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Zaira Martinez

Nalee Moua

TCH_LRN 333

Cultural Event

There are many cultural events that our university puts on, but I had never really taken

the time to check them out or taken time out of my day to attend one. Not until I was assigned

the task in class. I am very glad that this was an assignment for the class. As a minority student I

had the idea that I had enough cultural awareness because my culture was different, but I didn't

stop to think about the hundreds of other cultures I could learn about and explore. Last week I

had the privilege of experiencing another culture other than the American culture that I know and

grew up around and the Hispanic culture I grew up in. I was able to attend the Lantern Making

Event, hosted at the CUB where I learned and was exposed to a new culture.

During this event we were handed materials and tools to create lanterns and Korean

flowers made of paper mache. There were also helpers there in case we needed further help or

instruction. When we were seated, the coordinators of the event went ahead and displayed a

video for us, talking about the importance of lanterns and how it was connected to the Korean

culture. They talked about the Lotus Lantern Festival that takes place in Korea annually. Then a

video of the event was shown to us, displaying the beautiful scene the lanterns would create.

After the video, we were shown a close up picture of lanterns, demonstrating to us how our

lanterns would look after completing the task. Some of the folks helping were dressed in Korean

hanboks, which I learned are traditional robes that are used as formal attire for special occasions.

Throughout the course of the event, not only were we guided on how to create our own

lanterns, but we were also given the opportunity to create flowers out of paper mache, which
resembled the lotus lantern flowers. The completion of both these activities took time, effort and

patience. Creating these two items took approximately two hours. During the two hours I was

able to interact with some of the helpers, asking them about the event and the significance behind

it. With the new knowledge and experience that I gained, I am now able to share with others

about this unique event that the Korean culture participates in. I can now speak about my

personal experience with this event with my future students or anyone else I cross that may

practice this tradition or has heard about it. Knowing about a part of the Korean culture and

being exposed to it will help me as a teacher to be more aware of this culture. The continuation

of my experiences with cultures, even just cultural events will grant me exposure and will allow

me to to integrate this into my classroom and incorporate elements of it into my classroom as

well. This is important as a future teacher so that I can be more culturally inclusive, not just with

Koreans but with all cultures.

Before attending this event, I was not particularly interested. Once I got to the event I saw

all the arts and crafts on the table and immediately I became excited. This excitement grew as I

was explained further what we were going to do. After this initial feeling, I was ready to hear

about where these lanterns derived from and how it was connected to Korean culture. I was

amused to learn more about this tradition, and immediately I became interested, wanting to learn

more about it. As the event continued I communicated with the helpers there, asking them how

often they held this event in Korea and why. I learned that this tradition was in celebration of the

Buddha’s birthday, which was brand new information for me. I remember only vaguely ever

hearing about this event before, but after this cultural event I know that I will be able to recall the

significance of this tradition and the cultural context behind it. I am very glad that I had the

opportunity to attend this event. I am certainly going to be attending more cultural events that
will expand my knowledge on traditions and customs that are different than mine and I am very

excited to learn about them and even participate in them. The one thing I would change is to

make sure that I ask more questions about the culture and traditions of the event I am attending. I

only learned about one single event that comprises Korean culture but I would love to continue

learning more about it as well as other cultures.

As a future teacher with ELL students, in order to help my students be successful I must

become aware of the intersectionalities of all my students, so that I can better understand them

and know certain ways to help them. As Wayne Wright states in his textbook, Foundations for

Teaching English Language Learners, “Information about the student’s ethnicity and culture

may help explain some of the student’s behavior in class and suggest things the teacher can do to

be sensitive to his or her culture and incorporate aspects of that culture into the classroom”

(Wright, 2015, p.24). The writer of this book continues emphasizing the importance of cultural

awareness, on pg. 64 he states that, “The context of the classroom and the needs of the student

should be the starting point, rather than any given method” (Wright, 2015, pg.64). In order for

me to properly teach any student, I must be able to connect with them and understand their

culture before trying any teaching methods, only then I will be successful. I am glad that I am

beginning to learn more about other cultures and I am excited to keep learning so that when I

have my classroom, I will be able to more inclusive and be able to better connect with my

students. This is one of the ways in which I will be able to understand my students and the

specific needs they require.


Citations

Wright, Wayne. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners. 2015 Carlson

Publishing.

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