1224 Ursula Newby: dedicated to languages

Ursula Newby, Chair of the ECML Governing Board and national representative for Austria, retired from her functions as General Manager of the Austrian Association at the end of January 2018. The ECML wishes to express its warmest thanks to Ursula for her ongoing support and dedicated commitment since first starting at the ECML in 1996. Among her many achievements Ursula has been responsible for initiating the Sprachennetzwerk Graz (Graz Language Network) and for launching the annual Sprachenfest (Language festival) around the European Day of Languages in Graz which attracts around 2000 visitors each year.

Carrying on the excellent work from Ursula, the ECML is delighted to welcome Elisabeth Schlocker who takes up the torch as General Manager of the Austrian Association full of energy.

Read the article "Steierin des Tages. Ihr Leben spricht viele Sprachen" (published in German in the Kleine Zeitung on 24 January 2018)

Photo credit: cp-pictures

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1599 Training events on “Plurilingual and intercultural competences: Descriptors and teaching materials (FREPA)” in Armenia, Germany, Greece and Norway

Training event in Armenia
(Yerevan, 25-26 October 2018)
Full news item

Training workshops in Norway
(Bergen, 27-28 September 2018)
Full news item

Training event in Greece
(Corfu, 6-7 September 2018)
Full news item

Conference for multipliers on the promotion of plurilingualism in schools in Hamburg, Germany
(16 June 2018)
Full news item

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1598 Training event on “CLIL – A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning” in Montenegro

ECML training event (Podgorica, 4-5 October 2018)
Full news item

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1296 E-Lang - Digital literacy for the teaching and learning of languages: pedagogical framework and training modules available soon!

In the January-February 2018 issue of the ELTA Serbia Newsletter, Zorica Đukić reports on the e-LANG workshop on Digital Literacy that she attended on 10-11 October 2017.
The event provided 40 language teachers, methodology professors, researchers and experts in digital didactics from 34 countries an opportunity to collaborate and to share their experiences and ideas on the topic. They were introduced to the concept of real-world tasks, to the pedagogical approach based on social interactions and to a draft version of the pedagogical framework which will be available for download in both English and French on the e-LANG project website at the beginning of 2018. Likewise, the first training modules will be freely accessible on Moodle for teachers interested in developing their digital literacy.

Z. Đukić is an English language teacher, an educational advisor and a member of the Teaching Licence Board. As a member of the National English Language Teachers’ Association (ELTA), she has been working as a Newsletter and ELTA Journal co-editor, ELTA Serbia Board member, and ELTA Belgrade coordinator.

• Read the article (see pp. 8-15)
• Latest e-LANG project articles

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1285 "Pro-Sign II - Promoting excellence in sign language instruction": developments in Switzerland, Ireland, Germany, Canada and Serbia

The Pro-Sign II project is developing a professionally-oriented competency framework for sign language teachers and will provide B2 level materials and learning activities from different European sign languages. They will also create a European Language Portfolio (ELP) that takes account of any modality specific requirements for sign languages.

The Pro-Sign team has been working in the following areas: aligning the Swiss German Sign Language curricula to the CEFR; piloting the European Language Portfolio with students in Ireland and in Germany. The data collected will help prepare the next Pro-Sign II network meeting (Graz, Austria, 5-6 April 2018).
Project team members attended the VIth EALTA CEFR SIG in Dublin in January and delivered a CEFR workshop in Toronto in February. The 3rd Pro-Sign Conference (19-20 October 2018, University of Belgrade, Serbia) has already been announced. The call for papers and further details will be distributed soon.

• Read the latest project news item (February 2018)
• Pro-Sign II project website: English - French - Sign language
• Featured ECML publication available in Czech, English, Estonian, German, Icelandic and now also in Slovenian: Sign languages and the CEFR for Languages - Descriptors and approaches to assessment

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1403 "Digital literacy for the teaching and learning of languages (e-lang)": What is the difference between a teaching approach based on tasks close to real life or rooted in the real world?

What is the difference between teaching based on tasks close to real life as recommended by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and an approach based on tasks rooted in the real world?
This article offers possible answers that are based on work carried out in the framework of the ECML's e-lang project "Towards digital literacy for language teaching and learning".

• Read the article (available in French) written by Alain Girault, Professor of language teaching at the University of Grenoble Alpes / ESPE (France) and member of the e-lang project team

From 21 to 25 May, a week dedicated to digital literacy and language teaching and learning was held at the University of La Réunion. The event brought together four colleagues from the ECML e-lang project who worked on a book project on these issues. Wednesday 23 May was devoted to a study and training day which presented the e-lang project.

• Follow the project on Twitter: #ECML_elang

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1409 Regional workshop "Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for language teachers" (Bucharest, Romania, 22-23 March 2018): feedback from over 40 language experts from Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland and Romania on draft project outputs

Over 40 teacher educators, teachers, educational managers and students participated in the two-day event. The specializations of the experts from Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Poland ranged from languages for specific purposes to the teaching of Romanian as a foreign language.
For the project team, the event was an opportunity to learn about current priorities and challenges for language educators in Central and Eastern Europe, and to gather feedback and insights on the project work in progress.
The experts scrutinized the draft online Guide to teacher competence instruments, gave valuable feedback on a first draft inventory of teacher competences, and many ideas and suggestions to make the project outputs attractive and innovative.

• Read the full news item

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1407 "Developing language awareness in subject classes": join the professional network!

