Online Module Task 2- Amy Benson

Okay- I’m not sure if I did this right but here are my answers the questions given in part 2 of our online module. At least, I think these are the questions we were supposed to answer?

1. Over the past few weeks my group has noticed that Deerfield is a very multicultural school. As a result of this, we have decided to visit a number of different restaurants in the community that highlight the various types of cuisine we often see during lunch and snack time. We have chosen to visit these places to get a better feel for where our students come from and what their home (eating) life may be like. Novi is a very multicultural community in general, so it seemed like the obvious choice.
2. I expect to see and hear other languages than English. I expect to learn which cultures are most prevalent (simply judging by number of restaurants we can find) and maybe more about how people from these cultures interact. For example, students may address adults differently in one culture than another.
3. After spending some drive driving around the community we found a variety of different cuisines. We found a few that I wasn’t expecting, such as Middle Eastern, and many that I was expecting, such as Japanese and Indian. At these restaurants we saw a lot of Asian writing on menus and quite a few dishes that I was not familiar with. Though I did not hear many other languages, I heard a few accents.
4. I expect to see a lot of interconnections between reading and writing at the restaurants we visit. Customers will have to read and understand menus, recite their orders to a server, and use the correct amount of money to pay their bill. Even though customers may be from another country they will have to understand numeracy in order to be able to pay. Another new literacy I might see is cultural literacy. As I mentioned above, it will be interesting to observe how the community members interact at the various restaurants. Finally, I expect to see text written in multiple languages so that all customers can read and understand things such as menus, specials and meal descriptions.