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Socrates-Comenius

European Commission - Comenius

European Commission - Education and Culture



Project Details

Name
MA²ThE-TE-AMO
MAking MAThEmatics TEAchers MObile

Code
129543-CP-1-2006-1 -IT-COMENIUS-C21

Action/type
COMENIUS-C21

Project span
01.10.2006
01.10.2009



Project Coordinator

Name
CAFRE Centro di Ateneo di Formazione e Ricerca Educativa
Universitΰ di Pisa

Contact person
Franco FAVILLI

Email
favilli@dm.unipi.it



Project Partners

(AT) Universitδt Wien

(CZ) Univerzita Karlova v Praze

(DK) University College Lillebζlt, Skεrup Seminarium

(FR) Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maξtres de l'Acadιmie de Crιteil



  
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The Byram assessment



A record of my Intercultural Experience1

  • in language: (learner inserts language)
  • place, period of time, age:

A. Feelings

  • Ways in which my curiosity and interest were aroused (examples from ordinary daily life, especially when they made me re-consider my own culture):
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
  • Periods when I felt uncomfortable/homesick (what made me feel like this, with particular examples if possible):
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
  • Periods when I felt at home and comfortable (what made me feel like this, with particular examples if possible):
    ………………………………………………………………………………………

B. Knowledge

  • The most important things I learnt about family life and/or life at school:
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
  • The most important things I have learnt about the country, the nation, the state where I stayed - in the present and in its past:
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
  • What I have learnt about customs and conventions of talking with people (topics which interest them, topics to avoid, how to greet people and take leave from them):
    ………………………………………………………………………………………

C. Actions

  • Incidents or problems which I resolved by explaining different cultures to people, helping them see the points of view of different cultures and how misunderstandings can happen:
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
  • Examples of times when I have had to ask questions and work out my own answers (from ,asking the way' to understanding cultural customs and beliefs):
    ………………………………………………………………………………………


A self-assessment of my Intercultural Experience1

A. Interest in other people's way of life

  • I am interested in other people's experience of daily life, particularly those things not usually presented to outsiders through the media.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….
  • I am also interested in the daily experience of a variety of social groups within a society and not only the dominant culture.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….

B. Ability to change perspective

  • I have realised that I can understand other cultures by seeing things from a different point of view and by looking at my culture from their perspective.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….

C. Ability to cope with living in a different culture

  • I am able to cope with a range of reactions I have to living in a different culture (euphoria, homesickness, physical and mental discomfort etc).
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….

D. Knowledge about another country and culture

  • I know some important facts about living in the other culture and about the country, state and people.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….
  • I know how to engage in conversation with people of the other culture and maintain a conversation.
    Example:…………………………………………………………………………….

E. Knowledge about intercultural communication

  • I know how to resolve misunderstandings which arise from people's lack of awareness of the view point of another culture.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….
  • I know how to discover new information and new aspects of the other culture for myself.
    Example: ………………………………………………………………………….


 

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