Multicultural awareness means knowing about other cultures. In EFL, it is quite natural to help students develop it, and the current curriculum asks us to do so. Knowing about other cultures also helps students to value their own,
Pedagogically speaking, multiculatural awareness relates to a communicative approach and to project work. . Thanks to ICT teachers and students can now work on common tasks, and share with other schools using English as a communication language. Then, we call them collaborative projects. They make school more [[#|fun]], and make classroom activities meaningful. The challenge teachers have, when doing these projects, is how they can make sure they do not disregard a systematic approach to vocabulary and grammar that takes accuracy into account. Sometimes, it is not necessary that a project addresses this issues, but the whole year planning certainly must include them. There is also the issue of integrating these projects into an assessment framework. If students do not get a mark for them, there is the chance they will not take the work seriously.
How can teachers integrate collaborative project in their assessment programmes?
In the next form, you should provide answers about at least two of the following collaborative projects:
Example 1: Like a bird (primary and secondary)
Multicultural awareness means knowing about other cultures. In EFL, it is quite natural to help students develop it, and the current curriculum asks us to do so. Knowing about other cultures also helps students to value their own,
Pedagogically speaking, multiculatural awareness relates to a communicative approach and to project work. . Thanks to ICT teachers and students can now work on common tasks, and share with other schools using English as a communication language. Then, we call them collaborative projects. They make school more [[#|fun]], and make classroom activities meaningful. The challenge teachers have, when doing these projects, is how they can make sure they do not disregard a systematic approach to vocabulary and grammar that takes accuracy into account. Sometimes, it is not necessary that a project addresses this issues, but the whole year planning certainly must include them. There is also the issue of integrating these projects into an assessment framework. If students do not get a mark for them, there is the chance they will not take the work seriously.
How can teachers integrate collaborative project in their assessment programmes?
In the next form, you should provide answers about at least two of the following collaborative projects: