31 August - 1 September 2010
Expert meeting "Enhancing Romani language education in schools in Europe" (QualiRom)
Venue: University of Helsinki, Finland
Coordinator: Ulli Pawlata
Local organiser: Reetta Toivanen
18-21 August 2010
Participation of ECML staff in an event
REAL training seminar: "How to motivate students: innovation and creativity in the languages classroom"
Venue: Krakow, Poland
Organisers: European network of language teacher associations (REAL), in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University (Krakow)
ECML contribution: speech by Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director, at a plenary session
Website
September 2010
Participation in an external event2-4 September 2010
CercleS 11th International Conference: “University Language Centres- Language Policy and Innovation”
Venue: Helsinki, Finland
Organisers: European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS) with the Network of Finnish University Language Centres (FINELC) and the Language Centre of the University of Helsinki
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting 6 September 2010
“Majority language instruction as a basis for plurilingual education” (MARILLE)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting7-8 September 2010
“Majority language instruction as a basis for plurilingual education” (MARILLE)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Klaus-Börge Boeckmann, Austria
Co-animators: Eija Aalto, Finland; Andrea Abel, Italy; Terry Lamb, United Kingdom
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team
National support event8-11 September 2010
: EUROCALL Conference 2010 – "Languages, cultures and virtual communities": Paper presentation on "The CEF-ESTIM grid: How to use it?"
Venue: University Bordeaux II, France
Expert: Claire Tardieu, France
Local organisation: University of Bordeaux and University of Bordeaux IV – IUFM, under the auspices of ALSIC (Apprentissage des Langues et Systèmes d’Information et Communication) and ACEDLE (Association des Chercheurs et Enseignants Didacticiens de Langues Etrangères)
Participants: educators, researchers, administrators, designers of software and language learning systems, government representatives, equipment and software suppliers and other professionals involved in CALL and TELL
Preparatory meeting of the Workshop 5/20108 September 2010
“Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” (AYLLit)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Workshop 5/20109-10 September 2010
“Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” (AYLLit)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Angela Hasselgreen, United Kingdom
Co-animators: Violeta Kaledaité, Lithuania; Karmen Pizorn, Slovenia; Natàlia Maldonado, Spain
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Participants’ profile
Expert meeting 9-10 September 2010
“Enhancing success of mobility programmes – Tools for language teachers” (PLURImobil)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Miriam Egli Cuenat, Switzerland
Participants: project team
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting14-15 September 2010
“Piloting and implementing the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages” (EPOSTL2)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting16-17 September 2010
“Piloting and implementing the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages” (EPOSTL2)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: David Newby, Austria
Co-animators: Anne-Brit Fenner, Norway; Barry Lee Jones, United Kingdom; Silvia Velikova, Bulgaria
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team
Expert meeting15 September 2010
“European Language Portfolio Platform” (ELP-TT2; ELP-WSU)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participant: David Little, Ireland
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting22 September 2010
“Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio – Follow-up project” (ELP-TT3)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting23-24 September 2010
“Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio – Follow-up project” (ELP-TT3)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Margarete Nezbeda, Austria
Co-animators: Barbara Lesničar, Slovenia; Heike Speitz, Norway; Martine Tchang-George, Switzerland
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team
Participation in an external event23-25 September 2010
5. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Sprachendidaktik (ÖSGD)
"Sprachen lernen: Kompetenzen entwickeln – Performanzen (über)prüfen"
Venue: University of Innsbruck, Austria
Organiser: ÖSGD
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
European Day of Languages26 September 2010
Event details to be confirmed
Expert meeting27-30 September 2010
“Content-based teaching + plurilingual/cultural awareness” (CONBAT+) and project presentation/symposium
Venue: Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), University of Ottawa
Coordinator: Mercedes Bernaus, Spain
Local organisation: Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) and CASLT (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers)
Participants: project team et Canadian experts
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting29 September 2010
“CARAP – a framework of reference for pluralistic approaches” (CARAP)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting30 September – 1 October 2010
“CARAP – a framework of reference for pluralistic approaches” (CARAP) Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Michel Candelier, France
Co-animators: Jean-François de Pietro, Switzerland; Raymond Facciol, Malta; Xavier Pascual Calvo, Spain
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team