Join the project network!

Are you a secondary school teacher of a non-linguistic subject (other than mathematics or history) working in a linguistically and culturally diverse school? Do you teach 12/13 year olds whose first language is different from the language of schooling? Are you interested in sharing your subject expertise and exchanging experiences with European professionals in the field of language in subject teaching? Then this project is for you!
As a subject teacher you will be better equipped to respond to linguistic diversity in your classroom and to support students whose first language is different from the language of schooling.

• For registration and more information please contact Marita Härmälä, project coordinator.
• Information sheet
• Project site: www.ecml.at/languageinsubjects

Language challenges for subject teachers in Finland

On 24 April the Finnish National Agency for Education and the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre organised a half-day workshop in Helsinki for subject teachers of history and mathematics in connection with the ECML’s project "Developing language awareness in subject classes". In total 28 teachers, school administrators and other professionals working with 12/13-year-old students participated.

The aim of the event was to discuss the language challenges teachers encounter in their classes and to give teachers of different subjects concrete tools to design language aware teaching. The participants’ feedback showed that subject teachers need training and examples of good practices to be able to better take into account students with learning difficulties caused by insufficient skills in the language of schooling. The issues raised will be further discussed in the network meeting Language in subjects organised in October 2018 in Graz.

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1302 Towards ‘MFL for all’ in England: a historical perspective

Alan Dobson's article "Towards ‘MFL for all’ in England: a historical perspective” considers the provision of modern foreign languages (MFL) in the UK since the 1970s in the context of wider curricular change and also taking into account Europe-wide developments in MFL. Among others, the author reflects on the UK’s participation in Council of Europe and European Union projects and the extent to which MFL in England has been influenced by these. Specific reference is also made to the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML).

Alan Dobson is a former chair of the ECML Governing Board. The Language Learning Journal is edited by the Association for Language Learning (ALL) in the UK.

• Read the article: Alan Dobson (2018). “Towards ‘MFL for all’ in England: a historical perspective”, The Language Learning Journal, Vol. 46, Issue 1: Histories of language learning and teaching in Europe, pp. 71-85, DOI, PDF

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1412 Supporting multilingual classes: "Accompanying all language teachers in multilingual classes" (Sèvres, France, 17-18 May 2018)

In partnership with the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Culture and the International Centre for Educational Studies (CIEP), the French Ministry of Education organised a training seminar for language teachers on 17 and 18 May 2018 in Sèvres, at the prestigious premises of CIEP, on the theme of supporting multilingual classes. The objective was to prepare teachers, teacher trainers, and administrators to develop the learners' plurilingual and intercultural repertoires in order to enhance their academic success and help ensure quality education for migrant learners.

The event was very successful, with 50 modern language teachers who participated, most of them acting as members of the French network "EOL - Learning environments where modern languages flourish", a project led by the ECML. The teachers were able to meet with the national coordinator, Jonas Erin, Inspector-General of National Education. They expressed their willingness to put into practice the contributions of training to make linguistic diversity a reality in their classes.

In addition, the seminar was opened at a high level by Pierre-François Mourier, Director of CIEP, Hervé Tilly, Deputy Director for European and Multilateral Affairs in charge of the interim Head of Service for European and International Relations and Cooperation, and Loïc Depecker, General Delegate for French Language and the Languages of France.

• More information: Programme - Description - Practical information (available in French)
• ECML project website "Learning environments where modern languages flourish (EOL)" (available in English, French and German)
• ECML training and consultancy offer “Supporting multilingual classrooms” (website available in English and German)

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1402 Quality education in Romani for Europe: QualiRom training for practitioners in Slovakia (Bratislava, 10-11 April 2018)

In the Slovak Republic, five schools are currently piloting a framework programme developed by the State Pedagogical Institute on the basis of the Curriculum Framework for Romani (CFR), and the teachers are using the European Language Portfolios (ELPs) to promote reflective learning on the basis of learner self-assessment. The QualiRom workshop was designed to bring these practitioners together and discuss their experience in the light of Council of Europe principles and a reconsideration of the CFR and ELPs. Participants generally agreed that the CFR is an important systemic tool for increasing the quality of Romani language teaching in Slovakia, and considered the creation of an Association of Romani teachers. Furthermore, the State Pedagogical Institute will develop annual plans on the basis of the CFR for teachers teaching Romani language at primary schools and secondary schools for different language levels and age groups.

• Read the full news item

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1401 EOL keynote and workshop "Strengthening synergies between practice, research and policy" (Agrinio, Greece, 11 May 2018)

The conference was organised by the Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece to support the implementation of important changes in policy and practice in language education in Greece. It brought together 37 professionals (teachers, headmasters, school advisors, policy decision-makers) who became familiar with the EOL project “Learning Environments where modern languages flourish” (2016-2019) through a number of presentations and a workshop.

The event was a great opportunity to test tools and resources that are still in development within the EOL project. It also highlighted the importance to develop a systemic approach to language education for social inclusion and advancement, democratic citizenship, European cooperation and professional development. It revealed a strong commitment to a common European education policy, as well as the participants’ great interest in the values of the Council of Europe and in the work of the ECML. They set up strategies to implement an overall approach to language education and identified opportunities for transversal cooperation and cross-subject synergies. Many of them expressed the intention to register on the EOL working platform and to join the network of partner schools.

