A

model for developing intercultural competence with children

The wider world &
other cultures

Comparing

Soc

contras+ng with your

and
own culture

Socio-cultural and
Authen+c
ci+zenship themes,
childrens
aBtudes and values
culture

Carol Read

Sample intercultural curriculum objec+ves

Knowledge
Phase 1: Songs, rhymes,
Authen+c stories and
childrens games
culture

Skills

A/tudes

Awareness

Par+cipate
verbally and
non-verbally

Willingness to
Awareness of a
par+cipate
language system
Readiness to
that is dierent to
engage with
your own
cultural
Awareness that
conven+ons
you can
embedded in
par+cipate and
songs, games,
enjoy songs,
rhymes & stories
stories etc in
Condence in
another language
your own ability
to par+cipate

Carol Read

Sample intercultural curriculum objec+ves

Phase 2:
Comparing
and
contras+ng
with your
own
culture

Knowledge

Skills

A/tudes

Awareness

Basic
informa+on
about
another
culture
products,
symbols,
behaviours,
facts.

Ability to
rela+vise and
see own culture
and behaviours
in rela+on to
another;
Ability to
compare and
contrast own
culture and
another culture
Ability to
decentre;
Ability to
empathise.

Openness
towards other
ways of life
Curiosity about
dierences
Respect and
tolerance of
others

Awareness of a
rela+onal
perspec+ve;
Awareness of
own cultural
iden+ty

Carol Read

Sample intercultural curriculum objec+ves

Phase 3:
The wider
world and
other
cultures

Knowledge

Skills

A/tudes

Awareness

Cultures in
context
informa+on
about world
cultures

Ability to
Interest in
Awareness of
discover and
discovering other
dierent
acquire new
perspec+ves and
assump+ons and
knowledge about
cultures
values in other
a culture and
Willingness to
cultures
cultural prac+ces
ques+on
Awareness of
Ability to
assump+ons in
being able to
interpret and
your own culture
draw on your
understand
Readiness to
own knowledge,
simple cultural
engage in verbal
skills and
documents
and non-verbal
aBtudes to
Ability to interact
interac+on in an
understand
with a
intercultural
other cultures.
sympathe+c
context
interlocutor in an
intercultural
context
Carol Read

Cumula+ve introduc+on of phases

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3
The wider world
and other cultures

Comparing and contras+ng with your

own culture
Authen+c childrens culture: rhymes, songs, stories, games

Carol Read