The European Language Gazette, the ECML's e-newsletter, provides up-to-date news about the ECML (events, projects, resources) and other relevant sectors of the Council of Europe as well as of our partners. It focuses on national developments in the field of language education in the member states and beyond.
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Contents of Issue no. 68:
Featured articles
2024 = 30 + 75! ECML and Council of Europe anniversaries
“A Council of Europe Recommendation on language education: challenging societal attitudes towards language and culture” – Webinar recording (22 February 2024)
ECML activities
“Language education at the heart of democracy”: launch of the ECML programme 2024-27
New ECML project: “CLIL teaching materials for developing 21st century competences” – Expert meeting (Graz, Austria, 27-29 February 2024)
New ECML project: The project “Fostering the plurilingual wellbeing of language teachers” is underway! Expert meeting (Graz, Austria, 29 February – 1st March 2024)
ECML Training and consultancy (TaC) activities in 2024
ECML-EC cooperation: Summer academy for teacher educators working in the field of languages – “Inspiring innovation in European language teacher education” (Graz, 24-28 June 2024)
The ECML welcomed the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Recent publications
ECML publications
New language versions
ECML multilingual glossary of key terms in language education
National developments
The Austrian Centre for Language Competence (ÖSZ) has launched its new website: www.oesz.at!
France: recent FEI articles, Report to Parliament on the French language
Strategies for promoting the partner language – Promoting the French language in Germany – Promoting the German language in France
Switzerland: upcoming conference, recent resources
Canada: recent resources
Professional Network Forum of the ECML
Forthcoming events of the Forum members
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE)
Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services (Eaquals)
European Civil Society platform for multilingualism (ECSPM)
Council of Europe
Language Support for Migrants (LSM) Toolkit 2024
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML)
The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM)
Council of Europe online bookshop: recent publications
News from other organisations
International Mother Tongue Day – 21 February
International Francophonie Day 2024: Honouring the French language
European Union
Mercator – European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
Babylonia, the Swiss Journal of Language Education
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