Report on intercultural language learning. Report to the Australian Government Department for Education Science and Training (DEST) (original) (raw)

Executive summary This report addresses the interrelationship of languages and cultures in the learning, teaching, assessment, and evaluation of languages in Australian schools. That language cannot be separated from its social and cultural contexts of use is a critical dimension of understanding language in use. In this report the importance of this understanding is recognised. At the same time, intercultural language learning is highlighted as a goal since ‘inter’-cultural implies engagement with, or back-and-forth movement across languages and cultures. Building on the findings of a national survey, an analysis of frameworks and syllabuses currently being used Australia-wide and a comprehensive literature review, we provide a framework for designing curriculum for intercultural language learning. The framework includes advice to teachers and school communities, inviting them to reflect on their own practices in teaching languages. The framework begins with a discussion of the con...

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