Intercultural understanding through MFL
Sara Vaughanhttp://sdvaughan.edublogs.org
• Consider what is meant by intercultural understanding
• Discuss potential ICU learning activities
Learning a new language provides unique opportunities for pupils to explore national identities and become aware of both similarities and contrasts between the cultures of different countries, including their own.
Key conceptsThere are a number of key concepts that underpin the study of languages. Pupils need to understand these concepts in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge, skills and understanding.
Intercultural understandinga Appreciating the richness and diversity of
other cultures.b Recognising that there are different ways of
seeing the world, and developing an international outlook.
Key Stage 3 Framework for Languages
‘Cultural knowledge (that is, information about thetarget culture, its typical patterns of behaviour andits attitudes) is likely to be ‘external’, ‘static’,‘stereotypical’ and ‘reduced’; that is, it tends to beknowledge that is passed on to a learner fromsomeone else, rather than arising from the learner’sown experience; it reflects broad generalisationsoften based on a narrow selection of evidence. Andwhile such knowledge can give us pointers todifferences in behaviours and values, it can also bemisleading.’
Tomlinson and Masuahara (2004)
.....an approach to culture which emphasises not information about a culture but skills in exploring, observing and understanding difference and sameness, and perhaps most centrally, ‘suspension of judgement, i.e. not being instantly critical of other people’s apparently deviant behaviour’
(Tomlinson and Masuhara, 2004)
Savoir
Savoir-faire Savoir-être
What is Intercultural Understanding?
Knowledge about...
The skill and ability to manage socially
Understanding and acceptance of another society & ways of working
with others.
Culture is a set of accepted behaviour patterns, values, assumptions, and shared common experiences.
Culture is something we learn.
http://www.culturalsavvy.com/culture.htm
What are the most meaningful and transferrable cultural mediums?
• Music• Food• Fashion• Art • Media: TV, Film, Internet, theatre, literature • Belief systems: festivals, symbols• Historical events• Day to day
What types of activities can facilitate ICU?
• Analysing pictures• Mind map/brain
storming• Research tasks:
searching for specific information
• Classification tasks • Living graphs• Video/media prompt
• What else?
Il y a les montagnes Le paysage est vertIl y a beacoup d’arbres.Il y a les maisons.Les maisons sont en bois.Je pense que c’est un endroit trés tranquille
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http://pedagogie2.ac-reunion.fr/cotamarp/
Create a character
NumbersPercentages
Fractions
GraphsBar charts
Personal description/ Guess Who
Venn Diagrams
E-mailText/Chat/letter
writing.
Compare & Contrast
Who, what, when where, why….
BURKINA FASO
Géographie
L’économie
Vocabulaire spécifique
La vie quotidienne
Ou rechercher?
• Les Livres• Les Feuilles de travail
• Les Dictionnaires• L’internet
http://www.sidwaya.bfhttp://www.lobservateur.bf
http://www.routard.com/guide/code_dest/burkina_faso.htm
www.allafrica.comwww.googleimages.com
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/pagegeo_fr.php3?Pays=BFS
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/french/journey/burkina/bfindex.htm
Burkina Faso
Chez Moi
•J’ai planté des légumes•J’ai creusé dans le jardin•Nous avons mangé au feu de bois•Nous sommes allés chercher de l’eau•J’ai fait du vélo•J’ai regardé la télé•J’ai nagé•Je suis allé au marché •J’ai nettoyé la maison•Je suis allé à l’école•J’ai fait mes devoirs•Jai écouté la musique•J’ai vu les animaux
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2
3
1
2
3
1. Hay una luna.
2. Hay unos círculos.
3. Hay formas rojas.
4. Hay unos triángulos.
5. Hay una persona.
6. Hay una estrella.
7. Hay unas líneas negras.
8. Hay una luna verde.
9. Hay varias formas blancas.
10. No tiene un fondo negro.
1 & 31 & 2 & 31 & 2 & 3
2 & 31 & 32 & 3
2 & 3
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12 & 3
ESPOIR
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DÉSESPOIR
-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
4 août 1914
8 août 1914
12 août1914
2 novembre
1914
12 décembre1914
14 mars 1915
27mars1915
23 mai1915
15juin1915
Paroles de Poilus – Les lettres d’Alexandre Jacqeau
La musique
C’est la même chose en France?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Pourquoi on aime la musique?
Ça nous détend
Ça nous fait penser
Ça nous fait bouger
Ça nous rappelle des souvenirs...
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Ça nous détend
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Ça nous fait penser
Ça nous fait bouger
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Ça nous rappelle des souvenirs
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
When do you like to listen to music?
Write down five occasions when you find it useful or just normal to listen to music
e.g.
Before I get up in the morning I listen to the radio because it helps me to wake up!
When I get in from work I listen to something relaxing to help me wind down
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
En français?Le matin
Le soir
La nuit
Quand je rentre/je me réveille/je fais mes devoirs
j’écoute + nom de musicien/groupe
parce que ça me ……….
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
exempleQuand je rentre le soir, j’écoute Kate Rusby parce que ça me détend.
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
La musique réfléchit le temps?
Ecoutez les exemples.
C’est français ou c’est anglais?
C’est des années 30? 50? 70? 90? C'est plus récent?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Edith PiafJe ne regrette rien
Les années 50
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Vera LynnWe’ll meet again
Les années 40.
This is a very popular song with people of the older generation. Why?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Charles TrenetDouce France
Les années 40.
What was happening in this decade?
How do you think it is reflected in the music?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Carte de SéjourDouce France
Les années 80.
What was happening in this decade?
How is it reflected in the music?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
The ClashLondon Calling
Les années 70
What does this say about what our country was like in the 1970s?
Is this a hopeful song?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Serge GainsbourgBonnie and Clyde
Les années 60.
What do you think of this music?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
MC SolaarNouveau Western
Les années 2000
What influences can you hear in this music?
Is there a sample from something else we have heard?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
Diam’sMa France à moi
Les années 2000
What do you think Diam’s is singing about?
CILT Cross-Phase Project: Popular Music, Solihull
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/collection-26-Voyages_Cites_du_Monde.htm
Language learning won’t change a person, but the
development of intercultural understanding allows language
learning to be the agent for change in a person.
Intercultural understanding through MFL
Sara Vaughanhttp://sdvaughan.edublogs.org
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