Deep Culture

Deep Culture Differences in Elementary Classroom

2 March 2019

                                                  

Being a TESOL teacher is a larger responsibility than I think we thought. We have lots of homework and research to do before we can walk into a class. Our class list of the students and a little back ground of them is vital. If no preparation is done, you are going to fail. The surface culture is where you practice saying their names, know their food tastes are and maybe even the climate they lived in.

It is more important to actually get to know you students. Where they are from, how they greet one another. Maybe why their skin color is different. Not only do you need to educate yourself but the other students so that you have no labeled students. Looking at the diagram above I look at some of them and think religion is a great part of deep cultural difference. Why? Their faith can be affected by the way we respect them or the fellow students.

Disease is a very important one for us in South Africa. Make sure the children understand as to why you use gloves when you work with them if they have cut themselves. As mentioned, the children may not be told by their parents of their medical conditions or how serious it is. Teach the other students to respect and have sympathy for others.

I live in a country where we have 11 official languages and I do not know all the differences. They can identify which cultural group they belong to by just hearing a name. Below is just a few of the deep cultural differences we can get. They hardly touch the surface.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/deep-culture-definition-elements.html