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MultiKultur@ offers a free virtual immersion Academy for culturally-based Modern Foreign Language (MFL) learning. Created by the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge it is a project primarily devoted to motivating pupils of Modern Languages, with the hope that they will one day aspire to study at University level.

Academy students at Multikultur@ embark on a journey to:
Discover	Understand	Connect

Discover

Effective learning can only take place in an environment which stimulates genuine inquiry on the part of the learner. We deliberately provide materials, which are firmly set in the cultural context of the target language. We want our students' learning to be driven along by this strong sense of curiosity.

Understand

All materials are part of a broader learning package. Learners can interact with the online activities to confirm their understanding of the cultural and language content, but also come to a deeper understanding of their significance by making links with other areas and subjects of study that will encourage them to make evaluations in the light of their own experiences.

Connect
The enriching process of immersing oneself in a new cultural experience enables students to approach members of a foreign language community from a more informed position. There is a sense of having something in common that serves to bring people together.


	Press Centre

Read the article published in CILT's MFL Autumn 2004 Bulletin!

MultiKultur@ as Recomended by the Guardian
Cambridge University's free site (www.multikultura.org.uk) aims to attract students into higher education. It has some good information and materials for sixth formers, and Eddy Moore, of Impington Village college, says her students benefited greatly from contributing work on fair trade to the site. More»

Helping others hit Gallic goals
Published on 27 April 2004
STUDENTS from Impington Village College were awarded an A for achievement for creating French language learning materials.

Nine final year International Baccalaureate students were given prizes for their contribution to a free Cambridge University website which aims to attract students into higher education.

Eddy Moore, director of languages, said her students benefited greatly from contributing material in French about fair trade in the world's French-speaking countries.

She said: "As a group they decided on the topics they would work on. They did all the research, produced reading passages, interviews and grammatical exercises. They were quite aware it was for an audience of sixth formers.

"When their work was passed to a native French speaker, it did not need much correcting. We are very proud of them."

Colin Baxter, of the university's faculty of modern and medieval languages, managed the project which is part of the faculty's outreach work. He visited Impington to present the awards.

The students' work can be seen at www.multikultura.org.uk which was praised in the Guardian newspaper as one of the best examples of innovative modern language teaching.