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NELLIP – Finnish report

Learn about the Finnish National Board of Education's ELL awards, which recognize language learning initiatives based on European Commission priorities. Discover the impact and best practices of awarded projects, and get recommendations for successful implementation.

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NELLIP – Finnish report

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  1. NELLIP – Finnishreport Omnia, Kati Valtonen

  2. THE ELL IN FINLAND • The Finnish National Board of Education in charge of the awards • Awardsarebased on the EuropeanCommission’spriorities, butduring the lastyearsalso on the national criteria • Applications in everyspring, ceremony in November • A languageteacher and a languagelearner of the yearalsoawarded

  3. The LabelCampaigns • Publication of bulletins • Use of e-mailinglists and newsletters • Contacts to schools and traininginstitutions • Organisation of the ceremony • Press releases, FNBE’swebsite • Invitations to seminars and trainingsessions • Europeandatabase • Initiatives’ ownactivity (application => dissemination)

  4. Priorities • EuropeanCommission’spriorities: Language learning in the community Language skills as a preparation for work • National priority in 2011: Diversification of languages on offer Awardedinitiatives in Finland in 2011: • Kielitivoli, City of Hämeenlinna (awarded) • Kielireppu, City of Turku (honor) • The school of Hakalehto in Raasepori (honor)

  5. Awarding the ELL in Finland • 28 awardedlanguageprojects 1999-2011 • School section: 21 • Adultsection: 3 • Vocationaleducation and training: 2 • University: 1

  6. Themes Interculturalawareness Diversification of languages on offer CLIL Minoritylanguages Multiculturalcomprehension

  7. Languages • Swedish: 17 initiatives • English: 16 initiatives • German: 13 initiatives • French: 12 initiatives • Finnish as a secondlanguage: 5 initiatives

  8. Impact and exploitation of the ELL • To obtain national ( and European) recognition for the project • Dissemination • To sharegoodpractices and projectresults • Project’simpact on minoritytargetgroups / languages • To enhancemulticulturalapproaches • To promote the projectresults to new areas / trainingprocedures • To enlarge the networks on a national / international level

  9. Best practices • The Language Circus, 2011 • Teaching Chinese, 2010 • ReadyStudyGo! 2008 • Place of work as a learning environment for Finnish, 2009 • The needs of the targetgroupaddressed in an innovative and succesfulway • Diversity of languages on offer • Quality of results: innovation, originality and sustainability • Transferability of the results

  10. Recommendations • A clear idea of the need: a needsanalysis • Target groups / localstrategies • Direction’sunderstanding and support • Project team: motivation, time, enthousiasm, coordination • Concreteresourses: time and money • Goodnetwork • Dissemination and implementationplan to be made in the beginning of the project • For the FNBE: A permanent and up-to-date internet site for the disseminationpurposes

  11. THANK YOU! Project team in Omnia: Kati Valtonen (author, coordination) Minnie Rasila (research, contacts)

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