tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5988350683382077886.post611027550262794411..comments2024-03-03T18:42:45.305+00:00Comments on My Languages: New Secondary Curriculum for Languages: Challenges and OpportunitiesIsabelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981793519693793815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5988350683382077886.post-78363656290942500372009-12-13T17:09:29.375+00:002009-12-13T17:09:29.375+00:00Thanks for your comment, Victor. I totally agree ...Thanks for your comment, Victor. I totally agree with you about the importance of "interculturality". Our new curriculum for languages now gives what we call "Intercultural Understanding" (IU)a very prominent place, but as usual the opportunity comes with a challenge: ensuring that "cultural" discussions in English do not take over the whole of the language-learning agenda. It can be done...Isabelle Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981793519693793815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5988350683382077886.post-62934210606042178242009-12-13T03:07:35.850+00:002009-12-13T03:07:35.850+00:00Interculturality is one of the key notions in lang...Interculturality is one of the key notions in language teaching, related to communication, the "dialogue with the other". Students must be aware of diversity in society and how social groups, including nations, create, use and manage cultures. Bernaus et al.(2008) propose "Schools should be capable of providing local and global perspectives on the language curriculum, offering communication opportunities with peoples and cultures from far away as well as nearby, and of promoting the ability to speak languages with different statuses and functions."Victor Hugo Rojas B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09622238679535668928noreply@blogger.com