Copy of the slides from the MFL Show and Tell, 1st June, York

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There is a world out there!
by Isabelle Jones
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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?

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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?

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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.

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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

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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)

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Ethno-centric visuals and vocabulary?
Identifying features
Using authentic materials and photos
Flickr/ Pinterest

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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...

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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

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Progression in Intercultural Understanding
Knowledge Awareness Understanding
Can you think of examples based on traditional language topics?
IU is not just for Christmas! ;)

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There is a world out there!
by Isabelle Jones
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
@icpjones