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.

La fleur des langues

Short description:
This activity helps students to differentiate between the terms “mother language”, “second language” and “foreign language”.
Level of instruction:
Primary 2
Themes:

Descriptors:

A
A 01.01.02
A 02.05.01
A 02.05.02
A 03.01
A 04.05.01
A 05.03
A 06.03
A 16.02.02
A 18.01.03
K
K 02.02
K 02.05.01
K 02.05.02
K 05.07

Description
This activity helps students to differentiate between the terms “mother language”, “second language” and “foreign language”. They not only learn the meanings of those three notions but they also learn the terms “monolingual”, “bilingual” and “plurilingual”. During this activity students have to classify people they know into monolingual, bilingual, trilingual and plurilingual. With the help of a dictionary they have to find the exact meaning of each of the above definitions. After that a video is screened to help the students distinguish better those definitions. Students are also asked to fill a questionnaire (Guide d’entrevue) mainly about themselves and their relation to/experience of languages. Then on separate petals each student has to write down the languages he/she knows. In this way all the petals will form the flower of languages which will be hung and kept visible in the classroom all year round.

Approach: Awakening to languages

Type of material: Iconic documents; sound

Source:
ELODiL : Éveil au langage et ouverture à la diversité linguistique.
http://www.elodil.com/files/modules_primaire/Fleur%20des%20langues.Mai2006.pdf
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animals arts/heritage awareness bilingual/plurilingual competence biography clothes colours comprehension strategies conflict cultural Cultural / linguistic mediation / translation cultural contacts cultural distance/proximity cultural diversity customs/social norms daily life family feasts feelings food Geography gestures grammar/syntax/morphology habitat heritage History history of languages/language families human body iconic documents identity/otherness ingroup/outgroup language language contacts Language families language learning language rituals/greetings language variation/diversity leisure/sports/games linguistic borrowing literature literature/stories/tales meaning minority misunderstandings music/songs nature/environment numbers/numeration phoneme/phonetics Portfolios prejudice/image of otherness proper noun/ first name prosody: stress/intonation/rhythm reflexivity sign language/braille/codes social discrimination social values & rights social/cultural story/tale text organisation time town/region/country translation transports visual art/theatre vocabulary weather writing/punctuation/orthography writing/punctuation/orthography

 

 

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