Reflect on the relationship between language, culture and identity and on how this shapes and reflects ways of communicating and thinking
Elaborations
discussing whether being bilingual/multilingual allows for a more flexible sense of identity in ways that involve culture as well as language
reflecting on the nature of intercultural learning in school and on intercultural experience in and out of school, discussing how different domains of language use present opportunities for the development of intercultural capabilities
reflecting on how their perspectives and ways of communicating may be perceived by others, for example, in relation to language choice or code-switching/mixing and to behaviours that may be perceived as ‘cultural’
reflecting on their own and each other’s ways of communicating when interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds, for example, when joking or speaking formally, describing adjustments they make in different languages, contexts and relationships
