Intercultural Understanding

What do you understand by the term Intercultural Understanding?

Intercultural Understanding  Breakdown stereotypes and barriers  Promote understanding – contact with real people  Promote tolerance  Promote appreciation  Celebrate languages and the associated cultures.

Year 3  IU 3.2 Locate country/countries where the language is spoken  Identify some of the countries where the language is spoken, drawing on the knowledge of class members as appropriate  Know some facts about one country, e.g. climate, main towns, famous landmarks, produce  Travel Traders Game

1. How many francophone countries are there in the world (countries where it is an official language)? A: 15 B. 23 C. 30 D.34

1. How many francophone countries are there in the world (countries where it is an official language)? A: 15 B. 23 C. 30 D.34

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Year 3  IU 3.4 Make indirect or direct contact with the country/countries where the language is spoken  Have contact with a native speaker, including peers where appropriate  View a video or media resource about the country  Send an , letter or postcard to a partner school

Footballers  Thierry Henry  Patrick Vieira  Zinedine Zidane  Claude Makelele  Lilian Thuram – Jose Antonio Reyes – Julio Baptista

Year 4  IU 4.1 Learn about festivals and celebrations in different cultures  Learn how children of different cultures celebrate special days  Identify similarities and differences  Learn simple phrases to celebrate festivals, drawing on the experience of fellow pupils where possible

Ideas  Tomar un mate  Fondue  Tapas  Omlette  Les crêpes – link with ‘Pâques’.

IU 4.2 Know about some aspects of everyday life and compare them to their own  Compare pastimes of children of different cultures and countries  Exchange information with a partner school, e.g. sports, hobbies  French Family fortunes

Year 4  IU 4.3 Compare traditional stories  Compare characteristics of simple stories between cultures  Look at the writing system of the language

Comparing Traditional tales  The Grimm Brothers' - English and German –  French Traditional tales – – –

Year 5  IU 5.1 Compare symbols, objects or products which represent their own culture with those of another country  Learn about symbols representing their own country, culture and community  Learn about symbols and products from another country and culture

The shoe box  Create two shoeboxes:  one which you feel represents your culture  Another which represents the culture of the partner school  Send it to your partner school  Get them to do the same  A discussion will arise that confronts the stereotypes

Qu’est-ce que tu penses?…  IU 6.3 Present information about an aspect of culture  Perform songs, plays, dances  Use ICT to present information having a greater sense of audience  La musique  Momes.net

 IU 6.3 Present information about an aspect of culture  Perform songs, plays, dances, art  Use ICT to present information having a greater sense of audience  La musique  Momes.net

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What is your favourite food?

1 Fromage Galettes Bretonnes Bread and cheese Meat and vegetables Roti de boeuf et pommes de terre sautees Le civet de Lapin Question 2: What is your favourite food? Tarte aux pommes Chicken and chips, Moules frites 1 1

Which is your favourite city in France?

2 2 3 =1=1 3 3 Paris Lyon Honfleur St Cyr I'Ecole Bordeux Metz Which is your favourite city in France

Who do you think is the most important/ influential French person in the world (living or dead)?

Charles de Gaulle Marie Curie Louis XIV Mitterand Pasteur Chepo, Sarkozy, Sartre Who do you think is the most important/ influential French person in the world (living or dead)?

Who is the most famous French person alive today?

Sarkoz y Gerard Depardieu Michel Houellebecq Who is the most famous French person alive today?

Michel Houellebecq

What do you/ would you miss most about France?

Slower pace of life Boulangerie s Everythin g What do you miss most about France? Speaking French Sea, bread, good coffee, a president, cheese, centre culturel Sun (I try to imagine...)

What five things do you most closely associate with England?

Pub Queen English People (Sense of humour) Fish and chips Rai n Tea and biscuits What five things do you most closely associate with England? Politeness and queuing, cooked breakfast, shops open on Sundays, London, Curry takeaway, Christmas pudding, kindness, flashy colours, relaxed lifestyle, English language, family, Prince Charles, school uniform, cocktail sausages, red phone box, thatched cottages, pop music, Fish and chips, money, punk, eccentric, Mr. Bean, double decker buses, black taxis, porridge, Flowers on carpets!