International Cultural Exchange Program

International Cultural Exchange Program

Learning Culture through Language and Language ThroughCulture

Forming cultural connect through crosscultural interactions is a unique concept practiced in this college. Theobjective of the programme was to instil pride in local and Indian culture inthe minds of the students, while simultaneously providing exposure to othercultures from various states of India and of the world. Students of thisinstitution have always been actively participating in programmes in which thewere required to visit other states and countries. During the last two years ofthe Covid19 pandemic when there was complete lockdown for long spells, theprogram International Cultural Exchange served to motivate and engage theCollege’s students with students from other countries and their culturesentirely online.

The EnglishLanguage Lab  opened a unique way toteach English to students. Thestudents were engaged in making presentations for the program, making flyers,introducing the guest and offering the vote of thanks. This way they wereengaged in using the language in multiple ways.

In this methodthe students listened to experts from various countries talk about theirculture. The program that ran for one and half hours and involved the followingsteps.

First, after theinitial welcoming of all by the coordinator Dr Somali Gupta, one of thestudents introduced the guest to the rest of the participants and welcomed theguest on behalf of the college and the participants. Then the guest sharedabout his/her culture for around 40 -45 mins. The session was then opened forQ&A session for 20 mins. After that as a mark of respect, 2 studentspresented 2 different aspects of Indian Culture to the Guest. Finally, onestudent offered the Vote of thanks.

Other activitieslike making Flyers, participating in a Quiz based on the lectures they have heard,making Presentations, preparing and Reading out the Introduction and offeringthe Vote of thanks further helped them to improve their language skills. Thestudents were practicing all the four skills Reading writing speaking andwriting in English and more through these activities. Thus, through variousactivities they used thedifferent levels of human cognition—i.e., thinking, learning, and understanding.

The studentsalso participated in webinars organized by other countries thus building theirgeneral knowledge and gaining confidence by actively participating in them.Each activity was designed to develop a particular competence in the students.

Details of the resourcepersons in the First & Second phase:

Details of the resourcepersons in the Third phase:  2021-2022