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 of the zodiac and find that sign that corresponds to your birth year.
CREATE - an image of your sign including the name and year.
SHARE - with your teacher or your blog.
Here is Room 21's first submission. Ka pai Chloe.
Ka pai, Ms Corbett. A genuine moment of reflection for you. I had a similar situation last year with one of my learners- thinking I was giving them tools to learn in their language but really it was something entirely different. I can relate to that feeling of embarrassment. I think you can pull a true teaching moment from that for yourself and the students.
ReplyDeleteAwesome work, Chloe! I was there when she drew that, she looked very proud.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with learning and the excellent advice Mr Jones.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your contribution in supporting our bubble kids. Chloe can be very proud of her work. I am also proud of her resilience.