Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio

2. Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio Project C6 of the ECML 2nd medium-term programme (ELP_TT)

3. The project team • David Little, Ireland (co-ordinator) • Hans-Peter Hodel, Switzerland • Viljo Kohonen, Finland • Dick Meijer, The Netherlands • Radka Perclová, Czech Republic

4. Aim of the project • To support the implementation of the ELP in Council of Europe member states by • developing materials and activities in English and French for ELP-related teacher training • mediating the materials and activities in a central workshop (November 2004) • supporting national ELP training events and follow-up projects (2005–06) • making the kit of materials and activities generally available (2007)

5. Expected outcomes • The materials and activities to be mediated at the central workshop and made available to potential users on CD-ROM and via the ECML website • Up to 40 multipliers at international level (central workshop) and an indefinite number of multipliers at national level (national training events and follow-up projects) • The kit of teacher training materials • Dissemination of results via • online reports on the central workshop, national training events and follow-up projects • a final report on the project compiled by the project team (the booklet that accompanies the kit)

6. Developing the kit • The Common European Framework: activities, competences, levels (Hans-Peter Hodel) • Self-assessment in relation to the common reference levels: how do I know what level I am at, and how do I prove it? (Dick Meijer) • Learning to learn: a model of reflection for teacher trainers, teachers and learners (Viljo Kohonen) • Learner autonomy: drawing together the threads of self-assessment, goal-setting, reflection (David Little)

7. Developing the kit 5. Language in the ELP: language(s) of presentation and process; plurilingualism (Radka Perclová) • The intercultural dimension: global simulation (Dick Meijer) • Integrating the ELP with language curricula and textbooks; using the ELP to go beyond the textbook (Viljo Kohonen, Radka Perclová, Hans-Peter Hodel) • Connecting assessment with the ELP and the common reference levels (Hans-Peter Hodel)

8. The central workshop (November 2004) 37 participants from 32 countries: • Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

9. The central workshop (November 2004) Working methods: • Plenary input • Group discussion • Individual reflection • Handouts and notes gradually formed a portfolio of materials for ELP-related teacher training

10. 2005 May Finland June Armenia Liechtenstein September Norway Sweden Germany October Lithuania Estonia November Latvia Romania 2006 February France March Albania May Austria June Czech Republic Iceland 2007“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” Poland Follow-up events

11. Final project output (2007) • A booklet of about 40 pages introducing and contextualizing the ELP and focussing in particular on preparing teachers to use the ELP • An accompanying CD containing • The kit of materials used at the central workshop in November 2004 • Supplementary materials developed by project team members in response to the needs of particular contexts, including national ELP events • Reports on the national ELP events and research and training materials developed in relation to them • All the key ELP reference documents and a selection of publications on related topics