(In progress)
Background
English Lingua Franca... One of the goals in TEFL is for the learners to develop intercultural communicative competences that will enable them to interact in the local society as well as the global society.
How can we teach culture through TEFL and decrease prejudice and help the pupils to see diversity as a valuable resource? To interact in a multicultural classroom, society (dynamic concept of culture, view Byram etc.)
This FAD will deal with teaching culture in the very early stages of EFL teaching, namely grades 3 and 4, because children at this age are less tightly attached to the social systems they interact in than old learners (Bronfenbrenner).. assimilation, prediction, accommodation, fossilisation? ...
Research question
How can TEFL prevent/decrease prejudice in young learners (grade 3 and 4)?
Theory
Byram, Kramsch, Gregersen, Risager, Dynamic View on Culture, Third place,
Piaget: Assimilation and accommodation
Yes! I made a mistake (language learning) – Predicting as a part of the learning process – hypotesis testing.. (young learners might still have this ability – to a bigger extent than older learners) – hypothesis testing
Transfer of knowledge theories? Bereiter, Carl et al.: Surpassing Ourselves,
Discussion
Yes! I made a mistake (language learning) adapted to “culture learning”
Piaget: Assimilation and accommodation – fossilization – prejudice, hypothesis testing
Transfer of knowledge, asking questions, predicting, minus fossilization, moving to other areas of learning.
Practical examples:
Show them pictures and videos – and read stories that can help them wonder.
The activity Lilian did in Globalisation and I “stole” for grade 9 in Lyngby.
Books from comparative perspective?
Rohde, Lilian et al.: Klædt på til verden; Geografforlaget 2009
- Lene Dyson
List of references:
Byram, Michael: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Clevdon. Multilingual Matters, 1999
Byram , Sprogforum (+ 1998 ch 2?) (The text we got from Lilian..)
Cameron, Lynne: Teaching Languages to Young Learners; Cambridge UP, 2001
Gibbons, Pauline: Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning; Heineman 2002
Gregersen, Annette S.: The Intercultural Speaker – Hvem er det?; Sproglæreren 1, 2001
Gregersen et al.: Sprogfag I forandring – Pædagogik og praksis, 2009
Jensen, Iben: Kulturforståelse; Center for Tværkulturelt Boligarbejde 2000
Jensen, Iben: Grundbog I kulturforståelse; Center for Tværkulturelt Boligarbejde 2000
Jensen, Iben & Løngreen, Hanne: Når mennesker mødes, Kultur og kommunikation; Samfundslitteratur 1995, 1. udg
Klocker, Lisa & Muller, Sanne (red.): Globale Dimensioner I, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke Uland, 1999:
Jensen, Iben: Interkulturel undervisning
Rohde, Lilian: Lærerroller I global undervisning
Toft, Karen: Undervisning I forskellighed
Lightbown & Spada: How languages are Learned,
Online References
Kreativitetsfremmende læringsmiljøer I skolen, Dafolo ?
National Curriculum for English (Fælles mål 2009)
Risager, Karen: Kulturtilegnelse og kulturundervisning, Sproglæreren 4, 2001
Risager, Karen: Lærerens interkulturelle kompetence; Sprogforum 6, 2000
Tangaard, Lene. & Brinkmann, S.: Kreativitetsfremmende læringsmiljøer I skolen, Fredrikshavn, Dafolo 2009
