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 csomagolásokról és még erről arról...

Publication year: 2011

Les élèves sont amenés à réfléchir sur la diversité des écritures et sur la fonction de l’écrit à propos de l’observation de l’emballage de quelques produits alimnetaires de base (lait, pâtes etc.)

Languages: Hungarian, 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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Coffee

Publication year: 2012

The purpose of this activity is to compare different habits and ways of preparing coffee in various cultures and to research the words ‘milk’ and ‘coffee’ in different languages.


Languages: English

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Cultionary

Publication year: 2011

This activity deals with work on stereotyping and prejudice about other cultures...

Languages: French, 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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Frère Jacques

Publication year: 2006

The students sing the song “Frère Jacques” in different languages.

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

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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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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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Language detective

Publication year: 2016

Students must solve the mystery of a strange letter received by their teacher and therefore engage in various activities related to languages and cultures.

Languages: English

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Language detective

Publication year: 2011

In this activity the students become language detectives and try to discover a mystery.

Languages: English

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Languages and human rights

Publication year: 2013

The four activities are based on extracts of the universal declaration of human rights, translated into various languages. The participants are invited to draw on their knowledge of languages and use comprehension strategies in order to, first of all, guess what text is presented, then reconstruct an article, identify words in several translations or translate words.

Languages: English, French, English, English

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Linguistics

Publication year: 2011

The main purpose of the activity is to help the students realize the importance of knowing foreign languages.

Languages: English

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Maltese News

Publication year: 2013

Learners are given a number of short news items, in a language they do not know, Maltese. They are asked to read and try to understand the news contents. If they need help, they can ask for some hints which can guide them to get through the exercise.
The different activities will prompt learners to mobilize knowledge which they possess of other languages in order to try to formulate hypotheses.
They are asked to reflect upon the activities they have just carried out.


Languages: English, English, 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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Nahrungsmittel

Publication year: 2011

Learners of German as a foreign language are given a document showing items of food and what they are called in English.

Languages: German, English

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Ordleg

Publication year: 2011

A language card game in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, developed by Swedish pupils.

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

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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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Polyglotte

Publication year: 2011

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

Languages: English

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Si vols la pau… / Si queres la paz…

Publication year: 2017

The general aim is to introduce secondary school pupils into the world of linguistic diversity and the culture of peace, based on a social (attitudinal), linguistic and cultural approach.

The first two working areas aim to explain that acting for peace implies much more than not wanting war. The third focuses on different ways of expressing the idea of peace, and the fourth on different ways of expressing and representing peace in other languages and cultures.


Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, English, English

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Some languages of Europe … and elsewhere! 2

Publication year: 2012

The main purpose of this activity is to make participants recognise which fragments of texts belong to the same language and to put these fragments into the right order to get a coherent sequence.

Languages: English, French, Armenian, English, English, English

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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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The Legend of the White Eagle I

Publication year: 2013

The students read the Polish legend “The Legend of the White Eagle” in form of a script which describes the formation of Poland. They get familiarized with (Polish) national symbols and the concepts of tribe, nation and emblem and learn about the common cultural roots of Slavic nations. Furthermore, they gain an insight into six foreign languages by analyzing short parts of the legend in these languages.

Languages: English, Polish

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The Legend of the White Eagle II

Publication year: 2013

The purpose of the lesson is to find and to compare words, phrases and national symbols in some European languages and to draw a parallel between them and the same phrases in Arabic. The students should notice the meaning of other national symbols and find similarities between languages of the same language family.

Languages: English, Polish

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The Legend of the White Eagle III

Publication year: 2013

In this activity the students get familiarized with different alphabets (Roman, Cyrillic and Arabic alphabet), writing systems and the history of writing on the basis of the Polish legend “The Legend of the White Eagle” and its translation into six foreign languages. With a focus on the Indo-European language family and its subfamilies, the students’ attention for the common linguistic and cultural roots of Europe will be attracted. Furthermore, the analysis of negative clauses in various languages supports Language Awareness.

Languages: English, Polish

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