7-9 November 2013
“Plurilingual and intercultural competences: Descriptors and teaching materials” (CARAP national networks): 5th International scientific conference "Linguistic, Pedagogical and Intercultural Challenges in Tertiary Education"
Venue: Vilnius University, Institute of Foreign Languages
Moderators: Petra Gilliyard Daryai-Hansen, Denmark; Ildikó Lőrincz, Hungary
Local organiser: Institute of Foreign Language,Vilnius University,Universiteto St. 5, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania, Tel.: +370 5 2687263; +370 5 2687264, Fax: +370 5 2687265, E-mail: conference@uki.vu.lt
Participants: researchers, teachers, teacher trainers, experts in education, students in education, curriculum designers, decision makers
Conference website: http://www.conference.uki.vu.lt/
Conference programme: 1 2

VISIT OF THE ECML

8 November 2013
Group of students studying Romance languages at the University of Graz; contact person: Muriel Warga-Fallenböck
CANCELLED

Participation in an external event

11 November 2013
CONTEXT module DOTS: Workshop
Venue: HTL Bludenz, Austria
Expert: Dan Funk
Number of participants: 11
ECML contribution: documentation

Hosted event at the ECML premises

11-16 November 2013
EU Seminar: Life Long Learning
Organiser: Academia Presentation Center

Participation of ECML staff in an event

12-13 November 2013
Meeting of the Thematic Working Group Languages in Education and Training
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Organiser: European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, Unit A.3 Skills and qualifications strategies; Multilingualism policy
ECML contribution: participation of Sarah Breslin, Executive Director

Participation in an external event

12-15 November 2013
Training "L’intercompréhension en langues voisines, pour enfants et adolescents, d’ici et d’ailleurs"
Presentation on 15 November entitled "L’évaluation des approches plurilingues (le CARAP)" by Artur Noguerol, member of the coordination team of the ECML project "CARAP/FREPA - Framework of reference for Pluralistic Approaches" (2008-2011)
Venue: Sant Julià de Lòria, Principality of Andorra
Organisers: Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and Govern d’Andorra
Participants: 40 experts (10 teachers from different countries of the OIF, 30 teachers and decision takers from Andorra)
ECML contribution: CARAP/FREPA documentation

VISIT OF THE ECML

13 November 2013
Group of 15 students studying Plurilingualism at the Pädagogische Hochschule (teacher's college); contact person: Heike Gsellmann-Rath

Participation in an external event

13-15 November 2013
4th International Congress „Conditioned Identities. Wishes-for and unwished-for identities“ -
Session „Identity construction in multilingual learning and use“ (14 November, a.o. with Joachim Schlabach)
Venue: Lleida, Spain
Organisation: Universitat de Lleida, IRIS – Institute of Research in Identities and Society
ECML contribution: Flyer of the project "Plurilingual whole school curricula - PlurCur" (2012-2015)
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Programme

VISIT OF THE ECML

14 November 2013
Visit of a delegation from the Austrian Ministry of Education
CANCELLED

Hosted event at the ECML premises

14 November 2013
Seminar
Organiser: Frauengesundheitszentrum

Training and consultancy for ECML member States

14-15 November 2013
“Plurilingual and intercultural competences: descriptors and teaching materials” (FREPA/CARAP)”
Venue: Reykjavík, Iceland
Expert: Michel Candelier, France
Local organiser: Samuel Lefever, Kennaraháskóli Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland
Working languages: English
Participants: 7 researchers and 14 teachers representing 7 pilot schools

Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning, ECML - EU cooperation agreement 2013-2014 - national training workshop

14-16 November 2013
“Relating language examinations to the common European reference levels of language proficiency: promoting quality assurance in education and facilitating mobility (RELANG)”
Venue: National Examinations Centre, Kajuhova ul. 32U, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Experts: José Noijons, the Netherlands; Gabor Szabo, Hungary
Local organiser: Suzana Bitenc Peharc
Participants: Assessors in linking process for exams in French, German, Italian, Spanish
Website: RelEx

PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTERNAL EVENT

16 November – December 2013
School project: promotion of modern languages and the European Day of Languages
Venue: schools in rural areas in Poland
Organisation: Samodzielny referent ds.języków romańskich - Wydział Rozwoju Kompetencji Językowych - Ośrodek Rozwoju Edukacji - contact: Anna Susek
Target groups: 12.000 pupils, teachers
ECML contribution: materials for language classrooms and school libraries