• Read the full news item

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1159 Action research communities for language teachers: ARC presentation at the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) annual conference (University of Crete, 20-22 October 2017)

Two members of the ECML’s Action research communities for language teachers (ARC) team from Austria and the United Kingdom attended the annual CARN conference at the University of Crete, Greece, in October 2017 and presented the latest developments in the ARC project. The event provided them with a great opportunity to engage with action researchers from education and health working in a diverse range of contexts.

• News item: English - French - German

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1188 Austria: PluriMobil workshop - "Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility" (Graz, 20-21 November 2017)

Local organiser: Andrea Kasper, Styrian Educational Board

The PluriMobil workshop was organised by the Styrian Educational Board. It offered 17 secondary high school language teachers a wide range of very useful ‘hands-on’ materials and lesson plans for teachers who organise language study trips and students exchanges. The specific focus on what unites people from different countries rather than what separates them is a key factor which makes such a trip for all students more enriching - not only from a language perspective, but also in the sense of mutual understanding in a multicultural society across borders.

• Full news item: English and German - French
• Website dedicated to the ECML training and consultancy services for member states - "Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility (PluriMobil)": English - French
• PluriMobil website: English - French

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1151 "Developing language awareness in subject classes": project workshop (Graz, Austria, 16-17 November 2017)

The workshop focused on the development of concepts and materials and piloting activities. The participants gained increased awareness of what language means when learning a subject matter. They could also become familiar with methods and concrete scenarios on how to support L2 students learning subject matter content.

Four teachers from Andorra, Austria, Canada and Iceland describe how they could benefit from the approaches discussed at the event here.

• Project website: English - French

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1771 Online directory of language associations/organisations

This fully searchable directory is intended to facilitate collaboration between professionals from different language teacher associations and other language organisations, as well as across different languages, regions and countries. The directory can be used, for example, to find partners at national and international level for projects, events, competitions, to publicise your activities and publications, to campaign for languages or to seek sponsorship, etc.

The directory currently lists only a small proportion of the language associations and institutions - mainly based in Europe. If you wish your organisation to be added to the directory or to recommend other missing organisations/associations please contact us.

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1144 ECML training workshop "Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility" (Yerevan, Armenia, 10-11 October 2017)

The workshop "Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility" was organised for the school and university language teachers, student teachers and language teacher volunteers to train them to prepare the learners for activities before, during and after mobility projects and to improve the quality assurance and capacities of institutions involved in international programmes.

• News item: English - French

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1148 Workshops in Luxembourg

Workshop “Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning” (Luxembourg, 21-22 September 2017)

The workshop "Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning" enabled course organisers and teachers to integrate ICT tools in their teaching in a productive and reflected manner. Attitudes towards technology in teaching were discussed in an open environment that encouraged the exchange of pedagogical practices and (classroom) experiences.

• News item: English - French

Workshop “Adult migrants – Quality assurance in language and citizenship courses” (Luxembourg, 21-22 September 2017)

The training workshop targeted at course organisers and teachers who work in a school environment that caters to a large immigrant population. Referring to the Self-assessment handbook for providers of courses for adult migrants, participants were encouraged to consider how well courses are designed for this particular student population and to what extent the learning objectives are derived from a needs assessment of this specific student group.

• News item: English - French

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1149 Workshop "Beyond CLIL" (Amersfoort, Netherlands, 13 September 2017)

The presentation delivered by ECML representatives gave participants a new perspective on their current teaching and on the way they can support their students experience a deeper learning. It also helped to further develop their understanding in the area of "Pluriliteracies".

• News item: English/Dutch - French/Dutch

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1299 Austria: multilingualism contest SWITCH 2018

The Multilingualism contest SWITCH 2018 was organised by the Province of Styria and the local school authorities. The event was held at the ECML premises on 6 March. Elisabeth Schlocker, General Manager of the Austrian Association for the ECML (Verein EFSZ), took part in the award ceremony and held a short welcoming address informing the audience about the ECML and the various options of visiting the Centre.

The competition attracted more than 100 students from academic secondary schools (upper cycle) and higher-level technical and vocational colleges in Styria. The challenge for the candidates was to switch back and forth between two or three languages during an interview in front of a jury. The role-play required a high level of concentration and quick reactions, with sound knowledge of languages a basic requirement. The competition languages were English as the compulsory language, Croatian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and for the very first time Slovenian.

A big thank you to all participants and organisers and congratulations to the winners!

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1435 France: recent resources

ISIDORE platform, a first step towards the "discoverability" of science and technology in French

To highlight the wealth of French-speaking research in sciences, the Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France has developed a new programme with Huma-Num (a very large-scale research infrastructure). It is now possible to access all articles and journals in French on the ISIDORE documentary platform. Any Francophone wishing to access content in French in the humanities and social sciences can have a synaptic view in their field of study and research.
Access ISIDORE

World Language Barometer 2017

The Barometer, edited by Alain Calvet and Louis-Jean Calvet, with the support of the Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France, proposes a ranking of the 634 most widely spoken languages in the world through 12 intrinsic and contextual criteria (status, number of speakers, number of Wikipedia pages, number of publications translated from and into each language, university teaching, literary prizes, Internet penetration, etc.).

