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Language, Identity, and the Right to Be Different: Making the Most of Your Cultural Toolkit

Announcement:
In order to reflect CUNY's decision to hold distance-learning courses, BMCC Au Pair Experience will be continuing in an online format. Online courses will be held for the same number of credits as our in-person option. Please email aupair@bmcc.cuny.edu with questions.

Language, Identity, and the Right to Be Different: Making the Most of Your Cultural Toolkit

Multilingualism and the elements of your background that inform character and perspective are part of your “Cultural Toolkit". Join Mariusz for this weekend class exploring the ways your personal identity and culture are assets in your life and work, and how you can highlight the unique tools you have in your cultural toolkit.

This course will address aspects of language and identity. Your class will include a translation activity that highlights the remarkable benefits of speaking more than one language, and a brief writing exercise that will ask each student to share their own cultural autobiography.

ONLINE SCHEDULE
(Times below listed in Eastern Time.
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Class meets online
Thursday: 6:30pm–9:30pm
Friday: 6:30pm–9:30pm
Saturday: 10am–1pm

Requirements

Please note that your pre-assignment will be emailed to you one week before your first online class session. You will receive details on how to log-in to your online class sessions one day before the start of the course.

Once the final online class session has concluded, you will have one week to submit your independent coursework and final assignment to your teacher.

Students are required to be present during all live online class sessions. However, your independent coursework can be completed at your leisure before the deadline one week after your online class ends. We wanted to create flexibility in completion as we know many au pairs now have increased work hours due to COVID-19.

Students who require their certificate sooner than outlined above should request their final assignment in advance by contacting BMCC at learningacrossamerica@bmcc.cuny.edu. Please note that BMCC needs two days from the date a student submits their final assignment to issue an educational certificate.

If you have any questions at this time, please email us at learningacrossamerica@bmcc.cuny.edu. Please continue to stay safe.

About your instructor: Mariusz Galczynski is an education researcher and specialist in multicultural and international education. Although he has traversed the globe to present his scholarly work, he is proud to call Miami home. By day, he works as a secondary English Language Arts teacher at a high school in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. Outside of the classroom, he loves to explore the best of what Miami has to offer: its tropical environment, thriving arts scene, and diverse, vibrant communities. (photo by Danny Santiago)

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