The European Centre for Modern Languages is launching a series of 48 national training and consultancy workshops . The workshops which are hosted in member states offer a wide range of European expertise in language education and are adapted to the concrete needs and specific contexts within individual countries. This year represents the highest ever number of events organised according to this format by the ECML and reflects the increasing popularity of the Centre’s training and consultancy activities.

25 of the events will take place within the framework of the “Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning” cooperation action between the ECML and the European Commission. These activities, covering member states of the ECML and the European Union, focus on Relating language curricula, tests and examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference (RELANG), Supporting Multilingual Classrooms and Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning

The other 23 events targeting the member states of the ECML focus on the following areas: Action research communities, CLIL and beyond – pluriliteracies, Language for work, Language of schooling in subject learning, Plurilingual and intercultural approaches (CARAP/FREPA), The ROADMAP – a self-assessment tool to foster school development, Setting up learning environments where modern languages flourish.

The events combine professional input from the ECML and expertise in the member state to initiate quality developments – the workshops can assist in change processes in language education at local, regional and national levels. The first of the events, a RELANG workshop, will take place at the Lithuanian National Agency for Education in Vilnius on 7-9 March.

The ECML offers its member states European expertise in language education adapted to the concrete needs and specific contexts within individual countries.

On 26 January 2023, seven training and consultancy (TaC) teams exchanged their experience in the field of:

• Action research communities,
• CLIL and beyond – pluriliteracies,
• Language for work,
• Language of schooling in subject learning,
• Plurilingual and intercultural approaches (CARAP/FREPA),
• The ROADMAP - a self-assessment tool to foster school development,
• Setting up learning environments where modern languages flourish (online presentation),

focusing on highlights, challenges and learning opportunities, and conclusions for 2023 activities.

The network meeting with the local organisers from Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Slovak Republic and Slovenia took place on 27 January. The participants got an overview of the TaC offers and their benefits from previous experience, national contexts and needs, and the ECML support provided. Individual meetings took place for local organisers with the TaC teams to discuss the organisation and arrangements of their national events planned this year.

In 2023 the ECML will conduct 23 training events in 17 member states:

Action research communities (ARC):	Luxembourg, Montenegro, Norway
Language for work (LfW):	Luxembourg
Plurilingual and intercultural approaches (FREPA):	Greece, Malta, Serbia, Slovak Republic
Supporting the language(s) of schooling (ROADMAP):	France, Germany, Poland
CLIL and beyond:	Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, NorthMacedonia, Poland
Language of schooling in subject learning (LiS):	Malta, Slovenia, Belgium
Setting up learning environments where modern languages flourish (EOL):	Armenia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece

 

In addition, up to 25 workshops will be organised in ECML and EU member states through the Centre’s cooperation action with the European Commission – these will be announced shortly.

 

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Jerome Béliard presented the ECML training and consultancy offer “Language of schooling in subject learning” on Monday and Tuesday, 26-27 September 2022, at the Final Project Conference “Languages Matter” at the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana and via Zoom.

More than 100 teachers, teacher trainers and international experts worked during those two days to determine which factors assist and which hinder the creation of a supportive learning environment for the development of plurilingualism in the Slovenian school context.

Slovenia has now had  experience of the three 2016-2019 ECML projects dealing with the language of schooling : Learning environments where modern languages flourish (EOL), A roadmap for schools to support the language(s) of schooling, Developing language awareness in subject classes.

 

Date and venue: 11-12 November 2021, Yerevan, Armenia
Local organiser: Avedisian school, Yerevan, Armenia; contact: Tsovik Manukyan
ECML experts: Jérôme Béliard (France), Eli Moe (Norway) and Artashes Barkhanajyan (Armenia)
Participants: 21 subject teachers, language teachers, teacher trainers

It is not a secret that a successful education system of a country represents an important element of its social and economic development. In this difficult period, when the whole world fights against the coron avirus, we had an excellent training organised by professional experts. The two-day  training workshop helped our participants to develop an integrated approach to learning and using languages across the curriculum and helped our subject teachers to develop their abilities in defining the linguistic objectives in their respective subjects. Well organised group work facilitated cooperation between language teachers and subject teachers. During the group work participants created plans and activities which they can use during their teaching, with clearly defined language goals and subject goals. After each group work participants presented the results of their activities and exchanged their ideas.

Thanks to the professional moderators, participants were motivated and inspired during the workshop. They became familiar with a lot of useful tools that will help them to increase their students’ awareness of the language competence required in the language of schooling in order to achieve educational success.

