Is the Great American Teacher Dead?

Micaela Libby 05/31/2018 TESOL 103 Personal Space Differences Is interesting to know how each culture has their own personal space and also is not each culture, this is also like the title says, is a personal space.  In Argentina we like to be very close to people that we like, family, friend and also we are very good to talk with people that we don't know. Also I think that everybody put their own space.  When I went to my mission (Brazil) as a Sister a few men wanted to hug me at the moment to say "Hi", and the same happens with the Elders in Argentina, woman want to give a kiss on the cheek when what to say "Hi" too.  I recognize that this is a culture that we have. When I went to USA for first time my husband present to  me his friends and also I kissed everyone, they open their eyes, wife and girlfriend wasn't happy with me and I didn't understood what was happening, and my husband never explained me nothing.   Few days after we ...

Micaela Libby 05/30/2018 TESOL 103  Individualism vs. Collectivism Individualism is the idea that the individual’s life belongs to him and that he has an inalienable right to live it as he sees fit, to act on his own judgment, to keep and use the product of his effort, and to pursue the values of his choosing. It’s the idea that the individual is sovereign, an end in himself, and the fundamental unit of moral concern. Collectivism is the idea that the individual’s life belongs not to him but to the group or society of which he is merely a part, that he has no rights, and that he must sacrifice his values and goals for the group’s “greater good.” Individualism and Collectivism both are super important and this not only depend with the country or culture, this depend on each person too.  Knowing about this would help during the classroom to know more the students and have an idea how to work with them and also prepare different activities, because not all t...

Micaela Libby Tesol 103 05/29/2018 Emotional Expressivity Each people have their own personality, their own emotional expressivity and each culture has the same. So now, why a TESOL teacher needs to know about the background of her/his students? Why is important to know where the students are from and talk about cultures during the classroom? Knowing about the students where are they from will help the teacher to develop the lesson and know before the class start how the students are going to feel about that. Everyone has their own interpretation and that can be misinterpreted when in classroom has 2 o more different cultures. I had a lot of this kind of misinterpretations. When I married to my husband the first year of married we were arguing a lot. I am from Argentina. He is from USA living in Utah but he is from Maine. He is 20 years older than me and we were misinterpreting everything. Our cultures are different and our ages too. Now we are 2 years married and a lot of things chan...

Micaela Libby Tesol 103 05/24/2018 Cultural Miscommunication Is interesting to know that each people live in a country and each country have their own cultures. The Cultural Miscommunication is when two or more people of different nationalities are together and they interpret things on a different way.  I have the opportunity to live in USA now and learn a new culture. One example to me was to use my hands to communicate with others and I found that is not okey to do that. Also I do a lot of noises using my month and adults people can be offend with me because they can think that I saying that they are babies. In Argentina, we use a lot our body when we are talking with another people. In this link is a short explanation and some example about Argentinian people using their hands to talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=048gPKiNAMQ One think that I found interesting about it is that I need to be careful every time that I use my hands because doesn't has the same ...

Micaela Libby Tesol 103 05/22/2018 Cultural Differences in Concerning TIME (Monochronic versus Polychronic) Monochronic cultures  like to do just one thing at a time. They value a certain orderliness and sense of there being an appropriate time and place for everything. They do not appreciate interruptions. They like to concentrate on the job at hand and take time commitments very seriously. Polychronic cultures  like to do multiple things at the same time. A manager’s office in a polychronic culture typically has an open door, a ringing phone and a meeting all going on at the same time. Though they can be easily distracted they also tend to manage interruptions well with a willingness to change plans often and easily. People are their primary concern (particularly those closely related to them or their function), and they have a tendency to build lifetime relationships. I had to search the definition about these because to me was not very specific what Monoc...

05/21/2018 Lesson 5   Cultural Paradigms Carlos Fuentes said, " We shall know each other or we shall exterminate each other". If you have to chose one of this 2 options, what option would you chose; to know or to exterminate? I was thinking a lot about this and I think that I lot of people do both at the same time and also I including my self here.  In Argentina we like to say "In the table there is no discussion of politics, sports or religion". But now, I would like to add "Cultures". After saw this video my mind opened and all that we see we try to interpret the world around us making a paradigms and forgetting that everyone have a culture and a life and we cannot interfere on it. Would you like to the people see you happy, beautiful , smart? What do you want that people think about you? Do you think that you are unique? What do you think about you? and what do you think about the people that is next to you?  The paradigms that we use...

05/01/2018; TESOL 103-LESSON 2. Is the Great American Teacher Dead? “In this article, I attempt to provide ways in which the great American teacher can be resurrected through the use of meaningfulness, metacognition, Transformative Education, cultural introspection, cross-cultural exploration, brain research, Invitational Education, and the study of human universals extant in all cultures.” Says John J. Ivers before start with the article. One thing that called my attention is when he says that he wants to provide ways that the great American teacher can be resurrected. The word “resurrected” was the first word that make me ponder about this article. Resurrect the great American teacher, so this maybe can answer the title of this article, Is the Great American Teacher Dead? Here are the ten most important elements in good teaching . (All the is in parenthesis are my own comments). 1.Positive teacher-student relationship (bring a supportive, inviting environment will help t...