Intercultural Communicative Competence for Education Europe A Burning
Intercultural Communicative Competence for Education Europe A Burning Question, A Powerful Combination CEFcult Exploitation Seminar Heerlen, 13 October 2011 Lut Baten Lutgart Dusar, Jan Van Maele
A Powerful Combination, A Burning Question Online Oral Language Assessment (Web. CEF) Intercultural Competence CEFcult Assessment Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Assessment In The Network Age HOW? LB-13 Oct 2011
ICC Leuven User Experience…. Teach ers’in fl uence decre ases es s a e r ss inc e uln f g n i ean m f o n ructio st n o c ’ ts n e d Stu Input: - Course roadmap - ICC Toolkit Activities: - Group - Individual - Virtual: CEFcult Outputs: - Reflection - Individual certification - Social networking LB-13 Oct 2011 Outcome: Sense of other, self confidence Impact: Higher level of excellence in work life
ICC Leuven User Experience: LEARN …. STORYLINE 1 5. Morale 4. Outcome 3. Climax 1. Setting 2. Complication: Assessment for learning LB-13 Oct 2011
ICC Leuven User Experience LEARN, DO, SHARE WHAT: - Course roadmap - ICC Toolkit WHO? ILT, Group T (Business English) Living Stone Centre (intercultural praxis of internationalization) WHERE? In class, online, F 2 F : connecting people, bridging cultures WHEN? Fall 2011 in 2010 -2011 students from Flanders and abroad studying at Leuven University Assocation (FEB, KULeuven and Group T ) volunteered in a CISCO TELEPRESENCE conference with CISCO managers (Brussels and Amsterdam) and in FLASHMEETINGS, within a class project: HOW TO TELL YOUR STORY at a job interview? HOW? Assess LB-13 Oct 2011 FOCUS ? JOB SCREENING INTERVIEWS as an access to the world of work
Challenge: Build Your Personal Frame Of Reference Building Blocks, Activities, Checklists Virtual Screening Interview INCA Review strategic Culture General Frameworks Understand ICC business case Scales Interaction Skills for ICC Monitoring - Checklists verbal and non. Assessment Leveraging FAQs - Checklists verbal (socio-) linguistic components - Checklists intercultural experience In attitude and worldview - Concepts LB-13 Oct 2011 Assessing own and others’ intercultural readiness - Annotation templates
Intercultural Communicative Competence: job screening interviews Activities: - Group - Individual - Virtual: CEFcult Informative? Credible? Persuasive? In class & online: • Awareness of multilingual, multicultural context – “other + self”, other, self • Autonomy to apply interests, critical thinking, creativity – Learner autonomy – Learning goals • Authenticity of a strategic business case – Job screening interview : close to reality – Course as an authentic project mngt experience LB-13 Oct 2011 Van Lier, 1996
ICC Learning Tasks: D I E Observation 1 Production 1 Scenarios Observation 2 Production 2 Describe, Interpret, Evaluate DIE and start again… LB-13 Oct 2011
ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE …. STORYLINE 2 5. Morale 4. Outcome 3. Climax 1. Setting : assessment 2. Complication: Assessment for learning LB-13 Oct 2011
How? • Assessment for learning: – for purposes of greater learning achievement – occurs at all stages of the learning process – developing and supporting students’ active participation in their own learning – Self, peer and expert assessment online • Assessment of learning: – judging a student’s performance in relation to standards LB-13 Oct 2011
Complication: A Burning Question Online Oral Language Assessment (Web. CEF) CEFR scales : Range, accuracy, fluency, coherence A 1 -> C 2 interaction, production WEB 2. 0 applications: social media, open source CEFcult: Intercultural Communicative Competence Assessment in the network age HOW? LB-13 Oct 2011
Complication: combination CEFR + INCA Intercultural Competence Assessment Inca scales in Job Screening Interviews Respect for Otherness Knowledge Discovery Tolerance of Ambiguity Communicative Awareness CEFcult: Intercultural Communicative Competence Assessment in the network age HOW? LB-13 Oct 2011
EDUCATION EUROPE 2020: DIVERSITY, MOBILITY, MULTILINGUALISM • INCA (EU 2001 -04): Assessing ‘Intercultural Competence’ criterion based assessment model, = an attempt to link Byram’s framework to learning needs of the industry – Intercultural portfolio • 6 Scales for motivation, skills, behaviour – Respect for Otherness – Tolerance of Ambiguity Business RESULTS – Knowledge discovery – Communicative Awareness LB-13 Oct 2011
Cef. CULT : social media LB-13 Oct 2011
ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE …. STORYLINE 3 5. Morale 4. Outcome 3. Climax 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 1. Setting : assessment so far Outputs: - Reflection -Individual certification - Social networks LB-13 Oct 2011
• Educational (personal frame of reference) • Record achievements & experiences, CEFR based – Language Passport – Language Biography – Dossier LB-13 Oct 2011
http: //www. europass. cedefop. eur opa. eu/europass/home/ LB-13 Oct 2011
ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE …. STORYLINE 4 5. Morale 4. Outcome 3. Climax: Outputs 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 1. Setting : Assessment so far LB-13 Oct 2011 Outcome: Sense of other, Self confidence
4. Outcome Students engage in an appraisal talk to give evidence of CHANGE Customized CEFcult toolkit (awareness) Portfolio in ELP-Desk (autonomy) Recordings and showcase (authenticity) (Biography)
ICC Leuven User Experience STORYLINE 5 5. Morale 4. Outcome 3. Climax 2. Complication: Assessment for 1. Setting : learning assessment so far LB-13 Oct 2011 Impact: Higher level of excellence in work life
ICC for Researchers & Reporting STORYLINE 5 bis 5. Discussion 4. Analysis 3. Results ICC in a global CEFR: a new paradigm for EDUCATION EUROPE 2. Method 1. Introduction LB-13 Oct 2011
Thank You Lut. Baten@ilt. kuleuven. be LB-13 Oct 2011
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