LEA (Language Educator Awareness)ECML (European Center for Modern

Languages) 2004 – 2007

Plurilingual and pluricultural awareness in language teacher education

SOFIE JONCKHEERE

Exploring identities

Learning about languages and cultures

Dealing with intercultural and plurilingual communication

Exploring attitudes towards languages and cultures

POSSIBLE ITINERARIES

ITINERARY: DEALING WITH INTERCULTURAL AND PLURILINGUAL COMMUNICATION

TITLE: PROVERBS: COMPARING PROVERBS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

AN EXAMPLE

TURKISH ENGLISH DUTCH GERMAN ITALIAN SWEDISH FRENCH ROUMA-NIAN

BIYIK ALTIN-

DAN GÜLMEK

(TO LAUGH UNDER ONE’S MOUS-TACHE)

TO LAUGH UP

ONE'S SLEEVE

IN ZIJN VUISTJE LACHEN

(TO LAUGH IN ONE‘S

FIST)

SICH INS FÄUST-CHEN

LACHEN

(TO LAUGH IN

ONE‘S FIST)

RIDERE SOTTO I BAFFI

(TO LAUGH UNDER ONE’S MOUS-TACHE)

ATT SKRAT-

TA I SKÄG-GET

(TO LAUGH

IN ONE’S BEARD)

RIRE SOUS CAPE

(TO LAUGH UNDER ONE’S COAT)

A-ŞI RÂDE ÎN BARBĂ

(TO LAUGH IN YOUR

OWN BEARD)

SPANISH POLISH HUNGARIAN ICELANDIC SLOVENIAN CZECH ESTONIAN CROATIAN

REÍR PARA SUS

ADEN-TROS

(TO LAUGHT

TO ONESELF)

ŚMIAĆ SIĘ W KUŁAK

(TO LAUGH IN

ONE‘S FIST)

/

(TO LAUGH UP ONE’S SLEEVE)

/

(TO LAUGH UP

ONE’S SLEEVE)

SMEJATI SE V BRK

(TO LAUGH IN YOUR

MOUS-TACHE)

SMÁT SE POD

FOUSY

(TO LAUGH UNDER ONE’S

BEARD)

HABE-MESSE

NAERMA

(TO LAUGH IN THE BEARD)

/

(TO LAUGH UP ONE’S SLEEVE)

TURKISH ENGLISH DUTCH GERMAN ITALIAN SWEDISH FRENCH ROUMA-NIAN

PIREYI DEVE

YAPMAK

(TO MAKE A CAMEL OF A FLEA)

TO MAKE A MOUN-

TAIN OF A MOLE-HILL

VAN EEN MUG EEN OLIFANT MAKEN

(TO MAKE AN

ELEPHANT OF A

MOSQUITO)

AUS EINER MÜCKE EINEN

ELEFAN-TEN

MACHEN

(TO MAKE AN

ELEPHANT OF A

MOSQUITO)

FARE DI UN

SASSOLI-NO UNA

MON-TAGNA

(TO MAKE A MOUN-

TAIN OF A PEBBLE)

ATT GÖRA EN HÖNA AV

EN FJÄDER

(TO MAKE A HEN

OUT OF A FEATHER)

FAIRE UNE MON-

TAGNE DE QUELQUE

CHOSE

( TO MAKE A

MOUNTAIN OF SOME-

THING)

A FACE DIN

ŢÂNŢAR ARMĂ-

SAR

(TO MAKE A

STALLION OF A MOS-

QUITO)

SPANISH POLISH HUNGARIAN ICELANDIC SLOVE-NIAN

CZECH ESTONIAN CROATIAN

HACER DE UNA PULGA UN CA-MELLO

(TO MAKE A CAMEL

OF A FLEA)

ROBIĆ Z IGŁY

WIDŁY

(TO MAKE A PITCH-

FORK OF A NEEDLE)

BOLHÁB

ÓL ELEFÁN-

TOT CSINÁL

(TO MAKE AN

ELEPHANT OF A FLEA)

AÐ GERA ÚLFALDA

ÚR MÝFLÚ-GU

(TO MAKE A CAMEL OF A MOS-

QUITO)

NAREDITI IZ MUHE SLONA

(TO MAKE AN ELE-

PHANT OF A FLY)

DĚLAT Z KOMÁRA

VEL-BLOUDA

(TO MAKE A CAMEL

OF A MOS-

QUITO)

SÄÄSEST ELE-VANTI TEGEMA

(TO MAKE AN ELEPHANT OF A MOSQUITO)

NAPRA-VITI OD BUHE

SLONA

(TO MAKE AN ELE-

PHANT OF A FLEA)