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.
This action involves the following initiatives:
- Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference (RELANG) – find out more
- Supporting Multilingual Classrooms – find out more
- ICT-REV: Using ICT in support of language teaching and learning – find out more
Each initiative will offer training workshops to current member states of the European Centre for Modern Languages, and of the European Union.
Additionally, the action supports the organization of a series of other events:
- A summer academy for teacher educators working in the field of languages – find out more
- An annual large-scale event – find out more
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.
The key aim of the summer academy is the upskilling of teacher educators working in this field, so that they, in turn, can support the professional development of teachers to respond to the complex linguistic needs of today’s learners, while the other annual events tackle burning issues related to language education in Europe.