To show how plurilingualism can be fostered in majority language teaching (for example, the teaching of Spanish in Spain or Polish in Poland) in secondary schools, this publication offers concrete examples for teacher development and strategies for change management. This resource book is complemented by video classroom examples on the website.

Themes:
Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Teacher education

Languages: English, German

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Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Angela Hasselgreen, Violeta Kaledaité, Natàlia Maldonado-Martin, Karmen Pizorn

Publication year: 2011

The handbook for teachers is designed to assist in the assessment of reading and writing in the primary language classroom.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, Young learners

Languages: English

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Pathways through assessing, learning and teaching in the CEFR
Marie Berchoud, Tiziana Cignatta, Olivier Mentz, Malgorzata Pamula, Enrica Piccardo

Publication year: 2011

"Pathways" - guide and kit - aims at supporting ownership and contextualization of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The guide provides a user-friendly tool for accessing the ‘nitty gritty’ of the CEFR. The kit assists teacher educators in devising training paths for understanding the principles of the CEFR and for envisaging links with classroom practice.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, Teacher education

Languages: English, French

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The European Language Portfolio A guide to the planning, implementation and evaluation of whole-school projects
David Little

Publication year: 2011

The guide explains how to use the European Language Portfolio to support the learning and teaching of all foreign languages at all levels in a school. Case studies carried out in ten countries illustrate different approaches to ELP use.

Themes:
Portfolios, Teacher education

Languages: French, English

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E-VOLLution: Exploring cutting edge applications of networked technologies in Vocationally Oriented Language Learning
Anthony Fitzpatrick, Robert O'Dowd

Publication year: 2011

The website and publication are targeted at teachers and teacher-trainers in VOLL (Vocationally Oriented Language Learning). They explain the background to the different aspects of ICT inVOLL, describe the steps involved in carrying out various ICT-based activities and provide practical examples and links to case studies on the VOLL website.

Themes:
New technology in language education, Teacher education

Languages: English

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Relating language examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) Highlights from the Manual
Jana Bérešová, Gilles Breton, José Noijons, Gábor Szabó

Publication year: 2011

The publication offers an introduction to linking examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in a valid way.The highlights are targeted at producers of language examinations, who are less familiar with psychometric procedures and who are not (yet) assessment experts.The texts in the publication originate from the "Manual for linking examinations to the CEFR" (a publication of the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe).

Themes:
Testing and Assessment

Languages: English, French

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Guidelines for task-based university language testing
Catherine Chouissa, Stefania Dugovicova, Johann Fischer, Anu Virkkunen-Fullenwider

Publication year: 2011

The publication explains how languages for specific purposes (LSP) can be tested in the university context using a task-based approach. It shows how such an approach to language testing can be used in various settings and how task-based language tests are devised and administered.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, Teacher education

Languages: English

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Plurilingualism and pluriculturalism in content-based teaching: A training kit
Mercè Bernaus, Áine Furlong, Sofie Jonckheere, Martine Kervran

Publication year: 2011

The training kit shows in which way the languages and cultures present in the classroom can be developed as a cross-curricular resource at primary and secondary level. It offers twenty-six contentbased didactic units in English,
French and Spanish to be used in classrooms.

Themes:
Content in language education, Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Social cohesion and intercultural education, Teacher education, Young learners

Languages: English

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Using the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)
Anne-Brit Fenner, Barry Jones, David Newby

Publication year: 2011

Complementing the ECML publication European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) a set of tools is available to facilitate the implementation of the EPOSTL in teacher education.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, Portfolios, Teacher education

Languages: English

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CLIL-LOTE-START - Intergriertes Sprachen- und Fachlernen in anderen Sprachen als Englisch (Für Einsteiger)
Katalin Árkossy, Clarisse Costa Afonso, Kim Haataja, Rolf Kruczinna

Publication year: 2011

The publication provides insights into different forms and ways of putting into practice content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in primary and secondary education, pre- and in-service teacher education, as well as in the field of research and school development. It promotes the CLIL approach to a wider target public, beyond the area of specialists.

Themes:
Content in language education, Teacher education

Languages: German

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QualiTraining – A Training Guide for Quality Assurance in Language Education
Frank Heyworth, Gayla Mateva, Laura Muresan, Mary Rose

Publication year: 2011

The "QualiTraining Guide" provides a framework and the tools for facilitating the implementation of quality principles and procedures at grassroots level. It is, thus, relevant both for individual professional development and for team / institutional contexts focusing on consolidating their "quality culture".

