Using local culture in English teaching
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This is presentation on different local books that can be used in English lessons. Communication is a two-way process, and we learn about many other cultures through English. International GG Books intends to share local culture in the global village. We can use Englisht to let English-speaking people learn about our culture.
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- 1. Te Local Culture in Teaching EnglishLocal Culture in Teaching English International Güegüense Books
- 2. The Gueguense represents the behavior of many Nicaraguan todayThe Gueguense represents the behavior of many Nicaraguan today
- 3. Güegüense started more the 400 years ago in Nicaragua Some students are familiar with the play in Spanish ADVANTAGES IN USING THIS SCRIPT OF THIS PLAY Students play different parts of the play. Students have fun while performing Students may have the outfit, or make or buy the masks. The dialogue is very rich and it lends itself to a lot of discussion Talking about the characters make students think
- 4. Language learners may use this book as a reader
- 5. Pre-Columbian Period Indian Organization Colonization Atlantic Coast León versus Granada Independence of Nicaragua Foreign Intervention 30-year Conservative Government Liberal Revolution US intervention Somoza´s Rule Rise of FSLN Sandinista Revolution Conflict with the Church, etc. Students may report on the following sections The teacher can ask questions about the sections read by students.
- 6. Puente de la TorrePuente de la Torre Londres, InglaterraLondres, Inglaterra www.nicaraguanbooks.blogspot.com
- 7. Students can turn sentences into questions Early Inhabitants Lake Ecology Foundation of Granada Pirate Attacks Interesting Route (Canal) William Walker Civil War Railroad Conservative Governments 20th Century Presidents from Granada Historic Places International Poetry Festival, etc. Group 1 or 2 can ask questions about the content of the book.
- 10. f Life of Sandino, his philosophy, jungle war, assassination of Sandino, his manifesto, Latin American union (exordium), messianic vision, report of accounts by US forces, etc. Students can turn sentences into questions Students can also read aloud in class. Students can contribute additional information they might have.
- 12. Slander • Slander Group 1 • Mud drops may fall • on solid diamond • Because of such drops. • Yet, its nature will be there • Its value will be kept • Slander Group 2 • - • Its glitter may be lost • All covered in mud • No matter how much mud • Just as a pure diamond.
- 13. To Margarita Debayle The Princess and the Star • Margarita, how beautiful the sea is: • Still and blue. • The orange blossom in the breezes • Drifting through. • The skylark in its glory • Has your accent too: • Here, Margarita, is a story • made for you. • There once was a mighty king, • With a palace of diamonds bright • and a shopfront made of light. • He had a herd of elephants, • A costly tower of malachite, • And a robe of rarest hue • Also a fairy princess who was light • Of thought and beautiful as you.
- 14. The princess and the star • But one evening the princess • Saw high in the heavens a star • She was mischievous, thus • Resolving to gather that star. • It would form the centerpiece • Of a brooch hung with verse, pearl, • feathers, flowers: a caprice • Of course of a little girl. • Also, dainty princesses, darling • Like you were made, • To cut and pick irises, • roses, asters, as you do. • • But, alas, our little one went far • Across the sea, beneath the sky • And all to cut the one white star • That saw her wondering and sigh.
- 15. Life and Works of Rubén Darío to understand his poems
- 16. Metempsychosis • Roman soldier who was eaten by dogs, because he slept with Cleopatra. • I was a soldier who slept • On the bed of Cleopatra • The Queen, her whiteness • Her sexy sparkling eyes, • That was all. • Oh, what a look! Oh, her white skin and bed • She was radiantly white! • Oh, magnificent marvelous rose! That was all… • I was taken to Egypt • A chain was tied to my neck • Then I was eaten by dogs • My name was Rufo Galo, • That was all.
- 17. Gran CanalGran Canal Venecia, ItaliaVenecia, Italia
- 20. My Specialized Bilingual Dictionaries.
- 22. Muro de las LamentacionesMuro de las Lamentaciones Jerusalén, IsraelJerusalén, Israel Law before giving away sovereignty of Nicaragua
- 23. ArgeliaArgelia
- 25. Great Bilingual Book for Children
- 26. • Spinning whip (La perinola) • The Feathered Serpent of Asososca • La Mocuana Witch • Legend of Turrialba Volcano • The Bride of Tola (La novia de Tola) • The devil´s mother-in-law • The Goblin (El Duende) • Miskut (Play of the Miskito Indians) • The Weeping Woman The Olive Flower (La flor del olivar) • The Ugly Witch (La Cegua) • • Tall Woman Doll & Big-headed Dwarf • Agüizotes • Princess Oyanka • The Death Cart (Carretanagua) • The Headless Priest • La Taconuda Ghost, etc.
- 27. Fuente de CibelesFuente de Cibeles Madrid, EspañaMadrid, España My next year´s book: Birds of Nicaragua
- 28. Thank you very much! rolando2@fulbrightmail.org Phone: (505)2289-4596 Cel. 8867-4182 www.facebook.com/rolando.tellezbaca https://twitter.com/NicaraguanBooks
Notas do Editor
- Overview of Nicaraguan History in English and Spanish. Students can check the Spanish section when they do not understand English.