On 14 and 15 February, the expert teams of the ECML activities “Electronic European Language Portfolio - Working with an electronic European Language Portfolio for better language learning” and “Online technology - Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning” discussed details of their 2019 training workshops with local organisers from Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Montenegro, and Sweden at the ECML in Graz. 

More information on the individual training sessions will soon be available on the dedicated websites:

• Electronic European Language Porfolio
• Online technology

Both activities are part of the ECML training and consultancy offer which enables member states to benefit from European expertise in language education adapted to their concrete needs and specific contexts. ECML experts work with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience. 

Training workshops focusing on the e-ELP are targeted at language teachers in primary, secondary and higher education including adult and vocational education, teacher trainers, teachers of other subjects, CLIL teachers. They provide an introduction in an electronic ELP-platform with customised training courses for specific target groups and contexts: CLIL, early language education, higher education, migration.

The events focusing on online technology provide training in the application of pedagogical principles in teaching languages with technology and promote the effective use of ICT tools and open resources in support of quality language teaching and learning. The “ECML inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources”, which was developed by the ICT-REV team. assists teachers in identifying   appropriate applications and using them with their learners. The targeted groups are teachers, teacher trainers, policy makers. It initiates local and regional clusters of multipliers promoting the use of ICT tools and open educational resources.

Are you looking for ways to foster efficient language learning and effective support through the use of a learner-friendly electronic version of the European Language Portfolio (eELP)? 

The Electronic European Language Portfolio (eELP) works as a platform that offers pedagogical tools for learning, self-assessment and it helps documenting learning outputs and learning outcomes for both individual and group activities. The eELP can play a significant role in consolidating the integration of digital learning with well-established pedagogical approaches to language learning, intercultural learning and learning to learn strategies.

Discover this offer here and apply for a training by an ECML’s expert team : 

Electronic European Language Portfolio | 
Working with an electronic European Language Portfolio for better language learning

This offer is targeted at language teachers in primary, secondary and higher education including adult and vocational education, teachers of other subjects, CLIL teachers, and teacher trainers.

ECML experts in language education work with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience.

If you are looking for input for an in-service training to develop the professional skills of language educators or are in need of consultancy to advance local, regional or national reform processes and to meet international standards, take a closer look at what the ECML has on offer. Information on offers and the 2019 request form are available online http://www.ecml.at/TrainingandConsultancy

Requests for a training and consultancy activity  must be submitted via the national ECML representative in the Governing Board. Educational professionals interested in organising a particular activity should therefore contact their national representative.

Deadline for submission of requests by the ECML Governing Board member: 4 November 2018.

Are you looking for input for an in-service training to develop the professional skills of language educators? Or are you in need of consultancy to advance local, regional or national reform processes and to meet international standards? Then take a closer look at what the ECML has on offer.

ECML experts in language education work with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience.

Information on offers and the 2019 request form are available online: http://www.ecml.at/TrainingandConsultancy

Requests for a training and consultancy activity must be submitted until 4 November 2018 via the national ECML representative in the Governing Board.
Educational professionals interested in organising a particular activity should therefore contact their national representative.

Local organiser: Lusine Fljyan, Professor Doctor of the English Chair at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences.

ECML moderators: Dr. Bärbel Kühn (coordinator), University of Bremen and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; Dr. Michael Langner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Participants: 34 German school teachers, university teachers, policy makers, high-school graduate students.

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On 3-4 May 2018, for the first time, an international training and workshop for German specialists "Electronic European Language Portfolio Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio" was held in Photon College in Gyumri, Armenia,  with the support of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe.

The e-Portfolio, which is successfully implemented in the content of study programmes in different Council of Europe member states, has promoted the assessment and self-assessment of linguistics skills and competences of the learners through a well-developed set of descriptors. The European Language Portfolio is known to the Armenian teachers and learners, but the e-Portfolio is almost an unknown tool for them, hence is needed to be developed and practiced widely to promote the better assessment of the learners’ linguistic skills and competences.

The ECML experts - Dr. Bärbel Kühn (coordinator), University of Bremen and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany / Dr. Michael Langner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - who were very much experienced in moderating such workshops in many countries of the world, provided the trainees with the new methodology, equipped them with the new skills and competences so as to help them to meet the requirements of contemporary linguistic education.

The outcomes of the workshop were very efficient, all the participants were happy with the content and the results. 

The number of the people who sent us the letter of interest was more than the number of accepted participants, unfortunately it was not possible to engage all of them in the workshop. The great interest in the topic of the workshop is proven by the fact that language specialists are eager to update their professional skills and competences.

The workshop participants were welcomed by Gevorg  Ghumashyan, Head of the Department of Education of the Shirak Marz (Region) at the opening session of the workshop, and the local TV has done a news report on the event.

