Ukraine: experts involved in ECML activities

As a result of the current situation in Ukraine, many teachers throughout the country have been forced to move their teaching online, in a similar way as occurred during the first months of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. In response to this situation, the European Centre for Modern Languages’ expert team – “ICT in language teaching and learning” (ICT-REV), is organising a series of professional development events between 14-20 December for language teachers across Ukraine.

The principal goal is to address the immediate and urgent needs of Ukrainian language teachers by focusing on a pedagogically driven implementation of technology in language instruction, with a special emphasis on freely available ICT tools and open educational resources that can be utilized to enhance learning online, taken from the ECML’s ICT-REV inventory.

In a cascading approach, following the workshop, participants will be encouraged to organize similar professional development events for teachers in their respective regions.

This gesture of solidarity towards Ukraine, which is not currently a member state of the European Centre for Modern Languages follows the decision taken by the Governing Board at its June meeting to include Ukraine in all major activities of the Centre at least until the end of the current programme, 2020-2023.

The Ukraine representative on the Steering Committee for Education, Ms. Oksana Kovalenko from the Ministry of Education and Science, is working with the ICT-REV experts to tailor the activities to real needs on the ground.

This first workshop will be offered in English. Subsequent ICT-REV events for Ukrainian language teachers are envisaged in early 2023 in French and German.

Photo: Mirek Pruchnicki CC BY-SA 2.0

Are you a decision-maker, headteacher or teacher looking for guidance and resources to welcome young Ukrainian refugees who have recently joined your educational institution? Are you an employer or recruitment agency supporting Ukrainian refugees to access and integrate into the workplace?

If so, this new web resource will be of interest to you. It brings together ready-to-use ECML resources, as well as resources and recommendations produced within the Council of Europe’s LIAM project “Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants” and policy-guidance from the European Commission. These carefully selected tools can provide guidance on establishing a safe and welcoming environment for refugee children and adults alike, one that values the languages and cultures they bring with them while supporting them to learn the language of the host country. The site will be updated on an ongoing basis with details of upcoming events and further new resources and practical materials.

www.ecml.at/ukraine

The Government of Ukraine launched the New Ukrainian School reform in August 2018 to modernize the education (https://mon.gov.ua/eng/tag/nova-ukrainska-shkola). The Finnish support to this reform, Learning Together project, seeks to enhance the quality of education in Ukraine (https://sites.utu.fi/bre/learning-together-finlands-support-to-ukrainian-school-reform/). In this project, a team of Ukrainian teachers designed a high quality textbook kit (grades 1-4) for studying Ukrainian SL/L2. The kit for the first grade was completed just before the outbreak of war.

The learning material (including a textbook kit, a teacher’s manual “Ukrainian for all”, a guide for distance learning, and a guide on language camps with interactive, multimodal activities) is targeted for Ukrainian L2 learners, focusing on the need to improve the quality of teaching Ukrainian among ethnic communities. However, as it is rich, inclusive, pedagogically innovative, interactive, multimodal, and integrated in content areas related to the objectives of the syllabus, it is suitable for Ukrainian as mother tongue studies as well. There is an urgent need for the high quality materials to support learning, participation, and identity construction of the children living in diaspora, and these materials do serve as such.

For the most part, the material suits both pre-school and primary education. Further, the teacher’s manuals support teachers in planning to meet the needs of diverse learners. Even teachers who are not proficient in the Ukrainian language may find these materials useful.

The Ukrainian teachers have been putting their heart into developing the education in Ukraine. Let us support them and share their incredible work. And hopefully, soon their children will return to rebuild their beautiful country and democracy.

• Link to material in Google Drive

Source:

The Finnish Network for Language Education Policies
www.kieliverkosto.fi
[email protected]
@kieliverkosto
University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Matériel d'apprentissage des langues pour les enfants ukrainiens vivant en exil

Le gouvernement ukrainien a lancé la réforme de la nouvelle école ukrainienne en août 2018 pour moderniser l'enseignement (https://mon.gov.ua/eng/tag/nova-ukrainska-shkola). Le soutien finlandais à cette réforme, le projet « Learning Together », vise à améliorer la qualité de l'éducation en Ukraine (https://sites.utu.fi/bre/learning-together-finlands-support-to-ukrainian-school-reform/). Dans le cadre de ce projet, une équipe d'enseignants ukrainiens a conçu un kit de manuels scolaires de haute qualité (classes 1 à 4) pour étudier l'ukrainien SL/L2. Le kit pour la première année a été achevé juste avant le début de la guerre.

Le matériel d'apprentissage comprend un kit de manuels, un manuel de l'enseignant « L'ukrainien pour tous », un guide pour l'apprentissage à distance et un guide sur les camps linguistiques avec des activités interactives et multimodales. Il est destiné aux apprenants ukrainiens en L2, en mettant l'accent sur la nécessité d'améliorer la qualité de l'enseignement de l'ukrainien au sein des communautés ethniques. Cependant, comme il est riche, inclusif, innovant sur le plan pédagogique, interactif, multimodal et intégré dans des domaines de contenu liés aux objectifs du programme d'études, il convient également à l’enseignement/apprentissage de l'ukrainien en tant que langue maternelle. Il existe un besoin urgent de matériel de haute qualité pour soutenir l'apprentissage, la participation et la construction de l'identité des enfants vivant en diaspora, et ce matériel est utile à cet égard.

Dans la plupart des cas, le matériel convient à l'enseignement préscolaire et primaire. De plus, les manuels destinés aux enseignants leur les aideront dans le cadre de la planification pour répondre aux besoins divers des apprenants. Ce matériel est également utile pour les enseignants qui ne maîtrisent pas la langue ukrainienne.

Lien vers le matériel sur Google Drive

Source:

The Finnish Network for Language Education Policies
www.kieliverkosto.fi
[email protected]
@kieliverkosto
Université de Jyväskylä, Finlande

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Focus on ECML programme developments – "Languages at the heart of learning" (2016-2019)

Latest project developments

"Language awareness in subject classes": participate in an online survey

"Towards a Common European Framework for Language Teachers": latest news

e-lang project in 2016: laying the foundations for a digital literacy in the language teaching and learning context

"Promoting excellence in sign language instruction (PRO-Sign2)": ECML workshop (Graz, Austria, 1-2 March 2017) – cooperation partnership with Moscow State Linguistic University

"A quality matrix for CEFR use": ECML workshop (Graz, Austria, 15-16 November 2016) – Interview with Denis Vigneron, French participant

ECML training and consultancy for member states

Network meeting of local organisers and ECML consultants (Graz, Austria, 7-8 March 2017) and upcoming national training workshops

National training workshop "Supporting multilingual classes" in Slovenia (Koper, 2-3 March 2017)

National workshops "A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning" in Malta (Floriana, 2-3 March 2017) and Latvia (Riga, 6-7 March 2017) 

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European Day of Languages

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Professional Network Forum of the ECML: upcoming events

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The linguistic integration of adult migrants: some lessons from research

Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM) (ECML, Graz, Austria, 29-31 March 2017)

International Roma Day – 8 April

Pestalozzi programme: creating an online community of action researchers – summer school 2017

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: developments in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Kosovo*, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

Urban policies for inclusive integration and diversity advantage: join the Intercultural Cities 2017 Milestone Event (Lisbon, Portugal, 28-29 November 2017)

Cyprus Chairmanship Conference in Nicosia: "Securing Democracy through Education"

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