In support of plurilingual people living in multilingual societies:

the contribution of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz

Waldemar Martyniuk & Susanna Slivensky

• Language Policy Division, Strasbourg, France

• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Strasbourg, France

• European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria

Department of Language Education and Policy

European Centre for Modern Languageswww.ecml.at

• Founded in Graz, Austria, 1994

• Enlarged Partial Agreement

• 34 member states

• Supported by Austrian authorities

• Governing Board

• Secretariat

Mission:

Support for implementation of modern language education policies by:

• promoting innovation and facilitating reforms in language teaching and learning

• development of networks of experts

• dissemination of good practice

European Centre for Modern Languageswww.ecml.at

How the ECML works:

• 4-year medium term programmes of projectscoordinated by international expert teams

• National contact points in all member states

• National nominating authorities in all member states

• Nominated participants from each member state who form national and international networks and function as multipliers

• Interactive online platform for expert communication

• Project results published as books, CD-ROMs, Internet materials, etc.

European Centre for Modern Languageswww.ecml.at

ECML: 15 years of promoting excellence in language education

2009 in figures:• 988 participants in activities financed by the ECML• 48 events organised, 52 supported by the ECML• 21 projects in progress• 54 publications in free distribution• 9 new translations of ECML publications• >400,000 accesses to ECML publications on the ECML website• >1,2 million visits to the ECML’s main website• >5,750 subscribers to the European Language Gazette• >640 events registered in 47 countries for the EDL 2009

All publications are available online in downloadable format free of charge

• Books

• CD-ROMs

• Project websites

• Project flyers

• Travelling exhibition available for conferences and fairs

ECML programme 2004 - 2007 www.ecml.at/socialcohesion

ECML programme 2008–2011www.ecml.at/empowerment

22 projects, 4 thematic areas

• Evaluation and assessment

• Continuity in language learning

• Content and language integrated education

• Plurilingual education

ECML contribution to the Show & Tell session: current projects

CARAP: A Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches (Jean-François de Pietro)

CLIL-CD: Curriculum Development for Content and Language Integrated Learning (Gisella Langé)

CLIL-LOTE-GO: Good Practice in Content and Language Integrated Learning for Languages other than English (Christine LePape-Racine)

ELP-WSU: The European Language Portfolio in Whole-School Use (David Little)

MARILLE: Majority Language Instruction as a Basis for Plurilingual Education (Terry Lamb)

E-VOLLution: Exploring cutting edge applications of networked technologies in Vocationally Oriented Language Learning (Tony Fitzpatrick)

ECML contribution to the Show & Tell session: “ECML country room”

Representatives of ECML member states presentingimpact of ECML work in member states:

• Albania represented by Tatjana Vuçani

• Austria represented by Gunther Abuja

• Estonia represented by Maie Soll and Tõnu Tender

• Germany represented by Christof Arnold

• Norway represented by Jorunn Berntzen and Gerard

Doetjes

ECML Programme 2012-15

Long-term vision: developing and promoting the use of inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approaches to education

Synergies: implementation of policy guidelines and reference tools developed by the Language Policy Division and other Council of Europe units and bodies

Cooperation: Professional Network Forum and Graz Declaration on Language Education 2010

“PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION”

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

• Focus on the learner

• Inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approach

• Lifelong learning: formal and informal/non-formal contexts

• Development strand of work: ECML long-term vision

• Mediation strand of work: towards implementation of the long-term vision

Key features of the programme:

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

1. Call for tenderSubmissions by individual experts to take part in/coordinatea project outlined by the ECML, targeting one of thefollowing domains:

the foreign language classroom

the majority language classroom the subject classroom informal/non-formal learning the mediation area

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

2. Call for project proposals

Submissions by teams of experts to run a project relatingto the programme scheme and to one of the following themes:

Support for migrant language education Regional or minority languages Sign languages and language provision for the blind and

visually impaired Evaluation and assessment Innovative approaches in foreign language learning

Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

For ECML member states: support for promoting the Call at national level

Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2011Details: www.ecml.at/call

Launch of the programme: 1 October 2011 - on the occasion of the closing conference of the ECML programme 2008-2011

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