4th ECML Professional Network Forum - Graz, 7 February 2013 1 4th ECML Professional Network Forum Graz, 7 January 2013 Session One: Update on Network partner

4th ECML Professional Network Forum - Graz, 7 February 2013

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4th ECML Professional Network Forum

Graz, 7 January 2013Session One: Update on Network partner activities

Conseil européen pour les langues /

European Language Council (CEL/ELC)

www.celelc.org

Wolfgang Mackiewicz


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I do not want to bore you …. an international Non-profit Organisation under Belgian law

membership: 136 HEIs and specialist organisations in Europe and beyond; 12 associate members; four honorary members

created in 1997 with EC support

a transversal mission – ranging from language teacher education to translation and interpreting, and policy-oriented research


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Mission statement• The Conseil Européen pour les langues/ European Language Council aims

to promote the study of languages and cultures, including intercultural

communication, so as to encourage the multilingual and multicultural

development of Europe and internationally. It does so by:

• Enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education;

• Launching new research and development initiatives;

• Developing policies and strategies at institutional, national and European levels;

• Disseminating information on these matters.

• The CEL/ELC fosters cooperation in all areas of education between teachers, researchers, students, educational institutions, associations, private organisations, policy makers and other bodies which share its aims.


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TWO MAJOR AREAS OF ACTIVITY projects policy development

and these two are interrelated

BUT the CEL/ELC does not have any salaried staff we are a stakeholder organisation -> Business Platform for

Multilingualism; key role at the Limassol Multilingualism Conference

WE NOW HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM

Who are our members? Institutions / organisations or individuals?


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Activities/initiatives/projects/products/publications/events of your

organisation you would wish to be highlighted and

promoted/disseminated through the Network - completed,

on-going, or planned

three working groups• Consultative Group “Rethinking Multilingualism”• Working Group “Higher Education Language Policy (HELP)”• Special Interest Group “The Future of Language Degrees”


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the final report of the HELP Group is available at the CEL/ELC Web site

the final report of the language degrees SIG will be available soon ….

Consultative Group – identified changes in the following domains –• the linguistic fabric of European countries• language use (individuals / organisations)• language professions• individual language profiles / repertoires


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Implications of these changes for

• formal teaching and learning• informal and non-formal language learning• teacher education• language mediation• languages in and for higher education• languages in the production / creation, construction, transfer, and

application of knowledge


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The idea is …

to suggest measures that might be taken in response to these changes

to exploit new opportunities bearing in mind that situations vary enormously across Europe

ALL THESE ISSUES WERE RAISED AT THE

2012 CEL/ELC Forum

Rethinking Multilingualism – Challenges and Opportunities


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What for the CEL/ELC is new in all this is …

• languages in school education and training • modern language degrees

PROJECTS

A CEL/ELC project – CELAN

Language Strategies for Competitiveness and Employability -

a baby of the EC‘s Business Platform for Multilingualism

www.celan-platform.eu


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An ECML project

LINCQ (2012-2013)

http://www.ecml.at/l1/tabid/790/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

LLP projects based on CEL/ELC working groups

MAGICC - Modularising Multilingual and Multicultural Academic Communication Competence (2011-2014)

http://www.unil.ch/magicc/page88020_en.html


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• IntlUni – The challenge of the multilingual and multicultural learning space – 2012-2015 – http://intluni.eu

• EBCL – European Benchmark Framework for Madarin Chinese -

built on the Graz Declaration

(2010-2012) - ebcl.eu.com

• LLP project proposal – Innovative Approaches to Training Translators and Interpreters for Society - TRAINS


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And I am not talking about FP7 – the 2013 Call

PROJECTS NEXT

Erasmus4All ???

Horizon 2020 ???


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2. "Burning issues":

•Issues/needs/challenges related to language education that - from the perspective of your organisation - require more coordinated action on the international level within the next few years (2013-2015)

teacher educationheterogeneous classroomsexploitation of multilingual environments


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languages in internationalised higher education and research technology in and for language learning and assessment, and for

language use

ACTION POINTS

Possible/desirable joint actions/intiatives events that we should like to suggest for the Network to undertake in the near future


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¿ Do we have time for joint actions / initiatives over and above the High-level Conference in the framework of the Austrian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ?

JUST AN IDEA - TWO WORKING GROUPS

(i)Assessment and documentation of informal and non-formal action-oriented language learning outcomes

(ii)Language Technology – language learning and language use


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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION


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CEL/ELC Website

www.celelc.org

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4th ECML Professional Network Forum - Graz, 7 February 2013 1 4th ECML Professional Network Forum Graz, 7 January 2013 Session One: Update on Network partner