Webpages tagged with «Intercultural competence» - Page 3
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Themes: Fairy tales, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This folktale from Bengal contributes to giving insight into traditions and cultural expressions in other countries.
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Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Seasons
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This amusing Christmas story gives insight into culture and traditions and helps students develop their intercultural competence.
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Themes: Amusement, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This funny twist of the fairy tale Goldilocks can contribute to students’ reading pleasure and develop their awareness of fairy tales as international literature. In addition, this book can be used as a model text to support students in their writing of stories.
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Themes: Fairy tales, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This universal fairy tale about Cinderella gives insight into traditions and cultural forms of traditional tales, and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
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Themes: Factual text, Family, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work, Refugees, War and peace
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This diary of a refugee contributes to developing the understanding of refugees’ background and provide new perspectives on other peoples’ way of life. It can also help refugees to share their experiences with others. Furthermore, it can serve as a model text for writing a diary.
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Themes: Amusement, Fairy Tales, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This humorous twist of fairy tales including elements from many classic fairy tales contributes to students’ reading pleasure and develop their awareness of fairy tales as international literature. In addition, this book can be used as a model text to support students in their writing of stories.
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Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Indigenous people, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book provides insight into ways of living, ways of thinking and traditions of indigenous people and, hence, contributes to building students’ intercultural competence. Furthermore, it helps students develop their understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
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Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Feelings, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book from Archbishop Desmond Tutu will contribute to helping students talk about feelings of anger and to gain a better understanding of what forgiveness is. In addition, the book is both universal and gives knowledge about South Africa and, hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
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Themes: Amusement, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This amusing modern fairy tale can motivate students for reading stories and contribute to reading pleasure and language acquisition.
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Themes: Intercultural competence, Seasons
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book telling the Christmas gospel gives insight into culture and traditions and helps students develop their intercultural competence.
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Themes: Environment, Intercultural competence, Language work, Music
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book lets children explores the concept of language and it can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement.
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Themes: Acceptance, Intercultural competence, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
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Themes: Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and form the basis for being able to express their feelings, thoughts, experiences and opinions and can provide new perspectives.
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Themes: Family, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: By reflecting on, interpreting and critically assessing different types of texts in English, the pupils shall acquire language and knowledge of culture and society.
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Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give insight into different experiences, societies and cultures by communicating with others around the world. This can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
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Themes: Friendship, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence,
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book gives insight into a difficult life situation. The book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
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Themes: Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book opens up for intercultural awareness as well as developing the ability to read read and understand the meaning of familiar and unfamiliar words.
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Themes: Fairy tales, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: By reflecting on, interpreting and critically assessing different types of texts in English, the pupils shall acquire language and knowledge of culture and society.
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Themes: Fairy tales, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages young children to learn words and phrases and acquire cultural knowledge.
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Themes: Acceptance, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Friendship, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give pupils the foundation for seeing their own identity and others’ identities in a multilingual and multicultural context.