At the end of the course, the students will be able
- to analyze the linguistic and cultural situation of young people stemming from immigration and to understand the most current errors of these pupils in connection to their langue/culture of origin ;
- to make arrangements for possible transfers of implements of French as foreign or second language (FLES) and as teaching language ;
- to work out didactic plans for teaching in a multicultural context.
Main themes
The following topics will be approached :
-impact of linguistic and cultural factors on the school success ;
- linguistic and cultural specificities of pupils stemming from immigration, related with the training of oral and written French and more generally with French as schooling language ;
- treatment of linguistic and cultural diversity on the various levels of the school institution.
Content and teaching methods
During the course, it will be presented, in a critical way and for the personal development of didactic plans for teaching :
-results of various researches relating to linguistic and cultural specificities of pupils stemming of immigration ;
- devices worked out in order to take into account linguistic and cultural diversity in teaching ;
- the institutional measures taken in the French Community.
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