4 Label the mind-map below using the words from the box. Write the correct letter, a-j, in spaces 1-10.

A plurilingual

competence

B Council of

Europe

C multilingualism

D the aim of

language education

E education

F ELP

G communicative

competence

H plurilingualism

I linguistic repertory

J CEF

5 Highlight the key concepts of the issue of plurilingualism in the text above and be ready to explain them.

Concept	Definition/Context/Examples

e.g. plurilingual approach, cultural context, mental compartments, interlocutor, switch from one language or dialect to another, perspective, to achieve mastery, the ultimate model, linguistic abilities, a paradigm shift.

6 Scan the text and give the suitable words and phrases to match the following definitions.

1. to reach a particular condition, level, etc.

2. to formally invite or ask somebody to speak

3. a way in which something or somebody appears, often in a way that is different from usual

4. to become greater, increase

5. to use something well in order to gain as much from it as possible

6. all the things that a person is able to do

7. including or considering everything

8. detailed information that you get by studying something

7 Decide if the statements are True or False:

1. The notion of plurilingualism implies the meaning of multilingualism.

2. The plurilingual approach means that the individual person’s knowledge of languages and cultures is kept in separated mental compartments, which provides diversity.

3. Nowadays the aim of the language education is to achieve ‘mastery’ of several languages, with the ‘ideal native speaker’ as the model.

4. 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.

5. Common European Framework only provides a scaling of overall language proficiency in a given language.

COMMUNICATION

A Round-table discussion

‘Modern trends of the language policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan’

1 Accumulate information on the following issues.

1. What do you know about modern trends of the language policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan?

2. What reasons and factors cause plurilingualism?

3. How does plurilingualism influence the Foreign Language education policy?

4. What are the advantages of plurilingualism (for a country) and developing a plurilingual competence (for a person)?

2 Conduct a round-table discussion on the topics under consideration.

POSTER PRESENTATION

1 Create a poster, outlining the main trends of the language education policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2 Perform your poster in a class.

AN ANALYTICAL OVERVEIW

1 Read the passage, take notes on the main points of the reading passage.

e.g. Topic of the reading passage:

main points about the topic:

‘Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, will say that subjects such as French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin or Greek will be made a compulsory part of the primary school timetable for the first time. Ministers hope the move will make pupils better-equipped to compete in a global economy while reversing the “damaging collapse” in GCSE language take-up. Currently about one in ten state primary schools offers no language lessons at all and a further 20 per cent only offer it to some year groups, according to the most recent official figures. The move to make languages a requirement from age seven will form part of a new primary National Curriculum, taking effect in 2014. It will be popular with middle-class parents who complain that state schools lag behind independent prep schools in providing good-quality language teaching’.

[61] By J. Henry, Education Correspondent, 2012