Mirrors and Windows: Raising intercultural awareness in the primary classroom – with Macmillan Education
The aim of this session is to explore the importance of including cultural elements alongside language learning to foster curiosity, interest and open-mindedness in young children.
Bringing the wider world into the primary classroom provides not only a window towards other cultures, but also a mirror for recognizing elements of one’s own culture.
This concept of culture as mirror and window, will be illustrated with a range of practical ideas and activities for your primary classroom.
Meet the speaker:
Sarah Hillyard is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching English to Young Learners from the University of York, U.K. She has been teacher and coordinator at pre-primary level and is now ELT academic consultant for bilingual schools. She is tutor on NILE’s online course “Teaching English in Pre-Primary Education” (UK).
Sarah delivers webinars and teacher training sessions at conferences and schools and has published articles focusing on teaching English to young learners. She is co-author and series consultant for Pearson’s new pre-primary course “Little Stars” and primary course “Our Stories”. She used to be an actress with The Performers (TIE – Theatre in Education) and is now the company’s ELT consultant.
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