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, Teacher education

Languages: English, German

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DOTS: Developing Online Teaching Skills
Martina Emke, Pauline Ernest, Mateusz-Milan Stanojevic, Ursula Stickler

Publication year: 2011

A training kit for language teachers which promotes up-to-date online teaching technology including bite-size activities for online language teacher training, suggestions for reflective activities and collaborative tools for sharing "self-training" experiences.

Themes:
New technology in language education, Teacher education

Languages:

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Integriertes sprach- und fachlernen in anderen sprachen als englisch: Modelle für fortgeschrittene ein handbuch zur konzeption und entwicklung eines zweisprachigen unterrichts
Anemone Geiger-Jaillet, Andrzej Kaczmarek, Christine Le Pape Racine, Gérald Schlemminger

Publication year: 2011

Die Publikation führt in die Theorie und Praxis des integrierten Sprach- und Fachlernens (CLILEMILE (DEL2), auch „bilingualer Unterricht“ genannt) ein, ergänzt von Beispielen aus dem Sprach- und dem Sachfachunterricht. Es ist ein Trainingshandbuch für die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern, die ein Sachfach in der Fremdsprache Deutsch oder Französisch unterrichten. Die Publikation ist im Peter Lang Verlag auf Französisch erschienen und kann auf der Website des Verlags erworben werden. Eine deutsche Version erscheint 2012.

Themes:
Content in language education, Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Theoretical background and reference

Languages: French

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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - level estimation grid for teachers
Raili Hildén, Magda Lehmann, Monique Reichert, Claire Tardieu

Publication year: 2011

How can teachers estimate the materials they are preparing for their language classes in relation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages? The online CEF-ESTIM Grid provides examples and guidelines to apply to classroom activities and texts targeting the range of A2 to B2 levels.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment

Languages: English, other Languages

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European Framework for CLIL Teacher Education
María Jesús Frigols Martín, David Marsh, Peeter Mehisto, Dieter Wolff

Publication year: 2011

The European Framework for CLILTeacher Education provides a set of principles and ideas for designing curricula for professional teacher development in the area of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Additionally, the framework serves as a tool for reflection.

Themes:
Content in language education, Theoretical background and reference, Teacher education

Languages: English

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EPLC: Inhaltsorientiertes frühes Fremdsprachenlernen
Dominique Groux, Renate Krüger, Chantal Muller, Dorieta Zdravkova Chakarova

Publication year: 2011

Die Publikation bietet inhaltsorientierte Module für den Fremdsprachenunterricht der Grundschulen. Diese Module umfassen Materialien für Schülerinnen und Schüler sowie didaktische Leitlinien für Lehrkräfte.

Themes:
Content in language education, Teacher education, Young learners

Languages: German

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Using the European Language Portfolio
Barbara Lesničar, Margarete Nezbeda, Heike Speitz, Martine Tchang-George, Ülle Türk

Publication year: 2011

The ECML presents a dedicated site on the use of the European Language Portfolio in different contexts with a special focus on teacher training. The site forms part of a new Council of Europe portal for the ELP including a registration system for European Language Portfolio models.The site will be updated on an ongoing basis.

Themes:
Testing and Assessment, New technology in language education, Portfolios, Teacher education, Young learners

Languages: English

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Regional/Minority Languages in bi-/plurilingual education: Languages from near and far
Piero Aguettaz, Marisa Cavalli, Claude Cortier, James Costa, Diane Dagenais, Alain Di Meglio, Patricia Lambert, Martine Le Besnerais, Danièle Moore, Cécile Sabatier, Manuel Tost Planet

Publication year: 2011

Based on European objectives to favour linguistic diversity and plurilingual and pluricultural education, the publication presents pilotedmaterials, activities and didactic tools. These are related to a theoretical framework which creates links between dominant languages and minority or regional languages in Europe and beyond. A teaching kit also offers a collection of practical examples and recommendations for policy-makers in the area of education.
Publication to be released in March 2012

Themes:
Language policy issues, Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Teacher education

Languages: English

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Languages for social cohesion: Language education in a multilingual and multicultural Europe
David Newby, Hermine Penz

Publication year: 2009

The ECML’s “Languages for social cohesion” programme (2004-2007) involved approximately 4500 language professionals from Europe and beyond. This publication focuses on key developments in language education promoted through the work of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe (ECML).

Themes:
Language policy issues, New technology in language education, Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Portfolios, Social cohesion and intercultural education, Teacher education

Languages: English, French

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Literacy as correspondence – an integrated approach to multi-literacy
Valerie Sollars

Publication year: 2007

This collection of case studies offers the reader different but equally important perspectives to be considered in teaching second or subsequent literacies to relatively young learners.

Themes:
Plurilingual education & linguistic diversity, Social cohesion and intercultural education, Teacher education

Languages: English, French

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