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.

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Frère Jacques

Publication year: 2006

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

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Gebarentaal

Publication year: 2011

With this activity the students are discovering the existence of different sign languages and codes.

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I SUBSONICA SUONERANNO A MILANO – Le forme del futuro

Publication year: 2014

The overall aim of this activity is to introduce students to a way of expressing future plans in Italian and explore this grammatical structure and use in itself, as well as in comparison to other romance languages (French and Spanish).

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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.

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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.

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Languages: English

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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.

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Je wereld kleurt taal

Publication year: 2011

By means of this activity the students are lead to the discovery that not all the words of one language can be translated into another language (for example the Eskimos have different words to indicate ‘snow’).

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L’arbre de vie

Publication year: 2011

This activity gives students the opportunity to reflect on their family history and to relate it with nowadays’ sociocultural problems and globalisation.

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Languages: Spanish

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La amabilidad como puerta a la interculturalidad

Publication year: 2011

The principal goal of the activity is to make pupils of a multiethnic group aware of the differences that exist in their cultures and, consequently, in their non-verbal communication.

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Languages: English , Polish

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La fleur des langues

Publication year: 2011

This activity helps students to differentiate between the terms “mother language”, “second language” and “foreign language”.

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Languages: French

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