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Focus on language
=reinforcing educational quality
Leen Schelfhout
9000 students
How to organise a centralised language policy?
• Building a central support team: • teamwork• sustainability & independence• adapted to specific context of the training• balanced offer-demand policy
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Key values
• Universal design for learning→ integrated support
→ unity in diversity
• Education that can be cut to size for every student
Responsibility for lecturers and students
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Profile of incoming students
5
Language profile
Personal data
Talents
Learning style
Social and economic situation
Preliminary training
Focus on language = answer
• Language proficiency as key competence for academic success
• Language proficiency as key competence for professional success
• Higher education = training in professional communication and language proficiency
Life-long learning
Building a powerful ‘learning’ environment for ALL students
= quality care
unity in diversity
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Incoming student Professional
High standards for language skills
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Language policy &support
Focus on students
decrease level?
Language = tool
Focus on lecturer
increase level?
Language =aim
UDL environmnent that encourages and supports the learningprocess of ALL
students
Language policy
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Language policy =
quality care
Analysis of context
Incoming students and professional
field Content and language integrated teaching
Learning outcomes
Remedial and other support
Language skills in
curriculum
Assessment policy
Staff policy
Aspects of ‘language’
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Language
Spelling and language
care
Vocabulary and style
Grammar
Structure and
coherence
Subject – content -
arguments
Professional attitude
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FOCUS ON LANGUAGE
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LECTURERS
• Pedagogical supportworkshops, support
sheets, teaching materials
• Screenings
• At invitation:workshops for
students
• Building networks and sharing good practices
STUDENTS
• Workshops on various topics
• Individual coaching – peer tutoring
FOCUS ON QUALITY
Contact
Leen SchelfhoutLanguage policy and language support
Head OfficeLange Nieuwstraat 101B- 2000 AntwerpE [email protected] +32 3 220 57 76
