Implementing ELPs in Lombardy and Italy

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Implementing ELPs in Lombardy and Italy
Project C 5 IMPEL ELP implementation
support Soutien à la mise en oeuvre du PEL
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How many validated ELPs in Italy? 10 and
more
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Validated Italian ELPs (cfr. PORTFOLIOS
www.coe.int/portfolio)

•  1.      25.2002 - Italy (Umbria) - Model for
  learners in lower secondary education.
  Il
  Modello dellUmbria. Fascia di età 9 15.
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• 2.      26.2002 (Piedmont) - Model for
  learners in primary education. Modello del
  Piemonte. Fascia di età 8 11.
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• 3.      30.2002 - Italy (Lombardia) Model
  for learners in lower secondary education.
• Il modello della Lombardia. Fascia di età 11
  15.
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4.      40.2003 Italy - Model for learners in
higher education. Il modello della Calabria per
le Università. 5.      48.2003 Italian
48.2003-IT - Model for learners in vocational
sectors developed by Sofia University with
partners in 5 European countries.

Il Modello dellUniversità di Sofia per
listruzione tecnico- professionale in cinque
lingue. Versione italiana. Fascia di età oltre i
15 anni. 6.      49. 2003 (8 2001 IT)
Model for learners in primary schools. Il Modello
CILT (Centre for Information on Language
Teaching) in inglese tradotto in italiano.
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7. 54.2003 Italy Turin - Model for young
learners and adults.
Il Modello
di Torino. Fascia di età oltre i 15 anni. 8.
64. 2004 - Italy - Puglia - Model for learners
aged 14-20. Il Modello della Puglia. Fascia di
età 14 - 20. 9. 65.2004 Italy Bolzano Il
modello per la scuola primaria. Fascia di età 9
11. 10. 69.2004 Italy Bolzano Il modello
per la scuola primaria. Fascia di età 11 14.
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TOP DOWN
BOTTOM UP
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IMPEL Glossary _________________________________
__________ A glossary of ELP implementation
terminology
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Bottom-up See IMPEL
Glossary A familiar term referring to both
learning and management styles. Where it applies
to learning, it denotes an exploration and
discovery approach in which the learner arrives
autonomously at knowledge and understanding and
then interacts with the teacher to confirm and
consolidate these. It can also denote an
implementation process in which teachers are the
driving force in innovation, rather than
inspectors or advisers. (cf. top down q.v.)


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Top-down
See IMPEL Glossary
A familiar term referring to both learning and
management styles. In learning, it denotes a
teacher-led approach in which all knowledge is
passed down to pupils who have a somewhat passive
role in the process. In a management context it
can describe the imposition of, e.g., innovation,
by advisers and inspectors rather than its
evolution in the classroom. (cf. bottom-up
q.v.)
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Population 9.065.440 Area 23.859 kmq.
Lombardy ELP Project
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Two Portfolios in Lombardy 1. 48.2003
Italian 48.2003-IT - Model for learners in
vocational sectors developed by Sofia University
with partners in 5 European countries. 2.
30.2002 - Italy (Lombardia) Model for
learners in lower secondary education.
School age 11 15.
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Ministero dell Istruzione, dell Università e
della Ricerca Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per
la Lombardia Progetto Lingue Lombardia
Steps for Lombardy ELP 11- 15
the working group the pilot version
the model implementation
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• Key words
• simplicity
• illustrations
• user friendly
• bridge among different school levels...

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Il modello della Lombardia Studenti di 11 15
anni

• Last year of
• primary school
• Lower secondary
• school
• First year of upper
• secondary school

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Validation n. 30/2002
RCS Rizzoli Corriere della
Sera
Ministero dell Istruzione, dell Università e
della Ricerca Ufficio Scolastico Regionale
per la Lombardia Progetto Lingue Lombardia
 
Oxford University Press
La Nuova Italia
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• Phase 1 (1999/2000) PLANNING
• studying other countries experiences
• Phase 2 (2000/01) PRODUCTION
• producing materials
• Phase 3 (2001/02) PILOTING
• experimenting in schools
• Phase 3 (2002/03) DISSEMINATION
• publishing distributing validated ELP
• Phase 4 (2003/4) IMPLEMENTATION
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Implementation strategies

• school networks regional and interregional
• definition of the ELP in the school curriculum
• ELP within an 'assessment system'
• (also CEFR and Certifications)
• ALL ELPs to be favoured (Italian and non Italian)
• examples of good practice
• focus on teacher trainers
• website as a tool for communication
• cooperation with publishers

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School year 2002 03 Implementation
Training Trainers

