In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o...
Awesome work room 21. I can see that a lot of thinking and discussion was taking place with your learning. It super cool that you can learn new things while playing with blocks.
ReplyDeleteKeep you your great work.
Wow it looks like all of you Room 7 children have done a great deal of learning in your DMIC sessions!
ReplyDeleteI love how as a class you do a lot of discussion and sharing of ideas.