CECV Language Leaders: Developing Intercultural Language Learning through Online Professional Networking

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CECV Language Leaders Developing Intercultural
Language Learning through Online Professional
Networking

• Project Manager Kylie Farmer
• Email PL_at_mltav.asn.au

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Network 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.

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http//languagenetworks.weebly.com/
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What is Intercultural Language Learning?

• http//youtu.be/-cUNUmFXGJE

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Getting 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

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Intercultural 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.

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Australian 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

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Activity 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

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Activity 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?

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Action Research Project Structure
REF https//www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/docs/pdf
/actreguide.pdf
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Model of Contemporary Learning
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PLANNING

• 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!

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ENACTING

• 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!)

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OBSERVING

• 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?

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REFLECTING

• 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?

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ACARA 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.

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ACARA 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

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ACARA 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