Conseil économique, social et environnemental - Le rôle de la France dans une francophonie dynamique (Economic, Social and Environmental Council - France's role in a dynamic French-speaking world, available in French)

Société des anglicistes de l'enseignement supérieur - Livre blanc de la formation en études anglophones (Society of Anglicists in Higher Education - White Paper on Training in English Studies, available in French)

RFI: Radio series on Breton
The radio programme "La Danse des mots" offers three reports that illustrate the vitality of the Breton language:

• The Breton language: origin and evolution
• The Breton language: teaching
• The Breton language: what culture?
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1456 New official contacts for the ECML in Germany, Norway and Serbia

The ECML is pleased to welcome:

• Ms Désirée Wittenberg, European and Multilateral Affairs, Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany, as National Nominating Authority and National Contact Point;
• M Dag Fjæstad, Norwegian National Centre for Multicultural Education (NAFO), Oslo Metropolitan University, and Ms Solena Diana Pradayrol, Norwegian National Centre for English and other Foreign Languages (Fremmedspråksenteret), Halden, Norway, as National Contact Points.
• Ms Ana Langović Milićević, State Secretary in charge of Development and International Cooperation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development, Serbia, as the Governing Board member.

The ECML would like to express its deepest gratitude to Mr Ulrik Franik (Germany), Ms Renate Evjenth (Norway) and Ms Gordana Predic (Serbia) for their valuable support and involvement during the last years.

ECML website dedicated to national contacts, experts involved in ECML activities and language education resources: Germany - Norway - Serbia

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1260 Canada: registration open for the CCERBAL Conference 2018 "Translanguaging: Opportunities and challenges in a global world"

CCERBAL Conference "Translanguaging: Opportunities and challenges in a global world" (Ottawa, 3-4 May 2018)
Registration is now open for the 2018 CCERBAL Conference organised by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) / Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL).

• More information

"In other words" / "Autrement dit" - Latest news from the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute / University of Ottawa, the National Contact Point of the ECML in Canada:

• Latest issues (2018): January - February - March

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1311 Denmark: new Strategy for strengthening of foreign languages

In its new ‘Strategy for strengthening of foreign languages in the national education system’ published in December, Denmark referred extensively to the cooperation with the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe and its experience with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

• "Strategi for styrkelse af fremmedsprog i uddannelsessystemet" (available in Danish)

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1226 Switzerland

Institute for Pedagogical Research and Documentation (IRDP / Intercantonal Conference of Public Education of French-Speaking Switzerland and of Ticino) – Latest documentary monitoring:

• 16 February - 8 March 2018
• 19 January - 1st February 2018

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1199 France: Latest newsletter edited by the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies (CIEP) Latest newsletter edited by the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies (CIEP), the national contact point for the ECML in France:

• Courriel européen des langues, no. 39, December 2017: this issue is dedicated to the promotion of ECML projects and the dissemination of ECML tools in France, the latest developments of European institutions and a selection of new resources In the field of language education.

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1190 Ireland: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 (Bill 78 of 2016)

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1198 Roma recognized as a National Minority in Albania

Roma in Albania are officially recognized as a national minority according to law No.96/2017 on the “Protection of National Minorities in the Republic of Albania”, which was adopted on 13 October 2017 by the Albanian parliament. This new formal recognition marks a very important achievement for Roma in Albania, granting them rights guaranteed by this law, including the right to education in the minority language. Several rights emanate from this development such as the entitlement to equal and effective participation in public, cultural, social and economic life and to the preservation of their cultural identity.

Full news item (available in English)

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1165 Canada: calls for proposals - a new Compendium of language management in Canada project

Call for proposals:
CCERBAL 2018 Conference "Translanguaging: opportunities and challenges in a global world" (Ottawa, 3-4 May 2018)
Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2017
Conference website

Call for papers:
International Conference on foreign languages, communication and culture and International Seminar on Canadian Studies (Holguín Cuba, 26-28 April 2018)
Call for papers deadline: 15 February 2018
Conference website

Compendium of language management in Canada project
The project led by The Language Management Interdisciplinary Research Group has been online since early September 2017. Although the website is now active, there are pages still under construction. The website offers a wealth of useful information on the site including: Political foundations; Linguistic history of Canada; Legislative framework; Language rights; Demolinguistic statistics. The official launch on the website will be on 19 January 2018.

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1140 Ireland: launch of the strategy for foreign Languages in education 2017-2026 and the policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022

New strategy for foreign Languages in education 2017-2026

On 4 December 2017 the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton T.D., launched the government’s strategy for foreign languages in education 2017-2026. The Plan sets out a roadmap to put Ireland in the top ten countries in Europe for the teaching and learning of foreign languages, through a number of measures targeted at improving proficiency and increasing the number of languages taught and immersion programmes.

• Press release of the Department for Education and Skills
• Web page dedicated to the Foreign languages strategy 2017-2026 in Ireland

Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022

In October 2016 the Irish Department of Education and Skills launched its policy on Gaeltacht* Education 2017-2022. The Policy sets out a vision for Gaeltacht education that recognises the role that schools and early-years settings play in providing high quality Irish-medium education and in fostering Irish-language proficiency and usage in the wider Gaeltacht community. It aims to support and improve the quality of Irish-medium instruction in Gaeltacht schools and pre-schools, and to ensure the availability of a high quality and relevant Irish-medium educational experience for all young people living in Gaeltacht. Through this policy schools located in Gaeltacht planning areas can opt to seek recognition as a “Gaeltacht school” where the school commits to delivering all curriculum areas and subjects through the medium of Irish and engages with the community in the Gaeltacht language planning process. The development and implementation of the Policy is a central commitment contained in the national Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 and plays a key role for the future of the language and Irish culture.

