Webpages tagged with «Intercultural competence»

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Published June 9, 2024 2:37 PM

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. 

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Published June 30, 2023 3:57 PM

Themes: Family, Intercultural competence, Language work 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book portraits life and culture in a small Mexican village and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. It is also a book about family relations, solidarity, and sacrifice. The language is sprinkled with Spanish words throughout the book. 

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Published June 30, 2023 3:49 PM

Themes: Animals, Factual text, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book provides knowledge about Cyprus and, hence, contributes to developing students’ understanding of other peoples’ ways of living.  

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 9:24 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Environment 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide knowledge of and an exploratory approach to lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions that open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves.

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 9:20 AM

Themes: Health and life skills, Intercultural competence, Acceptance, Diversity, Feelings 

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.

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 9:17 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Feminism 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.  

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 9:13 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Feminism 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 9:03 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Cross-curricular 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: Reading in English means understanding and reflecting on the content of various types of texts in order to develop reading pleasure and language acquisition. 

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 8:43 AM

Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Fairy tale 

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. 

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 8:37 AM

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.

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Published Sep. 16, 2022 8:31 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship, Cross-curricular 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book shows that concept of text is used in a broad sense. 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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Published Sep. 16, 2022 8:25 AM

Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Diversity, Feelings, Identity 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.  

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Published Sep. 15, 2022 9:07 PM

Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Fairy tale 

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. 

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Published Sep. 15, 2022 8:37 AM

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. 

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Published Sep. 14, 2022 11:09 PM

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. 

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Published June 9, 2022 8:39 AM

Themes: Amusement, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This Scottish legend gives insight into traditions and cultural forms of traditional tales, and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. 

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Published June 8, 2022 9:40 PM

Themes: Cross-curricular, Environment, Indigenous people, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book gives insight into environmental issues connected to the rain forest and encourages interdisciplinary work. Furthermore, it can be used as inspiration for exploring and reflecting on the situation of indigenous people. 

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Published June 2, 2022 8:39 AM

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.  

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Published June 2, 2022 8:35 AM

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.   

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Published May 23, 2022 9:32 AM

Themes: Diversity, Factual text, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages students to talk about diversity and can provide new perspectives on the pupils’ own way of life and that of others. Hence, this book can contribute to developing the students’ intercultural competence.