Transcript European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe in Graz, Austria.

European Centre
for Modern Languages
of the Council of Europe
in Graz, Austria
ECML mission
 Implementation of language policies
 Promotion of innovative approaches to the learning
and teaching of modern languages
Strategic objectives of the ECML :
 Training multipliers
 Supporting professional networks
 Focus on the practice of the learning and teaching of
modern languages
How the ECML works
 Governing Board: ministerial representatives from
each member state
 4-year programmes addressing priority issues in
language education
 Projects involving experts of all ECML member states
 Cooperation with major international institutions and
associations in language education
 ECML publications
 ECML website www.ecml.at
ECML support for multilingual
classrooms
Evolving ECML expertise:
Foreign language classroom
Foreign languages in content learning
Linguistic and cultural diversity
Plurilingualism
The learner with all his/her languages in different contexts
ECML spport for multilingual classrooms
Examples
ECML programme 2004-2007
VALEUR - Valuing all languages in Europe
 “Additional” languages (other than national or regional languages )
 Overview of educational provision made for them
 Promotion of educational, social and cognitive benefits of
plurilingualism
 Recommendations for how to deal with linguistic diversity
www.ecml.at/Programme/Programme20042007
ECML spport for multilingual classrooms
Examples
ECML programme 2008-2011
MARILLE - Majority language in multilingual settings
 Teachers as agents for plurilingualism in majority language teaching
 Small-scale activities (e.g. planning a lesson, relating to all languages
spoken in the classroom)
 Strategic approaches (e.g. involving head teachers or parents)
http://marille.ecml.at
ECML spport for multilingual classrooms
Examples
ECML programme 2008-2011
Conbat +
PLURILINGUALISM AND PLURICULTURALISM IN
CONTENT-BASED TEACHING - A TRAINING KIT
 combining CLIL with plurilingual and pluricultural approaches
 using the languages and cultures present in the classroom as a cross-
curricular resource
 26 content based units in English, French and Spanish to be used in
classrooms
http://conbat.ecml.at
DRAFT
Context
• Right to education
(Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN)
• Encouraging linguistic diversity
(Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, UNESCO)
• Strategy for multilingualism
(European Union)
• Living together. Combining diversity and freedom in
21st-century Europe
(Council of Europe)
ECML long-term vision
• Focus on the learner, the learner’s needs and the
learner’s perspective
• Building on diversity
• Promoting inclusive approaches
• Aiming at plurilingual and intercultural
competences
• Considering both, formal and informal/nonformal learning contexts
Inclusive education
„Exclusion is a consequence of negative attitudes
and a lack of response to diversity
in race, economic status, social class, ethnicity,
language, religion, gender, sexual orientation
and ability“
(UNESCO)
ECML programme 2012-2015
DRAFT
ECML programme 2012-2015
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ECML programme 2012-2015
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ECML programme 2012-2015
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ECML programme 2012-2015
DIVERSITY IN MAJORITY LANGUAGE LEARNING
• Focus on teacher education for the majority language (e.g. French in
France, Polish in Poland)
• Encouragement of collaboration between teachers of all languages
Expected outputs:
• A review of practice in teacher education for majority language
teachers
• Sample teaching materials to illustrate good practice
• Guidelines for teacher educators
ECML programme 2012-2015
LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS FOR MIGRANT AND MINORITY
LEARNERS’ SUCCESS IN COMPULSORY EDUCATION
• Targeting educators’ awareness of learners’ need for successful
schooling
• Targeted age groups: learners aged 11/12 and 15/16
• Language competence required for curriculum subjects (social
sciences and maths)
Expected outputs:
• Descriptors in four languages (Finnish, Lithuanian, Norwegian,
Portuguese)
• Guidelines to draft levels for other languages
ECML programme 2012-2015
LITERACIES THROUGH
CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING
• CLIL approaches targeting academic literacies in secondary
education
• Support for learners in attaining academic language proficiency
Expected outputs:
• A guide for CLIL teachers / teacher educators on developing
academic literacy at secondary level
• A self-evaluation guide on good CLIL practice and sample
teaching materials
ECML programme 2012-2015
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY APPROACH
TO MIGRANTS’ EDUCATION
• Fostering links between schools, homes and the community:
collaboration with parents, local libraries and art institutions
• Enhancing literacy development through plurilingual approaches
Expected outputs:
• Guidelines on the development of literacy for migrants in schools
• Guidelines for cooperation between the community, parents and the
school
• Guidelines for the effective use of resources such as libraries and
art centres
ECML programme 2012-2015
INVOLVING PARENTS
IN PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
• Mediating knowledge relating to cognitive and social benefits of
plurilingual and intercultural education
• Involving parents in activities and training teachers to overcome
barriers to involve parents
Expected outputs:
• Information material to inform the general public – especially
parents - of the benefits of plural approaches
• Networks of mediators to present and disseminate relevant
approaches
www.carap.ecml.at
ECML programme 2012-2015
DRAFT
Want to stay informed?
Visit the programme website
http://www.ecml.at/learningthroughlanguages