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The Language Policy Division at the ECML Professional Network Forum in Graz discusses the importance of multilingual education and equal opportunities for all learners. The division provides resources and tools for language competence descriptors and offers guidance on curriculum development for plurilingual and intercultural education. Join the discussion at www.coe.int/lang.
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ECML Professional Network Forum Graz, 7 January 2010 www.coe.int Johanna Panthier Language Policy Division
Language Policy Division Since 1960 : 50th anniversary in 2010 • foreign / second languages : European Cultural Convention, article 2 : member states committed to ensure learning/teaching of each other languages language learning for communication
Major projects and publications • Threshold level objectives for nearly 30 languages (+ Waystage and Vantage) • CEFR and related tools • General Guide and Case studies • Reference level descriptions • ELP • Manual for Relating language exams to CEFR • Guide for test development • Material illustrating the CEFR levels • …
2005 : 3th CoE Summit Social cohesion becomes one of the major priorities access to quality education depends on a good mastery of the language(s) of schooling
Languages of schooling = Language(s) used as a medium of instruction ● language as subject ● language(s) in other subjects
Equal opportunities for all learners • Special attention to vulnerable learners: often learners from a migrant background and/or low SES • Building on their plurilingual repertoires and pluricultural experiences
Work so far • 1 academic and 3 intergovernemental conferences • Building a network • Analys of curricula for all subjects • Production of texts / tools for the production of contextualised descriptors
Some ‘products’ • Framework for early second language learning (language of host country) • Tools for the production of language competence descriptors for learning History and Sciences • Some contextualised descriptors • ...
In preparation • Guide for the development of curricula for plurilingual and intercultural education (+ modules) • Policy paper for the linguistic and educational integration of migrant children (+ toolkit) • Principles and guidelines for the integration of adult migrants • …
Plateform of resources and references for plurilingual and intercultural education L’apprenant et les langues présentes à l’école LANGUE(S) DE SCOLARISATION Langues régionales, minoritaires et de la migration Langues étrangères - vivantes et classiques Langue comme matière Langue(s) des autres matières WWW.COE.INT/LANG Réflexions sur l'usage de descripteurs dans l'apprentissage, l'enseignement et l'évaluation
Geneva, 2-4 November 2010 First Policy Forum on all languages in education, languages for education in a plurilingual and intercultural perspective
Websites Language Policy Division www.coe.int/lang www.coe.int/portfolio Division des Politiques linguistiques – DGIV - Conseil de l’Europe – F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex e-mail: decs-lang@coe.int