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III: Being the Other
For this assignment, I attended a church that my sister used to attend when she lived in Saratoga Springs, UT. This church is a non-denominational church and she and her husband loved going to it. I am LDS so this was definitely a new experience for me. I attended several churches when I was on my mission in Germany, but I had never attended another church in the US besides my own. The music was christian rock which I really enjoyed and it was a fun chapel. (Disclaimer: I was given permission to take this photo, even though there were a couple of kids in it :)) This was the room for the nursery age kids and it reminded me a lot of the nursery in my own ward. My experience honestly went as I imagined it, for the most part. I introduced myself to the pastor (I think he's a pastor? Church leader for a non denominational church...) and was curious how the meetings would proceed. It was actually very similar to the meetings that I'm used to ...
Personal Cultural Artifacts 1. Football- I played football from 3rd grade to my senior year and football is an important thing in my family. (source: https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/wilson-nfl-the-duke-official-football-16wilunflgmbllffcftb/16wilunflgmbllffcftb) 2. Germany- My future career is influenced by the German language and culture and my wife and I lived abroad for about 5 months. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany) 3. Gardening - I grew up in a household where we did a lot of yard work/ outside work on a regular basis. (source: https://www.etsy.com/listing/130595971/personalized-garden-tool-set-hand-trowel) 4. Air Force Emblem - I am in the US Air Force. (source: https://www.airforce.com/) 5. Fourwheeler - Fourwheeling is a huge part of my extended family and we have gone on several fourwheeling camping trips. (source: https://www.123rf.com/photo_12560375_male-riding-a-quad-four-wheeler-in-rural-s...
Imagined Classroom
Imagined Classroom: 1. PICTURES 1. Entrance: I feel it is a small, yet, powerful reminder that the students are entering a foreign language class and that they will now be immersed in and speaking German. I feel that I will establish this idea in my classroom that as soon as the students cross the threshold of the door, it will be 99% German. 2. Partner/ Group Discussions: The important thing to notice in this picture is that all of the desks have two chairs. I imagine having two students or maybe even three to four sitting in groups because when learning a foreign language, it is crucial to constantly interact and work with other students in the class. 3. Language Immersion: I feel that part of language immersion is literally to have aspects of the language on the walls of the classroom so that the children are surrounded by it. My future classroom will have walls with words and phrases very similar to this one. 4. Culture Immersion: It is n...