Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Question #10: How do I minimize communication conflicts in a multilingual classroom?


Key ideas from the chapter:

  • Establish a classroom community that values and celebrates diversity - Extend this to your whole school through a multicultural day.
  • Seek out and exploit student common ground - Show how students are more similar than different through multicultural lessons. For example, show the similarities between holidays in different cultures.
  • Provide frequent opportunities for meaningful collaborative work
  • See conflicts as inevitable but solvable given critical reflection and persistence - Research cultural differences and make other teachers aware of these.

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