1. ConBaT+: an ECML project adding a plurilingual dimension to CLIL Áine Furlong afurlong@wit.ie Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland

2. The project and the team ECML, third medium term programme 2008-2011 Mercè Bernaus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Coordinator. Martine Kervran, IUFM De Bretagne, France. Sofie Jonckheere, Regional Integration Center Foyer, Brussels. Áine Furlong, Waterford Institute of Technology. Fernando Trujillo, Universidad de Granada – expert advisor.

3. Building bridges with ConBaT+

4. The aims –To raise plurilingual, pluricultural and intercultural COMPETENCE among primary and secondary school teachers and their pupils. –To empower teachers to create QUALITY cross- curricular materials in English, French, and Spanish, as an L2, for primary and secondary school learners. –To introduce the LANGUAGES and CULTURES present in the classroom into a number of subjects. –To motivate teachers to IMPACT on a reform of language learning and teaching. –To strengthen professional NETWORKS by providing several international and national meetings.

5. How can ConBaT+ build bridges between CLIL and Plurilingualism? The key competences for lifelong learning help to... the gap between content and languages

6. KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING - A EUROPEAN REFERENCE FRAMEWORK (2004) The framework is the first European-level attempt to provide a comprehensive and well- balanced list of the key competences that are needed for personal fulfilment, social inclusion and employment in a knowledge society. It aims to serve as a “reference tool” for policy-makers and for those responsible for creating learning opportunities for people at all stages of lifelong learning, allowing them to adapt the framework as appropriate to learners’ needs and contexts.

7. 8 KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING A EUROPEAN REFERENCE FRAMEWORK 1.Communication in the mother tongue 2.Communication in a foreign language 3.Mathematical literacy and basic competences in science and technology 4.Digital competence 5.Learning-to-learn 6.Interpersonal and civic competences 7.Entrepreneurship 8.Cultural expression http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/doc/basicframe.pdf http://conbat.ecml.at/Portals/7/documents/Aine_%20final%20art%2 0activity.pdfhttp://conbat.ecml.at/Portals/7/documents/Aine_%20final%20art%2 0activity.pdf

8. Competence-based approach Focus on tasks Content-based approach Focus on text/input Plurilingual approach Focus on languages and their speakers (learners)

9. content task languageS ConBaT+ Attitudes A Model for… ConBaT+

10. http://conbat.ecml.at