Tuesday 17 July 2018

Online directory of language associations/organisations

Α fully searchable directory is intended to facilitate collaboration between professionals from different language teacher associations and other language organisations as well as across different languages, regions and countries. The directory which has a mainly European focus has been compiled by the Language Associations and Collaborative Support (LACS) network, coordinated, among others, by representatives of the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations (FIPLV), the International Federation of French Teachers (FIPF) and the International Association of German Teachers (IDV).

LEND Summer School (26-29 August 2018, Portonovo, Ancona, Italy)

LEND Summer School (26-29 August 2018, Portonovo, Ancona, Italy)

Plenary session by Sarah Breslin, Executive Director of the ECML: "Teaching languages in Europe today: challenge or privilege?"

16 July 2018
LEND Summer School - 3rd edition - will start on Sunday 26 August in Portonovo (Ancona, Italy). The 4-day school is intended for EFL teachers, teacher trainers and all those involved in language education. It will guide the participants through three main areas: Creativity in foreign language teaching, CLIL and Assessment. Each area will be introduced by a keynote speech (Jane Spiro, Emma Dafouz Milne, James Purpura) and will develop around practical workshops with speakers from all over the world. Special attention has been given in the programme to primary school teachers and CLIL teachers.
The Summer School will be opened by Sarah Breslin, Executive Director of the ECML/Council of Europe in Graz, Austria, with a plenary on "Teaching languages in Europe today: challenge or privilege?".
LEND - lingua e nuova didattica - is an association of teachers of foreign languages and Italian language which is committed to supporting innovation in school education.

The role of the L1 in supporting English language aquisition

Lecture on Cypriot Greek dialect