A Meeting of Worlds

This chapter combines the experiences in multiculturalism of both Great Britain and the United States – as well as other English-speaking nations – to give a thorough treatment of the theme.

Competence aims in focus:

The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to

• elaborate on and discuss various aspects of multicultural societies in the English-speaking world
• reflect on how cultural differences and dissimilar value systems can affect communication
• give an account of fundamental principles for constructing texts in a variety of genres
• write coherent, well-structured texts on general, specialized and literary subjects
• use language appropriate to the situation in social, professional and intercultural contexts
• analyse linguistic tools in different kinds of texts

(Translation: udir.no)