Greetings,
I had an interested conversation today with several of my ESL students. The conversation was about a variety of topics and recent happenings. Eventually it lead to, “What do you think American know about your country and its culture?” “Do you think they (Amer.) respect and understand who you are as a people……or are you (all) somehow stereotyped?”
First of all, I asked these questions because many of us have learned about other countries and its culture from the media. And, more than anything, this portrayal is often ‘negative’ or ’stereotypical’.
Q: “Do you think (all) people base their knowledge on a particular country and its culture on what they see in the media?”
If you could introduce your country and its culture to a group of Americans who would then pass that info on to their friends, family and acquaintances, what would you tell?
Blog your response to your classmates at the ELC!
