Year 9-10: Culture of Language and Language of Culture

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Course Summary:

How is language an embodiment of culture? How do we help people get in touch with the imaginative world?  This two-day workshop will explore and extend key English concepts based on the Australian curriculum utilising engaging and intellectually-stimulating activities that focus not only on skill acquisition, but also on the nurturing of the gifted mind to reflect on and incorporate learning into experiences in daily life.

The workshop will end with a multi-modal writing project  where students will collaboratively work on a google site to showcase how language is an integral part of culture and how the English language forms a part of our Australian identity.

The workshop will be led by Ms Wong, a high school English teacher in Sydney and a tutor and mentor for gifted students worldwide from countries including Australia, Hong Kong and the UK. Ms Wong is a member of Mensa and graduated with a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from UNSW with excellence.

This workshop requires independent research so students need to bring their own device.

By the end of the workshop, students will be able to:

• Analyse the etymology of words to find their linguistic and cultural roots
• Write informative pieces of different modes to communicate learning content
• Reflect on their own use of language and what it says about them