Audience participation is encouraged. Governor General A Tertiary level students encounter a new culture of academics where many students will fail due to ignorance. This pilot study attempts to make students more aware and responsible for their own learning through discussions, evaluations and activities. Preliminary results show that students are not making the necessary changes to succeed. This session has been cancelled.
Participants show how to transform group discussions into a one-act theater performance.
The presenter discusses common problems and examples of cross-cultural misunderstandings that occur between Western teachers and students in the UAE University English program and describes practical solutions. When they communicate in a L2, learners project a persona different from the one they project in their L1. The presenter reviews the causes of the phenomenon and discusses what teachers and curriculum designers can do to help learners project a more positive persona in the L2. This session presents both a theoretical framework and working models. Pedagogical implications regarding collaborative team-teaching and professional development activities are discussed.