Reasons why I don't teach about Christmas in my ESL classroom + what do we do instead

💥Reasons why I don’t teach about Christmas in my ESL classroom what do we do instead?💥 The planet is vast. The planet is huge. Endless. So are people’s customs and nationalities. Pedagogically, explicit teaching about religion is not something we can do as educators, unless the children are enrolled in a church school or a similar institution. At ELLoquent, we can only observe winter holidays from an intercultural point of view. 🌍My students come from Japan, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Poland, Serbia, South Korea, France, and more.🌍 Do all of them celebrate Christmas? No. Are all of their families religious and connected to their own religions in their countries? Not all of them. Is it a teachers’ task to introduce religion and teach their own personal religious beliefs? Absolute, giant, huge, enormous no. Is it a teachers’ task to promote interculturalism, different customs, love, and respect towards different cultures and nations? YES, YES, and YES. We instead do this: 1️⃣ Explore different holidays that people celebrate around the world. 2️⃣ Compare them to their own holidays. 3️⃣ With older students we are able to connect symbols and understand how customs develop and what they mean to people. Over time, we learn to celebrate cultures, not just their holidays. If the children are religious or not religious, that belief or not believing will come from other parts of their life, but it should not be enforced by the teacher in the classroom. 💥If you think your child would like my classroom and if you feel like we are the right fit, feel free to reach out, group classes enrollment for 2024 opens in January! 💥 #onlineenglishforchildren #onlineenglish #childrensenglish #onlineenglishclassroom #esl #eslteacher #childrensenglishteaching #onlineenglishteacher #englishgames