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Music connects, but so does language – here it’s English because the song is an English one but it could easily have been sung in all of the language groups of those filmed. Australia is not there in the video yet Australia holds all of these nationalities- so globalisation what does it mean for us here and what does it mean for us as educators of this and next generations. I will first provide various definitions of globalisation then look at education policy developments in Australia with emphasis on Asian literacy. I will then provide a primary school case study of LOTE curriculum and how this Vcitorian school interprets globalisation within the curriculum in its way of upskilling its students for this 21 st century revolution.
The LOTE learner’s world – in their hands!
The proliferation of McDonalds restaurants around the world is an example of globalization; the fact that they adapt their menus to suit local tastes is an example of glocalization (also known as internationalization ), a combination of globalization and localization .
This process has speeded up dramatically in the last two decades as technological advances make it easier for people to travel, communicate, and do business internationally. Two major recent driving forces are advances in telecommunications infrastructure and the rise of the internet .
I support the first view
What opportunities have opened for schools ?
contemporary developments−including mass movements of peoples across the globe, increasingly diverse, multicultural communities, rapid technological change and increasing economic globalisation−have highlighted and reinforced the critical need for knowledge and understanding of other languages and cultures.
Finland statistics/ German statistics/ Greek eg – Gk, English, French, Arabic Do these countries exclusively depend upon English? NO!!
Prof Michael Wesley exec director of the Lowy institute, Aisa Institute at griffith University The Australian June 10 09 Future depends on asian languages
Goal 1 – ensure that schooling contributes to a socially cohesive society that respects and appreciates cultural, social and religious diversity. Goal 2 essential skills in literacy and numeracy, skills to plan own learning, ICT savvy, lifelong love of learning, problem solving Further – developing partnerships with community and family, quality teaching and leadership, strengthen the early childhood sector, enhance middle years engagement, promote world class curriculum ( languages is specified)
Culture is not just factual, is learned- not genetically transmitted so others can learn the system, is shared and transmitted cross generations- a large part unconscious
Tamara Beasley Beasley intercultural PtyLtd navigate, find common ground with people from diverse b’grounds, deapen our knowledge of our own cultural starting point P8 curriculum Corp’n winter 09
Yong Zhau –communicative competency is for economic reasons but look deeper Eg japanese verb endings show respect/honour level plain form/desu/masu/keigo-honorifics de gosaimasu-social positioning of the speaker and spoken to, level of respect- uchi/soto
Quote from a discussion paper relating to National Curriculum notions of bilingual, biliterate, bicultural
Dimension 1 emphasises skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the use of body language, visual cues and signs. Reflect on lang as a system and gain cultural insights Specifically connected to dimension2 gaining cultural guidelines for effective communication –”you need to feel the language”
Indonesian Bridge Project developing partnerships for capacity building 90-90, 40-40 schools; Becoming Asia Literate Grants to Schools-promotion of Asian languages and asian studies+ increase no of students continuing with LOTE; ILTLP project- Int Cult Lang Teaching and Learning project- how lang and culture work inseparably, National research projects- heritage language project,NSW BOS, SAALE project – Uni SA/Melb Uni, the state of indonesian, japanese, chinese in aust-papers, Building the ed’n revolut’n-$14 b to upgrade school facilities-national pride primary schools for 21 st century ;e-education=online resources
Internet- in Vict mainstream. Students are part of a global community. Lang Discovery- online communication space students in Australia and Japan were able to interact with one another in a controlled environment. Variety of activities available include mail exchange, language palette, games and photo albums aonsite search for pen pals with similar interests. Languages online- interactive game making facility saved as a webpage and uploaded to a website or included in a learning management system- text, images or voice. Jess McCullock-TechnoChinese project-we 2.0+mobile learning technologies Recorded lessons transferred to student iPods, mobile phones and a wiki-provided students with an online community of learners outside the classroom, ning network. Knowledgebank next gen project- safe portal for Vict.schools showcasing new and emerging technologies
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Ikea man- the epitomy of Nordic philosophy – concepts understanding skills and education for a globalised world