TESOL 103 BYU

  At the first time I did not understand what attributes means or what was internal and external attributes, but what I understand is that internal attributes are when we think we have the fault of something, I’m responsible for something, and when we are external attribute is when we think is other’s fault. Our students will have different types of attributes, we need to recognize what they have to help them in their learning because if he always is thinking that is her/his fault their affective filter will be high, and sometimes when they think is other’s fault they won’t be responsible of their mistakes, they will think is everybody’s fault when sometimes will be theirs. It is interesting to know who different are in every culture, even with these attributes we can misunderstand many points of view. That is why like I always say, we need to know our students, be emphatic and tolerant with their views, and respect what they think, but let them know that we do not think the sa...

  Reading the article Personal Space Ownership I realized that no matter what is your culture we all have this monitor in our brains that keep us aware of the space around our bodies. Why do our minds focus on how close or far people are from us? People can have positive or negative emotions depending on how close you approach to them. Different cultures have distinct: intimate, friend, social and audience zones. Our zone distances may changes depending on where we are and the circumstances we are into. Something that I learned in this article is that when our “air bubble” is invaded we get more anxious and want to protect our personal space. People may react in different ways depending on the situation.   If you want to approach to a person’s space or “air bubble” just be aware of the clues they reflect when you are talking, walking backward or toward them and some facial expression or gestures they do. This can be one the things we as future teacher must taught to our stud...

  People with collectivistic tendencies value group decision making, fulfill roles within a group  and are interdependent. Countries that are considered collectivistic include Japan, China, Indonesia, Brazil and India. People that are more individualistic are independent, self-sufficient, and pursue individual goals and achievements. Americans, Canadians, and Australians generally fall into this category. In an individualistic view, individuals are considered free people, dependable for their claim choices and their results. A person’s personality i.e., the sense of self in an individualistic society tends to be based primarily on one’s individual experiences accomplishments, challenges, career, connections with other individuals, etc. EE.UU, Australia, Canada, and Britain are extraordinary individualistic countries. On the opposite, in a collectivist culture, individuals are forbid, which implies that they are not isolated units. Individuals are portion of a bigger gather a...

  We might think that nonverbal expressions are universal and, for this reason, understandable for all people around the world, but this does not work out that way. Emotional expressivity is one of the things that is more easily misunderstood than many other things in cross-cultural differences. It’s very, very easy to interpret different ranges—to misinterpret different ranges of emotional expressivity. An emotional expressivity scale. Into this scale, we can find groups with a low tolerant expressivity, a high tolerant expressivity, and those in the middle. For example, the Japanese do not show their emotions in public, but Hispanics are quite the opposite, and Americans are in the middle Then, as ESL teachers, it is important to know the differences in emotional expressiveness to avoid misunderstandings and offenses and to create a comfortable environment to learn together. I have just shown understudies of my own way of life, and I feel good being an individual of high ex...

  What I learned this week is that paradigms cause us to interpret the world around us. Everyone in different cultures sees the world differently, my perception is not the same as Americans, or Africans, Asians because we have been educated differently, but this not mean that I will judge what they think and see with their eyes, and this not mean I will take what they think, or that they need to think like me, is to live in harmony respecting every point of view. This could happen in an ESL classroom, we will have students around the world that won’t think like me or their classmates, but as teachers, we need to create an environment where everyone feels respected and free to say something and not be judge. How would our students feel if we as teachers start judging their ideas just because they are from another country? How would I feel if someone starts judging me because of my ideas? This will affect our students learning. Teaching about other cultures in my classroom will h...

  Monochromic versus polychromic, I have never heard about these concepts, I have no idea of what was then, but I started learning about them and it was interesting. I’m from El Salvador City, a Latin American city where family, friends, and relationships are first, I could understand about American people are monochromic. Monochromic Cultures | One Thing at a Time:   In a monochromic culture like the United States or countries in northern Europe, time is a commodity. We have expressions like waste time or lose time or "time is money. As you have probably already figured out, because time is such a commodity, showing up late, especially for a meeting or a dinner, usually comes across as very disrespectful. A monochromic culture functions on clock time. People like to focus on one thing at a time and are usually concerned with completing objectives in a systematic way. In a meeting, it's often important to stick to the plan or agenda and not to get "o...

  One of the greatest challenge that I feel I might have as I become a teacher, is being disrespectful to someone for something I did without realizing it. Not on purpose.  There will be ab lot of cultural differences if I want to teach and I would need to be prepared for that. Also not having the English language dominated 100% is a challenge as well. On the other side there are great benefits to this and some of these are being able to learn from my students, gain deeper knowledge about the world in general and you get to know marvelous people going through that process of the learning journey and see them succeed. This could occur in an ESL homeroom, we will have understudies all over the planet that won't think like me or their schoolmates, yet as educators, we really want to establish a climate where everybody feels regarded and allowed to say something and not be judge. How might our understudies feel assuming we as instructors begin passing judgment on their thoughts ...