WORKSHOP 1: MULTILINGUALISM AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES

  • Timing: from September  to January

    Step 1

    Pupils brainstorm on the question: How many and which languages do you speak at home, at school, in your country?

    Step 2

    Pupils watch the video "An American in Luxembourg"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3SBjOU5xbA

    After watching the film pupils are encouraged to get aware of and share ideas about concepts and issues connected to multilingualism and intercultural competences).  The students who are going to take part in the Luxembourg mobility make a video on how they imagine integrating rapidly into a school in Luxembourg

    Students taking part in  Luxembourg mobility can interact in this forum

    Step 3

    Control group pupils  meet in Luxembourg,  7-13  October (here the project meeting programme)

     

    Students a) analyse new teaching/learning practices related to multilingualism and intercultural competences b) test their weaknesses and strengths, c) evaluate the new mats

    Step 4

    Back home, control group pupils test some of the new teaching/learning practices related to multilingualism and intercultural competences with target group pupils

    Driving question or challenge: "Which competences do you need to be interculturally effective?"

     

    21st competences to be developed and assessed: critical thinking, creativity

     

    Suggested tools and products: mindmaps, word docs, prezi, ppt, videos, slideshows 

    Pupils arrange a video conference to compare their findings with one of the partners' team (If the schools policies and timetables allow that). Suggested platforms: skype, eTwinning live