catalan immersion
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Presentation by Pere Mayans and Nuria Alba, about Ctalan Immersion program for Languages and Social Cohesion, 2011. Presented for a Comenius Study Visit group interested in social Cohesion, at the Department of Education. Includes teacher training trends and orientation for an implementation by the Inspectorate of Education .TRANSCRIPT
Immersion Methodology in the new sociolinguistic
contextAdvanced plan
2007-2013
Núria Alba
Approach given to language teaching...
Speak Catalan
Speak Catalan andSpanish
Speak Spanish
Speak neither Catalan nor Spanish, But speak other languages
Know both official
languages (Catalan &
Spanish) and communicate,
at least, in one foreign
language
Starting school:
On finishing compulsory schooling:
The School provides every student
the linguistic skills needed to become
competent and engaged citizens
applying second
language methodologies
Foreign students
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20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
1991-1992 1995-1996 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
9.868 16.921 19.793 23.778
34.79751.926
74.491
93.831
106.746
121.622
0,81 %
5,4 %
7,65 %
9,3 %10,5 %
11,8 %
12,5 %
133.000148.525
13,5 %
Implementation of second language education methodologies
for the pupils who do not speak the language of schooling.
Fully endorsed implementation of second language education methodologies:
In Catalonia, since 1983, an action plan for bilingual education has been implemented to increase learning achievement of both official languages, Catalan and Spanish, as well as, at least, the learning of one foreign language.
Applied elsewhere
Quebec(Canadà)
In some areas of the UnitedStates
Finlànd
Wales
Italy
.......
Students’ competence in SpanishOur Education System guarantees the learning of Spanish at the same level of achievement as the other students in Spain.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Evaluación y
Calidad del Sistema Educativo (INECSE), 2003.
(Quality & Evaluation Institute)
Spanish languageIn Primary Education
(12 years-old)
According to legislation:
“Catalan will normally be used as vehicular language in the teaching and learning process in non-university education”
(Article 21)
Act no.1, of 7th January 1998, on linguistic policy
• Catalan is taught following a holistic approach.
• Life at school is conducted in Catalan, as a language is only learnt when used.
• Students are taught Catalan, Spanish and, at least, one foreign language.
• Value is given to all languages and cultures of the families, because roots are important and play a major role in enriching society and enhancing social cohesion.
Language education in schools...
Language and social cohesion plan
Environmental educational plan
Inclusive school
Insertion class
Advanced plan for
immersion methodology in the new sociolinguistic
context
2007-2010
This plan should:
• UPDATE ORAL LANGUAGE TEACHING AT INFANT AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
• SYSTEMATIZE LANGUAGE TEACHING AT ALL CYCLES
• PUT INTO PRACTICE INPUT LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES
• IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL WEAKNESSES
• IMPROVEMENT OF COHERENCE IN LINGUISTIC USAGES AT SCHOOL
• BLEND OF LINGUISTIC TRAINING AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
• INTENSIFY COORDINATION BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
• Initial and continuous training
• Didactic Materials
• Model schools with good practices
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
Fit the linguistic plan to each particular situation:
Catalan Catalan
SpanishSpanish Foreign languageForeign
language Foreign language
Foreign language
• Schools with highly linguistic diversity
• Schools with most Catalan speaking students but with increasing presence of other languages
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
Other family languages
Other family languagesOccita
n Occitan
• Schools with predominance of Spanish speakers
•Spread and explain different ways of organising the classroom -according to the aim of the task- and the collaborative learning
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
•Promotion of personal and continuous evaluation of the students and of the educational practices
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• Favour the use of information and communication technologies (TIC) and learning and communication techniques (TAC)
• Promote networking inside and outside the school
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
Promote acknowledgment of family language
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
The school guarantees respect for all languages and knowledge of Catalan and Spanish.
Many languages are spoken in Catalonia:
http://www.xtec.cat/lic/intro/documenta/annex2_protocol.pdf
First stage (first year):• The Inspectorate of Education selects the school
candidates to take part in the local seminar. (4/6 teachers per school)
• Carrying out the local training seminar
• Updating the school linguistic plan (PLC) supported by language and cohesion consultants (LIC)
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Second stage (2nd year):• Transferences from seminar to school teachers
• Self-evaluation and planning of methodological changes
• Implementation of linguistic plan
• Create team working at primary and secondary schools
• Specific training
• LIC advice (primary/secondary)
• Monitoring from inspection
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
Third stage (3rd year):• Teamwork (primary and secondary school)
• Specific seminars
• Final evaluation from inspection
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
Trainer’s functions:
Conducts the seminar (one session, 2 hours per week) Trains the schools that attend the seminar:
. Modelling
. Observation: .Students linguistic level.The organization in the classroom.One task designed by the teacher (optional)
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Consultants functions:
1st stage (2nd & 3rd term 2007-2008): • Advice the revising or updating of PLC:
In curricular framework: Catalan, Spanish, foreign language (2nd term)
Uses and organization (3rd term)
• Revising of the implementation and establishing improvement proposals
ACHIEVEMENT OF 2007-2010 PLAN
2nd stage (course 2008-2009):
• Help to transfer the contents of seminar to teachers team
• Follow the implementation of PLC
• Monitoring the implementation of the teachers team agreements
• Detection of further needs
• Designing to assure the coherence and continuity of linguistics uses between primary and secondary education
• Help to focus the oral language at middle stage (CM) and high stage (CS) -8/10 and 10/12 years old
3rd stage (2009-2010):
• Follow the PLC implementation
• Give advice for the creation of team works (primary and secondary)
Funtions and tasks of the Inspectorate of Education
• Diagnosis of educational needs
• Monitoring the training at the regional seminar
• Monitoring the specific training of each school
• Giving advice to school
• Evaluation
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