(*) Gaeltacht is the Irish word for an Irish speaking area.

• Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022 (Report)
• Policy on Gaeltacht Education (Information Note)

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1141 Luxembourg

New law relating to Luxembourg citizenship from 8 March 2017

This new law, which came into effect on 1 April 2017, aims to facilitate access to Luxembourg citizenship, ensuring equity and social cohesion. The granting of citizenship is dependent, among other things, on knowledge of the Luxembourgish language. This must be documented through a certificate confirming successful completion of the language evaluation examination in Luxembourgish. The Luxembourgish language evaluation examination includes an oral production test at the A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and an oral comprehension test at B1 level. The Institut National des Langues is responsible for organising the language evaluation examination in Luxembourgish and for assessing and certifying the required level of competence.

• Press kit from the Luxembourg Government (available in French)

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1142 Switzerland

Recommendations for language teaching and examples of good practice

The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education (CDIP) has adopted recommendations relating to the teaching of national languages and of English. In line with the recommendations, examples of good practice in language teaching have also been published. They have been organised into seven themes covering all types of immersion schools, pluralistic approaches, assessments and exchanges. They are available online on the Langues.educa platform, which also offers teachers a tool for the self-assessment of their language skills.

• Newsletter of the CDIP: French - German
• Recommendations for compulsory foreign language teaching (national languages and English) at school: French - German
• Examples of good practice of language teaching / Self-assessment tool for teachers’ language skills: German - French - Italian

Institute for Pedagogical Research and Documentation (IRDP / Intercantonal Conference of Public Education of French-Speaking Switzerland and of Ticino) – Latest documentary monitoring:
22 September - 4 October 2017
5-26 October 2017
27 October - 16 November 2017

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502 Towards whole-school language curricula. Examples of practice in schools

The resources provide tools which help to clarify, develop and implement plurilingual, intercultural and inclusive whole-school policies in different contexts in ECML member states.

Available in English and German

Go to the publication page

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823 Participate in the online survey "Promoting excellence in sign language instruction" The project team invites all interesting parties to participate in their current survey. The information gathered will be crucial to understand which competencies are required in sign language teachers across Europe. Please pass on the link to anyone you think might contribute to this research work: http://survey.cefr4sl.eu/index.php?sid=57936&lang=en 

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75 Incorporating intercultural communicative competence in language teacher education

The articles in this volume describe the results of the research and development carried out by four networks in Project 1.2.3 of the medium-term programme of activities of the European Centre for Modern Languages in Graz, Austria. The main aim of the whole project has been to help incorporate intercultural communication training into teacher education in Europe. The networks took on a variety of tasks to investigate how this aim could be best achieved. 

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49 Mirrors and Windows: An intercultural communication textbook

Intercultural experiences pose inevitable challenges to one´s personal identity and communication skills. One has to learn how to deal with unexpectedness, ambiguity and otherness as well as the resulting culture bumps or culture shock. The knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary for successful intercultural communication have to be observed, discussed and practiced. This textbook wishes to help the trainer, the teacher and the learner in this process by encouraging culture-general discussions about culture with a small "c" and by using a reflective approach.

Available in English, French and German.

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44 ICOPROMO – Intercultural competence for professional mobility

This publication reflects the outcomes of a project which brought together experts and practitioners in the field of intercultural competence for professional mobility and which focused on group-oriented (teamwork) intercultural communication and interaction competencies. The materials developed are primarily targeted at educators and facilitators working with graduates in the social sciences, human resource managers, intercultural trainers,coaches and mediators and foreign language teachers in higher education with a strong focus on intercultural awareness.

Available in English and French.

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11 DOTS – Developing Online Teaching Skills

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.

Available in English and German.

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19 DOTS Training Kit

The DOTS training kit is a tool 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.

Available in English and German.

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54 ENSEMBLE – Promoting linguistic diversity and whole-school development

The Council of Europe stresses the importance of societal multilingualism and of individual plurilingual competence as means to social cohesion. Why this is important and how it can be achieved are explained in the Language Policy Unit document “Guide for the Development of Language Education Policies in Europe”. Ultimately, it is within the school, at the chalk face, that the necessary innovations need to take place. The case studies presented in this publication are an authentic illustration of how this is being realised in different contexts; and what successes and challenges it presents. 

Available in English and French.

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20 DOTS Moodle Workspace

The DOTS moodle workspace is a forum  for teachers and teachers trainers which allows them to exchange ideas and learn more about the DOTS training tools.

Available in 20 languages.

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167 The Plurilingualism Project: Tertiary Language Learning - German after English

If the peoples of Europe are to live in harmony with their neighbours, if they are to communicate with and understand each other, the command of more than only one foreign language will be an increasingly important factor. For this reason both the Council of Europe and the European Union are demanding that their citizens should learn two foreign l anguages alongside their mother tongues. The Year of Languages 2001 was the stimulus for an investigation into how concepts of teaching and learning several languages could be developed and put into practice.

Available in English, French and German.

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179 Thematic collections: Presentation and evaluation of work carried out by the ECML from 1995 to 1999

The years 1995-1999 represented a period of considerable importance, both for the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) and for language teaching in general. In this time, following the launch of the ECML, it held a large number of workshops, initiated and supported research and development networks to promote language learning and teaching on a European scale.