Participation in an external event

18 November 2013
Workshop for trainers of future language teachers about the recent developments in in-service training of language teachers: presentation and discussion of national and international good practices and projects incl. ECML project results
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
Organiser: Ministry of Human Resources - Department for International Relations in Education - Unit for the Development of Foreign Language Teaching; contact: Krisztina Kolosyné-BENE
Participants: 40 trainers of future language teachers
ECML contribution: documentation

HOSTED EVENT AT THE ECML PREMISES

20 November 2013
Seminar
Organiser: Frauengesundheitszentrum

Preparatory meeting of Workshop 4/2013

20 November 2013
“Languages in corporate quality” (LINCQ)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team

Workshop 4/2013

21-22 November 2013
“Languages in corporate quality” (LINCQ)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Wolfgang Mackiewicz, Germany
Co-animators: Lusine Fljyan, Armenia; Michael John Hammersley, Italy; Isabelle Ortiz, Germany
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Participants’ profile:
Professional background

All stakeholders involved in language training and assessment, particularly in the business sector, as well as individuals and bodies concerned with the certification of corporate quality.

Experience, competences required

Involvement in recruitment and corporate training in which language expertise is relevant; knowledge of corporate quality schemes and accreditation.

Expected involvement/tasks before, during and after the event

Analysis of impact and value of informal/formal assessment (e.g. using the European Language Portfolio) and application of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to corporate contexts, and feedback on the scope to integrate language expertise into corporate quality systems.

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Participation in an external event

22-23 November 2013
Kielitivoli, Turun ja Rauman alueverkosto, päätösseminaari (the Final Seminar of Kielitivoli in Turku and Rauma Area, "The Language Fair, a national venture guided by the Finnish National Board of Education aiming at increasing the variety of languages studied in basic education)
Organiser: Anita Zenger, local coordinator for the national language venture, Kielitivoli
Participants: 40 participants- language teachers (English, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, German, French) from 7 communes around the Turku area
ECML contribution: documentation

Participation in an external event

23 November 2013
QualiRom final meeting
Venue: University of Graz, Austria
Organiser: XX

PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTERNAL EVENT

25 November 2013
Teacher training session for school teachers on teaching bilingual pupils and linguistic diversity
Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark
Organisation: Maia Feldman, Integration Advisor, City of Copenhagen
Participation: 30 school teachers (age 5/6 to 15/16)
ECML contribution: documentation

Expert meeting

25-26 November 2013
“Using open resources to develop online teaching skills” (More DOTS)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević, Croatia
Participants: project team

Preparatory meeting of the meeting of coordinators of the ECML’s medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015

26 November 2013
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Working languages: English and French
Participants: programme consultants of the ECML’s medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015

Participation in an external event

27 November 2013
CONTEXT module DOTS: Workshop
Venue: PH der Diözese Linz, Institut für Fort- und Weiterbildung, OÖ, Austria
Expert: Dan Funk
Local organiser: Maria Schrems
Number of participants: 20
ECML contribution: documentation

Participation in an external event

28 November 2013
CONTEXT module DOTS: Workshop
Venue: PH Steiermark, Austria
Experts: Martina Emke Aline Germain-Rutherford, Joseph Hopkins
Local organiser: Andrea Köstenbauer
Number of participants: 14
ECML contribution: documentation

Meeting of coordinators of the ECML’s medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015

27-28 November 2013
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: project coordinators and programme consultants of the ECML’s medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015

PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTERNAL EVENT

28 November 2013
Venue: Graz, Austria
Meeting of the international Offices of all Pedagogical Institutes
Presentation of the ECML project PLURIMOBIL as a dissemination focus oft he ECML Association in cooperation with the Austrian Language Competence Centre (ÖSZ)
Organiser: Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark
Participants: 50

HOSTED EVENT AT THE ECML PREMISES

28 November 2013
Presentation
Organiser: Strasser Management e.U.

Expert meeting of the programme consultants of the ECML’s medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015

29 November 2013
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Experts: Marisa Cavalli, Italy; Frank Heyworth, Switzerland; Hanna Komorowska, Poland; Isabel Landsiedler, Austria

Hosted event at the ECML premises

29-30 November 2013
European Youth Award Festival 2013 "Young digital transformation"
Organiser: ICNM
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