Poland: experts involved and ECML activities

ECML training and consultancy "Approach to teaching for deeper CLIL and beyond – A pluriliteracies learning": hybrid workshop (11-12 October 2024, Podgorica, Montenegro)
Venue: Bureau of Educational Services in Podgorica
Local organiser: Jasmina Djordjevic, Bureau for Educational Services of Montenegro
ECML experts: Letizia Cinganotto (Italy) and Susanne Staschen-Dielmann (Germany)
Participants: 22 teachers of all subjects in elementary and secondary schools, advisor from the Bureau for Education

On 11-12 October 2024 the Bureau for Education Services, with the expert support of the European Centre for Modern Languages, organised a hybrid workshop Approach to Teaching for Deeper CLIL and Beyond – A Pluriliteracies Learning.

Class and subject teachers from elementary and secondary schools that are implementing bilingual education programmes and an advisor from the Bureau for Education Services participated in the workshop. The participants had an opportunity for  training on the basics of integrated learning of content and language (CLIL) and deeper learning episodes which support the transfer of learning across language and subject, based on the pluriliteracies model.

The high standards set through technology and innovation strongly influence both curricula and teaching, so the approach from the pluriliteracies perspective for knowledge transfer provides teachers with a valuable skill for responding to the needs of contemporary school. 

The workshop was facilitated by ECML experts Letizia Cinganotto (Italy), in-person, and Susanne Staschen-Dielmann (Germany), on-line.

For more information about European Centre for Modern Language of the Council of Europe: www.ecml.at/TrainingConsultancy/CLIL/tabid/1815/language/en-GB/Default.aspx.

Jasmina Đorđević

Montenegrin version 

Zavod za školstvo, uz ekspertsku podršku Evropskog instituta za moderne jezike Savjeta Evrope, organizovao je hibridnu obuku Approach to Teaching for Deeper CLIL and Beyond – A Pluriliteracies Learning 11. i 12. oktobara 2024. 

Obuku su pohađali nastavnici osnovnih i srednjih škola u kojima se organizuje dvojezična nastava i savjetnica Zavoda za školstvo. Nastavnici su imali priliku da prođu obuku iz osnova integrisanog učenja sadržaja i jezika i sveobuhvatnog planiranja časa, koja pruža podršku transferu učenja  između jezika i sadržaja, zasnovano na modelu multipismenosti. 

Tekući visoki standardi koje postavljaju tehnologija i inovacije snažno utiču na kurikulum i nastavu tako da pristup iz perspektive multipismenosti za transfer znanja pruža nastavnicima vrijednu vještinu kako bi odgovorili zahtjevima savremene škole.

Obuku su vodile ekspertkinje ECML-a Letizia Cinganotto, neposredno, i dr Susanne Stachen-Dielmna, on-line.

Više of Evropskom centru za moderne jezike Savjeta Evrope: www.ecml.at/TrainingConsultancy/CLIL/tabid/1815/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Jasmina Đorđević

Date : 5 and 19 October 2024
Venue: Online, Świętokrzyskie In-Service Teacher Training Centre in Kielce, Poland
Local organiser: Ewa Witczyńska, Świętokrzyskie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli, Kielce
ECML experts: Eli Moe (Norway) and Jérôme Béliard (France)
Participants: 23 primary and secondary school teachers who teach their subjects in English; English teachers involved in bilingual education, teacher trainers involved in the bilingual education

The workshop “Language of schooling: Developing language awareness in subject classes” was a unique event for the Świętokrzyskie Region primary and secondary school teachers involved in bilingual teaching. The training, conducted by ECML experts – Eli Moe and Jérôme Béliard – was run in two online sessions on 5 and 19 October 2024.

The agenda of the training was perfectly adapted to the online mode of working. During the sessions, the experts provided  structured input on language and subject integration and on the language scaffolding techniques. They emphasised the importance of cooperation between the subject teachers and language teachers and showed ways of organising such cooperation in a school.

The experts created a friendly and stimulating atmosphere during the training, which encouraged the participants to actively express their opinions, discuss ideas and present their solutions. The participants worked individually and in groups and shared their findings. Materials provided by the trainers and developed during the training were made available  to all in an open access folder  and can be used for developing bilingual lesson plans in the future.

Thanks to the trainers’ expertise, the workshop deepened the participants' knowledge, provided a source of reflection and inspiration, and enhanced the search for effective bilingual teaching methods.

The trainings offered by ECML guarantee the highest quality – it is worth taking advantage of them!