Lusine Fljyan, local organiser

• More information about the ECML training and consultancy offer "Electronic European Language Portfolio. Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio":
  English - French

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[ARMENIAN VERSION]

Ս.թ. մայիսի 3-4-ը առաջին անգամ անցկացվեց գերմաներենի մասնագետների միջազգային վերապատրաստում-սեմինար Գյումրու Ֆոտոն վարժարանում: Թեման՝ «Ժամանակակից էլեկտրոնային լեզվական թղթապանակը գերմաներենի ուսուցիչների համար», որն իրականացվում է Եվրոպայի խորհրդի ժամանակակից լեզուների եվրոպական կենտրոնի աջակցությամբ:

Ժամանակակից կրթության մեջ ակտիվորեն կիրառվող Լեզվական թղթապանակը լավագույն գործիքներից մեկն է, որը հաջողությամբ ներդրված է Եվրոպայի խոհրդի տարբեր երկրներում՝ նպաստելով սովորողների լեզվական գիտելիքների, կարողությունների և հմտությունների գնահատմանը՝ հստակորեն մշակված ցուցիչների միջոցով, որոնք կարող են նաև կիրառվել հենց սովորողների կողմից որպես հաջող ինքնագնահատման գործիք: Եվրոպական լեզվական թղթապանակին ծանոթ են նաև ՀՀ ուսուցիչները, սակայն վերջին զարգացումները, հատկապես կապված առցանց թղթապանակի արդյունավետ կիրառման հետ, ոչ բոլորին է դեռ ծանոթ, և վերապատրաստման ընթացքում փորձագետները կիրազեկեն մասնակիցներին դրա արդյունավետ կիրառման ձևերի մասին:

Վերապատրաստման համար Գյումրի ժամանեցին ԺԼԵԿ-ի երկու եվրոպական փորձագետ՝Բարբել Կունը՝ Բրեմենի համալսարանից /Գերմանիա/ և Միքայել Լանգները՝ Ֆրայբուրգի համալսարանից/ Շվեյցարիա/, որոնք բազմաթիվ վերապատրաստումներ էին անցկացրել վերջին տարիների ընթացքում տարբեր երկրներում, և փորձառու ամսնագետները վերապատրաստման երկու օրերի ընթացքում նրանք նորագույն մեթոդաբանություն փոխանցեցին վերապատրաստվողներին՝ օգնելու նրանց քայլել ժամանակի հետ համընթաց:

Վերապատրաստման արդյունքները տպավորիչ էին, և ցավոք սրտի հնարավոր չեղավ ընդգրկել բոլոր ցանկացողներին: Մեծ հետաքրքրությունը թեմայի նկատմամբ ապացուցւում է այն փաստը, որ լեզվի մասնագետները նորովի են ցանկանում կազմակերպել ուսուցման գործընթացը և կարիք ունեն իրենց մասնագիտական հմտությունների և կարողությունների թարմացման և արդիականացման: Միջոցառմանը ուղջույնի խոսքով դիմեց Շիրակի մարզի մարզպետարանի կրթության բաժնի պետ Գևորգ Ղումաշյանը, միջոցառումը լուսաբանվեց տեղական հեռուստատեսությամբ:

Lusine Fljyan, local organiser

• More information about the ECML training and consultancy offer "Electronic European Language Portfolio. Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio":
  English - French

Local organiser: Virginija Navickienė

 
28 participants – mainly representing national level institutions (Ministry of Education and Science, Examination Centre, National Development Centre, Information Technology In Education Centre, etc.) – met on 26-27 April 2016 at the Education Development Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, to find out more about the methodology and implementation of electronic portfolios and, in particular, to gain some insights into how to use portfolio for different school subjects and the wider scope of competences, including “soft competences”.

The majority of participants noted that the consultation was extremely useful as it provided possibilities to demonstrate and to try out the technological solutions for assessment offered by  the “Mahara” platform. Most participants were interested in a plugin for self-assessment. During the event the hot topics, like learning with e-portfolio (self-regulated learning, where the focus is put on the learner, learning strategies, collaboration, intercultural collaboration, informal education, etc.), the application of the e-portfolio model in different subjects, analysis of successful case-studies; the transition from paper to digital portfolio were touched upon and discussed with the experts. The topics that received more attention and were discussed during the consultation were: the assessment and self-assessment, peer assessment, balancing between formative and summative, external and internal assessments; the technological and administrative aspects of using e-portfolio in schools applying e-portfolio. 
 
The success of this training and consultancy activity was ensured by the ECML experts Dr. Bärbel Kühn and Prof. Jürgen Friedrich  who are professional lecturers the University of Bremen.
 
Link to:
Supporting local networks in using an electronic European Language Portfolio training and consultancy ECML web page