1. In support of plurilingual people living in multilingual societies:
the contribution of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz Waldemar Martyniuk & Susanna Slivensky

2. of Language Education and Policy
Department
of Language Education and Policy
Language Policy Division, Strasbourg, France
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Strasbourg, France
European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria

3. European Centre for Modern Languages
Founded in Graz, Austria, 1994
Enlarged Partial Agreement
34 member states
Supported by Austrian authorities
Governing Board
Secretariat

4. European Centre for Modern Languages
Mission:
Support for implementation of modern language education policies by:
promoting innovation and facilitating reforms in language teaching and learning
development of networks of experts
dissemination of good practice

5. European Centre for Modern Languages
How the ECML works:
4-year medium term programmes of projects coordinated by international expert teams
National contact points in all member states
National nominating authorities in all member states
Nominated participants from each member state who form national and international networks and function as multipliers
Interactive online platform for expert communication
Project results published as books, CD-ROMs, Internet materials, etc.

6. ECML: 15 years of promoting excellence in language education
2009 in figures:
988 participants in activities financed by the ECML
48 events organised, 52 supported by the ECML
21 projects in progress
54 publications in free distribution
9 new translations of ECML publications
>400,000 accesses to ECML publications on the ECML website
>1,2 million visits to the ECML’s main website
>5,750 subscribers to the European Language Gazette
>640 events registered in 47 countries for the EDL 2009

7. ECML programme 2004 - 2007 www.ecml.at/socialcohesion
All publications are available online in downloadable format free of charge
Books
CD-ROMs
Project websites
Project flyers
Travelling exhibition available for conferences and fairs

8. ECML programme 2008–2011 www.ecml.at/empowerment
22 projects, 4 thematic areas
Evaluation and assessment
Continuity in language learning
Content and language integrated education
Plurilingual education

9. ECML contribution to the Show & Tell session: current projects
CARAP: A Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches (Jean-François de Pietro) CLIL-CD: Curriculum Development for Content and Language Integrated Learning (Gisella Langé) CLIL-LOTE-GO: Good Practice in Content and Language Integrated Learning for Languages other than English (Christine LePape- Racine)
ELP-WSU: The European Language Portfolio in Whole- School Use (David Little)
MARILLE: Majority Language Instruction as a Basis for Plurilingual Education (Terry Lamb)
E-VOLLution: Exploring cutting edge applications of networked technologies in Vocationally Oriented Language Learning (Tony Fitzpatrick)

10. ECML contribution to the Show & Tell session: “ECML country room”
Representatives of ECML member states presenting
impact of ECML work in member states:
Albania represented by Tatjana Vuçani
Austria represented by Gunther Abuja
Estonia represented by Maie Soll and Tõnu Tender
Germany represented by Christof Arnold
Norway represented by Jorunn Berntzen and Gerard Doetjes

11. “PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION”
ECML Programme
“PROMOTING INCLUSIVE, PLURILINGUAL AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION”
Long-term vision: developing and promoting the use of inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approaches to education
Synergies: implementation of policy guidelines and reference tools developed by the Language Policy Division and other Council of Europe units and bodies
Cooperation: Professional Network Forum and Graz Declaration on Language Education 2010

12. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015
Key features of the programme:
Focus on the learner
Inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural approach
Lifelong learning: formal and informal/non-formal contexts
Development strand of work: ECML long-term vision
Mediation strand of work: towards implementation of the long-term vision

13. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

14. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

15. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

16. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

17. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

18. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015

19. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015
Call for tender
Submissions by individual experts to take part in/coordinate
a project outlined by the ECML, targeting one of the
following domains:
the foreign language classroom
the majority language classroom
the subject classroom
informal/non-formal learning
the mediation area

20. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015
2. Call for project proposals
Submissions by teams of experts to run a project relating
to the programme scheme and to one of the following themes:
Support for migrant language education
Regional or minority languages
Sign languages and language provision for the blind and visually impaired
Evaluation and assessment
Innovative approaches in foreign language learning

21. Call for submissions for the ECML programme 2012-2015
For ECML member states: support for promoting the Call at national level Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2011 Details: Launch of the programme: 1 October on the occasion of the closing conference of the ECML programme

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