The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) of the Council of Europe is dedicating this special issue of its European Language Gazette to the launch of the resources resulting from its programme “Inspiring innovation in language education: changing contexts, evolving competences”. From 2020-2023, nine projects addressed the themes of: formative assessment in early language learning and for newly arrived migrant children, languages in support of digital citizenship and other transversal skills, the CEFR Companion Volume and linguistic mediation, CLIL in languages other than English, neighbouring languages in cross-border vocational training, teacher competences for pluralistic approaches. These issues were identified by member states as priority areas when initially establishing the programme.
We encourage you to use these innovative resources, to adapt them to your respective contexts, and to share them within your networks, colleagues and institutions who may benefit from them.
A number of the resources are also featured within the Centre’s current training and consultancy activities – where member states can request national workshops on themes of ECML expertise – with the workshops customized according to the specific context.
Table of contents
“Inspiring innovation in language education” – through a wealth of new resources
Launch of new resources
E-Lang Citizen – Digital citizenship through language education
TePA – Developing teacher competences for pluralistic approaches – Tools for teacher education
METLA – Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment
Building blocks for planning language-sensitive teacher education
RECOLANG – Resources for assessing the home language competences of migrant pupils
Enhancing language education in cross-border vocational education
CLIL in languages other than English – Successful transitions across educational stages
PALINGUI – Young children’s language learning pathways – Making early language learning visible
VITbox – CEFR Companion Volume implementation toolbox
Quick links
Enjoy this issue: English – French