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1、CurriculumforEnglishasaForeignLanguageinSteinerWaldorfSchoolsBasedontheGermanversionbyChristophJaffkeandothers,publishedinPädagogischerAuftragundUnterrichtsziele.VomLehrplanderWaldorfschulen,editedbyTobiasRichter.GeneralaspectsandaimsforClasses1to12Theaimofforeignlanguaget
2、eachinginSteinerWaldorfschoolsistoencourageapositiveattitudetowardspeopleofotherculturesandlanguages,aswellasfosteringhumanunderstandinggenerallythroughestablishingtheabilitytoempathisewithanotherperson’sperspectiveandwayofseeingtheworld.Learningforeignlanguagesoffersthein
3、dividualotherperspectivesonhisorherownlanguage,culture,attitudesandmentality,thushelpingthepupilseetheworldinamoredifferentiatedway.Theaimsthereforeoflearningforeignlanguagesarecomposite.Ontheonehand,thepractical,utilitariangoalofbeingabletounderstandanotherlanguagethrough
4、listeningandreadingandbeingabletoexpressoneselfwithagooddegreeoffluencyinspeakingandwriting.Ontheotherhand,tointroducethestudentstothecharacter,customsandtraditions,literature,culture,geography,historytypicalofthepeopleswhospeakthegivenlanguage.Thethird,pedagogicalaimoffor
5、eignlanguageteachingistoassisttheoveralldevelopmentofthechildthroughthesubjectspecificqualities,aswellasgivingtheindividualinsightintodifferentwaysofviewingtheworld,thusbroadeningthepupil’sownperspective.Learningforeignlanguagesorallystrengthensthepupil’sabilitytolistentoa
6、notherperson,tofollowandgrasptheotherperson’sspokenandunspokenintentions,sinceitenhancessensitivitytolanguageatalllevelsandnotmerelythesemanticlevel.Thisencouragesgreaterpowersofunderstanding,formingbalancedjudgmentsandempathy,allqualitiesneededincomplexsocialsituations.Be
7、ingcompetentinatleasttwootherlanguagessupportstheabilityofflexible,mobilethinking,sincethedifferentlanguagesallowaccesstodifferentrealmsofexperienceandthisinturnstimulatesgreaterinterestintheworldandotherpeople.Languageisthreefoldinitsbasicnature.Itfacilitatesself-expressi
8、on,communicationandprovidesaframeworkfordialogue,speakingandlistening.Secondly,languageis