Webpages tagged with «Intercultural competence» - Page 4

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.  

Themes: Acceptance, Intercultural competence,War and peace 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can open for new ways to interpret the world and develop their ability to think critically and learn to deal with conflicts of opinion and respect disagreement. 

Themes: Language work, Intercultural Competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give pupils the foundation for the development of reading skills in English progresses from experimenting with phonemes and speech sounds, spelling patterns and syllables. The book can also develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent. 

Themes: Amusement, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This legend brings child culture into the English classroom by giving the background of this traditional and universal game. 

Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This amusing story set in Scotland provides young learners with knowledge about the tradition of playing bagpipes. 

Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Friendship, Identity, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a young Korean girl encourages talk about different ways of living and traditions in different societies and thus, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. 

Themes: Acceptance, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Racism,

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book deals with racism and intolerance as well as acceptance and living together despite of differences. This book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices. 

Themes: Acceptance, Friendship, Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work, Refugees 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and understand that sustainable development refers to protecting life on earth and providing for the needs of people who live here now without destroying the possibilities for future generations to fill their needs 

Themes: Factual text, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book helps students to gain experience of reading factual texts and to talk and write about the content. Furthermore, this Scottish tale gives students knowledge about Scottish history and, hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence.  

Themes: Acceptance, Friendship, 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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Themes: Cross-curricular, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Music 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This colourful and expressive picture book encourages students to explore different cultural forms of expression: in this case, jazz music. 

Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Health and Life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book motivates for talk about different ways of living, culture and traditions and thus, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. 

Themes: Family, Intercultural competence

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an inspiration to investigate ways of living and traditions in different societies in the English-speaking world and reflect on identity and cultural belonging.  

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Racism 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about Malala can inspire students to explore diversity and describe different ways of living and thinking and hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence. Furthermore, this book can be used to work with interdisciplinary topics.   

Themes: Intercultural competence, Seasons

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book tells the Christmas story in an amusing way and, hence, provides young learners with knowledge about culture.  

Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Factual text 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.