4th ECML Professional Network Forum
Graz, 7 January 2013
Session One: Update on Network partner activities
Conseil européen pour les langues /
European Language Council (CEL/ELC)
www.celelc.org
Wolfgang Mackiewicz
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I do not want to bore you ….
 an international Non-profit Organisation under Belgian law
 membership: 136 HEIs and specialist organisations in Europe and
beyond; 12 associate members; four honorary members
 created in 1997 with EC support
 a transversal mission – ranging from language teacher education to
translation and interpreting, and policy-oriented research
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Mission statement
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The Conseil Européen pour les langues/ European Language Council aims
to promote the study of languages and cultures, including intercultural
communication, so as to encourage the multilingual and multicultural
development of Europe and internationally. It does so by:
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Enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education;
Launching new research and development initiatives;
Developing policies and strategies at institutional, national and European
levels;
Disseminating information on these matters.
The CEL/ELC fosters cooperation in all areas of education between
teachers, researchers, students, educational institutions, associations,
private organisations, policy makers and other bodies which share its aims.
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TWO MAJOR AREAS OF ACTIVITY
 projects
 policy development
and these two are interrelated
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 the CEL/ELC does not have any salaried staff
 we are a stakeholder organisation -> Business Platform for
Multilingualism; key role at the Limassol Multilingualism Conference
WE NOW HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM
Who are our members? Institutions / organisations or individuals?
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Activities/initiatives/projects/products/publications/events of your
organisation you would wish to be highlighted and
promoted/disseminated through the Network - completed,
on-going, or planned
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three working groups
Consultative Group “Rethinking Multilingualism”
Working Group “Higher Education Language Policy (HELP)”
Special Interest Group “The Future of Language Degrees”
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 the final report of the HELP Group is available at the CEL/ELC Web
site
 the final report of the language degrees SIG will be available soon
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 Consultative Group – identified changes in the following domains –
• the linguistic fabric of European countries
• language use (individuals / organisations)
• language professions
• individual language profiles / repertoires
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Implications of these changes for
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formal teaching and learning
informal and non-formal language learning
teacher education
language mediation
languages in and for higher education
languages in the production / creation, construction, transfer, and
application of knowledge
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The idea is …
 to suggest measures that might be taken in response to these
changes
 to exploit new opportunities
 bearing in mind that situations vary enormously across Europe
ALL THESE ISSUES WERE RAISED AT THE
2012 CEL/ELC Forum
Rethinking Multilingualism – Challenges and Opportunities
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What for the CEL/ELC is new in all this is …
• languages in school education and training
• modern language degrees
PROJECTS
A CEL/ELC project – CELAN
Language Strategies for Competitiveness and Employability a baby of the EC‘s Business Platform for Multilingualism
www.celan-platform.eu
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An ECML project
LINCQ (2012-2013)
http://www.ecml.at/l1/tabid/790/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
LLP projects based on CEL/ELC working groups
MAGICC - Modularising Multilingual and Multicultural Academic
Communication Competence (2011-2014)
http://www.unil.ch/magicc/page88020_en.html
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• IntlUni – The challenge of the multilingual and multicultural learning
space – 2012-2015 – http://intluni.eu
• EBCL – European Benchmark Framework for Madarin Chinese built on the Graz Declaration
(2010-2012) - ebcl.eu.com
• LLP project proposal – Innovative Approaches to Training
Translators and Interpreters for Society - TRAINS
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And I am not talking about FP7 – the 2013 Call
PROJECTS NEXT
Erasmus4All ???
Horizon 2020 ???
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2. "Burning issues":
• Issues/needs/challenges related to language education that - from
the perspective of your organisation - require more coordinated
action on the international level within the next few years (20132015)
 teacher education
 heterogeneous classrooms
 exploitation of multilingual environments
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 languages in internationalised higher education and research
 technology in and for language learning and assessment, and for
language use
ACTION POINTS
Possible/desirable joint actions/intiatives events that we should like to
suggest for the Network to undertake in the near future
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¿ Do we have time for joint actions / initiatives over and above the
High-level Conference in the framework of the Austrian Chairmanship
of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ?
JUST AN IDEA - TWO WORKING GROUPS
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(ii)
Assessment and documentation of informal and non-formal actionoriented language learning outcomes
Language Technology – language learning and language use
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
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CEL/ELC Website
www.celelc.org
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