05 Jun 2020

NESET webinars on language education and multilingualism in June and July: register now!

NESET has recently published an extensive analytical report entitled The future of language education in Europe: case studies of innovative practices, building on its previous work in this area – Multilingual Education in the Light of Diversity: Lessons Learned.

NESET is an international advisory network of experts working on the social dimension of education and training. It was set up at the initiative of the European Commission. This report aims to support the implementation of the Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages, adopted by the Council of the European Union in 2019. It emphasises the importance of innovative language education in an increasingly interconnected and intercultural world.

The report incorporates six case studies on inspiring language teaching approaches, policies and tools implemented in various contexts across Europe and beyond.

Join our series of 4 NESET webinars on Language education and multilingualism in which we will present and discuss in more details the most relevant findings of this report!

Please find below the details of the 4 webinars:

Helping multilingual children to catch up and succeed through the use of online language learning tools

Thursday, June 18, at 4pm CEST
With the participation of: Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman (University of Toronto and University of Utrecht), Jim Cummins (University of Toronto) and Nathalie Auger (University of Montpellier).

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Innovative language teaching methods, and school networks and labels as ways to promote multilingualism and language education

Thursday, June 25, at 4pm CEST
With the participation of: Gisella Langé (CertiLingua Network), Ellen-Rose Kambel (Rutu Foundation), Audrey Rousse Malpat (University of Groningen) and Jim Cummins (University of Toronto).

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The role of bilingual education models and language sensitive curricula in multilingual contexts

Wednesday, July 1, at 4pm CEST
With the participation of: Marisa Cavalli (European Centre for Modern Languages), Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (University of Nebrija), Jenni Alisaari (University of Turku) and Dragana Avramov (NESET).

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The future of language education in Europe: lessons learnt from case studies

Wednesday, July 8, at 4pm CEST
With the participation of: Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman (University of Toronto and University of Utrecht), Hanna Siarova (PPMI), Jim Cummins (University of Toronto), Nathalie Auger (University of Montpellier), and Kristina Cunningham (European Commission).

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