A framework of reference for pluralistic approaches

Teaching and learning materials

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.

Trobadors, la prima en Europa

Short description:
This activity, compiled in 7 romance languages (Portughese, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French, Italian and Roumanian) deals with the Middle Ages, the times of troubadours and the Crusades (X – XIII centuries) through extracts from songs and historical commentaries discussing the social and geopolitical context of the period.
Level of instruction:
Primary 2 Secondary 1
Themes:

Descriptors:

A
A 03.02.01
A 05.03.01
A 06.02
K
K 02.06
K 02.07
K 04.03
K 06.04
S
S 01.01.03
S 01.05.02
S 02.03
S 02.04
S 03.04
S 05

Description
This activity, compiled in 7 romance languages (Portughese, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French, Italian and Roumanian) deals with the Middle Ages, the times of troubadours and the Crusades (X – XIII centuries) through extracts from songs and historical commentaries discussing the social and geopolitical context of the period. The learners study a song by Giraut de Bornelh, read about the life of Pèire Vidal, discover a song about the crusade against the Cathares. The activity which presents the life of Jaufré Rudel highlights Occitan, the language of the troubadours ; summaries written in 7 Romance languages are the basis upon which the learner reconstructs the love story between Rudel, an Occitan Count and the Countess of Tripoli, who never knew each other except through songs and the accounts of pilgrims.
The activity offers a transversal study of the 7 languages being studied : identification of words which refer to the same object, identification of the expression of gender of words indicating titles of nobility (count – countess), comparison of forms of the definite and indefinite articles.

Approach: Intercomprehension

Type of material: Iconic documents; sound

Source:
Escudé, P. (dir.). (2008). J’apprends par les langues : Manuel d’apprentissage européen des langues romanes. Toulouse : IUFM/CRDP de Midi-Pyrénées.
http://www.euro-mania.eu/images/euromania/m11/docs/m11_fr.pdf
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