SWITZERLAND

CONTEXT

• Parliamentary and federalist country.

• 26 Cantons.

• About 8 millions population.

• Four National languages + Immigrant languages.

CONTEXT

Linguistic policy

• Federal Constitution.

• Federal Law on languages.

• HarmoS.

• Compendium Cultural policies and trends in Europe.

Educational system

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

LEVEL YEAR LANGUAGE RESULT AT THE END COMPULSORY EDUCATION

SECO

NDA

RY I 9th National Language

+

Second National Language

+

Foreign Language

THREE LANGUAGES

8th

7th Foreign Language

PRIM

ARY

6th

5th Second NationalLanguage

4th

3th

2nd

1st

COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMPOST-COMPULSORY BILINGUAL EDUCATION

Year MODALITÉ L (Longue)1st The same as an monolingual modality.2nd

Mobility to other high school in the German-Switzerland or Germany.

3rd Some subjects in German (Using CLIL)Thesis of “maturité” in German.

Year MODALITÉ C (Courte)

1stThe same as an monolingual modality until april, when they enjoy the mobility to other high school in the German-Switzerland or Germany.

2nd

3rd

They are integrated in bilingual courses in German –using CLIL(at least 2 subjects)- + German

Thesis of “maturité” in German.

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

EVALUATIONS:• PISA

• STANDARD NATIONAL EXAMS

• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL)

• PORTFOLIO

TEACHERS SKILLS:• SUBJECT SKILL.

• ESPECIFIC CLIL SKILL

• C2 TO TEACH LANGUAGES IN SECONDARY

• C1 TO TEACH LANGUAGES IN PRYMARY

OBJECTIVE:

“EFFICIENT USERS OF LANGUAGE”

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

PLURALIST

– MAINTENANCE: FRENCH, GERMAN AND ITALIAN.

– HERITAGE: ROMANSH AND IMMIGRANT LANGUAGES.

– PROMOTE FOREING LANGUAGE: ENGLISH.

“WITH UNITY AND IDENTITY INTO DIVERSITY”

CONCLUSION