The aim of this unit is to provide you with examples and ideas on how to familiarise your students with the topic of linguistic diversity and language policies as well as rights, especially with regards to minority languages. The focus of this unit is to raise your students’ awareness of linguistic diversity and how power and status can play a role in that. The aims of the activities in this unit are to broaden students’ understanding of language diversity and to encourage them to reflect on their own experiences regarding multilingualism. Students will also explore the situation of minority languages with regards to their protection and visibility. The exercises are designed to give students the possibility to examine questions from different points of view and to stimulate discussions.
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Learning Objectives
- Values n.2: raise students’ awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity
Values n.2
As a teacher, I value linguistic and cultural diversity. - Skills n.8: promote multilingualism, including regional, minority and migration languages
Skills n.8
As a teacher, I am able to promote multilingualism, including regional, minority, and migration languages. - Skills n.9: have students critically reflect on issues of power and status in languages and language use
Skills n.9
As a teacher, I am able to make students aware of issues of power and status in languages and language use. - Knowledge n.9: provide students with strategies to draw on their multiple languages in the classroom for social and for learning purposes
Knowledge n.9
As a teacher, I know strategies to encourage my students to draw on their multiple languages in the classroom for social and for learning purposes.
Learning Outcomes
- Values n.2: Be aware and appreciate linguistic and cultural diversity both in class and in society
Values n.2
As a teacher, I value linguistic and cultural diversity. - Skills n.8: Be acquainted with the basics of language rights and policies and the differences and similarities between regional, minority and migration languages
Skills n.8
As a teacher, I am able to promote multilingualism, including regional, minority, and migration languages. - Skills n.9: Detect linguistic power and status differences and critically reflect on that
Skills n.9
As a teacher, I am able to make students aware of issues of power and status in languages and language use. - Knowledge n.9: Draw on their multiple languages and apply concepts such as translanguaging in the classroom for social and for learning purposes
Knowledge n.9
As a teacher, I know strategies to encourage my students to draw on their multiple languages in the classroom for social and for learning purposes.
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Domain specific teaching materials
To allow teachers of all subjects to incorporate our materials into their teaching, we have adapted several activities to include exercises that are also suitable for subjects other than English, such as biology or geography. The following documents include domain specific activities for all five units of this project. Download the domain specific teaching materials as a Word or PDF document.