2 Decide if the statements are True or False:
The notion of plurilingualism implies the meaning of multilingualism.
The plurilingual approach means that the individual person’s knowledge of languages and cultures is kept in separated mental compartments, which provides diversity.
Nowadays the aim of the language education is to achieve ‘mastery’ of several languages, with the ‘ideal native speaker’ as the model.
The European Language Portfolio is seen as one of the tools for use by all members of the language teaching profession in promotion of plurilingualism.
Common European Framework only provides a scaling of overall language proficiency in a given language.
3 Scan the text again and give the suitable words and phrases to match the following definitions.
to reach a particular condition, level, etc.
to formally invite or ask somebody to speak
a way in which something or somebody appears, often in a way that is different from usual
to become greater, increase
a person or an organization that tries to get agreement between people or groups who disagree with each other
to use something well in order to gain as much from it as possible
all the things that a person is able to do
to keep something or somebody inside the limits of particular activity
including or considering everything
detailed information that you get by studying something
4 Summarize the excerpt, then write your analytical comment (in 300-350 words), evaluating information provided.
A CASE STUDY
1 What do you think about such concepts as ‘communicative competence’, ‘plurilingual competence’, ‘Intercultural Communicative Competence’? Do they mean the same phenomenon?
2 Draw a scheme to illustrate their meaning.
3 Create your own model of the competences a foreign language teacher should develop.
A PROJECT
Plurilingualism/Multilingualism in Various Countries
1 INTRO: In a globalized world the knowledge of foreign languages and cultures becomes significant.
2 TASK: Choose the country (e.g. Switzerland, Kazakhstan, India, Asian countries, the USA, etc.) and analyse the situation in this country, regarding plurilingualism (e.g. reasons, impact on the society, consequences, prospect, etc.).
3 PROCESS: Study the resources, conduct the survey, synthesise the results of the study.
4 EVALUATION: Use the ‘Evaluation Rubrics’ to evaluate the results. 5 RESOURCES: Study the information about the principles of the polylingual personality development in the context of plurilingulism according to the cognitive lingua-cultural methodology of foreign languages education. 6 CONCLUSION: Present the results of your analysis and research in class (e.g. a brochure, a poster, a report, a video report, etc.).
COMMUNICATION Comment on the following quotation:
To what extent do you agree or disagree
with the opinion expressed?
Vocabulary
1 Read the excerpt from the article and note down the key words that best fit each space, there is an example at the beginning. Definition of Culture Learning
‘Intercultural language (0) learning has become an important focus of language education. It (1) ___________ resulted from “an (2) __________ and understanding of the links between language and culture as (3) __________ as an understanding of how communication works (4) __________ cultures” (Crozet & Liddicoat, 2000, p. 1). In IcLL, language, culture and learning are fundamentally (5) ___________into a single educative approach (Liddicoat et al., 2003). From this (6) __________, culture learning is defined as the process of (7) ___________ the culture-specific and culture-general knowledge, skills, attitudes (8) ____________for effective communication and interaction (9) ___________ individuals from other cultures. It is a dynamic, developmental, and ongoing process (10) __________ engages the learner cognitively, (11) __________, and affectively (Paige, Jorstad, Siaya, Klein, & Colby, 2003, p. 177).