Available in English and French.

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12 E-VOLLution – Exploring cutting edge applications of networked technologies in Vocationally Oriented Language Learning

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.

Available in English.

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1259 International Mother Language Day 2018: UNESCO supports linguistic diversity as an irreplaceable tool of sustainability and peace

International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on 21 February 2018 - "Acting together for linguistic diversity and multilingualism"
UNESCO has celebrated International Mother Language Day for nearly 20 years now with the aim of preserving linguistic diversity and promoting mother tongue-based multilingual education.

• Information note: English - French
• Poster: English - French
• IMLD website: English - French

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1191 United Nations declared 23 September as International Day of Sign Languages

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution entitled “International Day of Sign Languages”, designating 23 September as the International Day to be observed each year beginning in 2018.

• UN meeting coverage, 19 December 2017
• Report of the Seventy-second session Agenda item 72 (a) Promotion and protection of human rights: implementation of human rights instruments Report of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, document A/72/439/Add.1, 1st December 2017
• Information from the World Federation of the Deaf

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21 E-VOLLution: Case Study 1 - Intercultural Collaborative Learning: Creating and Marketing an EFL Online Application

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22 E-VOLLution: Case study 2 - Learning Though Blogging: A Case Study with Business Spanish Students at Reykjavik University

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23 E-VOLLution: Case Study 3 - Riga-Durham Webinar on Using Smartboard Technology

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24 E-VOLLution: Case study 4 - Evaluation, Testing and Assessment -“May I help you, madam?” – English for Office Communication in an Adult Education Centre - The Use of Current Evaluation, Assessment and Testing Instruments

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76 Using Technology in the Classroom

This video was shown at the ‘Quality Education and Languages Competences for 21st Century Society’ Conference, held in Graz in March 2014. The theme of the video is the use of technology in the classroom. It also explores how education systems are changing to accommodate a new generation of ‘digital natives’ who learn through technology.

Video available in English.

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199 ReLex – Relating language examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). Highlights from the Manual

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).

Available in English and French.

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65 European Language Portfolio (ELP)

An evaluation tool used to track progress while learning languages. Portfolios can be found on the ECML’s dedicated European Language Portfolio website. Full copies of some of the portfolios are available to download.

Available in English and French.

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25 Information and Communication Technologies and Young Language Learners: Case Study - Implementation of the Stars Project in a Spanish English Class

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26 Information and Communication Technologies and Young Language Learners: Case Study -The Integration of the Information and Communication Technologies Project in the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language (FLE) to Young Learners

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27 Information and Communication Technologies in Vocationally Oriented Language Learning - Putting Theory into Practice - Using Authoring Tools

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497 Language skills for successful subject learning. CEFR-linked descriptors for mathematics and history/civics (Language Descriptors) These resources highlight challenges for young learners in subject classes where the language of instruction is not their first language. The focus is on minimum language standards in history/civics and mathematics for learners aged 12/13 and 15/16. The language descriptors are linked to CEFR levels A2, B1 and B2 and available in six languages.

Available in English and French

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9 BLOGS – Web journals in language education

The purpose of the BLOGS project was to adapt the idea of web journals to language educational use. The book describes how web journals can contribute to the development of writing skills and gives guidance on how to set up and run a BLOG platform. The ideas in the project were tried out by over 600 users in many countries around Europe and a platform was created and made available on the Internet with a General Public Licence.

Available in English.

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10 CLIL Matrix

The CLIL project provides a series of indicators for teachers in a CLIL context to assess their teaching, together with examples of good practice to help them improve. The indicators cover the four aspects of culture, communication, cognition and community, each from the 4 key concepts – content, language, integration and learning. There is also further information about CLIL.

Available in English.

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495 A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning

A pluriliteracies approach builds on CLIL approaches to help learners become better meaning-makers, who can draw on content knowledge to communicate successfully across languages, disciplines and cultures. In this way it promotes deep learning and helps develop responsible, global citizens.

Available in English and German

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18 LQuest – LanguageQuests

LanguageQuests are designed to promote an integrated approach to communicative, realistic and functional second language acquisition (SLA). The work of this project will focus on the implementation and dissemination of this concept, covering methodology as well as ICT, materials development and course design and aiming especially at the potential and impact of ICT and new forms of collaborative work on language education.

Available in English.

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137 CLIL-LOTE-START ‒ Content and Language Integrated Learning for Languages other than English

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.

Available in English and German.

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138 EPLC ‒ Content-based teaching for young learners

Inhaltsorientiertes Fremdsprachenlernen in der Grundschule heißt, die Fremdsprache nutzen, um sich Zugang zu Sachwissen und Sachinformationen zu verschaffen. Dieser Ansatz soll dazu beitragen, das Wissen aus den verschiedenen Disziplinen miteinander zu vernetzen und schließlich zu einem besseren Verständnis der uns umgebenden Welt führen. Die Publikation bietet dazu fächerübergreifende Module an, die universelle und zeitlose Themen behandeln und die einen speziellen kulturellen Bezug zum jeweiligen Zielsprachenland haben. Die Module enthalten die Beschreibung der Unterrichtsaktivitäten, Dokumente für die Lehrkräfte und Material für die Schülerinnen und Schüler. Alle Materialien können von der Internetseite heruntergeladen werden.

Available in French and German.

