Training workshop "European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)"
Date and venue: 2-3 October 2019, Primary school Franje Krežme, Osijek, Croatia
Local organiser: Snježana Šincek, Ministry of Science and Education
ECML expert team: Natalia Orlova (Czech Republic) and Barbara Mehlmauer-Larcher (Austria)
Participants: 23 teachers in elementary and secondary schools, teacher trainers, University professors and assistants

The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) workshop was held in Osijek on 2 and 3 October 2019, in cooperation of the European Center for Modern Languages and the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia.

The two-day event was moderated by a EPOSTL expert team of the ECML – Barbara Mehlmauer-Larcher and Natalia Orlova, in cooperation with Sandra Mardešić from the Department of Italian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb who translated EPOSTL into Croatian in 2009 and since then has been using it with students at her Department, and Rea Lujić from the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Zadar.

During the workshop participants were informed about the applicability of the EPOSTL possibilities in self-assessment, appliance of the EPOSTL at universities in Austria, Czech Republic and Croatia and how EPOSTL can be used to promote mentoring during practice phases at Croatian institutions of language teacher education.

Snježana Šincek, Ministry of Science and Education

• More information about the EPOSTL Training and Consultancy offer which is responding to the ECML member states' need for quality teacher education: Teacher education | Using the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)

Croatian version

Radionica Europski portfolio za obrazovanje nastavnika jezika (EPONAJ) je održana u Osijeku 2. i 3. listopada 2019. godine, u suradnji Europskog centra za moderne jezike i Ministarstva znanosti i obrazovanja Republike Hrvatske.

Dvodnevnu radionicu moderirao je tim ECML EPOSTL stručnjakinja - gđa Barbara Mehlmauer-Larcher, dr.sc., M.A. i gđa Natalia Orlova, u suradnji s dr. sc. Sandrom Mardešić s Odsjeka za talijanistiku Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu koja je 2009. godine prevela EPOSTL na hrvatski jezik i od tada ga koristi u radu sa studentima i dr. sc. Reom Lujić s Odjela za francuske i frankofonske studije Sveučilišta u Zadru.

Tijekom radionice polaznici su informirani o primjenjivosti EPOSTL-a/EPONAJ-a u samoprocjeni, njegovoj primjeni na sveučilištima u Austriji, Češkoj i Hrvatskoj i kako se EPOSTL/EPONAJ može koristiti za mentoriranje tijekom faza prakse na hrvatskim ustanovama za obrazovanja nastavnika jezika.

Are you a teacher educator wishing to introduce or optimise the use of the European Portfolio of Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)?

The EPOSTL Training and Consultancy offer is responding to the member states' need for quality teacher education:

Teacher education | Using the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)

This offer is targeted at teacher educators of foreign languages, mentors and student teachers. 

The effective use of the EPOSTL will support and enhance foreign language teacher education and increase coherence between teacher education programmes. Experiences of the practical implementation of the EPOSTL will be shared, and issues underlying its competence descriptors will be explored.

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ECML experts in language education work with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience.

If you are looking for input for an in-service training to develop the professional skills of language educators or if you are in need of consultancy to advance local, regional or national reform processes and to meet international standards, take a closer look at what the ECML has on offer. Information on offers and the 2019 request form are available online http://www.ecml.at/TrainingandConsultancy.

Requests for a training and consultancy activity must be submitted via the national ECML representative in the Governing Board. Educational professionals interested in organising a particular activity should therefore contact their national representative.

Deadline for submission of requests by the ECML Governing Board member: 4 November 2018.

Are you looking for input for an in-service training to develop the professional skills of language educators? Or are you in need of consultancy to advance local, regional or national reform processes and to meet international standards? Then take a closer look at what the ECML has on offer.

ECML experts in language education work with national authorities and local experts to devise and implement in-country activities, tailored to the particular context and target audience.

Information on offers and the 2019 request form are available online: http://www.ecml.at/TrainingandConsultancy

Requests for a training and consultancy activity must be submitted until 4 November 2018 via the national ECML representative in the Governing Board.
Educational professionals interested in organising a particular activity should therefore contact their national representative.

The faculty expressed great interest in the portfolios as reflective tools for teacher education. They are going to start using them in a new academic year.

Natalia Orlova was involved in both ECML projects – as team member (PEPELINO, 2012-2015) and as participant (EPOSTL, 2008-2011).

• Presentation on PEPELINO for teacher educators at the Centro de formacion del profesorado en idiomas
• Announcement of the presentation