The latest issue of the ECML's e-newsletter, European Language Gazette No. 74, is now available. It features current news on ECML activities, including events, projects and resources, as well as updates from relevant sectors of the Council of Europe and ECML partner organisations. The Gazette also highlights national developments in language education from member states and beyond.
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Featured articles
Live-streaming of the ECML-EC Colloquium on Regional and minority languages in secondary education on Thursday, 4 December 2025
European Day of Languages 2025
Programme manager in language education: call for candidates for a secondment at the European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria
ECML outreach events
“Language education at the heart of democracy”: from Parliamentary Assembly to city dialogue
ECML participation in the international workshop on “Maximising learning outcomes linked to CLIL in primary and secondary education” (Sèvres, France, 26-27 November 2025)
ECML programme of activities 2024-2027: latest developments
“AI for language education” workshop at the ECML
Pluriliteracies for global citizenship: Introducing the 4Rs Framework to design deeper learning episodes for the languages classroom
ARPI – a digital companion to guide users through ECML resources
“Fostering the plurilingual wellbeing of language teachers”: Flurry of Pluriwell activity blows into a new academic year
CLILMat workshop (Graz, 17-18 September 2025): enhancing CLIL materials for 21st-century competences learning
ECML training and consultancy in member states
ECML-EC workshops on “Using ICT in support of language teaching and learning (ICT-REV)”
Austria (1-2 October 2025)
Germany (Kiel, 15-16 September 2025)
Poland (Sulejowek, 15-16 October 2025)
ECML-EC workshops on “Supporting Multilingual Classrooms”
Webinar “Supporting multilingual classrooms” (recorded on 16 October 2025)
Cyprus (Nicosia, 9-10 October 2025)
Spain (Melilla, 8-9 October 2025)
ECML-EC workshop on “Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the CEFR” (RELANG)
Czechia (Prague, 9-11 September 2025)
ECML workshops on "The CEFR Companion Volume: Mediation and other key concepts" (MedVITbox)
Webinar “Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment” (recorded on 13 November 2025)
Finland(Oulu, 26-27 May 2025)
Slovenia(online, 8-9 October 2025)
ECML national training workshops “A ROADMAP for schools to support the language(s) of schooling”
Romania (online, 27-28 October 2025)
Sweden (Hässelby, 8-9 October 2025)
ECML national support events
Greece – Bridging vertical and horizontal transitions: CLIL across educational levels and languages (Thessaloniki, 17 October 2025)
Malta – “Languages in early childhood: Where to begin? Early language learning and the role of CLIL in LOTE contexts” (Pembroke, 31 October 2025)
National developments
Austria: Roadmap to Language Sensitivity in Austrian Schools
France: recent developments
Interview by France Éducation International – ECML Summer Academy 2025: reflections from a French teacher
A unique partnership in France to advance modern language learning
Recent publications quoting the work of the ECML
Professional Network Forum of the ECML
Forthcoming events of the Forum members
Council of Europe
The Republic of Moldova took over the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers
75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights - Solemn Ceremony
Policymakers and educators shape the future of foreign language education in Türkiye
World Forum for Democracy: “Democracy at risk: how can we revive it?” (Strasbourg, France, 5-7 November 2025)
European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025
Council of Europe launches the E-Democracy Lab online learning platform
The Knowledge Hub of the Education Department – a one-stop digital library for education professionals across Europe
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML)
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Council of Europe bookshop: recent resources
News from other organisations
European Commission
European School Education Platform
Unesco
OECD
Mercator – European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
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