Ewa Witczyńska

Polish version

Szkolenie ECJN w Świętokrzyskiem

Warsztaty “Language of schooling: Developing language awareness in subject classes” były wyjątkowym wydarzeniem dla świętokrzyskich nauczycieli szkół podstawowych i ponadpodstawowych zaangażowanych w nauczanie dwujęzyczne. Szkolenie, prowadzone przez ekspertów ECML - Eli Moe i Jérôme Béliarda - odbyło się w dwóch sesjach online w dniach 5.10.2024 i 19.10.2024.

Program szkolenia został doskonale dopasowany do trybu online. Podczas sesji eksperci przekazali usystematyzowane porcje wiedzy na temat integracji językowej i przedmiotowej oraz technik wspomagania językowego. Podkreślili znaczenie współpracy między nauczycielami przedmiotów i nauczycielami języków obcych oraz wskazali sposoby organizacji takiej współpracy w szkole.

Prowadzący stworzyli podczas szkolenia przyjazną i stymulującą atmosferę, dzięki czemu uczestnicy czuli się swobodnie wyrażając swoje opinie, dyskutując o pomysłach i prezentując swoje rozwiązania. Uczestnicy pracowali indywidualnie i w grupach oraz dzielili się swoimi spostrzeżeniami. Materiały dostarczone przez trenerów i opracowane podczas szkolenia były sukcesywnie umieszczane w pliku dostępnym dla wszystkich i mogą posłużyć do opracowania scenariuszy lekcji dwujęzycznych w przyszłości.

Dzięki doświadczeniu trenerów, warsztaty pogłębiły wiedzę uczestników, stały się źródłem refleksji i inspiracji oraz zachęciły do dalszych poszukiwań skutecznych metod nauczania dwujęzycznego.

Szkolenia oferowane przez ECML to gwarancja najwyższej jakości - warto z nich skorzystać!

Ewa Witczyńska

Venue: Sulejówek Training Centre, Sulejówek, Poland.

Local organiser: Elżbieta Witkowska, Education Development Center / Ośrodek Rozwoju Edukacji

ECML trainers: Dunja Chamberlain and Frédéric Taveau, Switzerland.

Participants: 24 teacher consultants, methodology advisors, English teachers, teachers of non-language subjects in primary and upper secondary schools.

The opportunity to have a workshop run by ECML experts is always a great advantage for participants to learn something new and to enhance teaching skills and get more motivated in work. The workshop on “A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning” with Dunja Chamberlain and Frederic Taveau as experts was undoubtedly of a great value for the participants.

Although the target group represented various educational backgrounds (such as in-service teacher training institutions, primary and secondary school teachers of English and other non-language subjects), the particpants all benefitted from the content presented and the activities carried out during the workshop. The ECML experts prepared the materials that were used druing the activities, but they will also be invaluable for the participants while planning activities for their students or preparing workshops for their colleagues. Due to the trainers’ expertise, many years of practice and their dedication to work, the participants went back home, inspired with new ideas for their work and encouraged to implement them in their own teaching practice.

The workshops led by ECML are always of the greatest standards and value, so it is always worth applying for one!

Elżbieta Witkowska, local organiser

• More information about the ECML training and consultancy offer for member states “A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning”
• ECML thematic area

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Polish version

Warsztaty organizowane we współpracy z ECML, prowadzone przez wybitnych ekspertów z danej dziedziny są zawsze doskonałą okazją do zdobywania nowej wiedzy i doskonalenia warsztatu pracy. Szkolenie Pluriliteracies Approach to Teaching for Learning prowadzone przez trenerów ECML -Dunję Chamberlain and Frederica Taveau również było znakomitą okazją do zapoznania się z nowymi pomysłami na nauczanie, tym razem w systemie dwujęzycznym, tak aby było on efektywne. Eksperci, przygotowali dla uczestników materiały, które wykorzystywane były w trakcje wykonywania ćwiczeń , ale będą również pomocne w przygotowywaniu własnych warsztatów bądź lekcji w szkole. Eksperci zaprezentowali tematykę w sposób przystępny, łącząc wiadomości teoretyczne z treściami praktycznymi. Uczestnicy mieli okazję pracować w grupach, dzielić się swoimi doświadczeniami oraz poznać techniki i strategie pracy wspomagające nauczania treści przedmiotowych poprzez język angielski.

Nasza instytucja po raz kolejny miała okazję do zorganizowania warsztatów we współpracy z ECML i po raz kolejny okazały się one ogromnym sukcesem, a uczestnicy wrócili do domu zainspirowani nowymi pomysłami.

