Title: CECV Language Leaders: Developing Intercultural Language Learning through Online Professional Networking
1CECV Language Leaders Developing Intercultural
Language Learning through Online Professional
Networking
- Project Manager Kylie Farmer
- Email PL_at_mltav.asn.au
2Network Project 2013
- Trial an Intercultural Language Learning (IcLL)
Unit and document the resources, learnings etc.,
using the CECV Model of Contemporary Learning - Establish an online networking space which is
used by teachers in your network to share
resources/ideas/your learnings relating to the
IcLL Unit, as well as other useful teaching
resources/ links etc.
3http//languagenetworks.weebly.com/
4What is Intercultural Language Learning?
- http//youtu.be/-cUNUmFXGJE
5Getting Started with Intercultural Language
Learning
- A resource for schools
- Based on teachers ideas and experiences from the
Asian Languages Professional Learning Project
(ALPLP) - Includes
- discussion of elements of IcLL theory
- samples of IcLL activities
- http//www.asiaeducation.edu.au/teachers/professio
nal_learning/languages/getting_started/the_asian_l
anguages_professional_learning_project.html
6Intercultural Language Learning
- Intercultural language learning (IcLL) provides
knowledge, skills and values for our students
that will enable them to use language in
culturally aware and sensitive ways. They will
understand that their cultures and languages are
not static, and that the languages and cultures
of others are not static either. They will be
able to use these skills, values and knowledge to
extend their capacities as second language users
for useful, productive and meaningful engagement
with other people and other cultures.
7Australian Curriculum Languages
- Look at the following sections of the Australian
Curriculum Italian document for the year levels
that you teach - Communicating strand Reflecting on Intercultural
Language Use - Understanding strand
- Brainstorm some ways which you might address
these in your classroom
8Activity 1
- Work with a partner
- You will be allocated two sections from pages
12-29 of the document Getting Started - Read through each section, discuss and answer the
following questions - Be ready to report back to the whole group on
your discussion
9Activity 1 - Questions
- Read through the sections you have been
allocated, discuss and answer the following
questions, then be ready to report back to the
whole group - What does the theory look like in practice in
your classroom(s)? - Do any of the IcLL activities given as examples
appeal as something you could trial with your
Network? Why?
10Action Research Project Structure
REF https//www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/docs/pdf
/actreguide.pdf
11Model of Contemporary Learning
12PLANNING
- Which aspect/s of the Australian Curriculum
Intercultural Understanding General Capability am
I wanting to address in my Languages program? - Which ALPLP ideas/units would be useful
- - in my context?
- - to address the Intercultural Understanding
focus identified above? - How am I planning to implement my unit?
- To implement this project, what resources do I
need - - to purchase? to adapt? to find!
13ENACTING
- What am I noticing while I am implementing my
unit? - ( Put comments up on the blog/wiki to share
with colleagues!!) - How am I responding to the way students are
engaging in this unit? - What evidence can I be collecting to demonstrate
- - what is happening in the classroom?
- - students' learning?
- What changes am I making to my initial plan? Why?
- (Share useful hints/ideas on the blog/wiki!)
14OBSERVING
- What does the evidence I collected say about
students' learning in relation to the Australian
Curriculum Intercultural Understanding General
Capability? - How am I going to report on this learning?
- - to students (via reports and/or informally)
- - to the school community (via school
newsletters/ displays/ leadership / curriculum
meetings) - - to network colleagues (via the blog/wiki)
- What did network colleagues find when they did a
similar unit with their students? Why?
15REFLECTING
- What can I put on the blog/wiki to share with
others about what I have learnt through teaching
this unit? - What would I do differently next time I teach
this unit?
16ACARA Revised General Capabilities in the
Australian Curriculum Intercultural Understanding
- In the Australian Curriculum, students develop
intercultural understanding as they learn to
value their own cultures, languages and beliefs,
and those of others. They come to understand how
personal, group and national identities are
shaped, and the variable and changing nature of
culture. The capability involves students in
learning about and engaging with diverse cultures
in ways that recognise commonalities and
differences, create connections with others and
cultivate mutual respect.
17ACARA Revised General Capabilities in the
Australian Curriculum Intercultural Understanding
- (cont.)
- Intercultural understanding is an essential part
of living with others in the diverse world of the
twenty-first century. It assists young people to
become responsible local and global citizens,
equipped through their education for living and
working together in an interconnected world. - http//www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapa
bilities/Overview/General-capabilities-in-the-Aust
ralian-Curriculum
18ACARA Revised General Capabilities in the
Australian Curriculum Intercultural Understanding
- Organising elements
- The Intercultural understanding learning
continuum is organised into three interrelated
organising elements - Recognising culture and developing respect
- Interacting and empathising with others
- Reflecting on intercultural experiences and
taking responsibility