Cultural Literacy

Please use the Cultural Literacy Worksheet Google Doc to share comments, ideas, and/or suggest resources.

Components

• Multicultural Understanding

• Working and getting along well with people from other places and subcultures

• Gender understanding

• Using appropriate register and code switching

• Linguistic cultural challenges: World Englishes, Usage differences, etc

• Pop, Indie, and Traditional, Sports and Entertainment around the world

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Articles

• What is Social Identity Theory?

• The Cultural Iceberg

• Culture & Identity

• What is Multiculturalism?

• You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

• Political Correctness

• Geography of Thought:  Summary   Presentation 

• Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges

• Culturally Speaking: Culture, Communication, & Politeness Theory

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Videos

• The Cultural Iceberg

• Why We Moved to the U.S.

• Deborah Tannen That’s Not What I Meant! Signals, Devices, and Rituals

• Teaching global cultural literacy: Carol Muller at TEDxPenn2013

• Geography of Thought:  English:  Playlist    Video Lecture    Creatively eXplained
  Korean:  Part#1 Nouns & Verbs,  Part#2 See & Be

• TED Talks on Intercultural Awareness and Competence

• The Cultural Iceberg

• Why We Moved to the U.S.

• Deborah Tannen That’s Not What I Meant! Signals, Devices, and Rituals

• Teaching global cultural literacy: Carol Muller at TEDxPenn2013

• Geography of Thought:  English:  Playlist    Video Lecture    Creatively eXplained
  Korean:  Part#1 Nouns & Verbs,  Part#2 See & Be

• TED Talks on Intercultural Awareness and Competence

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Language Learning Resources

• Multiculturalism Vocabulary Quizlet

• Multiculturalism Vocabulary Google Doc

• UN Guidelines for gender-inclusive language in English

• LGBTQ+ Resource Center Guide to Gender Pronouns

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Discussion Questions

• What is cultures and sub-cultures do you consider yourself to be part of?

• In what ways have you personally experienced multiculturalism in your home countries and in other countries?

• Would you consider marrying someone who is non-Korean or mixed race? How would you parents feel? Would it be OK if your children did? Would their nationality or race matter?

• How do your feelings about multiculturalism differ from older and younger generations (e.g. parents , grandparents, and children)?

• What are your first memories of meeting non-Koreans?

• How would you describe the ‘Korean mindset’ concerning mixed race children? How would you compare Korean attitudes concerning racism and ethnic diversity to other countries?

• What differences/challenges have you experienced in communicating with people of the opposite gender (family, friends, co-workers, etc.)?

• What have you noticed about how homogeneous groups of men and groups of men communicate differently?

• How do you communicate differently when interacting with a man or woman of your own culture?

• How do you communicate differently when interacting with a man or woman of a different culture?

• What have you noticed about culture based differences in gender communication styles?
  (e.g. Korean women vs. Western women, Busan men vs. Seoul men)

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Video Playlist