Languages in the Catalan Educational System

Subdirecció General de Llengua i Plurilingüisme

Ministry of Education of Catalonia

Common challenges

GlobalisationConnectivity

- Sustainability- Population- Evolution

Competitiveness Cohesion

- Economy- Citizenship- Transformation

Identity Inclusion

- Development- Equity- Adaptation

Catalan language in Europe

Usage of official languages in Catalonia (2008)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Companys d'estudi

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Companys de feina

0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00

Membres de la llarFamily Amistats

0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00

Friends

0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00

VeïnsNeighbours

Work Schoolmates

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Past experiences: immersion

• Post-war social conflict (1945-1975)• Internal Spanish immigration• Monolingual school (Spanish)• Foreign languages at school:

-Latin, Greek, French (subjects)• Bilingual society (Catalan-Spanish)

• Democracy and Autonomy: 1979 & 1980• Political action: 1983 & 1998

•School language policies with Catalan Immersion. •Linguistic Normalisation Law; Language Policy Law•Huge teacher training tradition: “Escola Catalana”, “Escola d’estiu”

Fully endorsed implementation of second language education methodologies

In Catalonia, since 1983, an action plan for bilingual education has been implemented to increase learning achievement of both official languages, Catalan and Spanish, as well as, at least, the learning of one foreign language.

Applied elsewhere

Quebec(Canadà)

In some areas of the UnitedStates

Finland

Wales

Italy

.......

Immigrant students in Catalonia

Present situation: CLIL Immersion

• Language and Social Cohesion Plan: 2004-2010• Political action: 2011-2014

•Plurilingual school language policies with complete Catalan Immersion. •Compulsory third language:

- English or French in Primary & Optional German/Italian in Secondary)

•Family languages taught in the school, after hours (optional).•Main target: plurilingualism (Catalan, Spanish, English +… )•Teacher training plans, focussed on Reading, CLIL, English + ePortfolio...

• World-wide globalisation challenges• International immigration• Bilingual school (Catalan-Spanish)• Curicular languages at school:

-English, French, German, Italian• Multilingual society, Plurilingual kids

Languages in the Catalan Educational System

Curricular Languages

Catalan (Occitan) Spanish

English French German Italian (Latin/Old Greek)

Language for sharing opportunities

and living togetherCatalan (Occitan)

Extra Curricular languages(family language, complementary

lifelong learning)Arabic

Chinese Amazig Rumanian Ukrainian Portuguese Galician (Quitxua)

Plurilingualism… how?

Plurilingual school Project

Language of schooling

Initial immersion

Curricular foreign languages & CLIL

Transversal communicative

startegies: reading, speaking

Communicative skills in family

languages (ePEL, Arabic,Chinese...)

CATALÀ-ARANÈSSPANISH

ENGLISH - FRENCHITALIAN - GERMAN

LANGUAGETHROUGH SUBJECTS

EXTRA-CURRICULARLANGUAGES

Humanresources

Trainingadvising

TeachingMatterials

OrganisationManagement

Othereresources

Curriculum

Speak Catalan

Speak Catalan andSpanish

Speak Spanish

Speak neither Catalan nor Spanish, But speak other languages

Know both official

languages (Catalan &

Spanish) and communicate, at least, in one

foreign language

Starting school:

On finishing compulsory schooling:

The School provides every student

the linguistic skills needed to become

competent and engaged citizens

applying second

language methodologies

Language and Plurilingualism

reading, speaking, writing, listening, inter-acting

in several languages

Dealing with diversity for empowering rights and duties

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