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ELL National Report: Ireland Nellip Project Meeting Florence 13.11.2012

ELL National Report: Ireland Nellip Project Meeting Florence 13.11.2012. ULS: Dr. Alan Bruce. Contexts. Two official languages: English and Gaelige Historic position of the Irish language and national identity English as vernacular and global lingua franca

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ELL National Report: Ireland Nellip Project Meeting Florence 13.11.2012

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  1. ELL National Report: IrelandNellip Project MeetingFlorence 13.11.2012 ULS: Dr. Alan Bruce

  2. Contexts • Two official languages: English and Gaelige • Historic position of the Irish language and national identity • English as vernacular and global lingua franca • Schooling and curriculum structures • Official concerns on monolingual mindsets • Partitioned island • Demographic transformation • Globalization, innovation and the EU

  3. ELL operation in Ireland • Administered by Léargas (NA) – link to DES • Themes and policy priorities: • Excellence • Innovation • Creativity • Serving as a model for others

  4. ELL Aims • Assist development of professional skills of teachers and trainers • Stimulate Irish schools, individuals, authorities, employers and training initiatives to focus on innovative projects in the field of multilingualism and to enhance range and quality of additional language sills acquisition • Promote awareness and visibility of European school supports and to embed transnational perspectives on identification and sharing of resources and best practices. • Reach non-traditional learner groups and acknowledge their role and development in a vastly changed socio-demographic paradigm.

  5. ELL Promotion in Ireland • Target institutions and agencies: • Language centers • Schools • Language associations, • Education Centers • Teacher training colleges • Universities • Libraries • Specialized language initiatives.

  6. Promotional activities • Publication of ELL information brochures and leaflets presenting the European Language Label • Publication of newsletters explaining ELL activities in the Irish national context • Organization of seminars and events to disseminate information about projects and initiatives that were awarded the European Language Label.

  7. ELL Award Process • Comprehensive nature of the initiative: including how learner needs are identified and met, range of people involved and methodologies employed. • Improvement (qualitative and quantitative) and added value: dimensions of the objective and expected results with an emphasis on added skills. • Enhanced motivation produced • Innovation and originality: technologies employed, methods and creativity • European added value and citizenship • Transferability to other environments and adaptability.

  8. Impact and promoter motivation for ELL • Secure greater visibility for language projects • Obtain official European recognition • Enhance national recognition • Develop motivation for students and teachers in language related projects • Enhance project sustainability • Demonstrate innovation and best practice • Position themselves for future activities.

  9. Logistical dimensions of best practice • Interculturalism and ethnic diversity • Migration • Type of institution • Population • Ratio of languages to class size • Adequacy of teacher training in area of second language competence • Importance of European identity

  10. Policy dimensions of best practice • Informing teacher initial and in-service training in second language acquisition • Realistic curriculum aims and objectives • Providing occasions to use a second language in response to real communication needs • Encouraging knowledge exchange between teachers of second languages • Providing opportunities for intercultural development

  11. Cultural and socio-educational dimensions • Applying concepts of cultural awareness and intercultural competence in relation to second language teaching • Strategic focus on the role of cultural awareness • Involving the extended community in activities to facilitate awareness of new cultures • Assessing classroom and mediated learning (ITC or blended methodologies) • Serving holistic needs of the learner in the context of family and community

  12. Recommendations • Benefits of ELL are anecdotal, not systematically researched • Lack of funding for sustainability or exploitation of results • Inadequate research focus • Need for enhanced linkage to employers, ICT and innovative community engagement • Focus on quality required • Operating in crisis conditions: uncertainty and strategic planning

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