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ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark

Nyhedsbrev nr. 1/2017

Kære kolleger,

I modtager hermed årets første nyhedsbrev fra ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark. 2017 ser ud til at

blive et dynamisk år med mange forskellige aktiviteter, og der vil fortsat være fokus på

samarbejdet med de danske sprogpædagogiske miljøer. Vi vil også fortsætte samarbejdet med

foreninger og organisationer, og Kontaktpunktet vil være til stede ved flere møder og

konferencer.

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Sprogkonferencen 2017_________________________________________________________

ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark afholder sin fjerde

nationale konference Sprog på Kryds og Tværs d. 25.

september 2017 på Dokk1 i Aarhus, den Europæiske

Kulturhovedstad 2017. Dette års titel er Sprog, Kultur

og Arbejdsliv. Rethink: Sproglige og (inter)kulturelle

kompetencer i uddannelsen og på arbejdspladsen. Vi

har inviteret Jo Angouri (Warwick Universitet i

Storbritannien & Aalto Universitet i Finland) som

keynote speaker i år.

Dagen vil byde på en keynote om Language at work,

hvorefter aktører fra uddannelsessystemet og

erhvervslivet vil give korte oplæg baseret på egne

erfaringer både om behov, eksisterende

undervisningstilgange og nye måder at tænke tilegnelse

af sproglig og kulturel kompetence.

Eftermiddagen byder på roundtables, hvor alle får

mulighed for at deltage i diskussioner af formiddagens

oplæg og de mulige indsatser ECMLs interessenter kan

foretage for at bidrage til veje ad hvilke

uddannelsessystemet kan forholde sig til den sproglige og

kulturelle diversitet, som fremtidens medarbejdere skal

kunne håndtere.

Vi vil fortsætte traditionen med uddelingen af Den

Europæiske Sprogpris på ECML Sprogkonferencen. Den

Europæiske Sprogpris uddeles hvert år til innovative

projekter eller personer, som har bidraget til at udvikle

læring af fremmedsprog. I kan følge med på vores

hjemmeside eller Ministeriets hjemmeside for

information om, hvilke emner, der vil være til stede i år,

og I kan overveje, om I ønsker at søge om prisen.

Den Europæiske Sprogdag d. 26 september 2017____________________________________

Jeg opfordrer jer til at besøge den danske hjemmeside

eller den fælles europæiske hjemmeside edl.ecml.at på

alle sprog, hvor I kan finde inspiration til jeres

arrangementer på Sprogets Dag. I kan finde

undervisningsmaterialer, konkurrencer på europæisk plan

og bestille markedsføringsmateriale via ECML

Kontaktpunkt Danmark.

Husk også at registrere jeres event her og kom med i

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konkurrencen om at blive det mest innovative event til

fejringen af Sprogdagen i Europa!

Kommende workshops i Graz, Østrig______________________________________________

ECML i Graz har allerede afholdt 2 workshops i 2017:

- Promoting excellence in sign language instruction

/ Promouvoir l'excellence dans l’instruction en

langue des signes, d.1.-2. marts 2017 og

- én workshop for alle nationale Kontaktpunkter og

nationale Nomineringsmyndigheder i Europa d. 4-

5 maj 2017, hvor jeg har været co-organisator og

co-moderator.

Læs mere om danske deltagere og deres erfaringer her.

Tre kommende workshops er allerede planlagt:

- Juni 2017 - Network Meeting Language for Work

II - Tools for professional development

- Oktober 2017 - Digital literacy for the teaching

and learning of languages

- Oktober 2017 - Developing language awareness

in subject classes

Hvis du ønsker at deltage i en af vores workshops, kan du

kontakte mig. Tilmeldingen for næste workshop Digital

literacy for the teaching and learning of languages er

åben, ansøgningsfristen er d. 30 juni. Læs mere og udfyld

skemaet her.

ECML Training and consultancy_________________________________________________

Det danske kontaktpunkt i samarbejde med Aarhus

Universitet og VIA UC har søgt en træning og rådgivning

i ’Plurilingual and intercultural learning through mobility

(PluriMobil)’ og har fået positivt svar. Den 26. og 27.

oktober 2017 vil der blive afholdt et arrangement om

emnet i Aarhus. Hvis du er interesseret i at deltage, er du

velkommen til at sende en mail.

Vores næste nyhedsbrev (nr. 2/2017) vil indeholde alle de

nødvendige informationer om begivenheden.

Alle danske sprogfolk har også i 2017 mulighed for at

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søge gratis ekspertbistand fra ECML i forbindelse med

arrangementer og initiativer. Mulige temaer er fx:

migration and language education, plurilingual

education, new media in language education, evaluation

and assessment.

Hvis du har en idé, kan du læse mere om denne mulighed

her og tage kontakt med mig herom.

ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark – Events_________________________________________

ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark fortsætter med forskellige

events i de danske sprogpædagogiske miljøer. Du kan

følge vores aktiviteter på ecml.dk.

Hvis ikke du kender ECML så godt som institution, eller

du er usikker på, hvilke projekter er relevante for dig,

eller hvis du bare gerne vil gøre noget ekstra for dine

elever/studerende, så kan du kontakte mig, og vi kan

skræddersy et arrangement, der passer ind i den konkrete

sammenhæng – på universiteter, professionshøjskoler

eller andre steder.

Skolemessen 2017 - Aarhus Scandinavian Congress Center___________________________

ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark har, for første gang, været

til stede på dette års Skolemesse i Scandinavian Congress

Center, Aarhus d. 26. og 27. april 2017.

Det var en stor succes og mange viste deres interesse for

vores institution, projekterne og specielt

undervisningsmaterialerne.

Ny ’Sprogpædagogisk netværk’-knap på vores hjemmeside___________________________

I vil nu kunne finde jeres institution/forening under vores

nye ’Sprogpædagogiske netværk’-knap (som stadig er

under udvikling). Vi er i gang med at udvikle et netværk

med nyttige links til alle relevante institutioner/aktører i

Danmark. Kontakt os, hvis du ikke finder din

forening/institution.

Jeg vil også gerne bede jer, om muligt, at tilføje os

(’ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark’) til jeres hjemmeside,

så andre institutioner eller personer kan finde os gennem

jeres netværk.

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Fokus på…____________________________________________________________________

I denne rubrik informerer vi i hvert nyhedsbrev om et

ECML projekt, publikation eller netværk. Denne gang

har vi fokus på Language for Work.

Europa tilbyder en rig mangfoldighed af arbejdsrelateret

sprogindlæring for voksne indvandrere og etniske

minoriteter. Language for Work (LfW) - netværket

muliggør professionelt arbejde i dette område for at nyde

godt af dets mangfoldighed.

The Language of Work netværket er en non-

profitmedlemsorganisation som arbejder på frivillig basis

med henblik på at:

- skabe bevidsthed og promovere arbejdsrelateret

sprogindlæring for voksne migranter og etniske

minoriteter på nationalt og europæisk plan,

- muliggøre alt arbejde i dette område for at

udveksle ekspertise og ressourcer,

- stille netværk og professionelle

udviklingsmuligheder til rådighed,

- støtte udviklingen af teoretiske/konceptuelle

modeller, øvelsesmodeller, kvalitetsrammer.

I den forbindelse har ECML følgende projekter:

- ECMLs støtte til LfW-området stammer helt

tilbage fra 2000 og ’Odysseus-Second Language

At The Workplace’-projektet. Publikationen

finder du også på vores hjemmeside ecml.dk.

- LfW-netværket og dets hjemmeside blev lavet af

ECML ’Developing migrants’ language

competences at the workplace’-projektet (2012-

2015).

- På nuværende tidspunkt støtter ECML ’Tools for

professional development’-projektet (2016-2018).

Se videoen for projektet her.

Tjek løbende vores Facebook - og LinkedIn-sider for nye informationer.

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Bedste hilsner,

Ana Kanareva-Dimitrovska

Project Manager, PhD

European Centre for Modern Languages, Contact Point Denmark Promoting excellence in language education

Aarhus University

Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, bldg. 1481, 544

8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Tel. Office: + 45 87162829

E-mail: ContactPoint@ecml.dk and/or aekakd@cc.au.dk

Web: www.ecml.dk

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ECML Contact Point Denmark

Newsletter no. 1/2017

Dear colleagues,

You hereby receive this year’s first newsletter from ECML Contact Point Denmark. 2017

promises to be a dynamic year with many different activities and with a strengthened focus on

collaboration with the Danish language environment. We will also continue our collaboration

with language teachers’ associations and organizations, and the Contact Point plan to attend

various meetings and conferences.

Language Conference 2017______________________________________________________

ECML Contact Point Denmark will host the fourth

national Language Conference Sprog på Kryds og Tværs

on 25th of September 2017 at Dokk1, Aarhus, the

European Capital of Culture 2017. The title of this year’s

Conference is ‘Language, Culture and Working Life.

Rethink Language and (Inter)cultural Competences

in Education and at the Workplace’. This year’s

keynote-speaker will be Jo Angouri (University of

Warwick, UK & University of Aalto, in Finland).

The day will offer a keynote on Language at Work, after

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which representatives of the education system and the

business community will provide brief presentations

based on their own experience, both about needs and

existing teaching methods and new ways of thinking

about the acquisition of linguistic and cultural

competences.

The afternoon will offer roundtables, where everyone

will get the opportunity to participate in discussions on

the morning's presentations and on how to contribute to

an education system that relates to the linguistic and

cultural diversity that future employees should be able to

work with.

