Calendar 2011
March 2011
Participation in an external event
2 March 2011
"CONTEXT - Connecting tertiary education experts": Eröffnungsveranstaltung des Doktoratsprogramms – Fachdidaktik und Sprachlehrforschung”
Organiser: Austrian Association of the ECML, University of Graz, Fachdidaktikzentrum Graz
ECML contribution: documentation
Website
Expert meeting
3-4 March 2011
“Piloting and implementing the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages” (EPOSTL2)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: David Newby, Austria
Participants: project team
Call promotion event / Participation in an external event
4-5 March 2011
3rd Symposium on Autonomy and assessment
Venue: Bremen, Germany
Organisers: Fremdsprachenzentrum der Hochschulen im Land Bremen (FZHB) in cooperation with Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren, Sprachlehrinstitute und Fremdspracheninstitute (AKS)
Expert: Johann Fischer, ECML project coordinator
ECML contribution: presentation of the call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of the ECML (2012-2015), documentation
Website
Expert meeting
7-8 March 2011
“Content based teaching for young learners” (EPLC)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Renate Krüger, Germany
Participants: project team
Hosted event at the ECML premises
9 March 2011
Language "switch" contest for 80 Styrian pupils (English-French, English-Italian, English-Spanish, English-Russian)
Organisers: Regional school board with the Austrian Association of the ECML
ECML contribution: participation of Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director, in the prize giving ceremony; promotional materials
Preparatory meeting of Workshop 3/2011
9 March 2011
“Developing online teaching skills” (DOTS)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Project site: http://dots.ecml.at
Workshop 3/2011
10-11 March 2011
Workshop 3/2011 “Developing online teaching skills” (DOTS)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Ursula Stickler, United Kingdom
Co-animators: Martina Emke, Germany; Pauline Ernest, Spain; Mateusz-Milan Stanojevic, Croatia
Working languages: English and German, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants’ profile
If you wish to participate click here and contact your National Nominating Authority
Call promotion event / Participation in an external event
11 March 2011
Presentation of the ECML Call for submissions
Venue: Helsinki, Finland
Organiser: Paula Mattila, Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) / ECML Governing Board member and National Nominating Authority
ECML presenter: Sauli Takala, ECML programme consultant
ECML contribution: presentation of the call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of the ECML (2012-2015), documentation
Website
Call promotion event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
11-13 March 2011
Presentation of the ECML Call for submissions for the 4th medium-term and workshop on quality assurance
Venue: Yerevan, Armenia
Organiser: Suren Zolyan, Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov / ECML Governing board member and National Nominating Authority
ECML presenter: Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director
ECML contribution: presentation of the ECML call for submissions and running of a workshop on quality assurance in testing; documentation
Website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
14 March 2011
Meeting of the Austrian Association of the ECML
Website
Expert meeting
14-15 March 2011
“Encouraging the culture of evaluation among professionals” (ECEP)
Venue: Paris, France
Coordinator: Enrica Piccardo, France/Canada
Participants: project team
Participation in an external event
14-18 March 2011
CLIL study visit for 14 participants from 8 European countries
Organiser: CIEP, the National Contact Point for the ECML in France
ECML contribution: documentation
Call promotion event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
16-17 March 2011
Symposium “Languages as European Cultural Asset”
Venue: Salzburg, Austria
Organiser: Herbert-Batliner-Europainstitut, Salzburg
ECML presenter: Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director of the ECML
ECML contribution: presentation of the Call for submissions for the 4th medium term programme of activities of the ECML (2012-2015) and participation in the panel discussion (16 March)
Website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
17-19 March 2011
3rd National Seminar “Interkulturalität und Mehrsprachigkeit in der schulischen Praxis”
Organisers: Austrian Association of the ECML, BMUKK - Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark, KulturKontakt Austria
Participation in an external event
19-20 March 2011
TESOL event for Northern Greece
Venue: Thessaloniki, Greece
Organiser: Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, the National Contact Point for the ECML in Greece
ECML contribution: documentation
Preparatory meeting of Workshop 4/2011
21 March 2011
“Enhancing success of mobility programmes – Tools for language teachers” (PLURImobil)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Workshop 4/2011
22-24 March 2011
“Enhancing success of mobility programmes – Tools for language teachers” (PLURImobil)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Miriam Egli Cuenat, Switzerland
Co-animators: Josephine Cole, United Kingdom; Chantal Muller, Belgium; Anna Szczepanska, Poland
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Participants’ profile
If you wish to participate click here and contact your National Nominating Authority
Participation in an external event
22-27 March 2011
Project Meeting of the Comenius Multilateral Partnership Project “Plurilingualism: Identity and Diversity. An Integrated Language Programme (2010-2012)”
Venue: Oradea, Romania
Organisers: project partners; project coordinated by CEIP "San Juan de la Pena", Jaca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
ECML contribution: documentation
Hosted event at the ECML premises
24 March 2011
Board meeting of the Austrian Association of the ECML
Website
Visit of the ECML
25 March 2011
Organiser: Bogumiła Różańska-Świerkot
Participants: 30 school teachers of German, English and Russian at primary and secondary level from Poland
Call promotion event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
25-26 March 2011
ICC 18th Annual Conference “Language teaching in a multilingual society”
Venue: Winterthur, Switzerland
ECML presenter: Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director of the ECML
ECML contribution: presentation of the Call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of activities of the ECML (2012-2015), documentation
Website
Call promotion event / Participation in an external event
25-26 March 2011
EPA-MPT/CMT International Conference “Assessment and evaluation in school: Parental involvement for a new culture of evaluation in Europe”
Organiser: European Parents Association in cooperation with the Hungarian Pedagogic Society/Comenius Workshop
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
ECML presenter: Anu Virkkunen-Fullenwider, ECML project team member
ECML contribution: presentation of the Call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of activities of the ECML (2012-2015), documentation
Website
Call promotion event / Participation in an external event
28 March 2011
Presentation of the ECML’s call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of activities (2012-2015)
Venue: Riga, Latvia
Organiser: Valda Cepurīte Bērziņa, State Education Development Agency / ECML Nomination Authority
ECML presenter: Frank Heyworth, ECML programme consultant
ECML contribution: presentation of the Call for submissions, documentation
Website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
28 March 2011
ELP working group of the Language Network Graz (Sprachennetzwerk Graz)
Organiser: Austrian Association of the ECML
Website
Participation in an external event
29-30 March 2011
Teacher Training seminar
Venue: Graz, Austria
Organiser: Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark with CEBS
ECML contribution: documentation
Call promotion event / Hosted event at the ECML premises
30 March 2011
ECML information event of the call for submissions for the 4th medium-term programme of activities of the ECML (2012-2015)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Organiser: Austrian Association of the ECML
ECML presenter: Susanna Slivensky, Deputy Executive Director / Head of Programmes of the ECML
ECML contribution: presentation of the call for submissions, materials exhibition, documentation
Website
Hosted event at the ECML premises
31 March 2011
Meeting of the Graz Language Network (Sprachennetzwerk Graz)
Organiser: Austrian Association of the ECML
Website