ECML

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. ECML spport for multilingual classroomsExamples 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

6. ECML spport for multilingual classroomsExamples 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

7. ECML spport for multilingual classroomsExamples 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 classroomshttp://conbat.ecml.at

8. D R A F T

9. 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)

10. 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/non-formal learning contexts

11. 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)

12. ECML programme 2012-2015DRAFT

13. ECML programme 2012-2015DRAFT

14. ECML programme 2012-2015DRAFT

15. ECML programme 2012-2015DRAFT

16. 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

17. 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

18. ECML programme 2012-2015 • Literacies through content and language integrated learning • CLIL approaches targeting academic literaciesin 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. ECML programme 2012-2015DRAFT Want to stay informed? Visit the programme website http://www.ecml.at/learningthroughlanguages