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Call for papers: ‘Language MOOCs and OERs: new trends and challenges’ Naples, Italy, 28-29 September 2023 (deadline June 17th, 2023)

The University of Naples L’Orientale together with Federazione Nazionale Insegnanti Centro di iniziativa per l’Europa (FENICE), as one of the partners of the project “Romance Languages for Slavic-Speaking University Students” (LMOOC4Slav) funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, invite you to attend the Second International Conference on “Language MOOCs and OERs: new trends and challenges”, to be held in Naples (Italy) on 28-29 September 2023.

The conference aims to bring together higher education professionals, applied linguists, and language technologists working on issues related to language learning and teaching, namely: MOOCs, OERs, new approaches in language teaching and learning, academic mobility, linguistic description of languages, linguistic diversity, language for specific purposes, digital transformation in Education and new educational technologies, new collaboration projects, multiculturalism, and initiatives and developments related to these areas supported by European and national programmes.

Call for Abstracts (deadline: June 17th, 2023)

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30th ICC International Language Association Conference – May 13th and 14th, 2023 – Belgrade

The Chair and the Board of ICC-Languages are delighted to announce that our 30th ICC International Language Association Conference, with the theme “The Integration of 21st Century Skills in the Language Classroom”, will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 13th and 14th, 2023.

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ROLANG School – The first EUROLTA Teacher Training Centre in Romania

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ROLANG School in Bucharest, dedicated exclusively to teaching the Romanian language to foreigners, has become the first language center in Romania offering the internationally recognized teacher training program EUROLTA (European Certificate in Language Teaching to Adults). The EUROLTA certificate is developed, issued and recognised by the ICC, a network of leading institutions of adult education in Europe and around the world.

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ICC Member iOR presented by the German Focus Magazine

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The Chair, Dr. Ellinor Haase, and Board Members of ICC are proud to share the news of our member institute – iOR Language Academy – being presented by the German Focus Magazine as one of the Top providers of continuing education in 2022 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

(WEITERBILDUNGSANBIETER in der D-A-CH-Region 2022)

Among the 20,000 institutions and companies that Focus Magazine evaluated in 2021, iOR and other 336 institutes were particularly positively rated in the dimension of Social Listening and are thus presented in the list of the magazine’s recommendations for 2022. This recommendation entitles iOR to use the Focus Seal “TOP”  as a proof of its service quality.

On behalf of ICC, Ellinor has sent our heartfelt congratulations to iOR and its whole team on this great acknowledgement of its dedication to and advocacy for language education. We all are looking forward to further collaboration to create a better future for language teaching and learning together!

TEACHING LANGUAGE through ART

Join our brand new interactive course for language educators. You get the opportunity to develop your language teaching skills in an international environment. Participants have workshops and brainstorming sessions which focus on using works of art as a tool in language learning classroom. In addition to classes and workshops led by expert facilitators, the course includes visits to cultural spaces and museums, with time to explore and find inspiration. Venice is incredibly international with a wide range of cultures represented in the artwork displayed.

https://europeanculturalacademy.com/courses/educators/teaching-language-through-art

ECML projects

Digital citizenship through language education

The project seeks to help learners become digital citizens and develop the capacity to use digital media critically, creatively and autonomously in several languages. The project will build on recommendations and guidelines from the Council of Europe and other international institutions as well as on national policies in order to develop a pedagogical framework and resources for use by language teachers.

https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2020-2023/Digitalcitizenshipthroughlanguageeducation/tabid/4302/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Developing transversal competences in language education

In many education systems, the development of learners’ transversal competences has become an important focus of policy. Working on learners’ ‘transversal competences’ means developing their knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in areas such as global citizenship, education for sustainable development and media education, and also their intrapersonal and interpersonal ‘21st century skills’, which include co-operation, teamwork, critical thinking, and digital literacy etc.

https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2020-2023/Developingtransversalcompetencesinlanguageeducation/tabid/4301/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Developing an agenda and a roadmap for achieving full digital language equality in Europe by 2030

The ICC is a member of the ECSPM (European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism) and thus involved in a very interesting project:

Developing an agenda and a roadmap for achieving full digital language equality in Europe by 2030

With a large and all-encompassing consortium consisting of 52 partners covering all European countries, research and industry and all major pan-European initiatives, the European Language Equality (ELE) project develops a strategic research, innovation and implementation agenda as well as a roadmap for achieving full digital language equality in Europe by 2030. The whole project is designed in such a way that all individual work streams create input for the strategic agenda, for example, in terms of empirical evidence, desk research or technology deep dives.
Read more: https://european-language-equality.eu/