4. Plurilingualism and multicultural environment in school
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Keywords: plurilingualism, multilingualism, multiculturality, school, class
References: CERF 2011, Garcia – Wei 2014
Explain the terms plurilingualism and multilingualism according to the CEFR documentation.
Explain why the Czech school environment can be labeled both plurilingual and multilingual.
What are the ways students can be led to plurilingvism?
Why can we consider the environment in Czech schools multicultural? Which foriegn culture do you encounter the most at school?
What are the positive aspects of a multicultural environment in school? On the contrary, what are the negative aspects of it? Could a multicultural environment be used as a base for the development of plurilingualism? If yes, how?
What difficulties do foreign students or students from different cultural background face? In what ways do schools help such students?Make a one-year individual study plan for teaching a subject to a fictional student from abroad, who does not possess much ability in the Czech language.