Information about the ECML
ECML information brochure: English - French
Canadian publications
Canadian participation in ECML projects 2008-2015
University of Ottawa/OLBI, Canada and the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML): Canadian participation in ECML projects 2008-2015 / Le Canada et le Centre européen pour les langues vivantes (CELV): La participation canadienne aux travaux du CELV 2008 à 2015, 2015
Bilingual version
Revue/Journals
Professional (refereed) Canadian Journals:
Newsletters
Reports
- Education in Canada is a document prepared and updated periodically by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), which gives a current pan-Canadian overview of education.
- Protocol for Agreements for Minority-Language Education and Second-Language Instruction (2009-2010 / 2012-2013). 2009
- Pan-Canadian interim report on official languages in education 2009-2010/2010-2011. Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) (2011)
- Pan-Canadian report on official languages in education 2005-2006/2008-2009. Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) (2011)
- Parlons d'excellence : Compétences linguistiques pour un enseignement efficace. Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) (2013)
- Explore and Destination Clic 2007-2008 annual report (2013)
- Accent and Odyssey 2007-2008 annual report (2013)
- Résultats de l’enquête sur la vitalité des minorités de langue officielle (2007)
- La pédagogie en milieu minoritaire francophone: une recension des écrits
- Roadmap for Canada's official languages 2013-2018. Government of Canda (2013)
- Plan Twenty Thirteen (2013) Strategies for a National Approach in Second Language Education. S. Rehorick, Principal Consultant. Official Languages Support Programs, Dept of Canadian Heritage (2004)
- L’état de l’enseignement du français langue seconde au Canada de l’an 2012: Élèves avec les difficultés d’apprentissage et des programmes FLS
- Review of Ministry of Education Policies affecting equitable access (2010)
- Commissariat aux langues officielles – Rapport annuel 2012-2013
- Commissariat aux langues officielle - Défis : Un nouvel environnement pour la formation linguistique dans la fonction publique fédérale (September 2013)
- Two languages, a World of Opportunities: Second-language learning in Canada’s universities (October 2009)
- English-French School Group Exchanges in Canada and Their Impact, SEVEC (2009)
- English and French School Group Exchanges in Canada and Their Long Term Impact, SEVEC (2009)
- Minorities Speak Up: Results of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities (2006)
Hot Topics/Trends/Themes
General
- The Language Portal of Canada is a Website that showcases Canadian expertise in the area of language. It informs readers about Canadian resources that deal with different aspects of language.
- LangCanada.ca is a portal to promote and develop the linguistic duality of Canada by providing a one-stop window on the Internet that provides access to information and resources related to second official language teaching and learning.
Intensive French and Intensive English
Canadian Approach to the Common European Framework
French and English Second Language Teachers
Core French and immersion programs
Minority education
Sample of teaching resources
Education in French mother tongue
Second Language Teaching
Centres and institutes
- Language Research Centre, University of Calgary
- Institute for Innovation in Second Language Education, Edmonton Public Schools
- Centre for Research on Language Contact, Glendon College
- Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies/Centre de recherche éducative en langues et litéracies (CERLL)
- Language Technologies Research Centre
- Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain, McGill University
- Second Language Research Institute, University of New Brunswick
- Centre d’études ethniques des universités montréalaises
- Centre interdisciplinaire de recherches sur les activités langagières, Université Laval
- Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities
- Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, University of Ottawa
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Centre d’études franco-canadiennes de l’Ouest (CEFCO)
- Institut franco-ontarien (IFO), Université Laurentienne
- Centre de recherche en linguistique appliquée (CRLA), Université de Moncton
- Centre de recherche et de développement en éducation (CRDE)
Institutions and associations
Institutions
Associations
Euromosaic
Euromosaic study: Support from the European Commission for measures to promote and safeguard regional or minority languages and cultures.
National relay for the European Day of Languages
The function of a national EDL Relay is to act as a multiplier for organisations, schools and associations, circulating:
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information communicated by the Council of Europe (for example the press release of the Council on the Day, which the Relays are invited to translate into national/local languages, updates on the website);
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promotional materials - posters, stickers etc. provided by the Council of Europe every year in significant quantities for event organisers.
Contact details
EDL website
Canada and the Council of Europe in brief
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