Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know

Format: Article

Description: This article looks at the need for teachers to be culturally responsive and competent as schools and classrooms become increasingly linguistically and culturally diverse.  It highlights five points of cultural difference with which all educators should be aware when interacting with students of diverse backgrounds.

Link: http://iteslj.org/Articles/Pratt-Johnson-CrossCultural.html

Citation:  Pratt-Johnson, Yvonne. “Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know,” The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XII, No. 2, February 2006