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Cooperation with the European Commission
Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning

A Cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe and the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission.

Think tank: Fostering motivation in language education: what role for decision-makers and educators?

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Summer Academy for teacher educators working in the field of languages

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Training and consultancy

  • Supporting multilingual classrooms
  • ICT in language teaching and learning
  • Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference

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Colloquia and other initiatives

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What is it about?

This eleventh year of cooperation builds upon the successful implementation of a work programme which focuses on agreed priority areas in language education for the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The specific purpose of this action is to support the linguistic integration of children with a migrant background and to achieve good quality and comparability in language testing and assessment, as well as to promote the effective use of ICT tools and open resources in support of quality language teaching and learning.

Benefits

Through this joint action language experts and education stakeholders from member states of the ECML and of the EU will benefit from training workshops being held in their country, as well as the enriching events taking place in Graz.

How to get involved

  • Are you in a position to act as a multiplier, subsequent to a training workshop?
  • Are you a teacher of a MFL or of another subject? 
  • Are you a teacher trainer or member of a language association?   
  • Are you a policy maker or course developer for a MFL or for another subject?
  • Are you an administrator or a school leader?

For further information on participation in any of the events, please contact Adelina Rosca (adelina.rosca@ecml.at) or Katarina Vukšić (katarina.vuksic@ecml.at).

Rationale

By promoting more inclusive ways of teaching and learning along with more efficient ways of evaluating foreign languages and greater efficiency in the use of technology the action will foster social inclusion and intercultural dialogue as well as employability, mobility, economic growth, and thus active democratic citizenship.

Latest articles

03.12.2024
Call for the ECML-EC joint action "Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning" 2025 – now open until 10 January 2025

21.11.2024
Supporting multilingual classrooms: ECML national training workshop (17-18 October 2024, Alexandroupolis, Greece)

21.11.2024
Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference (RELANG): ECML national training workshop (16 – 17 October 2024, Brussels, Belgium)


Call for workshops in 2025 within the ECML-EC joint action

The European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe together with the European Commission are launching a new round of workshops within the joint action on Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning focusing on the following initiatives:

  • RELANG – Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference
  • ICT-REV – Using ICT in support of language teaching and learning

The activities are scheduled to take place between end of February and mid-December 2025, the three initiatives offering up to 18 national workshops during this period.

The call is open to current European Union member states and the additional member states of the ECML until 10 January 2025.

For further information, please contact Adelina Rosca-Birnstingl (adelina.rosca@ecml.at), the ECML-EC cooperation agreement coordinator.

Forthcoming EC-ECML joint events


10-11

Dec 2024

Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning (ICT-REV)
ECML – EC cooperation agreement 2024
Expert meeting
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11

Dec 2024

Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning (ICT-REV)
Webinar 16:00-17:00 CET
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12-13

Dec 2024

Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference (RELANG)
ECML–EC cooperation agreement 2024
Expert meeting
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This initiative is carried out within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission, entitled 
Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning