Creating a sociocultural classroom begins with the right teacher, someone who is informed of the regional and cultural dialects of your area as well as fluent in the prominent secondary languages of the area. She should be able to communicate with her students, by first communicating with them in their most comfortable, natural language, then slowly working to build their knowledge and understanding of the academic subject.
A sociocultural classroom should be prepared to address and respect students' cultural influences, specifically changes in their communities. Teachers must remain informed about changes and changing attitudes in students' communities, being able to respectfully discuss these issues with students during class. These issues might include anything that influences students' cultural views, ideals or perceptions, such as new entertainment in their community, changing economic trends that students can feel, or just a story in a newspaper that students read and would like to understand more completely.
In a sociocultural classroom, teachers should be aware of students' long-term cultural influences, including customs, trends or beliefs that could influence their perception of the material being taught. Responding to this, teachers should select teaching materials that complement those cultural influences to both provide a deeper understanding of cultural ideals and bridge the gap between their previous knowledge and the information you want taught. Additionally, this includes a basic respect given to cultural traditions, such as celebrating local or cultural holidays from multiple cultures in the classroom and even providing opportunities for family members or other people from the community to join in your celebration.
A sociocultural classroom represents its own goal, to exist as a unifying position for students from diverse cultural and social backgrounds by establishing a system of multicultural respect, fundamental multicultural understanding and an environment where those differences can be discussed and explored without preference. Replacing the former idea of unity through cultural uniformity, a sociocultural classroom suggests unity through acceptance of cultural pluralism.