Plurilingual and pluricultural education

foreign languages
obligatory courses

It is assumed that the student has achieved the learning outcomes of the classes in the winter semester

Classroom

Course's aim is to familiarize the students with the concept of plurilingual and intercultural education, also with documents related to these concepts. During this course, students will discuss about languages and cultures in Europe and other parts of the world. The course enhances development of already possessed plurilingual and pluricultural competences, helps to sensitize the students in the context of cultural and linguistic diversity and leads to acceptance of it. While studying materials that develop intercultural and plurilingual competence among pupils, future teachers acquire skills that may help them in organizing foreign language classes. Students will attain knowledge and skills connected with project-based learning by creating their own projects that will also be presented in front of the whole group.

Topic areas

1 Introduction to the classes in the summer semester. A summing up of the knowledge and competences gained in the winter semester

2 Language and language education policies of the Council of Europe and of the European Union

3 Educational tools for developing intercultural and plurilingual competencies. Autobiographies of intercultural encounters, the European Language Portfolio

4 Promoting linguistic and cultural diversity: the role of polyglots, writers and translators/interpreters

5 The most important institutions promoting multilingualism and multiculturalism in Poland. Programmes and educational projects promoting linguistic and cultural diversity

6 Selected issues related to cultural diversity in different cultures, in different regions of Poland and in different parts of the world

7 An intercultural project: interviews with foreigners living in Poland/Poles living abroad/ethnic and national minority representatives/users of sign languages/people with vision impairment

8 A summing-up and evaluation of the classes

Materials given below will be presented during classes. Student's task is to read, and therefore know the content of the materials presented during the course (in case of absence – reading them in the library or consulting with the lecturer, also by collecting information from proposed websites). It is required to read the articles presented in the bibliography and to look over suggested websites

„Autobiografia Spotkań Międzykulturowych” (wersja polska)

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/autobiography/Source/AIE_pl/AIE_autobiography_pl.pdf

Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters (AIE)

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/autobiography/default_en.asp

Kubin, K. (red), (2015)„(nie) Widzialne granice o tym co tym co dzieli i łączy w wielokulturowości”

wydawca: Fundacja na rzecz Różnorodności Społecznej (FRS)

Kubin, K. (red), (2015), (in)Visible Borders. On What Divides and Binds in Social Diversity, wydawca: Fundacja na rzecz Różnorodności Społecznej (FRS)

Olszewska A., Zawadzka, A., „Przespaceruj się w moich butach – o spotkaniach międzykulturowych” Instytut Spraw Publicznych, 2009

http://www.archiwum.isp.org.pl/publikacja/wyszukiwarka/379/znajdz

Europejskie Portfolia Językowe

Głowacka B. (2005): Czego Janek się nauczy … Przewodnik metodyczny dla nauczycieli do Europejskiego Portfolio Językowego dla uczniów od 10 do 15 lat, Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

Europejskie Portfolio Językowe dla dzieci od 6 do10 lat (2006), Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

Europejskie Portfolio Językowe dla uczniów od 10 do 15 lat (2004), Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

Europejskie Portfolio Językowe dla dorosłych (2005), Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

Europejskie Portfolio Językowe dla uczniów szkół ponadgimnazjalnych i studentów, (2005). CODN, Warszawa.

Moje pierwsze europejskie portfolio językowe, dla dzieci od 3 do 6 lat: (2007), CODN, Warszawa.

Pamuła M., Rzyska J., Dobkowska M., (2007), Moje pierwsze europejskie portfolio językowe, dla dzieci od 3 do 6 lat - Poradnik dla rodziców i nauczycieli Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

Newby D. (dir.), Europejskie portfolio dla studentów – przyszłych nauczycieli języków obcych, (2007), Wydawnictwo CODN, Warszawa.

http://www.ecml.at/mtp2/publications/C3_Epostl_E_internet.pdf (wersja angielska)

http://www.ecml.at/mtp2/publications/C3_Epostl_F_internet.pdf (wersja francuska)

http://archive.ecml.at/mtp2/publications/C3_EPOSTL_D_internet.pdf (wersja niemiecka)

Knowledge: the student knows and understands

S_W01 to an in-depth degree chosen facts, theories, institutions, processes and phenomena related to linguistic and cultural diversity and the language policy of the European Union, which have practical application in teaching foreign languages in kindergartens and at the first and second educational stages

S_W02 essential terminology from the field of plurilingual and pluricultural education

S_W03 the methods, norms, procedures and standards of practice in educational institutions which promote plurilingual and pluricultural education

S_W05 the social structures and institutions in society and their relationships to one another with a particular emphasis on the countries connected with the languages taught

S_W16 to a significant extent the process of interpersonal communication and social patterns in Polish

Skills: the student is able to

S_U01 search, analyse, evaluate, select and use information, using a variety of sources and methods in Polish and English and, optionally, in French or German

S_U15 speak and write in a precise and coherent way in Polish on topics related to plurilingual and pluricultural education, applying different theoretical approaches and using findings from disciplines related to the pluralistic approaches to language teaching and learning

S_U20 work in a team, performing various roles, is able to accept and assign tasks, possesses the elementary organisational skills necessary for achieving aims connected with designing and implementing professional educational activities

Social competences: the student is prepared to

S_K01 pursue lifelong learning and develop their own plurilingual competence as well as that of their learners

S_K05 interact and work in a group, performing various roles

The basis of getting a positive mark is:

- attendance during classes,

- preparation for the classes: information from the bibliography has to be ingested (booklets, brochures, articles and websites), giving presentations, records and materials from the classes ,

- activity during classes (participation in discussion)

- preparing presentations related to the subject matter,

- creating and presenting the final project

Assessment criteria

Tasks that will be assessed:

- preparation for the classes, activity during classes, records from the course – 40% of the final grade;

- midterm presentations and on-going controls – 60% of the final mark;

Assessment criteria related to the Educational Project:

- compatibility with the instructions;

- cultural perspective of the project and its accuracy;

- structure of the paper (logic, style, clarity, bibliography)

- individual opinion of every group member about the project and preparation process;

- the way of presenting the final effects.

The basis of getting a positive mark is:

- attendance during classes,

- preparation for the classes: information from the bibliography has to be ingested (booklets, brochures, articles and websites), giving presentations, records and materials from the classes ,

- activity during classes (participation in discussion)

- preparing presentations related to the subject matter,

Assessment criteria

Tasks that will be assessed:

- preparation for the classes, activity during classes, records from the course – 40% of the final grade;

- midterm presentations and on-going controls – 60% of the final mark;

Student's input:

- 15 hours of participation in the course

- 10 hours of individual preparation (essential to acquire expected results of learning throughout the course;

Given 1,5 ECTS points consist of:

- contact hours, active participation and attendance during classes = 1,0 ECTS points;

- preparation of the obligatory presentations and the final project = 0,5 ECTS point