1. Teaching Interculturality Across the Curriculum: Activities for Instructors of International Students
March 26, 2019

2. Who am I? PhD Candidate in Second Language Studies (CAL)
Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Teaching Fellow (JMC)
Research Interests: intercultural language teaching (Chinese students in the U.S.), qualitative research methodology, sociocultural approaches to SLA, intercultural communication, linguistic anthropology
15 years of teaching experience: ESL, EFL, Literature
6 languages
mom, teacher (born to teach, forced to research), writer, reader

3. Why should we care?
Numbers don’t lie > 1,094,729 international students > U.S. > 2017/18 (Open Doors, 2018)
Cultural (mis)representations (Holliday, Kullman & Hyde, 2017)
Culturism & culturist language (Holliday et al., 2017)
Intercultural competence models (Byram, 1997; Deardorff, 2009; Dervin, 2016)
Chinese students > Long-standing stereotypes (Shi, 2006)
We are conscious human beings and recognize the need for constant professional and personal development 
They bring great diversity to cultures of learning
We are all human therefore we bring our humanity to the classroom, so do students = we are often guilty of generalizations & pre-conceptions that tend to enforce stereotypes, leading to prejudice and resulting in othering >>> it’s important to reflect upon what informs our judgements: prior info OR in-situ observations
Culturism = culture becomes greater than the people themselves --- culturist lng – when we think we show empathy and understanding BUT in fact we patronize
They’ve been around for a while – in need of critical scrutiny as well as updating in context of SLLers
Western academia (problematized and defined): Ch sts=dependent, passive rote learners in need to copy their Western counterparts > The Chinese Learner myth

4. What’s interculturality in teaching and learning all about?
Intersects with democratic citizenship, human rights education, conflict transformation and global education
Has the potential for social transformation
Values diversity and promotes a world view that diversity is rooted in equality
Is about multiperspectivity
Stands against discrimination and other forms of intolerance and social injustice
Offers an alternative to multiculturalism
Promotes equal opportunities and active participation by giving everyone a voice
Takes into account the political and structural implications of everyday life
- The multiculturalism: goes beyond simple cohabition or respecting cultural identities “from a distance”; facilitates dialogue

5. How can we help each other?
YOU are invited to:
Provide feedback on the activities,
Share your take on the ICC in general,
Reflect on your teaching practices,
“School me” through the lenses of your expertise.
I will:
Present you with activities that I deem helpful when working with international students (so hopefully for your classes),
Listen to your feedback and welcome it,
Look forward to discussing how those activities could be improved and so on.

6. Let’s get to work, shall we?!

7. Categories What makes “ME” Culture matters Communication in action
The way I see it
Here & There
Lessons Learned