Follow-up intergovernmental Conference: “Languages of schooling within a European framework for languages of education: learning, teaching, assessment”
Prague, 8-10 November 2007

Updated 17/11/2007

Programme including presentations

LIST OF THEMATIC STUDIES

Note: By way of introduction and preliminary essential reading, some extracts are presented for each theme.

1. LANGUAGES AS A SUBJECT WITHIN LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION
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Text, literature and “Bildung”
Text, literature and “Bildung” – comparative perspectives	- Laila Aase, Nordisk institutt, Norway - Mike Fleming, University of Durham, United Kingdom - Irene Pieper (ed.), Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany - Florentina Sâmihăian, National Council for Curriculum, Romania
The Literary Canon: implications for the teaching of language as subject	- Mike Fleming
Portfolio in LS teaching and learning?	- Laila Aase - Mike Fleming - Irene Pieper - Florentina Sâmihăian

2. LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WITHIN LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION
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Language Across the Curriculum in Primary Education
Three case studies and implications for a European ‘Framework’
Introduction:	Michael Byram (ed.), University of Durham, United Kingdom
Case Study: France	Christine Barré de Miniac, IUFM Académie de Grenoble, France
Case Study : Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	Marcus Hammann, Uni Münster, Germany
Case Study: Norway	Jon Smidt, Sör-Tröndelag University College, Norway
Conclusions:	Michael Byram

Language Across the Curriculum in Secondary Education
History	>>> Preliminary essential reading <<<
A descriptive framework for communicative/linguistic competences involved in the teaching and learning of history			- Jean-Claude Beacco (ed.), University of Sorbonne, Paris - Martin Sachse, State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research, Munich - Arild Thorbjørnsen, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway - with a contribution by Werner Wiater, University of Augsburg
Mathematics		>>> Preliminary essential reading <<<
a) Language in mathematics? A comparative study of four national curricula			- Sigmund Ongstad (ed.), Oslo University, Norway - Brian Hudson (in co-operation with Peter Nyström), Umeå University, Sweden - Birgit Pepin, University of Manchester, United Kingdom - Mihaela Singer, Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania
b) Disciplinarity versus discursivity? Mathematics and/as semiotic communication			- Sigmund Ongstad, Oslo University, Norway
Science		>>> Preliminary essential reading <<<
Language and communication in the learning and teaching of science in secondary schools			- Helmut J. Vollmer (ed.), University of Osnabrück, Germany - Tatiana Holasová, Research Institute of Education in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic - Stein Dankert Kolstø, University of Bergen, Norway - Jenny Lewis, University of Leeds, UK

3. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT WITHIN LANGUAGE(S) OF EDUCATION
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The Challenge of Assessment within Language(s) of Education	Mike Fleming, University of Durham, United Kingdom
The Relevance of International Assessment for the development of a Framework for the Languages of Education	José Noijons, CITO, The Netherlands
Assessing competences at the end of compulsory schooling – the Polish case	Waldemar Martyniuk (ed.), Jagiellonian University, Poland

4. A EUROPEAN REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION (Italian: UN DOCUMENTO EUROPEO DI RIFERIMENTO PER LE LINGUE DELL’EDUCAZIONE?)

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- Daniel Coste (ed.), Ecole Normale supérieure Lettres et Sciences humaines, France (professeur émérite) - Marisa Cavalli, Regional Educational Research Institute of Val d'Aosta, Italy - Alexandru Crişan, Bucarest University, Romania - Piet-Hein van de Ven, ILS, Graduate School of Education, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands