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Im Rahmen des Erasmus+ Projekts "CultureShake" entstand das Buch „Austausch im Mix der Kulturen: Handreichungen für mehrsprachige und transkulturelle Schüleraustausche“. Die Adressaten sind Lehrkräfe, die einen Schüleraustausch mit Fokus auf Kultur und sprachsensiblen Lernzielen für Gruppen mit unterschiedlichen Muttersprachen vorbereiten. Die in den Handreichungen beschriebenen Aufgaben können direkt in einem mehrsprachigen und transkulturellen Schüleraustausch eingesetzt werden. Wie können Schülerinnen und Schüler mit Migrationshintergrund, mit einer Kultur und Muttersprache, welche nicht der Nationalkultur und Amtssprache entsprechen, in einem Schüleraustausch integriert und nicht ausgeschlossen werden?
Amidst the current situation in Europe the discussion of education and development of refugee children is more important than ever. As a result the increasing diversity and multilingualism must be considered in this discussion. In connection with the Ersamus+ project CultureShake the aim of this research paper is to show the normality of cultural hybridisation. In terms of language didactics and language psychology the concept focuses on opposing the feeling of foreignness by supporting language reflection and language awareness. Lanuage portraits are used as a tool to make children aware of their linguistic repertoire and to recognise this as a resource. This paper adapts this existing concept to refugee children with a low level of the, for them foreign, language German.
Plurilingual Approaches to Spatial Education – Perspectives of Primary Schools in the German Context
(2016)
‘Plurilingual Approaches to Spatial Education – Perspectives of Primary Schools in the German Context’ is a theory-based didactic study which centers on the role of migratory languages in primary geography education. Hereby, theories of space, concept development, and plurilingualism are discussed while migratory languages are recognized and actively applied in the content-based teaching of primary geography classes. A language-sensitive approach to plurilingual concept development processes is fostered in spatial education.
The paper can be divided into three parts: Firstly, established theories on space, language, and plurilingualism are constituted. Highlighting possible interlinkages, a symbiosis of the different fields is developed for the educational context. Secondly, a didactical model is derived in order to be able to apply theory guided discussions to daily educational practices. Thereby, the approach of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is incorporated into the model. Subsequently, the newly generated didactic model is intensively discussed in all its complexity. In relationship to the model, an exemplary CLIL learning sequence is developed. Thirdly, this best-practice learning sequence is implemented in the field of primary school education in Germany. This process is accompanied by scientific research in order to gain insights into the concept development processes of eight-year-old learners. Here, development is understood as emergence rather then progression. Significant concept development processes as well as the core concept are retrieved through the application of the Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM). The paper closes with a critical discussion on the relevance of meaning-making processes in plurilingual spatial education and their prospects in the realm of geography didactics.
Key words: Space, Plurilingualism, Concept Development, CLIL, Grounded Theory Methodology, Plurilingual Spatial Education
