1. Understanding Contemporary Contexts VU Teaching LOTE 2010 Andrew Ferguson afconsulting@bigpond.com

2. Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide www.tllg.unisa.edu.au The reality of globalisation has brought an increasing recognition that people in all spheres of life, and particularly in education, need to develop an intercultural capability, that is, being able to negotiate meanings across languages and cultures. It has also brought an increasing realisation that a capability in English only is insufficient, despite its status in the world, and that being a bilingual, or indeed multilingual, person has become the norm. Intercultural ‘capability’

3. Melbourne Declaration on Education Goals for Young Australians 2008 http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/melbourne_declaration,25979.html Goal 1: Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence Goal 2: All young Australians become: –Successful learners –Confident and creative individuals –Active and informed citizens Intercultural ‘capability’ in the broader educational context

4. Education for Global and Multicultural Citizenship – A Strategy for Victorian Government Schools 2009-13 This new strategy … affirms the importance of overcoming ignorance and challenging prejudice. It will enable schools to equip all VIC Government school students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to live and work in a culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse society where the local is global and the global, local. Intercultural ‘capability’ in the broader educational context

5. Education for Global and Multicultural Citizenship – A Strategy for Victorian Government Schools 2009-13 Students will: –demonstrate the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for active global and multicultural citizenship, including intercultural communication skills, ICT skills, proficiency in English and competency in LOTE; –recognise their membership of, and responsibilities within, both a local and a global society and economy; Intercultural ‘capability’ in the broader educational context

6. Education for Global and Multicultural Citizenship – A Strategy for Victorian Government Schools 2009-13 Students will: –investigate and explore the social, cultural, religious and linguistic similarities and differences that characterise communities within Australia and around the world; and –collaborate, network, negotiate and empathise with people from different cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds, locally and globally. www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/programs/multicultural/about.htm Intercultural ‘capability’ in the broader educational context

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