AN ARGUMENT
FOR THE OPTIONAL COURSE ACROSS CULTURESLevel: 9th grade, 1 class/ week
This course addresses 9th graders who study English as a first foreign language, in a
number of five classes a week.
Enlarging their sphere of knowledge beyond the curricula was expected by our
students.
The present optional course will provide further support for children’s interest in issues
less insisted upon in any textbooks their level: dialects, varieties of English, legends, customs,
traditions; present- day reference to each of these sections is also being made; but, most
importantly, it is meant to provide enough information as to enable them to compare and
contrast between same generations, situated on the other sides of the world. At the end of the
course, students will have been able to state whether culture, civilization and, implicitly, the
foreign languages which allow us to get to know them can be considered passports.
Across Cultures , by Elizabeth Sharman- is one of the best cross-cultural course
books; it has a wide range of cultural information on topics such as civilization, literature,
music, language, history, geography, society, etc of the English-speaking world. I also
strongly recommend it for FCE-preparation or for the Higher Mature Exams.
The book is organised into modules and there is the possibility to focus particularly on one of
the countries.
Across Cultures is a new modular, flexible, user-friendly course which presents a wide
variety of material on the English-speaking world. Traditional topics, such as geography and
institutions, are fully covered, along with the most up-to-date themes and topics.
The aid of the audio materials considered, the course is most likely to bring about excitement,
curiousity, enthusiasm and the need for more.
A course suggestion by:Elisabeta Dulceanu
Liceul Teoretic “Mihail Sadoveanu”, Paşcani, judeţul Iaşi Disciplina: limba engleză, curs opţional
Număr de ore/ săptămână: 1Profesor: Elisabeta DulceanuClasa: a IX-a AMateriale: ACROSS CULTURES, BY Elizabeth Sharman, textbook and CDAn şcolar: 2007- 2008
PLANIFICAREA ORELOR PENTRU CURSUL OPŢIONAL, CLASA a IX-a A
Nr. crt. Unitatea de învăţare Competenţe specifice vizate
Conţinuturi Nr. ore
Perioada Modalităţi de evaluare
Obs.
1. An Introduction to the concept of “culture” 2.3
3.13.2
Students become familiar with several definitions of the term “culture”, then debate and state whether culture, as a phenomenon can be treated separately
1 1st W Debate
2. Culture as “the deeper underground”
2.33.13.23.35.1
Further focus on non-separable concepts spinning around “culture”- individual and group values
1 2nd W Presentation
3 Everyday Life 2.33.13.23.35.1
Arguing whether cultural differences are always negative in meaning; tolerance ; gastronomy- the reflection of a society’s taste and evolution; hobbies and personal growth; families; me at the centre of the family; me/ the others( as in” non- versus”) ;
2 3rd W; 4th W
Listening and reading- based assess-ments
varieties of English or... fun with dialects
4. Habitats and Homelands
1.21.32.12.23.2
House and family- assertive development components ; lifestyles; adjectives of measurement
3 5th W;6th W;7th W;
Essay: My Place
5. Links with the Past 3.13.25.1
British history; American history; word building; words related to army
3 8th W;9th W10th W;
Cloze test
6. States and Systems 3.24.14.25.1
Rigour and development; forms of government; national celebrations; prejudice; law and law infringements
311th W; 12th W
13th W
Essay:
My freedom manifesto
7. Society 2.33.13.23.35.1
Discrimination and (non-) evolution; equal rights- pro’s and con’s; basic rights and freedoms; single parents
414th W; 15th W, 16th W17th W
Quiz; essay: My most special/ most feared freedom
8. Consolidation 2.23.2
Self- awareness in the social context
1 18th W Debate
9. Education 2.33.13.23.35.1
Educating very young learners; state/ private schools; elite schools; educational systems; exams as forms of recognition ; words connected to education; dialects
4
19th W20th W21st W22nd W
Transcripts;Essay:My Vision of an Educational System
10. The Arts 3.24.14.25.1
The concept of “art”; samples of art; art and fame; contemporary approaches of “art”
3 23rd W; 24th W; 25th W
Project
11. Links to Literature 3.24.14.25.1
Deconstruction; poetry and drama; searching for one’s style in writing
4 26th- 29th W
Writing poetry by following specified patterns
12. Sports and Leisure 1.21.33.3
Hobbies; personality and pastime
2 30thW, 31st
WEssay: My time, my choice
13. Communication and technology
2.23.23.3
Hobbies; technology’s part in contemporary life
1 32nd W debate
14.Consolidation
3.24.14.25.1
Recycling of knowledge
2 33rd W;34th W
Cumulative test
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