ICLCW - Panels


A. INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE


1. Linguistic and cultural characteristics of immigrant groups in Spain and Europe.

2. The largest immigrant groups: Arabs, Berbers, Latin-Americans, Europeans, Asians, Africans, etc.

3. The foreign communities and the problems of linguistic and cultural integration.

4. Trans-cultural and intercultural mediation.

5. Anthropological, sociological and linguistic integration.

6. Translational and pragmatic aspects of intercultural mediation.

7. Pedagogical aspects: integration in schools, cultural and linguistic problems involving minorities now living in Spain and Europe. Integration strategies in the multicultural and multilingual class.

8. The Language-Culture interrelationship and its reflection on linguistic phenomena: phraseology, paremiology, jokes, proverbial comparisons, etc.

9. Linguistic aspects (phonetical, grammatical, lexical-semantic, etc.) that characterize cultural and sociological differences


B. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE IN SPAIN AND SPANISH LANGUAGE IN CHINA


1. Teaching Chinese in Spanish public and private centers today.

2. The sought-after future of the teaching of Chinese in Spain (in primary and secondary schools).

3. Spanish teaching in China: the past, present and future.

4. The work of the Spanish in China and issues related to language.

5. Linguistic and cultural research on China and the Spanish language in both countries: literature, history, economics, etc.

6. Development of social and cultural relations between Spain (Hispanic world) and China: film, music, theater, translation, etc.

7. Tourism: Granada-based tourism targeting Chinese tourists.


C. LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN ANDALUSIA / SPAIN / EUROPE


1. Languages and cultures of primary and secondary students currently in Spain.

2. Integration programs for students from non-Spanish origins.

3. Classroom activities that serve to promote awareness of other people and cultures of native Andalusian students.

4. Experiences from other countries (USA, France, Britain, Germany, etc..) related to education and the teaching of foreign languages in primary and secondary schools.

5. Existing national, linguistic and cultural groups in Spain.

6. Spanish and the Andalusian variety of Spanish in primary and secondary schools in Spain.


D. NEW CHALLENGES TO TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM:


1. Intercultural training: a) training of teachers, b) training of Spanish students and international students.

2. Problems arising from multi-ethnicity, multiculturalism and multilingualism in the classroom.

3. Strategies for the adaptation of foreign students in the classroom.

4. Using an educational-social model in the new multicultural classrooms.

5. Adaptation of models already carried out in primary and secondary classrooms to university classes.

6. Analysis of models that have been used in other countries (USA, England, Germany, France, etc...) and their possible use in Spain.

7. The teaching of second language and interculturality

8. The role of teachers as intercultural mediators.


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