The National Language Working Group, in cooperation with the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz, organised a two-day workshop on October 8 and 9, 2025, aimed at members of the Subject Curriculum Commissions for Languages. The workshop was led by two ECML experts, Maria Stathopoulou (Hellenic Open University, Greece) and Laurent Rouveyrol (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France), and was conducted online due to objective circumstances.
A total of 32 participants attended the workshop, including university professors, consultants from the National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, and primary and secondary school teachers.
The training provided participants with insight into current trends in language teaching, based on the CEFR Companion Volume. It introduced an action-oriented and learner-centred approach to language learning, with particular emphasis on the role of mediation in both oral and written communication - within a single language and across languages. Additionally, the importance of plurilingualism, multilingualism, and interculturality in the modern learning environment was highlighted.
Participants explored ways to meaningfully integrate these approaches into planning and everyday pedagogical practice. The knowledge and materials acquired during the workshop will be adapted and used by participants for teacher training activities related to the implementation of the new curricula and knowledge catalogues.
Barbara Lesničar, Zavod za šolstvo (National Education Institute), OE Maribor
More information about the training and consultancy offer of the ECML for member states: "The CEFR Companion Volume: Mediation and other key concepts"
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Izvedena dvodnevna delavnica o sodobnih pristopih k poučevanju jezikov - Zavod RS za šolstvo
Dvodnevna delavnica o sodobnih pristopih k poučevanju jezikov – Training and Consultancy: MEDVitBoX 2025 Slovenija
Področna skupina za jezike je v sodelovanju s Centrom za moderne jezike iz Gradca (ECMJ) 8. in 9. oktobra 2025 organizirala dvodnevno delavnico, namenjeno članom Predmetno kurikularnih komisij za jezike. Delavnico sta vodila člana ekspertne skupine pri ECMJ, Maria Stathopoulou (Hellenic Open University, Grčija) in Laurent Rouveyrol (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Francija) in je bila zaradi objektivnih razlogov izpeljana na daljavo. Delavnice se je udeležilo 32 udeležencev (univerzitetni profesorji, svetovalci Zavoda RS za šolstvo in učitelji osnovnih ter srednjih šol).
Izobraževanje je udeležencem ponudilo vpogled v sodobne smernice poučevanja jezikov, ki temeljijo na dokumentu CEFR Companion Volume. Predstavljen je bil dejavnostno naravnan in za učence osmišljen pristop k učenju jezikov angl. action approach), poseben poudarek pa je bil namenjen vlogi posredovanja v ustni in pisni komunikaciji, tako v enem jeziku kot med jeziki ter pomenu večjezičnosti, raznojezičnosti in medkulturnosti v sodobnem učnem okolju.
Udeleženci so raziskovali možnosti smiselnega vključevanja teh pristopov v načrtovanje in vsakodnevno pedagoško prakso. Znanje in gradivo pridobljeno v delavnici, bodo udeleženci prilagodili in uporabili za usposabljanje učiteljev pri uvajanju novih učnih načrtov in katalogov znanj.
Barbara Lesničar, Barbara Lesničar, Zavod za šolstvo, OE Maribor