A is a person from
Spain. Her name is María. She is 35 years old. She is not a believer. She
divorced a year ago. She has two children: a daughter and a son. Now, she is leaving alone in the city. She
likes hanging out with her friends in the weekends. She is a businesswoman. She
likes reading science fiction book and watching romantic comedies.
B is a person
from Turkey. Her name is Elif. She is 41 years old. She is a Muslim person.
Elif , but she doesn’t wear a scarf that
covers her hair. She is married with one child. She is a doctor. She doesn’t drink
alcohol and she doesn’t eat pork. Elif likes doing sport, she really likes
playing tennis, and she is very good at swimming.
One day in
Copenhagen, María felt ill and she decided to go to the doctor. So, it was raining heavily, and she hires a
taxi. Inside taxi there was another woman , and both of them were going to the
same direction : the hospital. They
started talking each other.
A: Hi! Where are
you going? Because I really need to go to the hospital.
B: Don’t worry,
I have to go there too.
A: Ok. So, what is your name? Mine is María.
B: Elif. Nice to
meet you.
A: Me too. Are
you new in the city? Because you don’t look like Danish people at all.
B: No…Actually,
I am here 4 years ago. I am almost a Danish person!
A: I’ve asked you, because in my case I ‘m a
foreign person, from Spain. I moved on here a year ago, and it was really hard
for me to get to use to this new country. It is so different…
B: Really? For
me it was also hard, but step by step you are getting to use.
A: Where are you
from?
B: I ‘ m from
Istanbul, Turkey.
A: So, you are a
Muslim, right?
B: You are
right. Are you Christian?
A: Well…actually
not, you know, I don’t believe in any religion. I’m atheist.
B: Why don’t you believe in God?
A: Because, in my opinion, I can’t believe in
something that I couldn’t see.
B: Unbelievable!
But in the way you said, you couldn’t see your brain but you know that you
have…
A: It is not the
same… Do you mind if I ask you something about Muslim culture?
B: Not at all.
You can ask whatever you want.
A: Ok, if you
are Muslim , why don’t you use scarf? It seems strange for me.
B: Well…Actually
it is not necessary wearing a scarf, if your option as Muslim. Nobody can judge
you if you don’t wear a scarf.
A: Really? I
didn’t know that…But is there some restrictions about food or drinks , isn’t?
B: Of course.
For example, I don’t eat pork and I don’t drink alcohol.
They arrived to
the hospital, and María was waiting for the doctor. But, it was a surprise when
suddenly she saw Elif with a white coat. She was her doctor!
The Turkish woman
The Spanish woman:
Cultural self-understanding
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Cultural pre-understanding
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Position of experience
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Culture fix point
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“I ‘m a foreign person, from Spain. I moved on here a year ago, and it was really hard for me to get to use to this new country. It is so different…”
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“if you are Muslim , why don’t you use scarf? It seems strange for me.”
"Are you new in the city? Because you don’t look like Danish people at all."
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“Really? I didn’t know that…”
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“ It is not the same… Do you mind if I ask you something about Muslim culture?”
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“I don’t believe in any religion. I’m atheist”
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“But is there some restrictions about food or drinks , isn’t?”
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“…María was waiting for the doctor. But, it was a surprise when suddenly she saw Elif with a white coat. She was her doctor!”
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“I can’t believe in something that I couldn’t see”
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“So, you are a Muslim, right?”
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Cultural self-understanding
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Cultural pre-understanding
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Position of experience
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Culture fix point
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“Unbelievable! But in the way you said, you couldn’t see your brain but you know that you have…”
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“Are you Christian?”
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“and María was waiting for the doctor. But, it was a surprise when suddenly she saw Elif with a white coat. She was her doctor!”
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“Actually it is not necessary wearing a scarf, if your option as Muslim.”
“Why don’t you believe in God?”
“Nobody can judge you if you don’t wear a scarf.”
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“I don’t eat pork and I don’t drink alcohol.”
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In the lesson of "Democratic Citizenship" Ana and I have created this dialogue after having a look at these the
criterias for socratic dialogue made by Dorete Kallesoe:
The teacher should ask open questions which enables students to create a dialogue
The Teacher as the Leader of Conversation:
Teacher should be in the background, only structure the dialogue and summarize the argument
Active Listening :
The students should listen to each other and talk each other in sensible way
Analysing Concepts :
Teacher should explain the definitions of concepts that are the base of the dialogue
The Importance of Argumentation :
The students should learn that they have to argue about their opinions and the teacher should ask students to challenge each others' opinions
that is an awesome sharing,thank you :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting
ReplyDeleteIf you use Iben Jensens "Analytical model" can you somehow dissect the dialogue above into the elements in her model (cultural self-understanding and so forth). Do you think it is it a good way of analysing communication? And why?
The way of telling a fictional story is that an easier way of discussing cultural issues? Are there some things to be aware about when doing it?
It can be said that we can related using dialogs in classrooms with “Analytical model” from Iben Jensen. Moreover, it could be very helpful to develop awareness about cultural understanding through dialogs between two people from different cultures. From my point of view, it is a good way of analyzing communication because pupils can notice the way of communication between characters of the dialog. They can also realize some cultural believes or habits such as greetings, religion and etc. In one hand everyone think about his or her own cultures (for example prejudices and stereotypes), how we consider within our own culture (self-understanding), and the main difference between our culture and others. On the other hand, pupils can comprehend better how is going on when people from different cultures are talking to each other’s; what is said (explicit-directly) and what is thought (implicit-indirectly).
ReplyDeleteYes, using a fictional story is an easier way of discussing cultural facts in order to be aware of cultural understanding and pre-understanding, in my opinion. Without using this kind of cultural dialogs, people could misunderstand some issues with their prejudices and they could not consider these issues more objective. So, using fictional cultural dialogs could help not only to decrease approaching these with a subjective point of view but also to clarify our self-understanding, prejudices and etc.
Four analytical tools:
Cultural self-understanding is the way of thinking that the culture which we belong is the ideal one and others' are not well.
Pre-understanding is like helping to break stereotypes about other people coming from another countries or cultures. As Iben Jensen said: “Pre-understanding is a way of understanding a phenomenon until one obtains more knowledge about a subject”.
Position of experience is having an experience of learning about the stereotypes, other cultures from first-hand.
Cultural fix points: We can say that there are some implicit issues that children can discuss, for example the relation between Spanish and Turkish women. They can consider the ways of their beliefs in God.
Charity
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