Teachers
Monitoring School year 2003 04 Consolidation

Training Trainers
Teachers on web-
based learning platform
Monitoring
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Big numbers in 2002 - 03 7.500 Lombardy ELPs
freely distributed in Lombardy Piedmont and
Sicily 7.500 sold in different regions
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Lombardy ELPs freely distributed in 2002/03
Sicilia 8 9 9 252
Lombardia Schools 206 Classes 211 Teachers
318 Students 4737
Piemonte 11 25 25 589
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Professional Development Courses in
2002/03 Training 28 trainers Providing 17
face-to-face Teacher Training courses Offering
15 hours courses Involving 425
teachers Organizing an online FORUM Web-based
monitoring Seminars Conference (more than
500 participants)
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www.crtvolta.it/forum/login.htm
2002/03 Forum 104 teachers Topics in the
forum 1. Come imparo ( How I learn) 2. Che
cosa so fare (What I can do) 3. Dossier 4.
Passaporto 5. Problemi vari (different problems)
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2003/04 More students More regions More
teachers NO FUNDING (government cuts) Strong
feelings against the ongoing Moratti Reform
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• Challenges
• How to keep track of students???
• How to offer training to new teachers???
• How to support teachers of year 1???

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• Considerations
• impossible to keep track of 10,000 or more
  students
• need to focus on trainers and teachers offer
  of 2nd level face-to-face courses for 150
  teachers
• solution cooperation with Publishing House for
  training courses on web-based learning platform

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New PELonline teacher training course With
Garamond Publishing House (RCS
Education) Beginning March 10, 2004
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• PELonline
• Web-based Teacher Training courses
• 1st edition March- May 2004
• 150 teachers
• 2nd edition June August 2004
• 128 teachers

School year 2003 04
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www.garamond.it

• Thanks to this new partnership
• We have
• shared knowledge
• built up partnerships in other regions
• organized a virtual learning community
• snow ball effect

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Thanks to the European Language Portfòlio
experience it has been possible to develop a new
collaboration with the POLICY DIVISION of the
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
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Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione Ufficio
Scolastico Regionale per la Lombardia Direzione
Generale per gli Affari Internazionali Università
agli Studi di Milano
Language Education Policy Profile

• 2004 - 2006

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Parents Journalists Publishers
Politicians Administrators
Language Education Policy Profile
University Professors Inspectors Headmasters Teach
ers Trainers
Cultural Agencies Associations Trade Unions
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ISSUES for ELP implementation

• Organisation
• Financing
• Development of learning activities
• Role of publishers
• ELP in an 'assessment system' (also
• CEFR and examination programmes)

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Increasing success increasing use increasing
costs Who pays what government, publishers,
schools, students, parents?
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• Key words
• complexity
• strategies priorities
• partnerships
• connections among regions...
• impact
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Which choices at a national level ?
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The Italian choice
Political / Ministerial guidance
ELP Support Group Ministry of Education General
Directorate of International Relations
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information
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• ELP Support Group at the
• General Directorate
• of International Relations,
• Ministry of Education
• national surveys since 2005
• based on Rolf Schaerer tool
• dissemination and information
• materials
• international cooperation

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Ministero dellIstruzione, dellUniversità e
della Ricerca DIPARTIMENTO PER LISTRUZIONE
Direzione Generale per gli Affari Internazionali

• MATERIALS PRODUCED
• Leaflet
• Brochure n. 1 on ELP
• Il Portfolio Europeo delle Lingue
• informazioni di base.
• Brochure n. 2 on ELP
• Il Portfolio Europeo delle Lingue in Europa
  e in Italia. Dati e storie a confronto

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Leaflet Italian version of the French and
English CoE leaflets

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Brochure n. 1

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• Template for Italian ELPs
• The three parts
• B. Languages used
• C. Teachers Guide
• D. Graphic Design
• E. Website for reference

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Brochure n. 2

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Downloadable at http//www.pubblica.is
truzione.it/argomenti/portfolio/opuscolo_1_05.pdf
http//www.pubblica.istruzione.it/argomenti
/portfolio/opuscolo_2_05.pdf
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  Crucial issues
• Preventing ELP proliferation
• the new tool should not conflict with
• existing national ELP development and
• implementation policies and approaches
• Preventing competition with existing
• national/regional ELPs the new tool should not
• be perceived as something taking the place of
• ELPs but as something to enhance their value
• and link ELP-using crossborder communities.

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International cooperation
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An internationalproject

• Austria
• Italy
• Slovenia

First idea common construction of a trilateral
ELP to be validated by the Council of Europe

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Cromo project
Students
Italian ELP
Intercultural Crossborder Module Supplement for
ELPs 15
Slovenian ELP
 
Teacher Training Teacher Education
Intercultural Issues/ Competences
Austrian ELP
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Final product
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If you get the inspiration to increase
implementation La diffusion marche avec la
séduction Dies ist ein neuer Weg in die Welt
der Sprachen Un nuevo camino para abrirnos al
vasto campo del la lengua Una via verso il
mondo delle lingue
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