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Balancing the amount of typical cultural themes in language learning materials dr. Wim de Boer 14.45, October 24, 2013 'It Aljemint'
Balancing the amount of typical cultural themes in language learning materials dr. Wim de Boer
14.45, October 24, 2013 'It Aljemint'
Some facts…
• 620,000 inhabitants: 94% understand, 74% speak, 65% read and 17% write
• 55% Frisian mother tongue
• Schools have curricular autonomy
• Frisian language part of curriculum
• Primary schools: one lesson per week
• 15-20% of schools use Frisian as medium of instruction in world studies & arts
• 67% of teachers are qualified to teach it
The Frisian language in education in the Netherlands
• Secondary schools offer the subject in the lower grades
• In higher grades possibility as a subject with exam in all types of s.e.
• Frisian as instruction language is permitted, but rare. Today: 3-language schools project…
Curriculum
oral language 1. The students develop a positive attitude towards the use of Frisian by themselves and others . 2. The students learn to acquire information from spoken Frisian language. Through texts, opinions or instruction on subjects familiar to them . 3. The pupils learn to process information in Frisian to express situations in their daily lives. written language 4. The students learn to acquire information from texts in Frisian in text types such as leaflets, brochures , articles , webites , lyrics. 5 . The students learn to write about everyday topics with the aim to be able to communicate with others about those subjects . Linguistics, including strategies 6. The students acquire a vocabulary of frequently used words and acquire strategies for understanding unfamiliar words .
cultural themes
Available learning materials?
Pre primary & lower primery education
primary education
Themes….
1. celebrations
2. language
3. nature
4. time
5. technology
6. arts
7. surroundings
8. sports
Frisian tv and magazine
Frisian language in other subjects
Geography, about: - Money - Sports - The potato - Eise Eisinga (Planetarium) - Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam)
Biology, about: • Fryslân, land of geeses • Mudflat • Eggs and chicks
Projects about artists…
- Jopie Huisman
- Dada
- Abe Bonnema
History of Fryslân (canon): • Assingment cards (quests) • Lessons • Projects
www.zwerfgoed.nl
heritage, cultural education through quests outside of school, in cooperation with museums…
Special education
Secondary education
• People and encounters
• Family and friends
• Communication
• Animals and nature
• Trends
• School
History subject:
• Translation of the most used textbook
• The history of Frylân…
Materials based on news and students’ interests
Programs of the broadcaster, soap and theater…
So….
Balancing the amount of typical cultural themes in language learning materials?
Tipical Frisian cultural
themes
Other themes (own
world of experience,
other themes)
The subject: learning to
listen, read, speak,
write.
Using the language as
instruction and working
language in other
subjects (sciences, arts)
Tipical Frisian cultural
themes
Other themes (own
world of experience,
other themes)
The subject: learning to
listen, read, speak,
write.
x x
Using the language as
instruction and working
language in other
subjects (sciences, arts)
x
x
Balancing the subject, society & student
Frisian language only as a subject…
Student
Society
Subject
Frisian language also as instruction language in other subjects…
Student
Society
Subject
Note: More Learning time
Responsibility for the school
Ideal?
Student
Society
Subject
Offer options and help selecting…