Tsovik Manukyan, local organiser

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Armenian version

ECML ուսուցման և խորհրդատվական դասընթացների սեմինար «Դպրոցական լեզուն առարկայական ուսուցման մեջ. զարգացնել լեզվի իմացությունը առարկայական դասարաններում»

Ժամանակահատվածը  նոյեմբերի 11-ին և 12-ին, 2021թ
Տեղական կազմակերպություն՝ Ավետիսյան դպրոց, Երևան, Հայաստան, Ծովիկ Մանուկյան
ECML փորձագետներ՝ Ժերոմ Բելիարդ (Ֆրանսիա),  Էլի Մո (Նորվեգիա) և  Արտաշես Բարխանաջյան (Հայաստան)
Մասնակիցներ՝ 21  այլ առարկայի ուսուցիչներ, լեզվի ուսուցիչներ, ուսուցիչների վերապատրաստողներ

Գաղտնիք չէ, որ երկրի հաջողակ կրթական համակարգը նրա սոցիալ-տնտեսական զարգացման կարևոր տարրն է։Այս դժվարին ժամանակահատվածում, երբ ամբողջ աշխարհը պայքարում է կորոնավիրուսի դեմ, մենք հրաշալի  վերապատրաստում անցկացրինք պրոֆեսիոնալ փորձագետների կողմից։Այդ երկօրյա արդյունավետ վերապատրաստումը օգնեց մեր մասնակիցներին ինտեգրված մոտեցում ունենալ ուսումնական ծրագրում լեզուներ սովորելու և օգտագործելու հարցում, օգնեց մեր այլ առարկաների ուսուցիչներին զարգացնել իրենց կարողությունները՝  առարկայի դասավանդման ժամանակ լեզվական նպատակները սահմանելու համար: Լավ կազմակերպված խմբակային աշխատանքները նպաստեցին լեզվի ուսուցիչների և այլ առարկաների ուսուցիչների համագործակցությանը: Այդ խմբային աշխատանքների ընթացքում մասնակիցները ստեղծեցին պլաններ և գործնական աշխատանքներ, որոնք նրանք կարող են օգտագործել իրենց դասավանդման ընթացքում, որոնց մեջ հստակորեն սահմանված  էր լեզվական նպատակները և առարկայական նպատակները: Յուրաքանչյուր խմբային աշխատանքից հետո անդամները ներկայացրեցին իրենց ածխատանքների  արդյունքները և փոխանակեցին իրենց մտքերը:Պրոֆեսիոնալ փորձագետների շնորհիվ բոլոր մասնակիցները մոտիվացված և ոգեշնչված էին  ամբողջ երկու օրերի ընթացքում: Նրանք ստացան  բազմաթիվ օգտակար գործիքներ, որոնք դրական ազդեցություն կունենան յուրաքանչյուրի դասավանդման մեթոդիկայի վրա՝ կրթական հաջողությունների հասնելու համար։

Կազմակերպիչ՝   Ծովիկ Մանուկյան

 

Online ECML training and consultancy training workshop "Language of schooling in subject learning: Identifying and integrating linguistic and subject objectives – hands-on training sessions"

Dates: 29 October 2020 and 12 February 2021
Local organisation: Centre for Education Development (ORE), Warsaw, Poland; Elżbieta Witkowska
Participants: 16 teacher consultants, methodology advisors, English teachers, teachers of non-language subjects (e.g. History, Geography) in primary and upper secondary schools

In these challenging times of  COVID-19, the workshop was run in two online sessions by ECML experts: Guillaume Grave Rousseau and Jérôme Béliard. The target group represented various professional environments (such as teacher training institutions, primary and secondary schools with bilingual education classes), but the way the sessions were prepared enabled all participants to benefit from the content presented and the activities conducted in the workshop. The activities included a lot of group work during which everyone could share both teaching experience and good practice, learn how to integrate linguistic and subject objectives and how to implement these into classroom work. The teaching tools presented will also be invaluable for the participants while planning activities for their students especially now, when most schools are closed and teaching is held online. A variety of tools that help identify learners’ language needs in subject learning together with scaffolding techniques will serve as a practical support for teachers in planning lessons and designing teaching materials.

Due to the trainers’ expertise, the participants felt inspired by the new ideas presented and encouraged to implement them in their own teaching.

The workshops led by ECML are always of a very high standard and  great value, so it is always worth applying for one!

Elżbieta Witkowska

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Polish version

Warsztaty organizowane we współpracy  Europejskiego Centrum Języków Nowożytnych z Ośrodkiem Rozwoju Edukacji w Warszawie są zawsze doskonałą okazją dla uczestników do zdobywania nowej wiedzy i doskonalenia warsztatu pracy. Szkolenie Language of schooling in subject learning: Identifying and integrating linguistic and subject objectives – hands-on training sessions prowadzone przez trenerów ECML - Guillaume Grave Rousseau i  Jérôme Béliarda ze względu na sytuację epidemiczną covid 19 odbyło się w formie dwóch sesji online 29.10.2020 oraz 12.02.2021 r. W spotkaniach wzięli udział przedstawiciele różnych środowisk związanych z edukacją: doradcy metodyczni, nauczyciele konsultanci oraz nauczyciele szkół podstawowych i ponadpodstawowych zaangażowani w tematykę nauczania dwujęzycznego. Sesje zostały zaplanowane tak, aby umożliwić jak najpełniejsze zapoznanie się z wiedzą na temat integracji  edukacji przedmiotowej i językowej, jak również zaplanowano przestrzeń na dzielenie się doświadczeniem i dobrą praktyką. Eksperci, przygotowali dla uczestników materiały, które wykorzystywane były w trakcje wykonywania ćwiczeń, ale będą również pomocne w przygotowywaniu materiałów na własne lekcje stacjonarne, ale i te prowadzone zdalnie. Eksperci zaprezentowali tematykę w sposób przystępny, łącząc materiały  teoretyczne z treściami praktycznymi. Uczestnicy mieli okazję pracować w grupach, dzielić się swoimi doświadczeniami i dobrą praktyką oraz poznać techniki i strategie pracy wspomagające nauczania treści przedmiotowych poprzez język angielski.

