the abcs of plurilingualism 2014
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The ABCs of plurilingualism
in Andalusia
Study visit
Centro de Profesorado
Córdoba, May 2014
Antonio R. Roldán Tapia
COUNTRY POPULATION (MILLIONS)
Sweden 9.6
Austria 8.5
ANDALUSIA 8.4
Bulgaria 7.2
Denmark 5.6
Finland 5.4
Slovakia 5.4
Ireland 4.6
Lithuania 2.9
Slovenia 2.1
Latvia 2.0
Estonia 1.3
Cyprus 0.9
Luxembourg 0.5
Malta 0.4
A bit of history...
1970 Law of Education:
1 foreign language only, beginning age 11.
French (losing students)
English (gaining students)
1990 Law of Education:
First foreign language compulsory, begining age 6.
Second foreign language, optional, age 12.
French recovery.
Why plurilingualism?
Key concept in Applied Linguistics
Social value in democracies
Historical reality
European language policy
Plan de fomento de plurilingüismo
Plurilingualism promotion plan
Bilingual schools (CLIL programs)
State schools of languages (EOI)
Plurilingualism and teachers
Plurilingualism and society
Plurilingualism and interculturality
CLIL language in the program (13/14)
English French German TOTAL
Córdoba
(figures)
103 8 2 113
Córdoba
(percentage)
91,1 % 7,1 % 1,8 % 100 %
Andalucía
(percentage)
92,7 % 6 % 1,3 % 100 %
Type of school (Public, 13/14)
Primary
schools
(aged 3-12)
Secondary
schools
(aged 12-18)
TOTAL
Córdoba
(figures) 44 44 88
Córdoba
(percentage) 50 % 50 % 100 %
Andalucía
(percentage) 51 % 49 % 100 %
Córdoba school district (2013-2014)
113 bilingual
schools
( about 25 % of all schools in the district)
(about 10 % of bilingual schools in Andalucia)
2 +10
(12)
+8 (20) +12
(32)
+12
(44)
+24
(68)
+8 (76) +4 (80) +1 +21
(102)
+6 +5
(113)
1
(2000-
2005)
2
(2005-
2006)
3
(2006-
2007)
4
(2007-
2008)
5
(2008-
2009)
6
(2009-
2010)
7
(2010-
2011)
8
(2011-
2012)
9
(2012-
2013)
10
(2013-
2014)
2
12
20
32
44
68
76 80
102
113
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bilingual schools in Córdoba province
State schools of languages (EOI)
Important growth in the number of schools across the region
Important growth in the number of languages taught.
Importance of CAL courses.
State schools of languages (EOI)
EOI in province (6)
Córdoba
Lucena
Montoro
Palma del Río
Pozoblanco
Priego de Córdoba
EOI Córdoba
Languages taught
German
Arabic
French
English
Italian
EOI Málaga
Languages taught
German
Arabic
Chinese
Spanish L2
French
Greek
English
Italian
Japanese
Portugese
Russian
Organization
• Province coordinator School district
• School coordinator
• Language and content teachers
• Language assistants
Schools
• Teacher training centres
• Inspectors Others
Teaching Staff
7600 teachers involved in bilingual programs
(2013-2014)
B2 (CEFR) requirement for new teachers
777 Language assistants (2013-2014)
English (698)
French (58)
German (14)
Italian (4)
Portugese (3)
LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR
STUDENTS
234000 students in CLIL programs [2014]
3000 students (language courses) [2012]
6000 students (school exchanges) [2012]
1800 students (summer camps) [2011]
Curriculum and materials
Integrated curriculum
Early years (just for bilingual schools)
Later years (for every school)
All schools are expected to have a language project to develop their students’ communicative competence from a plurilingual perspective.
Curriculum and materials
Teaching materials
Early years (tailor-made)
Later years
(tailor-made)
(printed and on-line materials)
(by the Regional Education Authority)
Curriculum and materials
Teaching materials:
by the Regional Ministry of Education.
For CLIL teachers
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/aicle
For language teachers
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/pel
Curriculum and materials
Teaching materials by the
Regional Ministry of Education.
For the school language project
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/proyecto-linguistico-centro/
Methodology
CLIL A dual-focused educational approach in
which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language (Coyle, Hood & Marsh, 2010: 1).
CLIL integrates: CONTENT (subject matter)
COMMUNICATION (language learning and using)
COGNITION (learning and thinking processes)
CULTURE (developing intercultural understanding and global citizenship)
Training scheme
1 • Initial training (multipliers or direct
teaching to language and CLIL teachers).
2 • In-school follow up.
3 • A wide range of courses, conferences,
meetings, etc.
Initial training content
Plurilingualism
Education policies
Language learning theories
Bilingual education
CLIL
Curriculum design
The program goes on...
Bachibac (double school graduation)
Chinese program (11 schools)
José Saramago program (Portuguese) (7 schools)
New web site:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/portal-de-plurilinguismo
The program goes on...
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