Calendar 2011
January 2011
Professional Network Forum on Language Education
6 January 2010
Venue: ECML premises, Graz
Organiser: ECML
Participants: representatives from the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE), the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS), the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA), the European Association for Quality Language Services (EAQUALS), the Conseil Européen pour les Langues/ European Language Council (CEL/ELC), the Fédération internationale des professeurs de langues vivantes (FIPLV), the International Certificate Conference e.V. (ICC), the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute of the University of Ottawa (OLBI), European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), International Association of Multilingualism (IAM), European Parents Association (EPA) and ECML
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Preparatory meeting of the network meeting
10 January 2011
“Guidelines for university language testing” (GULT)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Network meeting
11-12 January 2011
“Guidelines for university language testing” (GULT)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Johann Fischer, Germany
Co-animators: Catherine Chouissa, France; Stefania Dugovičová, Slovak Republic; Anu Virkkunen-Fullenwider, Finland
Participants: active members of the network nominated by the project team
Expert meeting
13-14 January 2011
“Guidelines for university language testing” (GULT)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Johann Fischer, Germany
Participants: project team
National support event: conference
13-14 January 2011
National support event “ELP in Practice” (13 January 2011) ; support workshop “Learner Autonomy, Blended Learning and Assets of Electronic ELP” (14 January 2011)
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Expert: Bärbel Kühn, Germany
Participants: up to 80 language teachers and teacher trainers
Project website: http://elp-tt2.ecml.at
Expert meeting
20-21 January 2011
“Assessment of young learner literacy linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” (AYLLit)
Coordinator: Angela Hasselgreen, Norway
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Participants: project team
Call promotion event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
25-26 January 2011
Launch Conference of the EU project “Our Languages into Europe”
Venue: London, United Kingdom
Organiser: CILT, the National Centre for Languages
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) (25 January), documentation
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Hosted events at the ECML premises
26 January 2011
Training seminar : Scopriamo l’italiano– Descubramos el español – Découvrons le français : Sprachlernprozesse ökonomischer und effektiver gestalten
Venue: ECML
Organiser: Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark
ECML contribution: documentation
Visit to the ECML
26 January 2011
Visit of the Chair of the Council of Europe´s Staff Committee to the ECML
Expert meeting
26-27 January 2011
“Content-based teaching plurilingual/cultural awareness” (CONBAT )
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Mercè Bernaus, Spain
Participants: project team
Participation in an external event
27 January 2011
EPOSTL event: Launch event of EPOSTARK project: The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages, a tool to harmonise teacher training in Styria (Austria)
Venue: Fachdidaktik-Zentrum Steiermark, Austria
Expert: David Newby, ECML project coordinator
ECML contribution: presentation of the ECML and its resources by Michael Armstrong, Administrator; documentation
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Call promotion event / Participation of ECML staff in an event
27-28 January 2011
Closing conference of the MOLAN – Network for the exchange of information about good practices that serve to motivate language learners – Lifelong Learning Programme / KA2 Network 12/2007-02/2011
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Organiser: Molan Network
ECML presenter: Waldemar Martyniuk, Executive Director of the ECML
ECML contribution: keynote speech by Waldemar Martyniuk, documentation
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Participation in an external event
27-30 January 2011
The Third Wulkow Meeting of Directors of Language Centres in Higher Education in Europe: „Money Matters: Budgets, Resources and Entrepreneurship”
Venue: Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Organisers: EUV, der viadrina sprachen gmbh, AKS, CercleS
Expert: Johann Fischer, ECML project coordinator
ECML contribution: presentation of the call for submissions of the 4th medium-term programme of activities of the ECML (27 January), documentation
Programme
Hosted event at the ECML premises
31 January 2011
Board meeting of the Austrian Association
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Expert meeting
31 January – 1 February 2011
“Content and Language Integrated Learning through languages other than English – Getting started” (CLIL-LOTE-START)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Kim Haataja, Finland
Participants: project team
Expert meeting
31 January – 1 February 2011
“Majority language instruction as a basis for plurilingual education” (MARILLE)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Klaus-Börge Boeckmann, Austria
Participants: project team