The ABCs of plurilingualism

in Andalusia

Study visit

Centro de Profesorado

Córdoba, May 2014

Antonio R. Roldán Tapia

Some basic data

Where we are.

Who we are.

Our language learning history.

Eight provinces

8.4 million inhabitants

803.000 inhabitants

COUNTRY POPULATION (MILLIONS)

Sweden 9.6

Austria 8.5

ANDALUSIA 8.4

Bulgaria 7.2

Denmark 5.6

Finland 5.4

Slovakia 5.4

Ireland 4.6

Lithuania 2.9

Slovenia 2.1

Latvia 2.0

Estonia 1.3

Cyprus 0.9

Luxembourg 0.5

Malta 0.4

A bit of history...

1970 Law of Education:

1 foreign language only, beginning age 11.

French (losing students)

English (gaining students)

1990 Law of Education:

First foreign language compulsory, begining age 6.

Second foreign language, optional, age 12.

French recovery.

A bit of history...

2005

Plurilingualism promotion plan

Why plurilingualism?

Key concept in Applied Linguistics

Social value in democracies

Historical reality

European language policy

Plan de fomento de plurilingüismo

Plurilingualism promotion plan

Bilingual schools (CLIL programs)

State schools of languages (EOI)

Plurilingualism and teachers

Plurilingualism and society

Plurilingualism and interculturality

Bilingual schools

CLIL language in the program (13/14)

English French German TOTAL

Córdoba

(figures)

103 8 2 113

Córdoba

(percentage)

91,1 % 7,1 % 1,8 % 100 %

Andalucía

(percentage)

92,7 % 6 % 1,3 % 100 %

Type of school (Public, 13/14)

Primary

schools

(aged 3-12)

Secondary

schools

(aged 12-18)

TOTAL

Córdoba

(figures) 44 44 88

Córdoba

(percentage) 50 % 50 % 100 %

Andalucía

(percentage) 51 % 49 % 100 %

Córdoba school district (2013-2014)

113 bilingual

schools

( about 25 % of all schools in the district)

(about 10 % of bilingual schools in Andalucia)

2 +10

(12)

+8 (20) +12

(32)

+12

(44)

+24

(68)

+8 (76) +4 (80) +1 +21

(102)

+6 +5

(113)

1

(2000-

2005)

2

(2005-

2006)

3

(2006-

2007)

4

(2007-

2008)

5

(2008-

2009)

6

(2009-

2010)

7

(2010-

2011)

8

(2011-

2012)

9

(2012-

2013)

10

(2013-

2014)

2

12

20

32

44

68

76 80

102

113

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Bilingual schools in Córdoba province

State schools of languages (EOI)

Important growth in the number of schools across the region

Important growth in the number of languages taught.

Importance of CAL courses.

State schools of languages (EOI)

EOI in province (6)

Córdoba

Lucena

Montoro

Palma del Río

Pozoblanco

Priego de Córdoba

EOI Córdoba

Languages taught

German

Arabic

French

English

Italian

EOI Málaga

Languages taught

German

Arabic

Chinese

Spanish L2

French

Greek

English

Italian

Japanese

Portugese

Russian

Organization

• Province coordinator School district

• School coordinator

• Language and content teachers

• Language assistants

Schools

• Teacher training centres

• Inspectors Others

Teaching Staff

7600 teachers involved in bilingual programs

(2013-2014)

B2 (CEFR) requirement for new teachers

777 Language assistants (2013-2014)

English (698)

French (58)

German (14)

Italian (4)

Portugese (3)

Language assistants’ nationalities

LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR

STUDENTS

234000 students in CLIL programs [2014]

3000 students (language courses) [2012]

6000 students (school exchanges) [2012]

1800 students (summer camps) [2011]

Curriculum and materials

Integrated curriculum

Early years (just for bilingual schools)

Later years (for every school)

All schools are expected to have a language project to develop their students’ communicative competence from a plurilingual perspective.

Integrated curriculum

Curriculum and materials

Teaching materials

Early years (tailor-made)

Later years

(tailor-made)

(printed and on-line materials)

(by the Regional Education Authority)

Curriculum and materials

Teaching materials:

by the Regional Ministry of Education.

For CLIL teachers

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/aicle

For language teachers

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/pel

Curriculum and materials

Teaching materials by the

Regional Ministry of Education.

For the school language project

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/proyecto-linguistico-centro/

Methodology

CLIL A dual-focused educational approach in

which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language (Coyle, Hood & Marsh, 2010: 1).

CLIL integrates: CONTENT (subject matter)

COMMUNICATION (language learning and using)

COGNITION (learning and thinking processes)

CULTURE (developing intercultural understanding and global citizenship)

Training scheme

1 • Initial training (multipliers or direct

teaching to language and CLIL teachers).

2 • In-school follow up.

3 • A wide range of courses, conferences,

meetings, etc.

Initial training content

Plurilingualism

Education policies

Language learning theories

Bilingual education

CLIL

Curriculum design

The program goes on...

Bachibac (double school graduation)

Chinese program (11 schools)

José Saramago program (Portuguese) (7 schools)

New web site:

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/portal-de-plurilinguismo

The program goes on...

The ABCs of plurilingualism in Andalusia

Study visit Centro de Profesorado

Córdoba, May 2014