We will continue the tradition with The European

Language Label. The prize is awarded each year to

innovative projects or to people that have contributed to

the development of foreign language teaching.

You are welcome to follow our website or the Ministry’s

website to find out which themes have been selected this

year, but also to consider applying yourself for the award.

The European Day of Languages on the 26th

of September 2017________________________

I invite you to visit the Danish website or the joint

European website, where you will find inspiration for

celebrating the European Day of Languages. Along with

teaching resources and language competitions at

European level, on the website you can also order

promotional material from the ECML Contact Point

Denmark.

Remember to register your event here and take part in the

competition for the most innovative event celebrating

The European Day of Languages.

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Workshops in Graz, Austria_____________________________________________________

The ECML in Graz has already held 2 workshops in

2017:

- Promoting excellence in sign language instruction /

Promouvoir l'excellence dans l'instruction en langue des

signes, 1 st

and 2nd

March 2017 and

- One workshop for all National Contact Points and

National Nominating Authorities in Europe, 4th

and 5th

May 2017, where I was a co-organizer and co-moderator.

Read more about the Danish participants and their

experience here.

Three upcoming workshops have already been planned:

- June 2017 - Network Meeting Language for Work II -

Tools for Professional Development

- October 2017 - Digital literacy for the teaching and

learning of languages

- October 2017 - Developing language awareness in

subject classes

If you want to attend one of the workshops, please

contact me. Registration for the next workshop The

digital literacy for the teaching and learning of

languages is open, the application deadline is 30th

June.

Read more and fill out the form here.

ECML Training and consultancy_________________________________________________

An event about ’Plurilingual and intercultural learning

through mobility (PluriMobil)’ will be held on the 26th

and 27th

October 2017. If you are interested in

participating, you are welcome to contact us!

Our next newsletter (nr. 2/2017) will have all the relevant

information regarding this particular event.

In 2017, Danish language professionals also have the

opportunity to apply for free ECML training and

consultancy events and initiatives. Possible topics are

migration and language education, plurilingual

education, new media in language education, evaluation

and assessment.

If you have an idea, you can read more about this

opportunity here and contact me about it.

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ECML Contact Point Denmark – Events__________________________________________

ECML Contact Point Denmark continues with various

events in the Danish language environment. You can

keep up with our activities on ecml.dk.

If you wish the ECML Contact Point Denmark to come

and visit your institution; if you want to learn more about

ECML’s publications or use them in your teaching or if

you wish to have a professional consultation, contact me

and we will organize an event that fits the specific

context – at universities, university colleges or elsewhere.

Skolemessen 2017, Aarhus Scandinavian Congress Center____________________________

ECML Contact Point Denmark was present at

Skolemessen for the first time this year. It was held at the

Scandinavian Congress Center, in Aarhus from the 26th

to the 27th of April 2017. It was a great success and

many showed their interest in our institution, the projects

and especially the teaching materials.

New ‘Language teaching network’-button on our website____________________________

You can now access a new button on our website called

‘Language teaching network’ (still under construction).

I encourage you to add ’ECML Contact Point Denmark’

to your own websites if possible, so that other institutions

can find us through your network.

Focus on…____________________________________________________________________

In this section in every newsletter, we inform you about

an ECML project, publication or network. This time we

will focus on ‘The Language for Work’.

Europe offers a rich diversity of work-related language

learning opportunities for adult migrants and ethnic

minorities. The Language for Work (LfW) Network

enables professionals working in this field to benefit from

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this diversity.

The LfW Network is a not‐for‐profilt

membership organisation that works on a voluntary basis

to:

- Raise awareness and promote work‐related language learning for adult migrants and

ethnic minorities at national and European levels

- Enable all working in this field to share

expertise and resources

- Provide networking and professional

development opportunities

- Support the development of theoretical/

conceptual models, practice models, and quality

frameworks.

In this regard, ECML has planned three projects for

2017:

- ECML support for the LfW field dates back to

2000 and the project Odysseus‐Second Language

at the Workplace. You can find the publication on

our website ecml.dk.

- The LfW network and this website were created

by the ECML project Developing migrants’

language competences at the workplace (2012‐2015).

- Currently ECML is supporting the project Tools

for professional development (2016‐2018). Have

a look at the video here.

Don’t forget to check our Facebook or LinkedIn pages regularly for new information.

Best wishes,

Ana Kanareva-Dimitrovska

Project Manager, PhD

European Centre for Modern Languages, Contact Point Denmark Promoting excellence in language education

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Aarhus University

Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, bldg. 1481, 544

8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Tel. Office: + 45 87162829

E-mail: ContactPoint@ecml.dk and/or aekakd@cc.au.dk

Web: www.ecml.dk

Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn