Cross-culture

05/06/2018

Jessica Hernandez

All the world is full of cultures.

    Each country has own culture and there is enrichment. As a future teacher in TESOL, I know that in the classroom I will have different students with their own culture, their culture will be their identity. 

   I really do not know if cross-culture would affect the relationship between students-partners-teacher, but something that I learned in this week is that even ones have own culture, I can learn from their student's cultures. 

   Even in my country, taking the same tongue mother and share the same traditions, exist cross-culture, for example, my family and me were living in Xalapa, Veracruz and we moved to Cancun, Quintana Roo. The same tradition is to wear a uniform in the high school, but the difference was wearing the uniform because, in Xalapa, girls wear a skirt and men pants but in Cancun all the students wear short. If you wear in the school short (in Xalapa), is because you are doing exercise, otherwise, you are informal and disrespect. 

   Another example, In this winter 2017, I went to Provo, Utah and Salt Lake, and celebrate Christmas and New year, both cities are beautiful. The cross-culture was the celebration, in my Mexican family celebrate Christmas since 24 December, and in American celebrate Christmas since 25 December. In each country, use Christmas tree with lights, being with our family. 

 In New year, Mexican family celebrates since in the morning 31 December with dancing, singing and cooking typical food, and continue celebrating the first day January, and in American prepare things but celebrate close to the time. I don´t know if all the American people do the same activities, but something real exists cross-culture. 

Some of you are teachers and have more experience than me, How can you connect each culture in your class?



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