Stage 3: Debrief Participants
Draw a parallel between the trainees' reactions and the possible
reactions of
their learners.
Questions to consider:
- How would trainees describe the other group?
- How did the trainees
feel when they tried to interact with the other
group?
- What were their thoughts?
- Were they discouraged, perplexed, embarrassed,
intimidated etc.?
- Did they find themselves congregating
in their own groups even in
the other culture ’s territory?
- Did they have trouble communicating?
- What caused the problems?
- Where did the breakdown in communication
occur?
- Compare the secure feeling experienced within their
own culture to
the feelings they experienced when they had to leave or were
"intruded" upon by "outsiders."
Stage 4: Applying the Knowledge
Ask trainees to discuss how this exercise will affect the way
in which they
tutor.
Possible answers:
- What we interpret about another culture is a projection of
our own
culture and ourselves.
- Confusion can result from incorrect
information or assumptions
about another culture.
- The inability to understand can lead
to frustration and the need to "withdraw" into one's own
culture.
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