Teaching English in a Multicultural Classroom 3301-JS2931-1ST

The course format has 3 parts:
Part 1 will comprise a number of topics; each topic will be introduced by a webinar given by an international expert which will be followed in the next week by a practical workshop, facilitated by a faculty member of the Institute of English Studies.
Part 2 will consist of school visits where students can observe multicultural classrooms and inclusion in practice.
Part 3 will involve presenting in a team the learnings from the school visits, linking theory to practice.

Meeting 1 – Workshop: Course introduction, requirements and assessment. Practical activities and exercises developing teachers’ skills in fostering group integration and creating conditions that support the inclusion of all learners in the learning process.
Meeting 2 – Webinar: Introduction to the principles of creating an inclusive classroom: identifying barriers, challenges and myths, and creating an inclusive classroom ethos.
Meeting 3 – Workshop: Self-awareness-raising activities, feelings around inclusion and exclusion, identifying biases, practical classroom activities to promote the values. Setting of assessment tasks.
Meeting 4 – Webinar: What is challenging and distressing behaviour? What are the possible causes? Behaviour as communication of need, and the impact of stress and trauma, such as displacement, on the brain.
Meeting 5 – Workshop: Looking at the student point of view, self-regulation and the teacher as a regulated adult - practical tips and exercises. Preparing for school visits and observation tasks 1/2.
Meeting 6 – Webinar: Creating the safe classroom: the link between safety and learning, different types of safety, and language that supports safety, motivation and de-escalation.
Meeting 7 – Webinar: Multicultural classrooms: challenges and benefits; valuing linguistic and cultural diversity; fostering belonging and collaboration.
Meeting 8 – Workshop: Practising techniques and creative activities that support safety, connection and regulation. Multilingual pedagogy in practice: key concepts related to multilingual learners and practical approaches to drawing on their linguistic repertoires in teaching. Preparing for school visits and observation tasks 2/2.
Meetings 9-13 – School visits.
Meeting 14 – Workshop: Learning and feedback from school visits and classroom observations. Linking the theoretical concepts discussed during the course with classroom practice.
Meeting 15 – Workshop: Group presentations Part 1.
Meeting 16 – Workshop: Group presentations Part 2.

ADDITIONAL REMARKS:
Attendance is obligatory. Three absences are allowed.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom is governed by the rules set forth in Resolution No. 16 of the Teaching Council for the programs English Studies, English Studies – Linguistics, and English Studies – Literature and Culture of 9 December 2025.
https://ia.uw.edu.pl/fileadmin/ilustracje/dokumenty/2026/RD_IA_2025_UCHWALA_nr16_narzedzia_AI_nowelizacja_ZAL2_EN.pdf
The governing act is: RESOLUTION No. 98 OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING of 8 December 2023 on the guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence tools in the education process https://dokumenty.uw.edu.pl/dziennik/DURK/Lists/Dziennik/Attachments/134/EN.DURK.2023.98.UURK.98.pdf
The acceptable level of AI use in a given course may be defined on “The AI Assessment Scale”, https://aiassessmentscale.com/
1. No AI
2. AI Planning
3. AI Collaboration
4. Full AI
5. AI Exploration