Workshop 8/2005

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Workshop 8/2005

• Guide for the Development of Language
  Education Policies in Europe
• From Linguistic Diversity to Plurilingual
  Education
• Chapter 6 Organising plurilingual education
• Chapter 4 The Development of LEP linguistic
  factors

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Chapter 4 The Development of Language Education
Policies Linguistic factors in decision making

• Proficiency in several languages no longer tends
  to be seen as a useful extra but as essential and
  basic.

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Guide / Schools Responsibility

• Chapter 6
• It is the responsibility of schools to raise
  interest and awareness of the competence of the
  human mind to study languages and also to enable
  its students to become autonomous learners in the
  long run. In the framework of compulsory
  education, and then in (upper) secondary,
  vocational or higher education.

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The Guide / Plurilingualism

• Plurilingualism is the competence to
  communicate in several languages at different
  levels.
• The Overall Objective of Plurilingualism is
• to enable people within Europe to communicate
  with others and
• understand the cultural differences better.

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Guide /what has to be considered?

• 6.1. Decision on objectives and according to
  educational context
• Language teaching considers characteristics
  (border regions, migration, etc.)
• Coordinate various language courses (grammar,
  literature, CLIL, etc. - other subjects /working
  language)
• Syllabuses
• Levels and standards
• Topics (teaching materials)
• Involving educational establishments (schools,
  language centres, etc.)
• Compulsory or optional
• Format (times, hours, etc.)
• Assessment and certification

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Guide / Bilingual/Plurilingual Education

• 6.2.2. Technical obstacles
• Costs cheaper by content through FL, costs
  higher additional posts (beginning)
• Teacher qualifications / profiles one or two
  subjects
• Co-teachers
• Workload and timetables
• Assessment internal external examinations

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Guide / Bilingual/Plurilingual Education

• 4.1.Linguistic varieties at school bilingual
  education language of instruction
• Language used in its basic sense to communicate
  information on subject matter
• Dífferent forms of Bilingual Education
• Subject teacher co-teacher
• Subject taught in FL 1 teacher - saves money
• Oral and written variations mixed (2 languages)
• Different days different languages
• Minority language official language
• new language for all kids