Reading 3

I must admit I did find the list of questions Tomalin asks a little daunting. While the article seems to be more for an older audience, I do think "making culture happen" is important in any second language classroom. How to address this, I think, can be challenging. Teaching cultural info as oppose to teaching it as a skill made me think of how I would address this in my own classroom. I thought the gentleman who teaches in Japan made an important point as he described some cultural differences in his students and because of his awareness, he was able to address the necessary skills his students needed in his second language classroom.