Plurilingualism vs multilingualism in early years of schooling: The rise of a critical cultural awareness in primary school
Journal Article
Since early 80s the Council of Europe has taken a great approach to teaching
and learning of languages by encouraging plurilingual practices instead of
multilingual practices, being these understood as the coexistence of several
languages within a given society. In this context, we believe that once one learns
many languages, one values one's native language, allowing one to understand
it more clearly and to communicate with others on an equal footing and, more
importantly, one also learns about other cultures. This is an issue of great
importance in order to value and respect one's own and other cultures in the
context of European integration. Considering this, in this article, we present
two linked projects: a) the “PrimaLang” project, related teaching practices
multilingual promoting critical cultural awarenessl in the 1st cycle of Portuguese
Primary School System; b) the “Plurilingual” project, which refers to the design
of a coursebook which stimulates the development of a plurilingual competence
in the 1st cycle of Portuguese Primary School System. At the same time, we
analyze some materials made by students and teachers in the projects to better
understand their contribution under the InterNetwork Comenius Project
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Publicação
Ano da publicação: 2010
Identificadores
ISBN: 978-84-614-2326-2