Intercultural Evidence:
Intercultural and Communicative Competency Lesson Plan
Find English in Nagasu!
In this lesson plan, students will be investigating and taking pictures of English signs in their community. After acquiring some pictures, students will analyze the signs' contexts and note keywords or phrases associated with certain types of signs. Using this knowledge, in groups, they will engage in the relevant and authentic task of creating English signs for the school to help native English speakers navigate the grounds.
Video Summary of the Lesson Plan
Dolehanty_FLT898_ActivityDesign_Final.docx.pdfIntercultural and Communicative Competency Lesson Plan's Summarized Rationale:
Students identify familiar vocabulary used in English signs around their community and engaging in interpretive reading by recognizing which words hold the most value based on their frequency in a particular environment
Students develop their intercultural skill of discovery & interaction by searching for and interacting, in real-time, with English artifacts in their community
Students categorize their sign pictures through context clues and interpersonal negotiation using practiced inquisitive and declarative statements and familiar vocabulary
Dolehanty_FLT898_ActivityDesign_Handout_Final_Revison.pdfStudents develop intercultural attitudes by taking on an English visitor's mindset and determining what would be essential to know when visiting an elementary school for the first time in Japan
Students develop their cultural knowledge of Japan and its utilization of English in a non-native environment. Students are gaining new pragmatic knowledge concerning how certain English words' meanings are changed in a Japanese influenced context compared to what the learners currently know as their practical limitations in English