Key Stage 2 Framework for languages

Learning objectives: Intercultural understanding - Year 6

IU 6.1 Compare attitudes towards aspects of everyday life   View this objective over 4 years >> Learning opportunities Recognise similarities and differences in attitudes amongst children in different cultures Learn about role models for children in different cultures   Knowledge about language Devise questions for authentic use   Language learning strategies Analyse what they need to know in order to carry out a task Use a dictionary to look up spellings   Teaching activities Talk about attitudes towards, e.g. school uniform, leisure activities, curriculum subjects, music. Design a questionnaire to carry out a survey amongst class. Find out about attitudes of children in partner schools. Compare data and notice similarities and differences. This work could be facilitated via email exchanges or video-conferencing. Talk about the phrase 'role model' and the importance of role models to children in the class. Compile a list of people who are seen to be role models and try to identify why they have been chosen, e.g. What jobs do role models generally do? Are they of help or benefit to our society? Are they rich or poor? Find out about role models from partner schools, native speakers, media and Internet and learn some of their names. Identify similarities and differences of role models from different cultures. Discuss the issue of globalization and international marketing. Cross-curricular links View all Year 6 Intercultural understanding cross-curricular links >> NC PSHE 2e: To reflect on spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues, using imagination to understand other people's experiences NC PSHE 4b: To think about the lives of people living in other places and times and people with different values and customs NC English KS2 Listening 3c: To qualify or justify what they think after listening to others' questions or accounts NC History 2b: About the social, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity of the societies studied, in Britain and the wider world NC Geography 3a: To identify and describe what places are like NC Geography 3d: To explain why places are like they are NC Geography 3f: To describe and explain how and why places are similar to and different from other places