Cultural Awareness and Diversity Training Programs
What is culture? Our Programs go beyond the visual aspects of culture, the "material culture" that may first come to mind when attempting to define culture. We examine the values, beliefs, and behaviors of groups of people with the goal of more effective cross-cultural interaction s. Do you have a multi-cultural or multi-ethnic workplace? Are you seeing an increasing number of foreign clients and customers? Does your personal or professional “network” include people or organizations not native to the US? Would you like to broaden your network to include a more diverse group of people? Are you planning a trip abroad? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you need the help of our Cultural Awareness and Diversity Training Programs. Products and Services: Custom Programs address your specific needs and schedule. Culture Component add-on to any TFLI language class. "Culture Snapshot" classes cover the basics in 2 hours Half-day Workshops go into more detail in 3.5 hours. Multi-session Programs scheduled over multiple days or weeks. Culture Briefs answer specific questions in written form. Consultation regarding any matters of culture and diversity.
Aaron Lovett Director Cultural Awareness and Diversity Mr. Aaron Lovett was born and raised in Oklahoma, and lived in Brooklyn, New York and rural Colorado before moving to Tennessee. Prior to his association with the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute beginning in 2000, Aaron earned his TESL Certification at Winfield College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Immediately afterwards he began teaching ESL in the Middle-Tennessee area and has assisted from the beginning in the development and instruction of TFLI’s TESL program. Aaron is the Director of the new Cultural Awareness and Diversity Department at TFLI, and works on the continuing development of programs and materials focused on promoting cross-cultural communication and understanding.
Aaron’s various experiences include assisting pre-literacy and beginning level refugees learn survival English and US Culture at Nashville’s Somali Community Center; teaching conversation skills at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and assisting post-doctoral scientists at VUMC edit research papers for publication; instructing accent reduction and US Culture to mechanical engineers at Franke Group; teaching business English and writing skills to managers at Nissan and Bridgestone/Firestone; teaching English conversation skills and US culture to members of the Nashville Predators; and assisting Brazilian author Augusto Cury edit the English translation of his book The Extravagant Mind. He also has extensive training in public speaking and presentation skills. Aaron has studied Spanish and is currently learning Russian, and has traveled in Europe and Russia. These various experiences help him to be understanding of the language and cross-culture issues faced by Tennessee’s immigrant population. |
For more information, please contact us, providing us details of your needs, number of individuals to be trained, and desired outcomes. We will happily put together a no-obligation proposal. Download a complete needs assessment here.