Vega Llorente PintoEscuela Oficial de Idiomas de Salamanca

CARAP – FREPA

A Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures

Project impact in Castilla y León (Spain)

What “Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas” are?

They form a network of public centers for the teaching of languages

languages taught: English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish as Foreign Language, Chinese, Basque, Catalan, Galician, and more...

there are some 300 schools

there are some 400.000 pupils

the pupils obtain official certificates (diplomas)

Interdisciplinary group formation“Salamancaplurilingüe”

Group formation: coordinator: Vega Llorente Pinto (Spanish Foreign Language teacher, EOI de Salamanca) group participants:

• Miguel Ángel Belver (German language teacher, EOI de Salamanca )

• Magdalena Iglesias (Italian language teacher, EOI de Salamanca)

• Teresa Vicente (French language teacher, EOI de Salamanca)

• Benimar García (English language teacher, EOI de Salamanca)

CARAP implementation: activities and actions

Innovation project: Language teaching and learning in a plurilingual dimension: pluralistic approaches (La enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las lenguas desde una perspectiva plurilingüe: los enfoques plurales), 2008-2009

Working groups which prepared the following projects:

Project: “Awakening to languages” (Despertar a las lenguas)

Project: “Discover your plurilingual & intercultural abilities” (Descubre tus habilidades plurilingües e interculturales)

Workshop “Plurilingual & intercultural education: a plurilingual competence development. Approaches to language teaching & learning revision”

Oral Intercomprehension workshop

Innovation project. Part 1: Language teaching and learning in a

plurilingual dimension: pluralistic approaches Elaboration of a plurilingual project: “Awakening to languages”

Elaboration of plurilingual activities:

http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/actividades+de+despertar+a+las+lenguas

http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/actividades+de+did%C3%A1ctica+integrada

http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/actividades+de+intercomprensi%C3%B3n

http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/actividades+interculturales

Innovation project. Part 2: Language teaching and learning in a plurilingual

dimension: pluralistic approaches Workshop “Linguistic consciousness of the EOI pupils. A

late awakening to languages”, coordinated by Marisa Coronado (Spanish Foreign Language teacher, EOI Madrid)

This project (2008-2009) was awarded by Castilla y León government (Honour Mention for Innovation)

“Despertar a las lenguas”(Awakening to languages)

Concieved as a plurilingual activity aimed at pupils of 7-9 years old

Its object is to make pupils conscious of the linguistic diversity of our society

Activity steps: A big Europe map is painted on the floor

The children have to recognize the countries and their languages

All the children are split into “nationalities” groups (British, German, French, Italian and Portuguese), and care a “flag” sticker

They learn how to greet and farewell in “their” language

The children “turn out” to be tourists, and travel to other countries where they are supposed to greet in the country´s language. They take their “luggage” with them.

The final step consists in talking about the other countries traditions (birthday, Christmas, etc.). All the pupils sing in all the languages.

http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/proyectos+pluriling%C3%BCes

“Awakening to languages”: project results

Its success and the necessity to satisfy the demand, a new team for annual implementation of “Awakening to languages” was formed from foreign languages conversation assistants and EOI Spanish foreigh language pupils

625 pupils have participated in the project during 2009-2011

Consult the project diffusion on these web links:

• http://www.ciudaddesaberes.es/actividad_ver.asp?id=580

• http://www.salesianasleon.org/salamanca/servicios/recursos/file/El%20Despertar%20a%20las%20Lenguas.pdf

• http://www.salesianasleon.org/salamanca/servicios/recursos/file/El%20Despertar%20a%20las%20Lenguas%203%C2%BA%20Ed.%20Primaria.pdf

• http://stjsalamanca.com/idiomas.html• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jly--LDkoPo• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=IZwJbu23EDU• http://salamancaplurilingue.blogspot.com/

2011/02/despertar-las-lenguas-en-la-eoi-de.html

“Discover your plurilingual & intercultural abilities”

Concieved as plurilingual activity aimed at pupils of 14-15 years old

Its object is to make pupils learn other languages by means of the languages they know

Activity steps:

an introductory written comprehension activity, compound of micro-dialogues in German, French and Italian, which the pupils will have to attribute to one of the languages by means of comparing frases with their English and Spanish equivalents

an oral plurilingual activity, based on the languages the pupils haven´t studied before (German, French & Italian). They will have to understand the activity, using their knowledge of Spanish & English

an intercultural activity, during which the pupils, united in groups, will assume different invented cultures and will have to behave in terms of these “cultures” rules. They will have to make them understand, to negotiate with others and to reach agreements, with respect and comprehension that other cultures should be always taken into account.

“Discover your plurilingual & intercultural abilities”: project preparation

Preparation period: 2010-2011http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/proyectos+pluriling%C3%BCes

Diffusion & collaboration, thanks to: Salamanca City of Knowledge Foundation (Fundación Salamanca Ciudad de Saberes) of Salamanca City Hall

5 schools are supposed to participate in the project during 2011-2012

Consult the project diffusion on these web links:

http://www.ciudaddesaberes.es/actividad_ver.asp?id=579

http://salamancaplurilingue.blogspot.com/2011/02/abrirse-otras-lenguas-para-secundaria.html

Workshop: “Plurilingual & intercultural education: a plurilingual competence development.

Approaches to language teaching & learning revision”

Speaker: Vega Llorente Pinto, Spanish Foreign Language teacher

Presentation date: April, 1st, 2011

Audience: actual and future language teachers•http://aprenderlenguasapartirdeotraslenguas.wikispaces.com/

Oral intercomprehension workshop

Speaker: Benimar García, English language teacher & Cultural Affairs Adviser, Spanish Embassy in Australia.

Member of Interdisciplinary Group (EOI Salamanca).

Sydney (Australia), September 2011

THANK YOU, MERCI, DANKE,

GRAZIE, OBRIGADA &

GRACIAS