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CECR : "Nouvelles" compétences, théorie, pratique et évaluation - Joaquín Díaz-Corralejo Conde

Joaquín Díaz-Corralejo Conde takes a look at how the European Framework of Reference for Languages relates to competences, theory, practice and evaluation. 

 

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Developing reading skills - Silvia Minardi

Silvia Minardi (REAL President) looks at how pupils' reading skills can be developed. The workshop presentation was given at the seminar organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations: REAL "REAL-CEFR: The Common European Framework for Languages: from theory to practice, Grenoble (France)" in August 2011.

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Ann Foreman

Making sense of chaos - Ann Foreman, British Council

All of us feel overwhelmed when we think about all the information available on the internet to help teach languages. We recognise the wealth of information it offers us but often feel dragged down by the shear weight of what we find. The question is: how can we confront this apparently teeming chaos?

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Tasks for Language Teaching and Learning in a Wider and Multicultural Europe - Christoph Edelhoff

In this lecture Christoph Edelhoff (The English Academy) takes a look at task-based learning in the European context. The presentation was given at the seminar organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations: REAL "Bringing Europe into the Foreign Languages Classroom, Augsburg (Germany)" in September 2010.

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TEA-Forum

Reading and Comprehension: competences for Europe. A didactical approach

In current debate, reading and reading comprehension are not only considered as basic competences, but are increasingly being recognised as ways of understanding the “other” and of promoting intercultural action and learning. In this presentation, members of the TEA-Forum, a group of leading German didactics specialists, discuss new ways of thinking about reading. 

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L'avenir de l'enseignement des langues étrangères en Europe - Daniel Coste

Daniel Coste (Ecole normale supérieure Lyon, France and Expert at the Council of Europe) discusses the future of language teaching in Europe. The presentation was given at the seminar "Bringing Europe into the Foreign Languages Classroom", in Augsburg (Germany) organised by the European Network of Language Teacher Associations (REAL) in September 2010.

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Learning Language for a European Identity - Michael Byram

In this lecture Michael Byram (Emeritus Professor at Durham University, UK) looks at the relationship between language and identity. 

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Motivation

Motivating learners and unleashing their creativity...

The English workshop of the REAL seminar “How to motivate students: innovation and creativity in the language classroom” took place at the Department for Polish Language and Culture in the World. The English workshop was run by Elisabeth Fotheringham, independent language consultant and was attended by 19 teachers of English from countries from the UK to Greece.

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Bądź aktywny i kreatywny

In this workshop held at the seminar “How to motivate students: innovation and creativity in language classes” teachers of Polish as a foreign language from a wide variety of countries and teaching to a variety of different groups came together to explore how to make their lessons more interactive and creative.

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Lernende motivieren Innovation und Kreativität im Sprachunterricht

This workshop, held at a REAL seminar in Krakow, August 2010, demonstrates how action and student-oriented activities can be integrated into lessons without it having a detrimental effect on everyday textbook-based work. On the contrary, it was clearly shown how using supplementary resources to cover classroom topics can help to make German foreign language teaching interactive, creative and motivating.

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