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39 CARAP/FREPA – A Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches

The term pluralistic approaches to languages and cultures refers to didactic approaches which involve the use of several (or at least more than one) variety of languages or cultures simultaneously during the teaching process. By abandoning the "compartmentalised" view of an individual’s linguistic and cultural competence(s), this publication is a valuable step towards implementing the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, in particular its rationale on plurilingual and intercultural competence.

Available in English, French and Italian.

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500 Parents and teachers: working together for plurilingual and intercultural education

The aim of this website is to disseminate knowledge on the benefits of involving parents in plurilingual and intercultural education. Working with parents as partners facilitates not only language acquisition, but also the development of positive attitudes towards otherness, attitudes which are necessary for the harmonious development of individuals and society.

Available in English and French

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546 European framework for CLIL teacher education

The publication offers a teacher training curriculum for CLIL that may be linked to learners' curricula. Adaptable curricular models, suitable for both foreign language and content teachers are based on a set of defined target professional competences, e.g.: "CLIL teachers are able to articulate and discuss CLIL with school’s internal and external stakeholders".
The publication is proposed as a conceptual lens and model, not as a prescriptive template.

Available in English, French and German

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504 Sign languages and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Descriptors and approaches to assessment

This resource establishes European standards for sign languages for professional purposes in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and provides an overview of assessment descriptors and approaches.

Available in English, Czech, Estonian, German, Icelandic, Slovenian and in sign language

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35 QualiTraining – A training guide for quality assurance in language education

There is growing interest in national and regional contexts for standard-setting in areas such as evaluation, approaches to quality control and management. In the first medium term programme the ECML project "Quality Assurance and Self-assessment for Schools and Teachers" developed a CD-Rom entitled "Quality Management in Language Education".

Available in English and German.

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14 Information and communication technologies in vocationally oriented language learning

New technologies have become the predominant influence on the way we live and work at the beginning of the new millennium. The aim of the ICT in VOLL project was to consider the potential new technologies have to offer for the creation of innovative learning environments for language training for professional and specific (vocationally oriented) purposes.

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176 AYLITT – Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

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

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180 Using the European Language Portfolio

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.

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52 CONBAT – Plurilingualism and pluriculturalism in content-based teaching: A training kit

Educational institutions increasingly face the challenge of accommodating learners from a wide range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds in their classrooms. The training kit presents an innovative way of managing diversity in the classroom by combining plurilingual and pluricultural approaches with content-based instruction. The reader will discover how content-based and plurilingual activities can be linked to several subjects of the curriculum.

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198 Pathways through assessing, learning and teaching in the CEFR

"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.

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15 Information and Communication Technologies and young language learners

This publication describes a project, which aimed at integrating web-based communication with a thematic story approach to teaching a foreign language to 8 to 10 year-olds. The aim was to encourage the use of the World Wide Web as a medium over which children could publish their language productions to an audience of peers from participating schools in 21 European countries.

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16 Challenges and opportunities in language education: the contributions of the European Centre for Modern Languages - 2000-2003

This book is a reflective account of the work of the European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz during its first medium- term programme, which lasted from 2000 to 2003.

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31 EPOSTL – European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages - A reflection tool for language teacher education

The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) is a document intended for students undergoing their initial teacher education which encourages them to reflect on the didactic knowledge and skills necessary to teach languages, helps them to assess their own didactic competences and enables them to monitor their progress and to record their experiences of teaching during the course of their teacher education.

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32 ICCinTE – Intercultural Communication Training in Teacher Education

Many language teachers, teacher educators and second language acquisition researchers have expressed the conviction that the primary aim of foreign language teaching is to enable learners to communicate with people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds in an increasingly multicultural world. The aim of this publication is to assist teacher educators and language teachers in shifting the focus from linguistic competence to intercultural communicative competence.

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55 MARILLE – Promoting plurilingualism: majority language in multilingual settings

Traditionally, teachers of majority languages receive less training to teach a language as a second language or to develop the plurilingual repertoire of their learners than, for example, foreign language teachers.Yet, in today’s societies, learners bring many different languages to school.This means that the teaching of themajority language has to extend beyond teaching it as a first language and adopt elements of second language teaching.

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196 GULT – Guidelines for task-based university language testing

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.

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

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.

Available in English, French and Slovak.

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178 TEMOLAYOLE – Teaching modern languages to young learners: teachers, curricula and materials

The Temolayole Book is the outcome of a conference in Hungary on the teaching of languages to young learners. It consists of 10 articles recounting different aspects of good practice in this field, with an emphasis on teacher education, and the design of curricula and teaching materials. A range of innovatory projects are described, and topics include action research, the use of stories, methodology and cross border exchanges.

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194 CEF-ESTIM – Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - level estimation grid for teachers

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.

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262 Facts on sign languages - European Day of Languages

Read some interesting facts about sign language.

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359 Windows on CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning in the European spotlight (Anne Maljers, David Marsh & Dieter Wolf, editors)

The publication provides insight into how CLIL is being carried out in 20 European countries (Armenia, Austria, Belgium (French-speaking), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). The authors describe various attributes of good practice as found in their specific contexts. This involves focus on the linguistic situation of the respective country, the local 'history' of CLIL, general associated political and educational factors, types of CLIL models applied, and curriculum development and certification.

