A framework of reference for pluralistic approaches

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This database aims to facilitate teachers access to educational materials relevant to pluralistic approaches to languages and cultures. This way they will be able to help learners appropriate their knowledge, attitudes, and skills as described in the lists of descriptors. The materials, available to download, can be selected according to various criteria: objectives (as expressed by the FREPA descriptors), levels of training, thematic areas, the type of pluralistic approach, and the language of instruction.
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A healthy diet

Publication year: 2011

The objectives of this activity are to make students familiar with the importance of (healthy) food and to communicate about food in the different languages they know, noticing similarities and differences between them.

Languages: English

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Addictively tasty

Publication year: 2012

In this activity, the students learn about similarities and differences between languages, by focusing on chocolate and desserts.

Languages: English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Latvian, Norwegian, Swedish, Lithuanian

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Body part Mathematics

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this exercise is to explore multicultural/-lingual aspects of body part mathematics – counting and measuring.

Languages: English

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Comment s’appellent les Français/es ?/ ¿Cómo se llaman los españoles?

Publication year: 2014

The object of this activity is to familiarize the students with first and last names which are linked to particular languages / cultures, as well as to raise awareness to possible existence of the same or similar names in other languages they know.

Languages: French, Spanish, Italian, French, Italian, Italian

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Cooking detective

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this activity is to help students recognizing linguistic proximity/difference and to encourage them to discover the words for meals in different languages.

Languages: English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Swedish

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Explorer

Publication year: 2011

The activity focuses on the theme of explorers. The students discuss explorers in their respective languages and make presentations about the travels of their explorers.

Languages: English

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Fairy tales

Publication year: 2011

The objective of the activity is to challenge the pupils’ ability to write/talk in different languages about fairy tales in different cultures.

Languages: English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Swedish

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Foreign

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this activity is to achieve the pupils appreciation and respect for foreign cultures and languages.

Languages: English

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If you want peace

Publication year: 2016

Students perform various activities during which they discover and compare the iconic symbols, gestures and words that express the meaning of "peace" in different languages or cultural contexts.

Languages: English, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, Icelandic

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Investigating colours 1

Publication year: 2014


Pupils discover similarities and differences in 7 languages by investigating colours. The activity also involves creative work: creating a montage and annotating with coloured cards. A game which helps to memorize new words.


Languages: English, English

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Italien à partir de l’espagnol

Publication year: 2012

Il s’agit d’une leçon 0 d’italien destinée à des élèves francophones ayant déjà étudié l’espagnol langue étrangère.

Languages: French

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Japanese Calligraphy

Publication year: 2011

The main purpose of this activity is to introduce the students’ to the concept of Japanese Calligraphy and to enhance their curiosity to explore unfamiliar writing systems.

Languages: English

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Motion in the ocean

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this activity is the exploration of the concept of linguistic borrowing in relation to the topic of the Oceans.

Languages: English

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Our beautiful earth: a view from space

Publication year: 2011

This activity deals with the issue of countries around the world focussing on their languages, greetings, e-mail adresses and time zones.

Languages: English, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Swedish, Norwegian

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Our home – our world

Publication year: 2011

The activity helps the students to strengthen their awareness of cultural diversity in their immediate environment and in their town/region.

Languages: English

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Parasites

Publication year: 2011

The activity focuses on the importance of hygiene. The students y will learn to organise their own learning integrating as many foreign languages they know.

Languages: English

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Polyglotte

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this activity is to make pupils familiar with loanwords.

Languages: English

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Science and Scientists

Publication year: 2011

The main objectives of this activity are to familiarise the pupils with scientific language and to discuss (dis-) advantages of being a scientist in a multicultural/multilingual environment.

Languages: English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian

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Story about languages

Publication year: 2011

This activity makes the pupils aware of the evolution of languages.

Languages: English

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Trees: linguistic and cultural aspects

Publication year: 2011

The purpose of this activity is to make students aware of the importance of trees, including their figurative meaning in English and in the pupils´ L1.

Languages: English

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