SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOMS Inclusive Approaches in Language Education

SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOMS Inclusive Approaches in Language Education Helsinki – 8 th / 9 th May 2017 Mercè Bernaus & Kristin Brogan European Centre for Modern Languages and European Commission cooperation on Innovative Methodologies and Assessment In Language Learning This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Supporting multilingual classrooms • Icebreaker: Treasure Hunt • Write a name, a place, a colour, and a number in each corner of your gold card. Mix with your colleagues and GUESS the meanings of those words in their cards This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Supporting multilingual classrooms • Language awarenness in education by Katri Kuukka (guest speaker) This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Supporting multilingual classrooms Session 5 • Language and Cultural awareness. Presentation and discussion of specific projects This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Pluri. Mobil This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Pluri. Mobil • Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility multilingual multicultural This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Pluri. Mobil • Material: • Handbook • A quick start guide • Five sets of lesson plans • Levels: • Primary/lower secondary/upper secondary/ vocational secondary/teacher education This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Pluri. Mobil • http: //plurimobil. ecml. at/ • Copies of “quick start guide” & brief summary. • Exercise example from primary level: • Lesson plan 9: THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO: HOW DO I LEARN LANGUAGES? • Exercise example from lower secondary level: • Lesson plan 3: MY SELF PORTRAIT > awareness of own cultural background (multicultural) • Exercise example from upper secondary level: • Lesson plan 11: NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION >awareness of diversity in communication • Exercise example from vocational secondary level: • Lesson plan 7: WORKING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES > multilingual communication This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

ICOPROMO This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

ICOPROMO Intercultural competence for professional mobility • Set of 18 training activities designed to develop the intercultural competence of multicultural teams; • Enhancement of intercultural competence and gain a deeper insight into theoretical concepts underlying these materials; • Booklet and CD-Rom. This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

ICOPROMO • http: //www. ecml. at/tabid/277/Publication. ID/20/Default. aspx • Awareness of the self and the other • Preferences > awareness of own cultural background • Communicating across cultures • "Tu es Anglaise? " > expressing yourself in another language • Sense making • I speak English, I am literate > discussion on a “global language” • Assuming social responsibility • Just words, not bullets : becoming critically aware of language use • Relationship building • Where do I belong? > exclusion in a multicultural team How would you adapt these activities for your students? This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

AIE This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters (AIE) Intercultural awareness for multilingual environment: • Online course AIE • http: //coe. dokeos. com/courses/AUTOBIOGRAPHYOFINTER/in dex. php • Summary cultural dimensions • www. vocal-medical. eu > module 5 • Lesson plans 1 and 2 (Plurimobil) http: //plurimobil. ecml. at/ This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

kahvitauko кофе coffee break Kaffeepause café pausa café This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Supporting multilingual classrooms Session 6 • Developing a plurilingual dimension in different subjects: Con. Ba. T+ project This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

CONBAT+ http: //conbat. ecml. at This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Group work • You will work through one of six packs, doing and discussing the activities: – Parasites (ages 13 -15) – Addictively tasty (children with a light mental disability (ages 12 -16)- mainstream education (ages 10 -14) – Coffee (ages 12 -15) – A Healthy Diet (ages 11 -15) – A symphony of fractions (ages 12 -14) – Motion in the ocean (ages 9 -14) This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Summary of the content What do those units have in common? ATTITUDES VALUES COMPETENCE SKILLS KNOWLEDGE This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Focus questions 1. What are the benefits to plurilingual children? 2. What exactly would children learn from these resources and activities? 3. How might they be adapted for your own context? (subject, age group etc. ) 4. What obstacles might there be to you doing this kind of activities? This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

lounastauko перерыв на обед lunch break Mittagspause déjeuner almoço almuerzo This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Supporting multilingual classrooms Session 7 Examples of Pluriliteracies Project This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• A Pluriliteracies Approach to Teaching for Learning • Makes links between content and language learning visible • Subject specific literacies are the key to deep learning > Languaging for understanding • Learners are taught how to express their knowledge of content subjects appropriately This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• http: //pluriliteracies. ecml. at/en-us/ • Why literacies matter? > video • Materials: Chemistry, Geography & History - informal and academic language • PTL principles: For example, focusing on the learner > how well they can demonstrate their understanding of subject knowledge This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Austin’s Butterfly video: • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=hqh 1 MR WZjms • Progression and improvement within a certain task • Teachers should have a clear idea of what their students need This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

kahvitauko кофе coffee break Kaffeepause café pausa café This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

OPEN SPACE: Welcome to a fresh way to exchange ideas This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Plur. Cur This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Plur. Cur • A whole school curriculum represents the inclusion of all languages and their variants at a given school, i. e. not only the major language but also foreign languages, heritage languages, minority languages, even classical languages in a school district. • http: //www. ecml. at/ECMLProgramme/Programme 20122015/Plur. Cur/tabid/1750/language/en. GB/Default. aspx To go further: Multilingualism Curriculum: Perceiving and Managing Linguistic Diversity in Education Hans-Ju rgen Krumm, University of Vienna Hans H. Reich, University of Koblenz-Landau http: //oesz. at/download/Attachments/CM+En glish. pdf This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• “Whatever the subject, all knowledge building in the school context involves working with language. ” (Beacco, Coste, van der Ven & Vollmer 2010: 6) • To succeed in an educational context, students need to master a different type of language than they do in everyday non-academic situations • Two main types of language proficiency needed in a school context: basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• Language skills for successful subject learning • CEFR linked descriptors for mathematics and history/civics • http: //www. ecml. at/ECMLProgramme/Programme 20122015/Language. Descriptors/tabid/1800/Default. aspx This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• “Whatever the subject, all knowledge building in the school context involves working with language. ” (Beacco, Coste, van der Ven & Vollmer 2010: 6) • To succeed in an educational context, students need to master a different type of language than they do in everyday non-academic situations • Two main types of language proficiency needed in a school context: basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• Language descriptors for migrant and minority learners’ success in compulsory education • Examples of competence goals • Examples of good performance and assessment criteria • Examples of language descriptors • Examples of CEFR Levels required in history/civics and mathematics: Listening, reading, speaking and writing This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

• Raising awareness of language in content classes • Language descriptors for content areas focus an educator’s attention on the linguistic aspects of learning school subjects • Using language descriptors as assessment tools in the content classroom • Copies of descriptors • Marita Härmälä, Finnish National Board of Education, Finland This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

Closure • How would you use the presented material in your classroom? • Summary, final discussion & reflection, evaluation This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Innovative Methodologies and Assessment in Language Learning cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission www. ecml. at/ec-cooperation

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