Calendar 2013
September 2013
PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTERNAL EVENT
4 September 2013
15th Anniversary of the Children’s Office (Kinderbüro) Graz (31 August - 8 September 2013)
"Tagsüber ein Zirkus, am Abend ein Theater! – Ein Tag im Zeichen der Sprache" with the participation of the ECML
Venue: Graz, Austria
Organisers: Kinderbüro Graz, cooperation partners and member associations
Participants: guests from politics, business, the arts and society, more than 50 organisations working with children, young people and families, 240 children, 120 young people, 500 families.
Contribution of the ECML: information and documentation stand with the support of the Austrian Association of the ECML, organisation of fun activities
Programme (German)
Training event organised in the framework of the project “Empowering language networks” (LACS)
5 September 2013
Presentations and workshops by experts of the following ECML projects: “Plurilingual and intercultural competences: Descriptors and teaching materials” (CARAP national networks); “Using open resources to develop online teaching skills” (MoreDOTS)
Venue: Malta
ECML experts: Terry Lamb, LACS, United Kingdom; Petra Daryai-Hansen, FREPA/CARAP national networks, Denmark; Martina Emke, MoreDOTS, Germany; Regine Hampel, MoreDOTS, United Kingdom
Local organisers: Daniel Xerri, Malta and Raymond Facciol, ECML Governing Board member, Malta
Project sites: //lacs.ecml.at/; http://carap.ecml.at; http://dots.ecml.at
Programme
HOSTED EVENT AT THE ECML PREMISES
6 September 2013
Training of youth workers
Organiser: Kinderbüro Graz
National event
10-11 September 2013
"FREPA National Networks - Plurilingual and intercultural competences: descriptors and teaching materials" (CARAP national networks)
Venue: Yerevan State Linguistic University “Brusov” /YSLU/, Yerevan, Armenia
Moderators: Anna Schröder-Sura, Germany; Michel Candelier, France
Local organiser: Yerevan State Linguistic University “Brusov” /YSLU/, Yerevan, Armenia
Participants: up to 60 school teachers with an interest in plurilingual and intercultural education, teacher trainers, textbook writers, curriculum/programme designers
more information
PARTICIPATION in an external event
11-14 September 2013
14th International Conference on minority languages
Venue: Graz, Austria
Organisers: treffpunkt sprachen / Plurilingualism Research Unit; [spiːk] Sprache, Identität, Kultur; Pavel Haus - Pavlova hiša / Artikel-VII-Kulturverein für Steiermark
ECML contribution: documentation
Participation of ECML staff in an event
12-13 September 2013
Meeting of the Thematic Working Group Languages in Education and Training
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Organiser: European Commission, Directorate General Education and Culture
ECML contribution: participation of Michael Armstrong, Administrator
PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTERNAL EVENT
13-14 September 2013
11th National and International Conference of MSATE “Traditions and Innovations” - Seminar on using ICT in ELT
Venue: Olomouc, Czech Republic
Organiser: Department of English, Faculty of Education, Palacký University and Moravian and Silesian Association of Teachers of English
Participants: 200 teachers of English from the Czech Republic
ECML expert: Svetlana Obenausova, Faculty of Education, Olomouc, former participant involved in the ECML project "DOTS - Developing Online Teaching Skills: Bite-size Training for Language Professionals" (2008-2011), will conduct the seminar on ICT in ELT
ECML contribution: documentation
Conference website
Preparatory meeting of the Evaluation meeting
14 September 2013
“QualiRom”
Venue: University Karl-Franzens, Graz, Austria
Experts: Barbara Lazenby Simpson, Ireland; David Little, Ireland
Website: //www.ecml.at/Programme/Specialisedsupportactivity
Evaluation meeting
14-15 September 2013
“QualiRom”
Venue: University Karl-Franzens, Graz, Austria
Experts: Barbara Lazenby Simpson, Ireland; David Little, Ireland
Website: //www.ecml.at/Programme/Specialisedsupportactivity
HOsted EVENT at the ECML premises
16 September 2013
Meeting of the Board of the Austrian Association of the ECML
Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning, EU – ECML cooperation agreement 2013-2014
16-17 September 2013
Network meeting “Relating language examinations to the common European reference levels of language proficiency: promoting quality assurance in education and facilitating mobility (RELANG)”
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Experts: members of the RELANG team
Participants: local organisers of national training workshops
Project site: http://relex.ecml.at
VISIT of the ecml
18 September 2013
Visit of Taisuke Murakami, fellow, Japan
PARTICIPATION of ecml staff in an event
18-19 September 2013
Intergovernmental Conference "Quality and inclusion in education: the unique role of languages"
Venue: Strasbourg, France
Organiser: Council of Europe
ECML contribution: participation of Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director; documentation
Website
Expert meeting
19-20 September 2013
“Diversity in majority language learning” (MALEDIVE)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Eija Aalto, Finland
Participants: project team
Participation in an external event
20-21 September 2013
3. UNIcert-Fortbildung „Handlungsorientierung im Unterrichten und Testen von Fremdsprachen“
Venue: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Organiser: UNIcert®-Kommission; contact: Johann Fischer
ECML contribution: documentation
Event flyer (German)
Website: www.zess.uni-goettingen.de/unicert2013
HOSTED EVENT AT THE ECML PREMISES
20-21 September 2013
Training of youth workers
Organiser: Kinderbüro Graz
Training and consultancy for ECML member States
24-26 September 2013
“Supporting local networks of users of the European Language Portfolio through an E-Platform (e-ELP)” – 4th Warsaw Language Conference: Presentation (24 September) and workshop (25-26 September)
Venue: Warsaw, Poland
Experts: Jürgen Friedrich, Germany; Michael Langner, Switzerland/ Luxembourg
Local organiser: Ewa Wieczorek, Centre for Education Development (ORE), Warsaw, Poland
Working languages: English and Polish
Participants: 300 Polish and foreign experts responsible for shaping language policy, language policy experts, language education providers, teacher trainers, researchers, teachers, trainee teachers, social and business partners, language education stakeholders
Conference website: http://www.konferencje.frse.org.pl/edj2013
Participation in an external event
25-28 September 2013
"25. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung"
Venue: Augsburg, Germany
Organiser: University of Augsburg
ECML experts: Britta Hufeisen, Bärbel Kühn, Anna Schroeder-Sura
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
European day of languages
26 September 2013
Website: http://www.coe.int/edl
Hosted event at the ecml premises
30 September 2013
Working meeting
Organiser: Austrian Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK)
Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning, EU – ECML cooperation agreement 2013-2014
30 September – 1 October 2013
“Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning (ICT-REV)”: network meeting
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Experts: members of the ICT-REV team
Participants: local organisers of national training workshops
Project site: http://dots.ecml.at