Investeşte în oameni ! Fondul Social European PROGRAMUL OPERAŢIONAL SECTORIAL DEZVOLTAREA RESURSELOR UMANE DEZVOLTAREA RESURSELOR UMANE 2007-2013 2007-2013 POSDRU/87/1.3/S/62665 “Formarea continuă a cadrelor didactice pentru utilizarea resurselor informatice moderne în predarea eficientă a limbii engleze şi evaluarea la nivel european a competenţelor lingvistice”
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Investeşte în oameni !Fondul Social European
PROGRAMUL OPERAŢIONAL SECTORIAL DEZVOLTAREA DEZVOLTAREA
“Formarea continuă a cadrelor didactice pentru utilizarea resurselor informatice moderne în predarea eficientă a limbii
engleze şi evaluarea la nivel european a competenţelor lingvistice”
Activity 1: Intercultural Education
Activity 2: Problems of Intercultural Communication
Activity 3: Intercultural Competence
Activity 4: Developing the Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching
Activity 5: Culture as a Fifth Skill
Objectives
• to increase teachers’ intercultural awareness, building up their competence to address cultural diversity in education -to educate with regard to a plurality of ideas (to consider human diversity in ethnic, racial, social and religious terms as a source for cultural enrichment)-;• to defend equal opportunities;• to make the trainees aware of the necessity of the change from a mono-cultural perspective to a multiple perspective (in every subject: history, literature, music, art, etc);• to focus on developing a learning community where teaching and learning are conceived as an active and cooperative process, that inevitably occurs within a social context;• to provide suggestions about how educators can acquire a greater intercultural competence.;• to provide suggestions for linguocultural’ teaching’;• to familiarize the trainees with the concept of culture as a ‘fifth skill’ (which emphasizes the learner’s ability to perceive, to understand and ultimately, accept cultural relativity).
1. Intercultural Education
Cardoso (1998: 13-14) defines ‘intercultural education’ as a series of attempts to engage with diverse cultures and lifestyles showing respect. Intercultural education should promote understanding and respect for other people and cultures, fight racism and xenophobia, and promote equal opportunities for all. European countries are characterised by diversity despite efforts to produce an idea of Europeaness. Europe is multicultural and multilinguistic and therefore interculturality in Europe implies openness to plurality of values, religions, beliefs and ways of life.
STEP 11.1 HOW CAN TEACHERS PROMOTE INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION?
2. Problems of Intercultural Communication
STEP 11.2 HW: CAN WE TALK ABOUT A ‘EUROPEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY’?
INSTRUCTIONS
Bring arguments to sustain your opinion(s).
STEP 11.3 HW: A DAY AT A MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL
INSTRUCTIONS
Imagine a day at a multicultural school and see whether/how Interculturality is achieved. Consider the following approaches to Multicultural Reality in class:
1. Lack of adequate response a. Similar to insertion, but implies looking down on somebody. I accept them, but my culture is the good one.
2. Cultural Assimilation b.-traditional minority ghetto culture; -self-imposed (finds safety in group/mere
inclusion at school).3. Segregationism c. I want to go on believing in my values but I do not
make you give up yours to become accepted.4. Insertion d. Total loss of own culture. Gives up his tradition to
be accepted.5. Tolerance e. Unable to communicate/isolation.6. Integration f. Accepted but remains different, a foreigner, even if
he/she speaks the language. He/she’s often being reminded that he/she is different.
In pairs, match the given approaches with their definitions. Find an example for one of these situations and report to the class.