Language Policy Division
Division des Politiques linguistiques
Seminar to define the content and structure of a
Guide for the development and implementation of curricula
for plurilingual education
Amsterdam, 31 January /1st February 2008
Wednesday 30 January
[18.30 – Planning meeting for coordinating team]
Arrival of participants during the evening
Thursday 31 January
9.00 – 10.30 Plenary session
Welcome and introduction to the project
Johanna Panthier, Jan van den Akker
‘Tour de table’
The concept of curriculum and current trends in
curriculum development
Jan van den Akker
The broader context for the proposal to elaborate a Guide:
a. The current use of the CEFR in the development
of curricula for languages: follow-up to the Forum
on the CEFR and language policies
Francis Goullier
b. Core principles for plurilingualism: the proposed
Guide within the broader project on the
Languages of Education
Daniel Coste
Plenary discussion (chaired by J. Panthier)
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Plenary session (chaired by Jan van den Akker)
Case studies illustrating curricula or projects containing elements
for the promotion of plurilingualism
- A curriculum for several
languages (based on the CEFR)
Daniela Fasoglio, Hetty Mulder
- Educazione linguistica
Marisa Cavalli
Powerpoint
Marisa Cavalli
- HarmoS project
Mirjam Egli
- Developing synergies in learning several
languages
Gerhard Neuner
- Linking ‘language as a subject’
and foreign language
Helmut Vollmer
- Developing awareness of languages
(éveil aux langues)
Jean-François De Pietro
Powerpoint Jean-François De Pietro
Plenary discussion
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.00 Plenary (chaired by J-C Beacco)
Discussion :
Identifying potential users of the Guide and their specific needs, with
implications for the structure of the Guide
Introduction to group work
15.00 – 18.00 Group work:
Using the ‘Common elements in language curricula’’ suggested in the
working document Draft Guide for the development of curricula (GDC) for
plurilingual and intercultural education participants are invited to identify
concrete examples and characteristics of a curriculum for pluriligual
education.
Aim: to find - or create – further examples of plurilingual curriculum
scenarios.
Report of group 1
Report of group 2
Report of group 3
Friday 1 st February
9.00 – 10.30 Plenary session (chaired by Helmut Vollmer)
Group reports
Discussion
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Plenary session (chaired by D. Coste):
Evaluation of plurilingual competence
Presentation of some points for reflection
Raphael Berthele
Sauli Takala
Discussion
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Plenary session (chaired by F. Goullier)
Which are the policy conditions necessary to the implementation of
plurilingual curricula? And which are the consequences of their
implementation?
Next steps – Tasks and deadlines : J. Panthier
Closing: D. Fasoglio
[15.30 – 17.00 Debriefing meeting - coordinating team]