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 (WebCEF) Intercultural Competence Assessment CEFcult Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Assessment In The Network Age HOW? LB-13Oct2011

Students’construction of meaningfulness increases Teachers’influence decreases Input: - Course roadmap - ICC Toolkit Activities: -Group -Individual -Virtual: CEFcult Outputs: - Reflection - Individual certification - Social networking Outcome: Sense of other, self confidence Impact: Higher level of excellence in work life ICC Leuven User Experience…. LB-13Oct2011

1. Setting 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 3. Climax 4. Outcome 5. Morale ICC Leuven User Experience: LEARN …. STORYLINE 1 LB-13Oct2011

WHO? ILT, Group T (Business English) Living Stone Centre (intercultural praxis of internationalization) WHAT: - Course roadmap - ICC Toolkit FOCUS ? JOB SCREENING INTERVIEWS as an access to the world of work WHERE? In class, online, F2F : connecting people, bridging cultures WHEN? Fall 2011 HOW? Assess in 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? LB-13Oct2011 ICC Leuven User Experience LEARN, DO, SHARE

Challenge: Build Your Personal Frame Of Reference Building Blocks, Activities, Checklists Virtual Screening Interview Review strategic business case for ICC - Checklists FAQs INCA Understand ICC Scales - Checklists Culture General Frameworks Monitoring verbal and non- verbal (socio-) linguistic components - Checklists Interaction Skills Leveraging intercultural experience In attitude and worldview - Concepts Assessment Assessing own and others’ intercultural readiness - Annotation templates LB-13Oct2011

Intercultural Communicative Competence: job screening interviews Van Lier, 1996 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 Activities: -Group -Individual -Virtual: CEFcult LB-13Oct2011

ICC Learning Tasks: D I E Observation1Production1 Observation2Production2 Scenarios Describe, Interpret, Evaluate DIE and start again … LB-13Oct2011

1. Setting : assessment 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 3. Climax 4. Outcome 5. Morale LB-13Oct2011 ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE …. STORYLINE 2

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-13Oct2011

Complication: A Burning Question Online Oral Language Assessment (WebCEF) CEFcult: Intercultural Communicative Competence Assessment in the network age HOW? CEFR scales : Range, accuracy, fluency, coherence A1-> C2 interaction, production WEB 2.0 applications: social media, open source LB-13Oct2011

Complication: combination CEFR + INCA Intercultural Competence Assessment CEFcult: Intercultural Communicative Competence Assessment in the network age HOW? Inca scales in Job Screening Interviews Respect for Otherness Knowledge Discovery Tolerance of Ambiguity Communicative Awareness LB-13Oct2011

EDUCATION EUROPE 2020: DIVERSITY, MOBILITY, MULTILINGUALISM INCA (EU ): 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 – Knowledge discovery – Communicative Awareness LB-13Oct2011 Business RESULTS

CefCULT : social media LB-13Oct2011

1. Setting : assessment so far 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 3. Climax 4. Outcome 5. Morale Outputs: - Reflection -Individual certification - Social networks LB-13Oct2011 STORYLINE 3 ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE ….

Educational (personal frame of reference) Record achievements & experiences, CEFR based – Language Passport – Language Biography – Dossier LB-13Oct2011

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1. Setting : Assessment so far 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 3. Climax: Outputs 4. Outcome 5. Morale Outcome: Sense of other, Self confidence LB-13Oct2011 STORYLINE 4 ICC Leuven User Experience: DO & SHARE ….

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)

1. Setting : assessment so far 2. Complication: Assessment for learning 3. Climax 4. Outcome 5. Morale Impact: Higher level of excellence in work life LB-13Oct2011 ICC Leuven User Experience STORYLINE 5

1. Introduction 2. Method 3. Results 4. Analysis 5. Discussion ICC in a global CEFR: a new paradigm for EDUCATION EUROPE LB-13Oct2011 STORYLINE 5bis ICC for Researchers & Reporting

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