Key Stage 2 Framework for languages

Learning objectives: Intercultural understanding - Year 5

IU 5. Compare symbols, objects or products which represent their own culture with those of another country   View this objective over 4 years >> Learning opportunities Learn about symbols representing their own country, culture and community Learn about symbols and prodcuts from another country and culture   Knowledge about language Notice different text types   Language learning strategies Pronounce/read aloud unknown words Begin to use a dictionary to find the meanings of new words   Teaching activities List some things, which typify this country and its diversity , e.g. food, flags, dress, buildings, sport and make comparisons with another country. Drawing where appropriate on the expertise of class members, learn about the currency of another country and read aloud prices from menus and price lists. Handle the money. Ask how much something costs and understand prices spoken in the language. Send a shoebox with objects, e.g. coins, sweet wrappers, bus/train timetable, school badge, birthday card to partner school. Use internet to build comparisons. Discuss the dangers of stereotyping. Cross-curricular links View all Year 5 Intercultural understanding cross-curricular links >> NLS Year 4 T3 T2: Read stories from other cultures by focusing on e.g. differences in place, time, customs, relationships; to identify and discuss recurring themes where appropriate NNS YR Reasoning about numbers/shapes: Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns: for example, simple repeating or symmetrical patterns from different cultures NNSNNS Y5 Problem solving: Use all four operations to solve simple word problems involving numbers and quantities including making simple conversions of pounds to foreign currency NC Art and Design 4c: The roles and purposes of artists, craftspeople and designers working in different times and cultures NC Art and Design 5d: Investigate art, craft and design in the locality and in a variety of genres, styles and traditions NC PSHE 4e: Recognise and challenge stereotypes NC PSHE 4f: That differences and similarities between people arise from a different number of factors, including cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity, gender and disability NC History 2b: About the social, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity of the societies studied, in Britain and the wider world