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A Common European Answer to a Common European Problem

A Common European Answer to a Common European Problem. BOLOGNA DECLARATION. Joint declaration European Ministers of Education Bologna 1999 29 Countries Signed. A Europe of Knowledge.

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A Common European Answer to a Common European Problem

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  1. A Common European Answer to a Common European Problem

  2. BOLOGNA DECLARATION • Joint declaration European Ministers of Education Bologna 1999 • 29 Countries Signed

  3. A Europe of Knowledge • A Europe of Knowledge is … an indispensable component to consolidate and enrich the European citizenship, …giving its citizens the necessary competences to face the challenges of the new millennium

  4. CHALLENGES Internal and Externalchallenges: INTERNAL • growth and diversification of higher education, employability of graduates, shortage of skills in key areas • expansion of private and transnational education

  5. CHALLENGES EXTERNAL • Globalisation of education • European institutions must compete…for students, influence, prestige and money in the worldwide competition of universities.

  6. EUROPEAN AREA OF HIGHER EDUCATION Bologna stressed Universities' central role in development of • The European area of higher education as key way to promote citizens' mobility and employability and the Continent's overall development.

  7. Competitiveness To promote • European citizens’ employability and the international competitiveness of the European higher education system • A search for a common European answer to a common European problem

  8. Compatibility and Comparability • Greater compatibility and comparability of systems of higher education • A deadline: the European space for higher education should be completed in 2010 • A set of specified objectives

  9. Compatible Systems and Common Action • A system of easily readable and • comparable degrees (transparency) • Two tier system of degrees • Lifelong learning • First degrees not shorter than 3 years • relevant to the labour market • European dimension; joint degrees

  10. Compatible Systems and Common Action • ECTS-compatible credit systems • European dimension in Quality Assurance comparable criteria and methods • Elimination of remaining obstacles to free mobility of students and • Teachers, Researchers and higher education administrators

  11. ISSUES RAISED • Language Teacher • Status within the organisation • Training: Institutional, national and European • European Language Teacher • Need for cooperation, sharing best practice, ideas • Learner Centred approach, LLL • Portfolios

  12. ISSUES RAISED • Language study - need to define • Clear objectives mother tongue + 2 • Learning outcomes • Quality assurance at national and European/ international level • European Accreditation

  13. Cooperation with Non Governmental Organisations Inter-governmental cooperation should be "together with non-governmental European organisations with competencies in higher education"

  14. Association of Language Testers in Europe - ALTE Members • Basque /Basque Government • Catalan /Generalitat de Catalunya • Danish /Danish Language Testing Consortium • Dutch /CITOgroep /Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal (CNaVT) • English /University of Cambridge ESOL • Finnish /University of Jyväskylä • French /Alliance Française/ Centre international d’études pédagogiques • German/Goethe-InstitutInter Nationes /WBTWeiterbildungs Testsyteme GmbH

  15. ALTE Members • Greek/ University of Athens • Italian /Università per Stranieri di Perugia • Luxembourgish /Centre de Langues Luxembourg • Norwegian /Norwegian Language Testing Consortium • Portuguese/Universidad de Lisboa • Spanish/ Instituto Cervantes /Universidad de Salamanca • Swedish /Stockholms Universitet Centre for Research on Bilingualism / Dept ScandinavianLanguages • Welsh /Welsh Joint Education Committee

  16. Associate members • Estonian: National Examination and Qualification Centre • Hungarian: Idgennyelvi Továbbképzö Központ (ITK) • Latvian: Naturalisation Board of Latvia • Lithuanian : Vilnius University • Polish: Jagellonian University Instytut Polonijny • Russian: Russian Language Testing Consortium • Slovenia: University of Ljubljana • Sofia University: Bulgaria

  17. ALTE FRAMEWORK • ALTE framework of Language examinations produced by ALTEmembers on • 6 levels aligned to the Common European Frame of Reference for Languages • Aligning language examinations to the Common European Framework

  18. Aims of ALTE • To establish common levels of proficiency in order to promote the transnational recognition of language certification in an enlarged Europe • To establish common standards for all stages of the language-testing process: QA • To collaborate on joint projects and in the exchange of ideas and know-how

  19. ALTE FRAMEWORK To establish common levels of proficiency in order to promote the transnational recognition of language certification in Europe • ALTE Framework of Levels • Can do statements

  20. ALTE FRAMEWORKof Language Examinations

  21. ALTE FRAMEWORKof Language Examinations

  22. ADVANTAGES • The Framework provides a tool for mobility in an enlarged Europe • Trans-national recognition of qualifications • Offers “the graded certification of language competence on an international level”

  23. Can Do Project Over 400 Statements describing what typical language users can do Developed in 3 areas: Work, Study, Social & Tourist Plus General Ability 13 languages Validation of Statements

  24. Can Do ProjectExample Statements C2:CAN keep up casual conversation for an extended period of time C1: CAN show visitors round and give a detailed description of a place B2: CAN scan texts for relevant information and grasp main topic of text B1: CAN write a simple routine request to a colleague A2: CAN leave a simple message givinginformation

  25. ALTE Can Do Statements Description of what language users can do • at different levels • in various language skills • in range of contexts (Work, Study, Social & Tourist)

  26. Code of Practice and Standards To establish common standards for all stages of the language-testing process • Code of Practice first developed in 1993 • ALTE group working on quality assurance • ALTE members completing checklists for self-evaluation and participating in the work on the CoE pilot manual for aligning examinations to CEF

  27. Code of Practice Four areas: • developing exams • interpreting exam results • striving for fairness • informing exam takers

  28. Quality Standards • Validity • Reliability • Impact • Practicality

  29. European Language Portfolio • To collaborate on joint projects and in the exchange of ideas and know-how • Focus on LLL learner autonomy and self assessment • ALTE / EAQUALS ELP • For adult 16 + learners in Fr De En It • Also available in Romanian, Bulgarian • Available in Spanish, Basque 2004 • Arabic in the near future • Used by CoE staff

  30. ALTE/EAQUALS PORTFOLIO Contains • A passport Reporting function • A language biography Records language learning experiences • A dossier Contains samples of material • Designed to support mobility

  31. ALTE Information • ALTE CONFERENCES • Krakow 21st-23rd April 2004 • Bilbao November 10-12th 2004 • Berlin May 19th-21st 2005 (major public ALTE event on language testing) • Cardiff November 2005

  32. ALTE Information • Web site: www.alte.org • Secretariat I Hills Road Cambridge CB1 2EU

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