October 2014
ECML training and consultancy for member States
1-3 October 2014
“Plurilingual and intercultural competences: descriptors and teaching materials” (
FREPA)
Venue: Yerevan, Armenia
Experts: Michel Candelier, France; Anna Schröder-Sura, Germany
Local organiser: Anna Azayran, Center for the Implementation of Council of Europe Language Education Programmes, Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov, Armenia
Working languages: English and French
Participants: language teachers and teacher trainers, multipliers
Expert meeting
6-7 October 2014
“Collaborative Community Approach to Migrant Education” (
Community)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Andrea Young, France
Participants: project team
Training
7 October 2014
Training for ECML experts to engage as moderators in the Programme of Confidence Building Measures of the Council of Europe’s Directorate of Political Advice
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Organisation: Directorate of Political Advice of the Council Europe in cooperation with the ECML and the Austrian Association for the ECML
Participants: Michel Candelier, France; Anna Maria Curci, Italy; Anna Schröder-Sura, Germany ; two trainers of the Directorate of Political Advice of the Council Europ
Seminar
8-10 October 2014
“Teacher training seminar on foreign languages learning” - Seminar for foreign languages teachers/teacher trainers from Abkhazia
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Experts: Mercè Bernaus, Spain; Brigitte Gerber, Switzerland; David Newby, Austria
Organisation: the Directorate of Political Advice of the Council Europe in cooperation with the ECML and the Austrian Association for the ECML
Participants: foreign languages teachers/teacher trainers from Tbilisi and Sukhumi
Project sites: http:// http://conbat.ecml.at/; http://carap.ecml.at; //epostl2.ecml.at
Preparatory meeting of Regional workshop
8 October 2014
"Plurilingual whole school curricula" (
PlurCur)
Venue: Darmstadt, Germany
Participants: project team
Regional workshop
9-10 October 2014
"Plurilingual whole school curricula" (
PlurCur)
Venue: Darmstadt, Germany
Coordinator: Britta Hufeisen, Germany
Co-animators: Elisabeth Allgäuer-Hackl, Austria; Kristin Brogan; Ireland; Joachim Schlabach, Finland
Working languages: English and German
Participants: with local or regional participants and up to 6 invited participants from other member states
National support event
10-12 October 2014
Conference of the Association of teachers of French in Bulgaria (APFB)
Venue : Sandanski, Bulgaria
Expert: Ildikó Lőrincz, Hungary
Local organiser: Jeanna Kristeva, Chair of APFB, University of Sofia
Participants : up to 150 teachers of French
Web site: http://carap.ecml.at
Conference programme
Participation in an external event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
10-12 October 2014
22th Annual meeting of the Croatian German Teachers Association / 22. Tagung des Kroatischen Deutschlehrerverbands
Venue: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, Croatia
Local organisation: Ninočka Truck-Biljan,
National Contact Point for the ECML in Croatia
ECML contribution: plenary presentation „Das Europäische Fremdsprachenzentrum des Europarats und Beispiele seiner Arbeit im Bereich der mehrsprachigen und interkulturellen Kompetenzen:
online conference by Susanna Slivensky, Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmes, and presentation by Anna Schröder-Sura, University Justus-Liebieg, Gießen, Germany; documentation
Programme
Website of the Association
Innovative methodologies and assessment in language learning, EU – ECML cooperation agreement 2014-2015
16-17 October 2014
“Use of ICT in support of language teaching and learning (
ICT-REV)”:
network meeting
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Working language: English
Experts: members of the ICT-REV team
Participants: language teachers, teacher trainers, multipliers
Participation in an external event
17 October 2014 – 23 January 2015
Teaching French “Learning Process“ as part of the initial training of teachers of French ( compulsory subject in undergraduate studies)
Location: Institute of Romance Studies , Karl-Franzens University , Graz, Austria
Participants: 26 student (s) ; contact: Barbara Horngacher
ECML contribution: publication The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) (2007), flyers (2011) – Project website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
20 October 2014
„Zusammenleben in Vielfalt: Integration als wechselseitiger Kommunikationsprozess“
Organisation: Europazentrum
ECML training and consultancy for member States
21 October 2014
“Quality assurance in language and citizenship courses for adult migrants”:
preparatory meeting of the workshop
Venue: Schulamt, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Experts: Laura Muresan, Romania; Richard Rossner, United Kingdom
Local organiser: Eva-Maria Schädler, Schulamt, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Working language: English
ECML training and consultancy for member States
22-23 October 2014
“Quality assurance in language and citizenship courses for adult migrants”:
workshop
Venue: Schulamt, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Experts: Laura Muresan, Romania; Richard Rossner, United Kingdom
Local organiser: Eva-Maria Schädler, Schulamt, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Working language: English
Participation in an external event
27-28 October 2014
Language education forum
to promote the new basic education curriculum 2016 plus the collaboration of all language subjects
Venue: Helsinki, Finland
Organisation: Finnish National Board of Education
Participants: 200 experts in language education
Forum programme
ECML contribution: documentation
Statutory meeting
30-31 October 2014
58th meeting of the Bureau of the Governing Board