Part of the course for teachers "MÁLÖRVUN BARNA Í FJÖLBREYTTUM HÓP á leikskóla- og grunnskólastigi" organized by Móðurmál on september 2014.

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PLURILINGUAL AND
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
María Sastre

2. Centre functions as a catalyst for reform in the teaching
and learning of languages.
http://www.ecml.at/
The ECML is a Council of
Europe institution based in
Graz, Austria.
INVOLVING PARENTS IN PLURILINGUAL
AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
EEuurrooppeeaann CCoouunncciill ooff MMooddeerrnn
LLaanngguuaaggeess -- EECCMMLL

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
http://carap.ecml.at
Publications for implementing
pluralistic approaches in
classrooms in order to develop
the plurilingual and intercultural
competences of learners of all
subjects.

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
http://carap.ecml.at
To whom are these publications?
- Teachers of all subjects with an interest in plurilingual
and intercultural education
- Teacher trainers
- Decision-makers, curriculum/programme designers
- Textbook writers

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
http://carap.ecml.at
The publications present a list of descriptors (knowledge, attitudes
and skils), considered necessary within the perspective of a
plurilingual and intercultural education, that are available online:
(http://carap.ecml.at/Components/3Tablesofdescriptors/tabid/2663/language/en-GB/Default.aspx),
It provides teaching materials for putting the development of these
resources into practice.

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
http://parents.ecml.at/en-us
Workshop 3/2014
28-30 April 2014
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Stéphanie Clerc, France
Co-animators: Anna Maria Curci, Italy; Brigitte Gerber,
Switzerland; Xavier Pascual Calvo, Spain
Objective:
To develop an active network to disseminate educational practices to involve
families in the development of plurilingual and intercultural education.

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
http://parents.ecml.at/en-us
Participants:
- heads of parents’ associations;
- heads of cultural or language associations;
- heads of teachers’ associations;
- representatives of teachers’ trade unions;
- teacher trainers;
- educational policy makers;
- school inspectors;
- educators also involved with extra curricular/out of school activities .

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
IINNCCLLUUSSIIVVEE AAPPPPRROOAACCHHEESS
Story bags
Parents read a book to their children, find the
keywords and fill a bag with physical objects related
to the story so the chidren can later tell the story.
The parents prepare the material with the children
and meet at the kindergarden with all other parents.
Story factors
Pupil transport material in an envelop to tell their parents a story at home. The parents
are the public.

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IINNCCLLUUSSIIVVEE AAPPPPRROOAACCHHEESS
The story tree
The teacher make a tree with the front page of the books that parents have read to
their children. Parents are invited to come and read the stories in their
moterlanguage to all the children.
Plurilingual interactive theater
Theater were the parents participate acting on their own language.
Collecting activity
Collect songs, setences or stories around one thema form different countries.

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
IINNCCLLUUSSIIVVEE AAPPPPRROOAACCHHEESS
Image Book
Pictures of objects are taken and a book make with them. The parents will write the
name of the photographied items in the book in their own language.
The traveling masquote
The masquote is a small animal that the child that is
travelling take with him/her. The masquote send letters to
the classmates in the language of the visited country.
Parents presentations
Parents visit the school/kinder and present their language and culture to the pupils.
The teachers prepare the parents for the presentation.

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IINNCCLLUUSSIIVVEE AAPPPPRROOAACCHHEESS
OBSTACLES FOR THIS APPROACH:
 In the school it is said that they will only use one language.
 Lack of knowledge on the profits of plurilingualism and our work.
 No translations because it costs a lot of work.
 Don´t know how to proceed with this approach.
 Tension between different comunities.
 Parents don´t speak the language.
AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

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IINNCCLLUUSSIIVVEE AAPPPPRROOAACCHHEESS
 OBSTACLES FOR THIS APPROACH:
 Teachers don´t want to involve parents, the curriculum is long enough
 Teachers doubt about the ability of parents to teach.
TEACHERS DON´T WANT THE CHILDREN TO SPEAK ARABIC AT
SCHOOL ....... BUT ENGLISH IS OK

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
HIGHLIGHTS OOFF TTHHEE BBRRAAIINNSSTTOORRMM::
““HHooww ttoo iinnvvoollvvee ppaarreennttss iinn pplluurriilliinngguuaall aanndd
iinntteerrccuullttuurraall eedduuccaattiioonn””
Teachers are the key for:
 comunicating with the parents.
 advertising the benefits of
plurilingual chidren.
 trusting that parents can also teach
at the school.
Teacher training

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HIGHLIGHTS OOFF TTHHEE BBRRAAIINNSSTTOORRMM::
““IImmpprroovviinngg pplluurriilliinngguuaall aanndd iinntteerrccuullttuurraall
Organizing activities such as:
 “Café plurilingual”
Multicultural activities where language is not
main focus (dance, cooking, ...)
 International day of the school
 .....
eedduuccaattiioonn””

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SSoommee pprroojjeeccttss pprreesseenntteedd
Deirdre – Ireland “We are writers”:
 Create and publish a book where the children
are the wirters, they write in their mothertongue (
http://writers.scholastic.co.uk/)
Barbara Noel Day – Denmark “Funds of knowledge for
teaching”:
 Teachers visit the families at home searching for
cultural resources.

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AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
Where to find mmoorree iinnffoo aanndd mmoorree pprroojjeeccttss
Main website of the european council of modern
languages:
Www.ecml.at
Website for the FREPA (CARAP) project:
http://carap.ecml.at/
Website for the CARAP for Parents project:
http://carap.ecml.at/Forparents/Abstract/tabid/2981/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

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