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Department of Language Education and Policy ● Language Policy Division (Strasbourg) ● European Center for Modern Languages (Graz) ● Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (Strasbourg) Council of Europe work in language policies and standards 3rd Summit - social cohesion and intercultural dialogue Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education • access to quality education for all • concrete measures for inclusive education • right to education Language(s) of schooling • language as a subject • language across the curriculum Standards / minimum ‘entitlement’ / expectations : • competences (linguistic and semiotic) • end primary/end compulsory school The language is more specific, it is embedded into semantic fields and networks of concepts - It uses a more formal register and style - It is more abstract or generalised in word choice - It is more precise and succinct - It is more explicit and detailed - It is more cohesive (explicitly linking ideas, sentences and parts thereof) - It is more rationally structured - It is more coherent or goal-oriented in terms of the overall structuring of a discourse or text; - It thus requires more planning, self-monitoring and other forms of user control - It leads to basic forms of classroom-scientific discourse to which all learners are entitled and which are fundamental prerequisites in order to learn efficiently, in order to survive school and in order to become a social agent and participate inside and outside of school as a democratic citizen. - European Reference Framework for Languages of Education 1. main language(s) of schooling (national, regional/minority languages) Language as a subject (LS) Language for teaching other subjects (LAC) 2. regional/minority + migrant languages (+varieties) when NOT languages of schooling 3. Modern foreign languages (‘foreign’ or bilingual teaching) European Framework of Reference for Languages of Education www.coe.int/lang Prague Conference Tools of Reference • Guide for Language Education Policies in Europe • CEFR (+ Manual + DVDs..) • Guide to curriculum planning for plurilingual and intercultural education • DVD with samples of oral production in 5 languages calibrated during an international benchmark event • European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Language (EPOSTL) • ELP generic elements (templates; banks of descriptors) • Guidelines on language policies for integration of migrants • Curriculum Framework for Romani • ………………………. Tools of Implementation • • • • • specific European Language Portfolio models local ELP training (ECML kit + ELP website) local CEFR linking; training …. individual Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters Intercultural Communicative Competence in Teacher Education (ICCinTE) • …………………….. • Language Education Policy Profiles – transversal New development • Overarching conceptual framework concerning all languages in/for education • Handbook for languages of schooling Websites / Sites internet Council of Europe / Conseil de l’Europe www.coe.int Language Policy Division Division des Politiques linguistiques www.coe.int/lang www.coe.int/lang/fr European Language Portfolio Portfolio européen des langues www.coe.int/portfolio www.coe.int/portfolio/fr European Day of Languages Journée européenne des langues www.coe.int/edl www.coe.int/jel ECML / CELV www.ecml.at