June 2010
Participation in an external event
4-5 June 2010
23rd Session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
Theme: "Education for a sustainable democratic society: the role of teachers"
Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Organiser: Council of Europe
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
Participation in an external event
4-6 June 2010
Second National Seminar of the : « Améliorer la formation initiale des enseignants de FLE en Roumanie – Quels référentiels? Quels dispositifs? Quelles stratégies? - Regards croisés sur les masters en didactique »
Venue: Sibiu, Hermannstadt, Romania
Expert: Dan Ion Nasta, Institute of Education Sciences, Bucarest
Organisers: Department of French and Francophone Studies of the University "Lucian Blaga" of Sibiu (Romania), Commission Didactical Research & Innovation (CRID) of the programmes in teaching French as a foreign language of the Romanian Association of Teachers of French (Association roumaine des professeurs de français, ARPF), Institute of Education Science - Bucarest (Romania), University of Nice (France), University of Aix-Marseille (France)
Participants: CRID members, university staff in charge of the master programmes in teaching French as a foreign language in Romania, active members of the Romanian Association of teachers of French (ARPF), National Contact Point for the ECML in Romania (Oradea)
ECML contribution: documentation for the ECML stand
Hosted event at the ECML premises
6 June 2010
Meeting of the Graz Language Network (Sprachennetzwerk Graz)
Website
National support event
7-8 June 2010
Conference "Plurilingual education in Europe: inclusive practices in Southeast Europe"
Venue: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Expert: Anna Lasselsberger, Austria, representative of the ECML project “Majority language instruction as a basis for plurilingual education” (MARILLE)
Local organisation: Diversity and Inclusion section, The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Cooperation partner: Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK), Department I/13a: Schools and Migration
Participants: modern language teachers and decision makers in the educational sector
Conference programme
Participation of ECML staff in an event
7-10 June 2010
International conference: “Who needs languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language education policies”
Venue: University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Organiser: Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), University of Jyväskylä
ECML contribution: keynote by Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director (8 June): “Supranational level of language education policies – a Council of Europe perspective on language education”
Conference website
Preparatory meeting of the Workshop 2/2010
8 June 2010
"Content and Language Integrated Learning through languages other than English – Getting started” (CLIL-LOTE-START) and “Good Practice” (CLIL-LOTE-GO)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Workshop 2/2010
9-11 June 2010
”Content and Language Integrated Learning through languages other than English – Getting started” (CLIL-LOTE-START) and “Good Practice” (CLIL-LOTE-GO)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinators: Kim Haataja, Finland; Gérald Schlemminger, Germany
Co-animators: Kátálin Arkossy, Hungary; Clarisse Costa Afonso, Portugal; Rolf Kruczinna, Germany; Andrzej Kaczmarek, Poland; Christine Le Pape Racine, Switzerland
Working languages: German and French, with simultaneous interpretation (Please take note of the specific language requirements in the participants’ profile below.)
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Participants’ profile and specific language requirements in working groups
Participation of ECML staff in an event
14-16 June 2010
European Language Portfolio Validation Committee: Meeting
Venue: Strasbourg, France
Organiser: Language Policy Division / Council of Europe
ECML contribution: Susanna Slivensky, Head of Programmes / Deputy Executive Director
Participation in an external event
14-18 June 2010
14th World Congress of Comparative Education Societies
Theme: Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities for Change in Education and Society
Venue: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Expert: Denise Lussier, University McGill, Canada; project team member of the ECML project "Intercultural communication training in teacher education" (2004-2007)
Organisers: World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), Turkish Comparative Education Society (TÜKED), Boğaziçi University (Istanbul) ECML contribution: documentation
Website
Expert meeting
17-18 June 2010
“Developing online teaching skills” (DOTS)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Ursula Stickler, United Kingdom
Participants: project team
Participation of ECML staff in an event
17-18 June 2010
"Nürnberger Tage für Integration": conference on languages, education and integration
Venue: Nurnberg, Germany
Organisers: Goethe-Institut jointy with the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
ECML contribution: participation of Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director, in the debates
Conference website
Conference documentation and results: www.bamf.de ; www.goethe.de/integration
National support event
17-19 June 2010
Seminar on linking examinations and tests to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
Venue: Yerevan, Armenia
Expert: José Noijons, The Netherlands
Local organisation: Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov
Participants: school and university teachers involved in language testing
Project web site: http://relex.ecml.at
Hosted event at the ECML premises
18 June 2010
Visit of the ECML within the framework of the 4th Meeting of the International Network of National Language Centres (INNLAC): presentation of the ECML and the Graz Language Network, discussion of the ECML's 4th medium-term programme of activities 2012-2015
Organiser: Österreichisches Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrum (the National Contact Point for the ECML in Austria)
National support event
18-19 June 2010
Seminar of the Nordic Baltic Region (NBR) section of the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations (FIPLV) "Sharing the Treasure Trove"
Venue: Reykjavik, Iceland
Experts: Mercè Bernaus, Spain
Local organisation: The National Association of Foreign Language Teachers in Iceland (STIL)
Participants: representatives of the NBR section of FIPLV
Related web sites: www.stil.is or www.fiplv.com
Participation in an external event
23-26 June 2010
Primeros pasos en la formación del formador de profesores
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
ECML experts: Mercè Bernaus, Frank Heyworth, Uwe Pohl, Margit Szesztay, Tony Wright
Organiser: Instituto Cervantes
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
Participation of ECML staff in an event
23 June 2010
Meeting of the Austrian Language Committee (Österreichisches Sprachenkomitee)
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Organisers: Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, in cooperation with the Austrian Centre for Language Competence (Österreichisches Sprachenkompetenz-Zentrum, ÖSZ)
ECML representative: Susanna Slivensky, Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmes
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting
23 June 2010
"Content-based teaching + plurilingual/cultural awareness”(CONBAT+)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting
24-25 June 2010
“Content-based teaching + plurilingual/cultural awareness” (CONBAT+)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Mercé Bernaus, Spain
Co-animators: Sofie Jonckheere, Belgium; Áine Furlong, Ireland; Martine Kervran, France
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team
Participation of ECML staff in an event
24-25 June 2010
International Conference on "Quality Assurance of Language Programmes at Universities in Europe"
Venue: University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Organisers: Faculty for Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava and the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS) – the ECML partner association
ECML contribution: keynote by Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director on “ECML – promoting quality in language education”; documentation
Website
Preparatory meeting of the Workshops 3/2010
28 June 2010
“ECML National Contact Points” and 4/2010 “ECML National Nominating Authorities”
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordination team: Steinar Nybole, Norway; Terry Lamb, United Kingdom; ECML Secretariat
Workshop 3/2010
29-30 June 2010
ECML National Contact Points
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordination team: Steinar Nybole, Norway; Terry Lamb, United Kingdom; ECML Secretariat
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Description
Participants’ profile
Workshop 4/2010
30 June – 2 July 2010
ECML National Nominating Authorities
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordination team: Steinar Nybole, Norway; Terry Lamb, United Kingdom; ECML Secretariat
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, nominated by the ECML national nominating authorities
Description
Participants’ profile