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    Planning, implementation and evaluation of whole school projects

Planning, implementation and evaluation of whole school projects


OVERVIEW
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The European Language Portfolio aims to foster the development of learner autonomy, intercultural awareness and plurilingualism. Teachers of particular languages working on their own can use the ELP to promote learner autonomy, but the goals of intercultural awareness and plurilingualism invite us to use the ELP in all foreign language classes at all levels in the school.
The guide introduces the language education policy that underpins the ELP, explores the key concepts that it embodies, and explains how to plan, implement and evaluate whole-school ELP projects. The ten case studies published on the project website illustrate various dimensions of ELP use and include practical suggestions and activities for teachers and learners.

Who is it for?

  • Teachers
  • Teacher educators
  • Decision makers: school principals, inspectors, advisors, ministry officials

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Project team

David George Little (Coordinator)
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
Head, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Francis Goullier
Inspecteur général de l'éducation nationale
Ministry of Education
France
Rose Margarethe Oehler
KPH Edith Stein, Innsbruck - Stams
Austria
Rosanna Margonis-Pasinetti
Pedagogical University Lausanne
Switzerland
Marnie Beaudoin
Consultant, Assessment
Edmonton Public Schools, Curriculum Services
Canada

Project

 

These are the results from a project of the European Centre for Modern Languages within its "Empowering Language Professionals" programme 2008-2011.

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