Theory to practice
Our curriculum is designed based on the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) framework. ICC refers to the ability to understand cultures, including your own, and use this understanding to communicate with people from other cultures successfully. The goal of ICC is to cultivate intercultural citizens.
Our curriculum is designed to enhance students' linguistic competence, gain knowledge of other cultures via interactive discovery, and build cultural awareness by uniting different groups of our learning community. We aim to foster students' intellectual curiosity and openness, develop genuine interest in people’s daily experiences that are different from their own, and to encourage students show a positive attitude when facing differences.
Linguistic Competence
- Use multicultural literacy as our main reading resources
- Practice target language through a variety of reading and writing activities
- Focus on communicative proficiency
INTERACTIVE DISCOVERY
- Gain knowledge and awareness of different social groups via relevant problems and authentic experiences shared by peers and adults
- Engage in meaningful conversations on diversity, identity and inclusion. All topics designed at the child's cognitive development level in different age groups
Community engagement
- Engage in community Learning with peers and adults from a variety of backgrounds
- Practice asking courageous questions in a safe, encouraging environment
Cultural Awareness
- Gain ability to acquire new knowledge of a culture and cultural practices, and relate to one’s own culture
- Foster curiosity and openness, readiness to suspend disbelief about other cultures and belief about one’s own culture