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Cultural Sensitivity

Question
I'm working on developing a cultural sensitivity module to bring to workplaces. The information will be geared toward native English supervisors and employees.

The focus for the module is working with Hmong, Somali, and Mexican employees and increasing cultural sensitivity toward them.

Has any done this or have any suggestions on resources, etc.?

Thanks,

Mary Elsenheimer
(Posted to NIFL-Workplace on 03/10/05)

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Answer 1
The Cultural Orientation Resource Center (at the Center for Applied Linguistics) has a series of cultural profiles for different refugee groups. There are profiles for Hmong and Somali among others. The profile provide a good cultural overview for anyone working with different refugee groups.

http://www.culturalorientation.net

[Specifically the profiles will be found at

http://www.culturalorientation.net/pubs.html#CULTURE ]

Peggy Seufert
American Institutes for Research
(Posted to NIFL-Workplace on /10/05)

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Answer 2
Three good resources with training activities are:

Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-Cultural Training Handbook
by Kohls and Knight

Experiential Activities for Intercultural Learning
by H. Ned Seelye

Cross Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference
by Craig Storti

They are all available from Intercultural Press - a great resource http://www.interculturalpress.com

Hope this helps!

Judy West
English That Works, Inc.
(Posted to NIFL-Workplace on 3/10/05)

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Answer 3
There was another answer posted to this question, a person who may be contacted and who may be of assistance. To see this, go to: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/nifl-workplace/2005/000586.html

David J. Rosen

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