Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom
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Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
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Resumo: | The present research project focuses on investigating how students’ intercultural awareness can be developed in the primary English classroom through teacher-designed materials. As a consequence of globalisation, the world is ever more interconnected, and diversity is all around us. However, the topic of intercultural awareness has not been given proper attention in the primary English classroom in Portugal. Coursebooks tend to separate culture from language and resort to symbols and icons which only augment stereotypical ideas instead of attempting to show other realities and diversity. Learners should be given a deeper, varied and more realistic view of diversity between cultures and teacher-designed materials may be a useful resource to deepen learners’ intercultural awareness. I believe that the foreign language primary classroom is the ideal context to start laying the foundations for interculturally competent citizens and to raise inclusive and more tolerant human beings. This study took place in a 4th grade class in a primary school in Portugal. Three different topics were chosen to deepen students’ intercultural awareness using three different teacher-designed materials. To understand if students’ intercultural awareness was developed, questionnaires were administered before and after exposing students to the topics and materials. A teaching journal was also used to document students’ reactions throughout the project. The results show that teacher-designed materials can be effective to improve learners’ intercultural awareness as they became more knowledgeable, open, understanding, empathetic and curious. Learners also enjoyed the materials created by the teacher, and this proves that with the right motivation, the English classroom is an excellent place to open and augment students’ horizons. |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroomEnsino de Inglês1º CicloIntercultural awarenessMaterials developmentPrimary English classroomEnglish language teachingTeacher-designed materialsPrimary learnersConsciência interculturalDesenvolvimento de materiaisPrimeiro ciclo do ensino básicoEnsino de língua inglêsMateriais criados pelo professorAlunos de 1º ciclo do ensino básicoDomínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e LiteraturasDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da EducaçãoThe present research project focuses on investigating how students’ intercultural awareness can be developed in the primary English classroom through teacher-designed materials. As a consequence of globalisation, the world is ever more interconnected, and diversity is all around us. However, the topic of intercultural awareness has not been given proper attention in the primary English classroom in Portugal. Coursebooks tend to separate culture from language and resort to symbols and icons which only augment stereotypical ideas instead of attempting to show other realities and diversity. Learners should be given a deeper, varied and more realistic view of diversity between cultures and teacher-designed materials may be a useful resource to deepen learners’ intercultural awareness. I believe that the foreign language primary classroom is the ideal context to start laying the foundations for interculturally competent citizens and to raise inclusive and more tolerant human beings. This study took place in a 4th grade class in a primary school in Portugal. Three different topics were chosen to deepen students’ intercultural awareness using three different teacher-designed materials. To understand if students’ intercultural awareness was developed, questionnaires were administered before and after exposing students to the topics and materials. A teaching journal was also used to document students’ reactions throughout the project. The results show that teacher-designed materials can be effective to improve learners’ intercultural awareness as they became more knowledgeable, open, understanding, empathetic and curious. Learners also enjoyed the materials created by the teacher, and this proves that with the right motivation, the English classroom is an excellent place to open and augment students’ horizons.O presente projeto de investigação tem como objetivo averiguar de que modo a consciência intercultural dos alunos pode ser desenvolvida na sala de aula de Inglês do 1º ciclo através de materiais criados pelo professor. Como consequência da globalização, o mundo está cada vez mais ligado entre si e as diferenças podem ser encontradas em qualquer lugar. Porém, o tema da consciência intercultural não tem recebido a atenção devida na sala de aula de Inglês do 1º ciclo em Portugal. Os manuais escolares do 1º ciclo tendem a separar cultura da língua e recorrem a símbolos e ícones que apenas aumentam estereótipos em vez de mostrarem diversidade e outras realidades. Os professores devem proporcionar aos alunos uma visão mais profunda, variada e mais realista das diferenças entre culturas e os materiais criados pelo professor para este efeito podem ser um recurso útil para aprofundar a consciência intercultural dos alunos. Acredito que a sala de aula de Inglês no 1º ciclo é o contexto ideal para começar a plantar as raízes para criar cidadãos competentes interculturalmente e seres humanos inclusivos e mais tolerantes. Este estudo decorreu numa turma do 4º ano de uma escola primária privada em Portugal. Foram escolhidos três tópicos distintos para desenvolver a consciência intercultural dos alunos, utilizando três materiais diferentes criados pelo professor. Para perceber até que ponto a consciência intercultural dos alunos foi desenvolvida, foram administrados questionários antes e depois de expor os alunos aos tópicos e materiais. Foi utilizado também um diário para documentar as reações dos alunos ao longo do projeto. Os resultados mostram que os materiais elaborados pelo professor podem ser eficazes para melhorar a consciência intercultural dos alunos, uma vez que estes se tornaram mais conhecedores, abertos, compreensivos, empáticos e curiosos. Os alunos também demonstraram ter gostado dos materiais criados pelo professor, o que prova que, com a motivação certa, a sala de aula de inglês é um excelente lugar para abrir e aumentar os horizontes dos alunos.Leslie, CarolynMatos, AnaRUNSerrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta2021-09-02T11:04:34Z2021-06-302021-04-242021-06-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/123611TID:202759458enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:04:57Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/123611Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:45:06.842848Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom Serrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta Ensino de Inglês 1º Ciclo Intercultural awareness Materials development Primary English classroom English language teaching Teacher-designed materials Primary learners Consciência intercultural Desenvolvimento de materiais Primeiro ciclo do ensino básico Ensino de língua inglês Materiais criados pelo professor Alunos de 1º ciclo do ensino básico Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom |
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Serrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta |
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Serrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta |
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Leslie, Carolyn Matos, Ana RUN |
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Serrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta |
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Ensino de Inglês 1º Ciclo Intercultural awareness Materials development Primary English classroom English language teaching Teacher-designed materials Primary learners Consciência intercultural Desenvolvimento de materiais Primeiro ciclo do ensino básico Ensino de língua inglês Materiais criados pelo professor Alunos de 1º ciclo do ensino básico Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação |
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Ensino de Inglês 1º Ciclo Intercultural awareness Materials development Primary English classroom English language teaching Teacher-designed materials Primary learners Consciência intercultural Desenvolvimento de materiais Primeiro ciclo do ensino básico Ensino de língua inglês Materiais criados pelo professor Alunos de 1º ciclo do ensino básico Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação |
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The present research project focuses on investigating how students’ intercultural awareness can be developed in the primary English classroom through teacher-designed materials. As a consequence of globalisation, the world is ever more interconnected, and diversity is all around us. However, the topic of intercultural awareness has not been given proper attention in the primary English classroom in Portugal. Coursebooks tend to separate culture from language and resort to symbols and icons which only augment stereotypical ideas instead of attempting to show other realities and diversity. Learners should be given a deeper, varied and more realistic view of diversity between cultures and teacher-designed materials may be a useful resource to deepen learners’ intercultural awareness. I believe that the foreign language primary classroom is the ideal context to start laying the foundations for interculturally competent citizens and to raise inclusive and more tolerant human beings. This study took place in a 4th grade class in a primary school in Portugal. Three different topics were chosen to deepen students’ intercultural awareness using three different teacher-designed materials. To understand if students’ intercultural awareness was developed, questionnaires were administered before and after exposing students to the topics and materials. A teaching journal was also used to document students’ reactions throughout the project. The results show that teacher-designed materials can be effective to improve learners’ intercultural awareness as they became more knowledgeable, open, understanding, empathetic and curious. Learners also enjoyed the materials created by the teacher, and this proves that with the right motivation, the English classroom is an excellent place to open and augment students’ horizons. |
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