There is a World out There-Intercultural Understanding in Languages lessons
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This document contains suggestions for teaching intercultural understanding through modern foreign languages. It discusses cultural concepts like awareness, competence, and appreciation. It proposes having students understand similarities and differences between cultures, engage with diversity, and compare traditions over time. Several activities are recommended for developing intercultural skills, such as exploring daily life, festivals, history and arts of other cultures through videos, music, exchanges and visits. Cross-curricular opportunities and progression in intercultural understanding are also addressed.
There is a World out There-Intercultural Understanding in Languages lessons
- 1. Powerpoint Templates Page 1 Powerpoint Templates There is a world out there! by Isabelle Jones http://isabellejones.blogspot.com @icpjones
- 2. Powerpoint Templates Page 2 Intercultural Understanding Cultural awareness Cultural competence Cultural appreciation Cultural knowledge Intercultural awareness Intercultural understanding Intercultural knowledge What do you understand by these? Are they different? Why (not)? What are the barriers and opportunities to develop them in the languages classroom?
- 3. Powerpoint Templates Page 3 Progression in Intercultural Understanding Students should be able to: a) Demonstrate an understanding of … b) Recognise c) Accept and feel comfortable with ... d) Demonstrate a respect for … e) Know about … f) Empathise g) Compare similarities and differences What about linguistic progression/ target language use?
- 4. Powerpoint Templates Page 4 Intercultural Understanding Renewed Framework: introduction to strands 1 and 2 Contexts for learning in this strand should give pupils opportunities to explore aspects of the life and culture of countries and communities where the language is spoken. These could include people, places, festivals, national events, food, sport, history, education, climate, geographical features, buildings, the spoken and the written word, music and song, the visual arts and the media.
- 5. Powerpoint Templates Page 5 A few things to consider… • Awareness of diversity • investigate / research / compare / identify / explain / predict • similarities and differences / changes over time / in-depth understanding • Engaging with diversity • interests / opinions / aspirations / perspectives / beliefs / values
- 6. Powerpoint Templates Page 6 Format? • One-off events (European Day of Languages) • Ad hoc opportunities (spontaneous development) • Drip-feed method (challenge beliefs & values: it is OK to be different)
- 7. Powerpoint Templates Page 7 Mis zapatos son de _______ Mis vaqueros son de_______ Mi IPod es de ___________ Mi equipo de música es de________ Mi coche es de ____________ Mi televisión es de _____________ Mi ordenador es de __________ Mi comida favorita es de ___________ Mi osito es de ___________ Mi fruta favorite es de __________ Mi mundo Taken from a lesson written by Rachel Hawkes
- 8. Powerpoint Templates Page 8 Links with other cultures 1. E-mail links (joint blogs, wikis, learning platforms)- gives pupils a real audience for their work. 2. Video-conferencing / send cultural artefacts / pupils’ work between schools. 3. Visits abroad- cross-curricular possibilities.
- 9. Powerpoint Templates Page 9 Exploiting the Calendar • Names: first names, surnames • Christmas & New Year traditions – compare & contrast • World Events eg. World cup, Olympics, Film festivals • Carnivals/Special days of celebration – cooking, costume, music • News/current affairs – debate
- 10. Powerpoint Templates Page 10 Using Music & Film in Languages • Play a short film with no pictures or sound • Predictive work: Ask pupils to guess theme/genre/who/where, ask pupils to guess what happens next • Produce drama based on film • Write a Critique of a film. • Rewrite script/story in own words/ from point of view of a character. • Describe a character- looks or personality. • Cover songs • Music/ You tube videos
- 11. Powerpoint Templates Page 11 Ethno-centric visuals and vocabulary? Identifying features Using authentic materials and photos Flickr/ Pinterest
- 12. Powerpoint Templates Page 12 KS2/ KS3 Framework Take their Language Skills OUT of the classroom Bring the Language & Culture INTO the classroom FLAs, In-house visits, TV, Radio through the Internet Music, food, fashion, design. New Technologies Celebrations Traditions and History Current Affairs E-Mails, Letters, Video- conferencing, closed online groups, Exchanges, Trips abroad, Visits, KS2/KS3 Links...
- 13. Powerpoint Templates Page 13 Cross-curricular opportunities • Art, Geography, History, MFL, music, citizenship • Language development, problem solving and independent learning • Making the link • Music – 2 different types of music/ideas • MFL – overcoming cultural identity issues through languages • Challenging stereotypes • One-off day event to produce a tour guide
- 14. Powerpoint Templates Page 14 Progression in Intercultural Understanding Knowledge Awareness Understanding Can you think of examples based on traditional language topics? IU is not just for Christmas! ;)
- 15. Powerpoint Templates Page 15 Powerpoint Templates There is a world out there! by Isabelle Jones http://isabellejones.blogspot.com @icpjones
Editor's Notes
- #8: Taken from a lesson written by Rachel Hawkes – RSA
- #9: 1 E-pals or e-twnning globalgateway.org.uk – send boxes with cultural artefacts, food etc. send pictures, describe the pictures and partner school have to guess which one. Sing songs to each other etc. If you have a link with another school you have a ready made audience. Could work from other subjects be sent to penpals? Eg year 7 Self Image module in Art- send self portraits to pen pals. Join with other departs eg geog, history, pe.
- #10: Again, exploit links with partner schools abroad.
- #11: Ask delegates to brainstorm ways in which film Could be used. AT this point show a film, eg Les Crayons (see Alliance Francaise) play with out picture. Ask delegates to suggest, who where when and what. Stop before the screaming and ask delegates to Predict what will happen next. Play next bit until the crayons leave the cinema. Ask them to guess what has happened.Then show film with picture.