• Discuss the limitations of the approach. (i.e. Multiple choice exercises are very artificial. Culture determines not only what we notice and how we interpret it but what we fail to recognize as well.)
  • Show overhead, Critical Incidents and discuss how tutor trainees may use these in their lessons.
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E: Cultural Homework

  • Discuss the use of surveys for beginner and advanced learners.
  • Refer to the tutor training manual for an example.
  • Give trainees the handout, Getting to Know You: A Tutor- Learner Questionnaire.
  • Optional Homework: Have tutor trainees use the handout to interview Canadian friends. During the next session, discuss the results and differences that exist between the answers. Reiterate the idea that culture is not stagnant.

Review of Session 2 (Optional)

Have trainees write their own "critical incident" for homework.

Preview of Session 3 (Optional)

  • Handout, Preview of Session 3 and explain task. Trainees should answer the questions prior to reading the session and make changes, as they deem fit, after they have completed the session.
  • During the following session, examine what answers were changed and why this occurred.