Reflections on citizenship in a multilingual world (RoP8)

Ed. Kim Brown & Margot Brown

The inclusion of Citizenship in the statutory curriculum offers many opportunities for language teachers to enrich their classes and provide motivating content for pupils. Reflections on citizenship in a multilingual world offers practical examples from both primary and secondary schools that will encourage language teachers to include aspects of citizenship education in their classes – exploring aspects of current good practice which can be built on, as well as new ideas.

Raising learners' awareness as citizens in a multilingual world will broaden the content of lessons and motivate learners through active involvement with the topics and the process of learning. A strong human rights thread runs through the book and contributions cover a broad range of issues – from new approaches to familiar topics such as tourism, to support for teachers who work with asylum seekers.

Contents

Introduction: Opening the debate on citizenship and modern foreign languages. Kim Brown and Margot Brown | Teaching languages for democratic citizenship in Europe and beyond. Michael Byram | Language teaching for cosmopolitan citizenship. Hugh Starkey and Audrey Osler | Spanish Voices: today's children, tomorrow's world - An internet project linking young Spanish-speakers around the world. Margaret Burr | International citizenship education: changing priorities, exchanging teachers. Ian Davies, Peter Cunningham, Mark Evans, Gunilla Fredriksson, Graham Pike, Hanns-Fred Rathenow, Alan Sears, Felicitas Tesch | Citizenship and community languages. Jim Anderson and Manju Chaudhuri | Citizenship and modern foreign languages in the primary school. Ann Gregory with Sally Hicks and Therese Comfort | Asylum seakers and refugees: issues for MFL teachers. Margot Brown

Explores the central role of MFL in Citizenship education and in preparing pupils for life in a culturally diverse society

2003 | 96pp | ISBN-13: 978-1-902031-70-5 | ISBN-10: 1-902031-70-9 | £10 | Order this title online

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