Coaching connected learning across borders
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Absolutely Intercultural
I co-host this podcast about all things intercultural with monthly episodes. On Spotify and Apple podcasts.
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diversophy – intercultural game
Think you know Denmark? Standard and refugee versions of the game for Denmark in the diversophy series.
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En-ROADS for understanding
Solve the climate problem by pulling policy levers! Workshop for students to raise awareness of climate policy levers and local action.
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Latest posts
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What does a materials-lite course look like?
This is a great example of how to teach without a coursebook. Sometimes called Dogme but always working with emergent language. The lesson plan comes at the end as a summary and is used as a springboard to the next lesson and there is a lovely bit at the end of this 30 minute talk,…
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Public service announcement: Learning styles
I am including this 30-minute talk debunking the myth of learning styles because many of the teachers I deal with in teacher training believe that learning styles exist and I have tended only not to agree rather than to actively disagree. It is disappointing to find learning styles included in the syllabus of respected programmes…
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Barrier or Badge?
What does integration mean? Without a common understanding of this, is it possible to devise a valid and meaningful test? In this panel debate we heard examples of completely inappropriate test items requiring respondents to describe in the target language how things are done “in your own country” even though they have been living in…
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Look on the bright side
On June 24th my life could get immeasurably more complicated and uncertain if the referendum on whether to stay in the European Union goes in the wrong direction. As a British immigrant who has lived in Denmark for over 23 years I do not have a vote since that right runs out after 15 years…
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How much blended learning?
in PedagogySomeone asked me an interesting question recently: Why do you think there is so little take up of blended learning in UK universities? And that the little that there is, is so bad? The short answer is I don’t know. The long answer needs to start by defining blended learning and by asking whether it is…
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Taking sides
Invited as a guest to Franklin Yartey’s intercultural class in Dubuque, we agreed on the topic of the refugee crisis as manifest in Denmark.
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Personas: what are they good for?
When I learned about personas recently I thought this is so obvious, why haven’t we done this before? But often the best ideas are the ones that seem obvious after the fact. The idea of building up a description of one or more users can have several applications. I see it now as a possibility…
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Happy Birthday to us!
Yes, it’s been ten years and 200 shows! The latest Absolutely Intercultural show marks ten years of podcasting about intercultural matters! And the above audio is a five and a half minute summary of the full 27 minute show which you can find on the Absolutely Intercultural website. We started in 2006 exactly ten years…
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RELAX – an approach to CRT
Al-Issa’s paper from 2005 provides a useful framework for examining cultural differences, especially those which could lead to conflict. Although the paper is clearly aimed at East versus West issues as evidenced by its title, “When the west teaches the east: analyzing intercultural conflict in the classroom”, the guidance in this article is potentially useful…
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Teaching migrants
The latest Absolutely Intercultural podcast features two teachers talking about the challenges of teaching diverse groups. Jennifer Appave at Kalø Højskole in Denmark and Alexandra Haas of VHS Rhein-Sieg in Germany talk about their experiences with various groups inlcuding refugees.
