Keynote+Address+-+The+Road+to+Mandalay

May Seminar Keynote Address The Road to Mandalay: A journey towards cultural understanding

 * //Annette Moult//**
 * //President, TATE (Tasmanian Association for the Teaching of English)//**

Abstract
The Rationale to the //Australian Curriculum: English// states that English “helps to create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed (global) citizens”. Our close links with Asia are emphasised and pursued in both the Asian and Australia’s engagement with Asia priority and the Intercultural understanding capability. Intercultural understanding begins when students come to the realisation that all viewpoints are culturally constructed. Teachers of English are pivotal in promoting the value of a culturally diverse society; by supporting and validating informed attitudes about cultural difference. The cultures of Asia are rich and diverse and through the study of literature, past and present, students can explore real and imaged worlds. This workshop will examine the wealth of literature from and about the cultures of Asia.

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