The ECML expert team of the activity “A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning” discussed details of their 2019 training workshops with local organisers from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Greece, and Poland at the ECML in Graz.

More information on the individual training sessions will soon be available on the dedicated website.

Local organiser: Justyna Maziarska-Lesisz, Elżbieta Witkowska

ECML experts: Jackie Robbins, Pauline Ernest and Joseph Hopkins, Spain

Participants: local organiser + 18 participants; mostly teachers of English (with one German and one French); most of them work in secondary schools (few in primary schools). The majority of the participants were also teacher trainers, teachers’ advisers and teachers’ consultants.

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“Technology will never replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.” Nowadays when open-access resources, online courses, virtual classrooms and social networks are more and more popular in language education it is important to remember not only how to use digital tools but also why. They give learners access to information, promote interaction and communication as well as enhance their digital literacy skills. For teachers who are ready to review them according to pedagogical criteria they are great source of inspiration for successful teaching. That is why such an initiative as the ICT-REV project is so important. The workshop run in Poland in October 2018 by the ECML experts focused on the use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning. It gave the participants space for self-reflection in this matter and some practical tips on how to develop their teaching skills using new technology.

Justyna Maziarska-Lesisz and Elżbieta Witkowska, local organisers

• More information about the ECML training and consultancy for member States "Use of ICT in support of language learning and teaching - ICT-REV"

POLISH VERSION 

W ramach współpracy ORE z Europejskim Centrum Języków Nowożytnych w Grazu w dniach 3-4 października br. w Centrum Szkoleniowym ORE w Sulejówku odbyły się warsztaty poświęcone wykorzystywaniu nowoczesnych technologii w nauczaniu i uczeniu się języków obcych. Uczestnikami spotkania byli nauczyciele konsultanci, doradcy metodyczni i pracownicy placówek wspomagania pracy szkół w zakresie edukacji językowej. Głównym celem spotkania była refleksja nad tym po co i jak korzystać z nowoczesnych technologii w procesie uczenia się i nauczania. W części praktycznej spotkania uczestnicy, wspierani przez ekspertów ECML przygotowywali ćwiczenia oraz gotowe konspekty zajęć z wykorzystaniem wybranych narzędzi ICT opisanych w repozytorium (ICT-REV Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning). Uczestnicy spotkania wysoko ocenili merytoryczną wartość warsztatów, wskazując na praktyczny aspekt przedstawionych treści, materiałów dydaktycznych oraz narzędzi. Podkreślano jednocześnie chęć wdrażania we własnej pracy dydaktycznej rozwiązań zaproponowanych przez trenerów oraz tych wypracowanych wspólnie w trakcie warsztatów. Wartością dodaną była również możliwość dzielenia się doświadczeniem i dobrą praktyką.

Belgrade Conference

The final preparations are being done now for the ProSign / efsli  October conference in Belgrade. It is still possible to register, so please do so as soon as possible in order to gain insights into the newest developments of Sign Language Teaching and Pedagogy! The preliminary programme is available also on the website.

Greece embraces CEFR for sign language teaching

More than 25 Deaf GSL teachers and teachers-to-be from all over Greece have actively enrolled in the training program for CEFR levels in the teaching of sign languages. Added to these are 7 hearing staff and interpreters of sign language schools that need to be familiar with these concepts / methodology. Since 23rd July they have been studying the CEFR material made available in GSL and Greek, and have started uploading signed exercises according to CEFR on our platform, to be monitored between Chrissostomos Papaspirou, Galini Sapountzaky, the Association of GSL-tutors and discussed with all of the participants in a workshop between 20-26 August 2018. ECML ProSign 2 Expert Team members Christian Rathmann and Beppie van den Bogaerde are involved in the program.

Dissemination of CEFR for Sign Languages

Christian Rathmann (Coordinator of Pro-Sign 2) gave one of three talks at a conference in Tabriz, Iran in early August which was organised by the Deaf Iranian NGO Cooperation Network. This talk focused on the importance of teaching Sign Language as L2 for the implementation of UNCPRD and introduced the competency levels of CEFR for Sign Languages.

At the upcoming SIGN9 conference at the University of Warsaw on 22-25 August 2018 next (see http://sign9.uw.edu.pl/en/), Thomas Geissler and Christian Rathmann are going to share current work on "CEFR-based Sign Language Assessment: A Multistage Procedure and Error Analysis".

