ALC
  Across Languages and Cultures

  Establishing a framework of competences to support plurilingual and
  pluricultural approaches

 

 

   


Documents

    The FREPA (Framework of reference for pluralistic approaches), the result of the ALC project is available in 4 different languages

  • For the English and French versions please click on the "Results" page of this site
  • For the German and Spanish versions please see the website of the new project CARAP

Workshop report pdf

PowerPoint presentations used during the dissemination workshop
(Graz, 28-30 June 2007)

- The CARAP, need and origin  :

- The CARAP - Presentation :

- Presentation of the various plurialistic approaches :


Documents for the participants of the dissemination workshop
(Graz, June 28th -30th 2007)


- Pluralistic approaches : overview
  • pdf Candelier, M. (2003). The Political Context: a set of principles and aims.= chapter 2 of : Frank Heyworth (ed.), Challenges and Opportunities in Language Education - The Contribution of the European Centre for Modern Languages - 2000 - 2003.


  • - Integrated teaching of languages

  • pdf James, Carl (1996). A Cross-Linguistic Approach to Language Awareness. Language Awareness, Vol. 5 3 & 4, 138-147. (See mainly pp. 142-147). (Kindly allowed by Multilingual Matters)


  • pdf Extract from Cavalli, M. 2005, Education bilingue et plurilinguisme. Le cas du Val d'Aoste, Paris, Didier-CREDIF, coll. LAL (only available in French).


  • pdf Quelques expériences de didactique intégrée: Extract from Castellotti, V. 2001. La langue maternelle en classe de langue étrangère, Paris, CLE international. (Only available in French)


  • pdf Hufeisen, B. and Neuner, G.: 2004, The plurilingualism Project: Tertiary Language Learning - German after English. Pages 5-34.


  • - Intercultural approaches

  • pdf Byram, Michael (ed.) - Gribkova, Bella & Starkey, Hugh (2002). Developing the Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching - A practical introduction for teachers.


  • pdf Grima-Camilleri, Antoinette (2002). HOW STRANGE! The use of anecdotes in the development of intercultural competence.


  • - Awakening to languages (Language Awareness)

  • pdf Candelier, Michel (ed.) (2003). Janua Linguarum - The Gateway to languages. The introduction of language awareness into the curriculum: Awakening to languages. Chapter I, A & B (17-37).


  • pdf Candelier, M. (2005). L'éveil aux langues : une innovation au service du plurilinguisme. (Only available in French)


  • pdf Teaching activities: Elodil website (only available in French).


  • pdf Teaching activities: Nantes academic website - La famille Totem (only available in French).


  • pdf Teaching material - Adapted from: Spela Peklaj, Soca Fidler (Ljubljana) : Tiny spider - A story in more languages.

      pdf Solutions

  • pdf Teaching material - The language investigator.


  • - Inter-comprehension between related languages

  • pdf Peter Doyé (2005) Intercomprehension.


  • pdf EuroCom-Research.


  • pdf Franz-Joseph Meißner (2004). Modelling plurilingual processing and language growth between intercomprehensive languages.


  • pdf Franz-Joseph Meißner (2003). Esquisse d'une didactique de l'eurocompréhension (only available in French).


  • pdf Teaching materials: EuroComOnline.


  • pdf Teaching materials: Site Galanet (only available in French).


  • pdf Teaching materials: Itinéraires romans (only available in French).


  • pdf Programme of the dissemination workshop (Graz, June 28th-30th 2007)

    Questionnaires

  • pdf Mini-survey

  • Bibliography and links

    Pluralistic approaches:

    - General aspects

      Castellotti, Véronique (2006) : Une conception plurielle et intégrée de l'enseignement des langues, principes, modalités, perspectives. In Macaire, Dominique (Hg.) Cahiers de l'ACEDLE n° 2, Actes du colloque ACEDLE 2005 « Recherches en didactique des langues », [http://acedle.u-strasbg.fr].

      Herdina, Ph. et Jessner, U. (2002), A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism - Perspectives of Change in Psycholinguistics, Clevedon, Multilingual matters.

      Morkötter, Steffi (2005): Language Awareness und Mehrsprachigkeit. Eine Studie zu Sprachbewusstheit und Mehrsprachigkeit aus der Sicht von Fremdsprachenlernern und Fremdsprachenlehrern. (KFU). Frankfurt a.M:: Peter Lang.

      Moore, D. (2006). Plurilinguismes et école. Paris : Didier.

      Moore, D. & Castellotti, V. (dir.) (2007). La compétence plurilingue : regards francophones, Berne/Fribourg, Peter Lang, collection « Transversales ».


    - Integrated teaching of languages pdf

    - Intercultural approaches

      Byram, M.(ed.): 2003, Intercultural competence, Council of Europe; Strasbourg.

      Camilleri Grima (2002) How Strange ! The use of anecdotes in the development of intercultural competence. Strasbourg: European Centre for Modern Languages/Council of Europe.

      Cushner, K. and Brislin, R.W. (1996) Intercultural Interactions. A Practical Guide. LondonS Sage.

      Perregaux C. (1994) ODYSSEA Accueils et approches interculturelles, COROME.

      Zaarate G, Gohard-Radenkovic, A., Lussier, D. and Penz, H. (2003) Médiation culturelle et didactique des langues. Strasbourg : Centre Européen pour les Langues Vivantes / Conseil de l'Europe.


    - Awakening to languages (Language Awareness) pdf

    - Inter-comprehension between related languages pdf

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