Dzięki doświadczeniu trenerów, uczestnicy poczuli się zainspirowani nowymi pomysłami i zachęceni do wdrażania ich we własnym nauczaniu.

Warsztaty prowadzone przez ECML mają zawsze najwyższy standard i wartość, dlatego zawsze warto się o nie ubiegać!

Elżbieta Witkowska

Dates of the online workshop: 13 November and 11 December 2020
Local organisation: Ms Snježana Šincek, Ministry of Science and Education
ECML experts: Ms Eli Moe (Norway) and Mr Artashes Barkhanajyan (Armenia)
Participants:27 teachers in primary and secondary schools, teacher trainers, university professors and assistants

 

Language of schooling in subject learning – Identifying and integrating linguistic and subject objectives workshop was held online in Croatia on 13 November and 11 December 2020, in cooperation of the European Centre for Modern Languages and the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia.

The two-day workshop was moderated by a team of ECML experts – Ms Eli Moe from Norway and Mr Artashes Barkhanajyan from Armenia.

During the workshop participants became familiar with methods and practical procedures which will help them to identify students’ language needs in their subject. They were enabled with different scaffolding techniques to create teaching materials, support their students in writing, speaking, and reading tasks, and to motivate their students to reflect on their own learning. In time between two days of the workshop, participants were motivated to conduct their case studies which they presented on second day of the workshop. Presenters presented their newly adopted skills in thematically different areas and subjects, and their case studies were accepted with great enthusiasm and appreciation.

Snježana Šincek, local organiser of the workshop

 

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Croatian version

Radionica Jezik obrazovanja u predmetnoj nastavi – Utvrđivanje i integriranje jezičnih i predmetnih ciljeva je u Hrvatskoj održana online 13. studenoga i 11. prosinca 2020. godine, u suradnji Europskog centra za moderne jezike i Ministarstva znanosti i obrazovanja Republike Hrvatske.

Dvodnevnu radionicu moderirao je tim stručnjaka ECML-a - gospođa Eli Moe iz Norveške i gospodin Artashes Barkhanajyan iz Armenije.

Tijekom radionice sudionici su upoznati s metodama i praktičnim postupcima koji će im pomoći u prepoznavanju jezičnih potreba učenika u svom predmetu. Različitim tehnikama osposobljeni su za stvaranje nastavnih materijala, podršku učenicima u pisanju, govoru i čitanju i motiviranje učenika za samoprocjenu vlastitog učenja. U razdoblju između dva dana radionice, sudionici su potaknuti na provođenje studija slučaja koje su predstavili drugog dana radionice. Izlagači su predstavili svoje novo usvojene vještine u tematski različitim područjima i predmetima i njihove studije slučaja su prihvaćene s velikim entuzijazmom i uvažavanjem.

The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) of the Council of Europe is pleased to announce the completion in both English and French of its resource website “Developing language awareness in subject classes” (www.ecml.at/languageinsubjects), an output of the ECML programme “Languages at the heart of learning” (2016-2019).

These new resources are for teachers and teacher educators of what are traditionally considered to be “non-linguistic” subjects such as maths, biology, physics or history. Given that the academic success of each learner depends to a large extent on his or her mastery of the language of schooling, additional support is needed so that the specific discourse used in different subject classes becomes more accessible, particularly to vulnerable learners, including those from a migrant background.

The practical resources on the website help teachers to identify the linguistic needs of their learners and to reflect on language-sensitive approaches which can be applied when learning new subject content. Teachers can explore different ways to support their students with writing, speaking, and reading tasks by drawing on students’ first language in their teaching and creating appropriate teaching materials. We believe that these pedagogical approaches are of particular importance in addressing some of the social and linguistic divides present in our schools, divides which Covid-19 has only increased.

“Developing language awareness in subject classes”
(www.ecml.at/languageinsubjects)

Click on the links below to go directly to the different resources:

	Tools and materials for teachers to identify their learners’ language needs in subject learning
	Scaffolding techniques for subject teachers
	Language supportive teaching materials and lesson plans for 12/13-year-old learners in different subjects, such as mathematics, history and science
	Flyer of the resource website