September 2010
Participation in an external event
2-4 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 meeting
7-8 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 event
8-11 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
Participation of ECML staff in an event
8-12 September 2010
6th International Conference of the CCLL Comenius-Network
Venue: Management Centre, Pécs, Hungary
Expert: Kim Haataja
Organisers: Comenius-Network CCLL (Common Constitution and Language Learning), University of Pécs, Hungarian German Pedagogical Institute, Valeria Koch School Centre, Pécs2010 European Cultural Capital, Self-Administration of Hungarian Germans
ECML contribution: keynote by Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director, on “Implementing European Language Education Policies: The Work of the European Centre for Modern Languages”; documentation
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Preparatory meeting of the Workshop 5/2010
8 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 5/2010
9-10 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 meeting
14-15 September 2010
“Piloting and implementing the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages” (EPOSTL2)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting
16-17 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 meeting
15 September 2010
“European Language Portfolio Platform” (ELP-TT2; ELP-WSU)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participant: David Little, Ireland
Participation in an external event
19-22 September 2010
9th International Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (EGFS/AELFE):
“How global are we? The Impact of Globalisation on Business Communication: Linguistic and Didactic Aspects of Language in Business Communication”
Venue: University of Hamburg, Germany
Organiser: Arbeitsbereiches Unternehmenskommunikation (arbuk)
Expert: Laura Muresan
ECML contribution: documentation, incl. QualiTraining publication
Website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
21 September 2010
Meeting of the Graz Language Network (Sprachennetzwerk Graz)
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Hosted event at the ECML premises
21-23 September 2010
2nd transnational meeting: "ROMANINET- A multimedia Romani course for promoting linguistic diversity and improving social dialogue"
Organisers: Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria Ribeira do Louro (Spain), Asesoramiento, Tecnología e Investigación S.L. (Spain), Fundación Secretariado Gitano (Spain), "ETHNOTOLERANCE" (Bulgary), Secretariado Diocesano de Lisboa da Obra Pastoral dos Ciganos (Portugal), Grup Scolar Industrial Victor Jinga (Romania), SC CONCEPT CONSULTING SRL (Romania), University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
ECML contribution: keynote by Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting
22 September 2010
“Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio – Follow-up project” (ELP-TT3)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting
23-24 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 event
23-25 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
Event details to be confirmed
26 September 2010
European Day of Languages
Expert meeting and project presentation/symposium
27-30 September 2010
Expert meeting “Content-based teaching + plurilingual/cultural awareness” (CONBAT+) / Symposium «UA European-Canadian Project: Integrating Plurilingualism/Pluriculturalism into Content-based Teaching»
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
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Visit of the ECML
28 September 2010
Participants: 40 students and 6 teachers from Gimnazija Nova Gradiska, Croatia; 20 students and 2 teachers from HAK Grazbachgasse, Graz, Austria
Preparatory meeting of the network meeting
29 September 2010
“CARAP – a framework of reference for pluralistic approaches” (CARAP)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting
30 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
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