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“Methodology and best practice for teaching languages online”

Five-week course (30 hours):

  • Two Saturday sessions: 16 hours online sessions with a trainer plus 14 hours self-study to complete written assignments
  • Dates: 23 October and 27 November 2021
  • Time: 10:00 – 17:00 CET

To register, please go to: https://icc-languages.eu/teacher-training/#registration-tlo 

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6. Saarbrücken Conference on Foreign Language Teaching – 27-29 Oct 2021

Communication today may be more borderless than in any other era of human history. Whether via apps such as Skype, WhatsApp, WeChat or LINE, whether via blogs and Instagram – the connections between people on a linguistic level are more diverse today than ever before, and this development has sped up since the pandemic started in 2020. On the one hand, this development has favoured a tendency towards English – not only as a worldwide lingua franca, but oftentimes as the only language in which people of different mother tongues communicate with each other. This development may be due to linguistic economy, which should not be underestimated and which is perfectly understandable. This development, however, is presently opposed by another tendency which consists in supporting and promoting languages other than English that are perceived as important – not instead of English, but rather in addition to it.

More infos on the 6. Saarbrücken Conference on Foreign Language Teaching can be found here.

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European Language Gazette No. 54

Newsletter of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe
No 54 – February-March 2021

Content of this newsletter

  • Language education in Europe: the impact of Covid
  • “Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning”
  • Just published! New ECML resources
  • ECML programme developments 2020-2023
  • Training and consultancy activities
  • Publication quoting the work of the ECML
  • Professional Network Forum of the ECML
  • National development
  • Council of Europe developments
  • News from other organisations
  • Quick links

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Calling all teacher educators and designers of teacher education programmes

  • Would you like to learn more about the benefits of learning languages for young children and multilingual classes?
  • Are you interested in the question “What makes language learning inspiring for young children?” and the guiding principles to language inspiring learning?
  • Are you investigating ways, practical resources and examples to encourage children and adults to develop their linguistic skills, learn new languages and open themselves to the languages around them?

If so, this new open-access resource website, developed in English and in French through expert cooperation in the field of language education across geographic Europe and beyond, is definitely for you:

“ Inspiring language learning and teaching in the early years – Why it matters and what it looks like for children age 3-12 ”
www.ecml.at/inspiringearlylearning

Click on the links below to go directly to the different resources:

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European Language Gazette Nr. 51

Newsletter of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe
Nr. 51 – June-August 2020

Content of this newsletter

  • Featured articles
  • Results from the ECML programme “Languages at the heart of learning”: new resources
  • Publications quoting the work of the ECML
  • ECML programme developments
  • Training and consultancy for ECML member states
  • Professional Network Forum of the ECML
  • National developments
  • Council of Europe developments
  • News from other organisations
  • Quick links

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Calling all teachers, teacher educators and headteachers!!

Are you a language teacher, a subject teacher or a headteacher who would like to better understand what language learning environments are?

Would you like to create, individually or perhaps in collaboration with your colleagues, an environment where languages are at the very heart of learning and teaching in your school or classroom?

Are you looking for inspiring practices from experienced schools?

Are you a teacher educator looking for ways to develop teachers’ professional skills in this area while exploring a holistic approach to languages?

If so, this new open-access resource website, developed in English, French and German through expert cooperation in the field of language education across geographic Europe and beyond, is most definitely for you. All the tools have been tested by partner schools involved in the EOL project between 2016 and 2019.

Learning environments
where modern languages flourish
www.ecml.at/learningenvironments

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