Submitted by Dew (not verified) on October 29, 2006 - 01:51.
I'm in a quandry about how, if at all, sensitive topics like 9/11, Darfur, Rawanda can be addressed in an adult ESL class. There appears to be a lot of mixed emotions about this. Recently, in an ESL class I observed, a teacher was criticized for talking about 9/11 which coincided on the day of 9/11. She simply made a part of her lesson to say 'When it happened I was. . . It turned out that many of the students had a lot to say about it and proved to be a good exercise, withou it becoming too intense. I would really like to know what your opinion is on this. Anyone! I personally think it is alright, along as people do not pass judgement or criticize anyone. It is something that affected everyone in the world so why shouldn't it be brought up?
I'm in a quandry about how,
Submitted by Dew (not verified) on October 29, 2006 - 01:51.
I'm in a quandry about how, if at all, sensitive topics like 9/11, Darfur, Rawanda can be addressed in an adult ESL class. There appears to be a lot of mixed emotions about this. Recently, in an ESL class I observed, a teacher was criticized for talking about 9/11 which coincided on the day of 9/11. She simply made a part of her lesson to say 'When it happened I was. . . It turned out that many of the students had a lot to say about it and proved to be a good exercise, withou it becoming too intense. I would really like to know what your opinion is on this. Anyone! I personally think it is alright, along as people do not pass judgement or criticize anyone. It is something that affected everyone in the world so why shouldn't it be brought up?