 The Pro-Sign 2 project team:
Christian Rathmann (coordinator), Tobias Haug, Lorraine Leeson, Beppie van den Bogaerde

• ECML project website "Pro-Sign 2 - Promoting excellence in sign language instruction" (available in English, French and sign language)

On 2 March 2018 fifteen local organisers from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” met ECML expert teams to prepare national training events in the areas of Plurilingual education (“FREPA - Plurilingual and intercultural competences: descriptors and teaching materials”) and Online technology (“ICT-rev - Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning”).

These events are examples of the ECML offer of Training and Consultancy for member states - bilateral support responding to specific national priorities whereby previously successful ECML project teams share their expertise with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience.

A big thank you to national organisers and expert teams for their support and cooperation in preparing the delivery  of 8 ICT-REV and 4 FREPA training activities for professionals in language education in these nine countries.

• FREPA calendar of events

• ICT-rev calendar of events
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The European Language Gazette, the ECML's e-newsletter, provides up-to-date news about the ECML (events, projects, resources), the Language Policy Unit and other relevant sectors of the Council of Europe, as well as our partners. It focuses on national developments in the field of language education in the member states and beyond.

Read the latest issue: English - French

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Issue no. 36 – Contents

Focus on ECML programme developments – "Languages at the heart of learning" (2016-2019)

Latest project developments

"Language awareness in subject classes": participate in an online survey

"Towards a Common European Framework for Language Teachers": latest news

e-lang project in 2016: laying the foundations for a digital literacy in the language teaching and learning context

"Promoting excellence in sign language instruction (PRO-Sign2)": ECML workshop (Graz, Austria, 1-2 March 2017) – cooperation partnership with Moscow State Linguistic University

"A quality matrix for CEFR use": ECML workshop (Graz, Austria, 15-16 November 2016) – Interview with Denis Vigneron, French participant

ECML training and consultancy for member states

Network meeting of local organisers and ECML consultants (Graz, Austria, 7-8 March 2017) and upcoming national training workshops

National training workshop "Supporting multilingual classes" in Slovenia (Koper, 2-3 March 2017)

National workshops "A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning" in Malta (Floriana, 2-3 March 2017) and Latvia (Riga, 6-7 March 2017) 

Forthcoming events

Recent ECML publication: Language skills for successful subject learning – CEFR linked descriptors for mathematics and history/civics

European Day of Languages

National developments in Armenia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland

Professional Network Forum of the ECML: upcoming events

Council of Europe developments

The linguistic integration of adult migrants: some lessons from research

Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM) (ECML, Graz, Austria, 29-31 March 2017)

International Roma Day – 8 April

Pestalozzi programme: creating an online community of action researchers – summer school 2017

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: developments in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Kosovo*, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

Urban policies for inclusive integration and diversity advantage: join the Intercultural Cities 2017 Milestone Event (Lisbon, Portugal, 28-29 November 2017)

Cyprus Chairmanship Conference in Nicosia: "Securing Democracy through Education"

Recent publication

Editorial news from other organisations: Eurostat, Eurydice, OECD, Unesco, Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, Babylonia

Quick links

From 30 May to 1st June 2016, the Pluriliteracies team met with national representatives from 7 European countries (Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia) to share the latest iteration of the pluriliteracies model as well as a newly developed planning tool for mentoring deeper learning which was illustrated by practical examples for different subjects and levels from associated partner schools and teacher training seminars.

The teacher training and consultancy events will address a wide audience including teachers, teacher educators, policy makers, curriculum writers, heads of schools and ministry officials.

The events are intended to promote change towards deeper learning mindsets. Outcomes will include university training modules and courses, curriculum consultancy, and teacher training courses for a wide range of audiences, subjects, languages and age groups.

Related ECML resources:

• A pluriliteracies approach to teaching for learning – Content and Language Integrated Learning
• Literacies through Content and Language Integrated Learning: effective learning across subjects and languages
• Thematic collection on CLIL

The new issue of the Foreign Language Magazine „Języki Obce w Szkole“  (JOWS) published by Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji, Warsaw, is featuring an update on the recent ECML developments relating to the accession of Serbia to the Enlarged Partial Agreement of the European Centre for Modern Languages, the new ECML cooperation agreements with the European Commission and Moscow State Linguistic University and the ECML workshop “European portfolio for student teachers of pre-primary education (Pre-elementaire)”.

(in Polish)
Nowe możliwości warsztatów Europejskiego Centrum Języków Nowożytnych
Europejskie Portfolio Językowe - wspieranie autonomii ucznia
JOWS home page 

Contact:
Wydawca: Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji
ul. Mokotowska 43
00-551 Warszawa
Poland
e-mail: [email protected]
www.frse.org.pl