Bilingual education: MA in Teaching English to Young Learners Faculty of Education University of Warsaw Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

Overview of the presentation 1.Rationale for the project 2.Project aims and highlights 3.Workshops and lectures 4.Practicum Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

Project rationale To prepare teachers who  are knowledgeable about the needs of young learners and early language learning (Cameron, 2001; Pinter, 2006; Enever, 2011; Szpotowicz, 2013; Szpotowicz, Campfield & Rycielska, 2014 )  can provide students with meaningful language use and richer language exposure ( Kuppens,2010; Lefever, 2010; Lindgren and Muñoz, 2012 )  can cope with a variety of teaching contexts including language and content integration (Lyster, 2007;Met, 2008; Frigols Martin, 2011; Cammerata & Tedick, 2012)  understand the role of reflection in their learning and professional development (Richards & Lockhart, 1996; Farrell, 2013)  understand the role of collaboration as a way to educate children as well as a tool for professional growth (Richards & Farrell, 2005) Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

Overarching theme To create a professional community to support the process of learning to teach (Richards, 1998; Korthagen & Kessels, 1999; Richards & Farrell, 2011) To create a professional community to support the process of learning to teach (Richards, 1998; Korthagen & Kessels, 1999; Richards & Farrell, 2011)

Project participants: Students of the new Graduate Programme in Teaching English to Young Learners Teachers: English language teachers cooperating with elementary education teachers Elementary teachers cooperating with English language teachers Teachers who teach both English language and elementary education Teachers from bilingual preschools and schools Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

The Main Aims of the Project To increase the level of education by developing and launching the new graduate program in teaching English to young learners with special focus on content and language integrated learning and bilingual education. To increase the knowledge base and skills of 50 students and 15 teachers in the area of language education with special focus on CLIL, bilingual education, language assessment and information technology

To enrich the experiences of University of Warsaw Faculty by utilizing the Partners’ expertise in teacher education as well as by implementing new student teacher development tools such as Teaching Portfolio. To strengthen the transnational cooperation among Partner universities involved in teacher education: University of Warsaw, University of Jyväskylä, University of Ljubljana and Umeå University.

Project highlights: developing the new MA program with the expertise of faculty from partner universities developing an educational platform entitled MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language including Teaching Portfolio completing five (5) study visits (2 visits to Finland, 2 to Slovenia, 1 to Sweden). organizing a series of workshops and lectures offered by Polish and International experts organizing an international conference in June 2015

Project information Program and course information Articles on theory and practice of English language teaching focusing on young learners and young learner teachers Student and faculty research from partner universities Audio and video materials Teaching materials Teaching portfolio Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund The Platform

Workshops and lectures for students and cooperating teachers: Introduction to CLIL Bilingual literacy and assessment of bilingual literacy Using children literature in a language classroom Language assessment Developing tools for language assessment

Workshops and lectures: Learning disabilities and language learning Teaching phonetics to young learners Teacher Portfolio Action Research Teacher professional development

Practicum: Connecting theory and practice Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

Schools: All preschools and elementary schools interested in introducing CLIL to curriculum Open to provide opportunities to allow more language across preschool and elementary curriculum Bilingual preschools and schools Teachers English language teachers cooperating with elementary education teachers Elementary teachers cooperating with English language teachers Teachers who teach both English language and elementary education Teachers from bilingual preschools and schools

Practicum hours in the Project: 60 hours during this academic year (120 total during 2 years) 30 hours of workshops led by the university supervisor 10 additional hours spent with an advisor and expert in the field (experienced teachers and academics from a variety of contexts including international schools, schools offering PYP, and others)

During Practicum Student teachers are working alongside experienced language and elementary teachers Both students and teachers are planning and teaching using CLIL approach Advisors and supervising faculty are additional resources

Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund THE PORTFOLIO

created to help student teachers reflect on their past and present experiences designed to allow student teachers document the process of learning to teach linked to the modules and courses moderated by academic teachers The Learning Portfolio Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund

collection of teaching exemplars and artifacts demonstrating the teaching skills to supervisors, future employers and colleagues. based on the selected materials partly developed for the Learning Portfolio designed to create one’s portrait as a teacher, one’s beliefs and principles, plans for the future development, strengths and special interests Pedagogical CV

Cameron, L. (2001). Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chambers, G. (1999). Motivating Language Learners. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Enever J. (2011). Early Language Learning in Europe. London, UK: The British Council. IBE (2013). Raport krajowy badania ESLC. Warszawa: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych. European Council First European Survey on Language Competences – final report. Brussels. Kuppens, A.H. (2010). Incidental foreign language acquisition from media exposure. Learning, Media and Technology 35, Lefever, S.C. (2010). English skills of young learners in Iceland. Paper presented at Menntakvika Conference, Reykjavik. Lindgren, E. & Munoz, C. (2012). The influence of exposure, parents, and linguistic distance on young European learners' foreign language comprehension. International Journal of Multilingualism, PISA 2009 Results: Executive Summary. (2009). PISA, OECD Publishing. Pinter, A. (2006). Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Szpotowicz, M Language Achievements of Polish Young Learners: Evidence from the ELLiE Study. In: D.Gabryś-Barker, E. Piechurska, J. Zybert. Investigations in Teaching and Learning Languages. Springer. Szpotowicz, M., D. Campfield, L. Rycielska. Język angielski – czynniki wpływające na poziom umiejętności uczniów. In: Raport tematyczny z badania SUEK (unpublished IBE report) Project Bilingual education. MA in teaching English to young learners as a second and foreign language co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund