ECML Professional Network ForumGraz, 7 January 2010

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Language Policy Division

Language Policy Division

Since 1960 : 50th anniversary in 2010

• foreign / second languages : European Cultural Convention, article 2 :

member states committed to ensure learning/teaching of each other languages language learning for communication

Major projects and publications

• Threshold level objectives for nearly 30 languages (+ Waystage and Vantage)

• CEFR and related tools– General Guide and Case studies– Reference level descriptions– ELP– Manual for Relating language exams to

CEFR– Guide for test development – Material illustrating the CEFR levels– …

2005 : 3th CoE Summit

Social cohesion becomes one of the major priorities access to quality education depends on a good mastery of the language(s) of schooling

Languages of schooling

= Language(s) used as a medium of instruction

● language as subject ● language(s) in other subjects

Equal opportunities for all learners

• Special attention to vulnerable learners: often learners from a migrant background and/or low SES

• Building on their plurilingual repertoires and pluricultural experiences

Work so far

• 1 academic and 3 intergovernemental conferences

• Building a network• Analys of curricula for all subjects• Production of texts / tools for the

production of contextualised descriptors

Some ‘products’

• Framework for early second language learning (language of host country)

• Tools for the production of language competence descriptors for learning History and Sciences

• Some contextualised descriptors• ...

In preparation

• Guide for the development of curricula for plurilingual and intercultural education (+ modules)

• Policy paper for the linguistic and educational integration of migrant children (+ toolkit)

• Principles and guidelines for the integration of adult migrants

• …

Plateform of resources and references for plurilingual and intercultural education

WWW.COE.INT/LANG

Langues régionales, minoritaires

et de la migration

LANGUE(S) DE SCOLARISATION Langues étrangères -

vivantes et classiques

Langue comme matière Langue(s)

des autres matières

L’apprenant et les langues présentes à l’école

Réflexions sur l'usage de descripteurs dans l'apprentissage,

l'enseignement et l'évaluation 

Geneva, 2-4 November 2010

First Policy Forum on all languages in

education, languages for education

in a plurilingual and intercultural perspective

Websites

Language Policy Division

www.coe.int/lang

www.coe.int/portfolio

Division des Politiques linguistiques – DGIV - Conseil de l’Europe – F-67075 Strasbourg Cedexe-mail: decs-lang@coe.int