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62 VALEUR ‒ Valuing all languages in Europe

The aim of the Valeur was to raise awareness of the “additional” languages – those which are not national and regional languages – used in Europe, and collate information about the educational provision made for them. A flyer describes the educational, social and cognitive benefits of plurilingualism and a report includes country by country details of the languages in use, together with recommendations on educational policies to deal with the issues arising from linguistic diversity.

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41 CHAGAL Setup – European curriculum guidelines for access programmes into higher education for under-represented adult learners

The idea for the CHAGAL project was born out of the realisation that education systems have to be responsive to the diverse backgrounds and specific needs of international students and to adopt effective strategies to offer students every chance of success in their undertakings. An innovative and inclusive curriculum sensitive to the students’ diversity not only promotes positive student reaction and success, but also reflects the host country’s acceptance of the potential these students have to offer.

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30 The Educational Use of ICT in Teacher Education and Distance Language Learning

This project developed against a background of profound educational changes. The Information Age has had enormous impact on the way people learn and in it has opened new avenues to enhance the distance learning environment. The roles of the stakeholders in the teaching-learning process have evolved. Teachers have become facilitators, mediators, and enablers. Learners are encouraged to take control of their own learning and to be autonomous, although these qualities are not inherent to distance learning but rather skills that need to be developed

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17 Languages for social cohesion: Language education in a multilingual and multicultural Europe

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).

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42 Helping learners learn: Exploring strategy instruction in language classrooms around Europe

Helping learners learn; Exploring strategy instruction in language classrooms across Europe is the second joint publication of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz, Austria, and the Modern Languages Division in Strasbourg, France, and as such reflects the synergy between each whereby the ECML activities support the implementation of policy developed through the projects of the Modern Languages Division in Strasbourg. The study, co-ordinated by Vee Harris, is the result of a research network established during the initial workshop in Graz in 1998 in co-operation with the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and is indicative of the active emphasis placed on follow-up work by the ECML and the Modern Languages Division

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43 How strange! The use of anecdotes in the development of intercultural competence

Successful communication presupposes a good degree of social understanding and sharing of meaning and therefore participating in a community's life via another language necessitates not only an acceptable level of proficiency in that language, but also an extended behavioural code. What kind of cultural set-backs do language learners face when visiting the target country, or even in interacting with native speakers of a language? What can we learn from the experience of such learners? The aim of this project was to tap into the experiences of seasoned foreign language learners and travellers for the collection of a database of anecdotes that symbolise the kind of intercultural failure faced by newcomers to a target culture.

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50 Neighbouring language teaching in border regions

Europe is rapidly developing, particularly in its border regions. It is precisely in these areas that the need for knowledge of neighbouring languages is both at its strongest and most varied. Approaches adapted to their specific situation are required in order for these regions to quickly become real-life language learning laboratories and centres of innovation.

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38 Approaches to materials design in European textbooks: Implementing principles of authenticity, learner autonomy and cultural awareness

The publication sets out to present some of the principal theoretical issues underlying the topics in question and how authors attempt to implement aspects of these theories in their own work.

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40 Cultural mediation and language learning and teaching

This training project for learning about research through research brought together representatives from over twenty-five of the ECML member countries. Its results are contained in a publication and a set of recommendations addressed to policy makers, is the introduction of cultural mediation into the debate on language didactics. Whereas most innovations in language didactics appear in the form of new teaching tools, the Cultural mediation in language learning and teaching project chose to follow a new path by adopting a "learning by doing" approach to research.

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45 Janua Linguarum – the gateway to languages. The introduction of language awareness into the curriculum: Awakening to languages

Discovering at school the diversity of languages and cultures, listening to dozens of languages, including some of the languages spoken by classmates, marveling at the way those languages are written, comparing them and understanding how they work, taking an interest in those who speak them. These are the types of activities that the awakening to languages offers pupils; to help them open up to what is different, and develop their ability to observe and learn languages. This approach is an integral part of efforts by the Council of Europe aimed at plurilinguism, promoting the diversity of languages in education systems and democratic citizenship.

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46 Language learning and teaching in the context of twin cities

The twinning of cities and municipalities possibly represents the largest platform for encounter and mutual acquaintance established in modern times. However, can such a merger between the fellow-citizens of Europe be achieved without first addressing in a determined way the issue of languages, of teaching languages and their diversity? Answers to this question can be found before, during and after visits to participating towns. School exchange programmes also deserve a better preparation and a genuine teaching methodology for exchanges.

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47 Literacy as correspondence – an integrated approach to multi-literacy

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. It is important to examine what and how teachers present learning material to the students. However, what learners make of the teaching context and how the formal situation prepares children to make use of their second/subsequent literacy achievement beyond the classroom context are crucial issues if language learning is indeed a requirement which fosters communication among different communities and cultures.

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220 Sign language game - European Day of Languages

Do you know the European country names in international sign language?

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197 Impel – ELP implementation support

Impel – ELP implementation support consists of a leaflet and a data base designed to gather information about different ways of putting European Language Portfolios into practice. On the website there are case studies of both national and school level implementations.

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189 Learner autonomy: The teachers' views

Learner Autonomy: The Teachers' View is the result of a research project initiated during ECML workshop No.8/97 entitled 'Aspects of Teaching Methodology in Bilingual Classes at Secondary School Level' which was held in Graz in May 1997. As the title suggests the project set out to be a research exercise which aimed to identify teachers' attitudes towards Learner Autonomy.

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