus my time in a more Monochronic way. Doing this will avoid future headaches when I teach in an ESL classroom.  Now a question assails me. How can a cultural paradigm be changed, when you have grown up believing that what you have been doing is right? I mean "time," I thought that doing more than one thing at a time was outstanding, in a way it is, but when I learned the difference between a Monochronic person and a Polychronic, I definitely realized that a Polychronic person is more at a disadvanta...

10/14/19; Week 5: Response to "Cultural Paradigms" Before issuing an opinion we must inform ourselves and learn cultural concepts of paradigms.  I love Professor Iver's humor (BYUI) and the way he raises a topic to his students using real examples. He said " Education today is awash in the sea of boredom and professors need to have an interesting delivery of the material."  How important it is to be well prepared when standing in front of an audience that is eager to learn. But what if all that enthusiasm is seen to decline due to the simple negligence of a teacher who is not involved with his students?  I have better understand what a paradigm is. I did not know that everything I heard about a certain way of acting or saying something was part of a paradigm that had to be passed from generation to generation. In other words, humans have created paradigms that have evolved into different situations and times.  I make some connections with this st...

2/25/19; Week 02 "Is the Great American Teacher Dead? I am grateful to learn knowledge through people who undoubtedly have always been inspired to give us clarity, and guide for those who have embarked on the difficult but wonderful world of education. How certain are the words of Plutarch (2001) " Education is more than just exposing people to the facts. It is an acquisitional process that without the proper delivery system, tend to fall flat"  I believe that our role as teachers is primarily to recognize how important it is to follow this profession with passion, dedication, and knowing that we have a great responsibility to create and establish a warm, positive, inspired, meaningful and transformative environment for our futures learner. Something that got my attention a lot is what Professor William W. Purkey said, " The most important aspect of a teacher is to be a romantic." This sounds positive teacher-student relationship. Maybe we achieve this t...