Wa Sonsin and Francis Samasuwo Food Typical items you will get to try Pap sometimes call sadza most people think this is very bland but it is used traditionally to absorb the juices from curries or stews ID: 748593
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Cultural Awareness – It’s not all about the Lion King
Wa
Sonsin
and Francis
SamasuwoSlide2
Food
Typical items you will get to try:Pap – sometimes call sadza – most people think this is very bland but it is used traditionally to absorb the juices from curries or stews
Ugali – same thing as pap but eaten in TanzaniaSlide3
Mandela Day
The overarching objective of Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better, and in doing so build a global movement for good.At schools they will be encouraged to do 67minutes of charity work. This could range
from getting bread for an elderly personto working in a crèche. Slide4
Women’s Day
Saturday 9th August 2014A public holiday that pays homage to the women of the South African nationT
he mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government. Might end up getting Monday or Friday of that week off – dependent of schoolSlide5
Farmer’s Day
Friday 8th August 2014Held on the eighth day of the eighth monthLearn numbers 1-8 in appropriate national languageSlide6
Corporal Punishment
Caning stills happens in the schoolsIt is hard for them to remove themselves from hard culturesYou can ask the teachers to not do it in your sightSlide7
Syllabus
Probably won’t show you a syllabusThey will give you topicsBe prepared to teach them basic skills on the spotBe prepared to teach something other than Maths and EnglishBe prepared to ask the pupils the topics they have coveredSlide8
Differences in people
Johannesburg – very lively and rushing around the place Limpopo – very relaxed and students inspired to do great things with their livesTanzania – much poorer than South Africa Stellenbosch – very westernised with a relaxed atmosphereSlide9
Languages
11 traditional languages but the ones below you will hear and maybe useZulu
AfrikaansSotho
English
XhosaVendaSlide10
Patriotism
Going to learn the National anthem in small groupsSlide11
Questions?