Analyzing the language project from Kurutziaga Ikastola.

Aiane GallegoEdorta InsunzaGarbiñe AchaOlatz Balerdi

INDEX• INTRODUCTION • CONTEXT• THE ROLE OF EACH LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT FIELDS

▫ PEDAGOGICAL FIELD ▫ INSTITUTIONAL FIELDS

• THE LANGUAGE VIEW• THE USE OF LANGUAGES• TECHERS´ TRAINING• THE LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES• THE LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH• AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE CURRICULUM• CONCLUSIONS• BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

CONTEXT• KURUTZIAGA IKASTOLA, Durango (Bizkaia)

▫ Diversity of students

▫ Parents cooperative

▫ Main language = BASQUE language

▫ Two linguistic project

Euskeraz bizi

Eleanitz proiektua

THE ROLE OF EACH LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT FIELDS

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• PEDAGOGICAL FIELD

▫ Inside the classroom

The main language= BASQUE

with English teachers= ENGLISH

Objectives

Build a rich and effective communication

Ensure linguistic quality

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▫ Outside the classroom

The main language= BASQUE

Objective

Promote the Basque

In summer

Activities in Basque and English

• INSTITUTIONAL FIELD

▫ The linguistic policy of the school

▫ Two sub-categories

Training and internal communication

Main goal= promote Basque

▫ Internal communication in Basque

▫ Notes, news… in Basque and Spanish

External relations

Main language= Basque

THE LANGUAGE VIEW

• Kurutziaga as the other Ikastolas, has opted for a communicative and discursive approach to languages.

• They consider language as a social practice instead of only from a purely linguistic viewpoint.

For these reasons…

The main purpose of language learning that Kurutziaga has is ….

TO DEVELOP COMPETENCES IN ORDER TO USE THE LANGUAGES IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY IN THE AREAS OF THE LIFE THAT

NEED TO BE APPLIED

• Our language is a minority language, so when

achieving normalization, school plays an essential

role. Kurutziaga is aware of that, and that´s why it

is immersed in Euskaraz bizi project. The aim of this project is to

achieve normalization and to fully develop the Basque language.

• But as XXIst century is multilingual, Kurutziaga want to prepare

students who know other languages

Kurutziaga is on the Basque country, where there are two official

languages (Basque and Spanish). So their objective is to achieve an

in-depth knowledge in Spanish.

English is the main language of international relations, so it is

necessary to develop it so as to be able to use it fluently.

This Ikastola thinks that French should also be learned, so they give

the chance for it.

THE USE OF LANGUAGES• Teaching a language as a subject cannot provide

developing general communicative competences.

The solution

Lets see if in Kurutziaga languages are taught as subjects or as languages for learning.

BASQUE

• It is the central axis of kurutziaga.

• It is taught as a subject and also as the language used for learning.

• Txanela project, allows students to learn science through the medium of Basque.

SPANISH

•It is taught as a subject.

•It is introduced in the 1st level of primary, especially for Basque speaking children.

•Since 3rd level of primary to 4th of secondary it is taught 3 hours per week.

SPANISH

•It is taught as a subject.

•It is introduced in the 1st level of primary, especially for Basque speaking children.

•Since 3rd level of primary to 4th of secondary it is taught 3 hours per week.

ENGLISH

They begin to teach English in second level of infant education (4-5 years old).

Kurutziaga is immersed in Eleanitz English Project

ELEANITZ PROJECT

•At the beginning it is taught as a subject, using drama stories and task based projects.

•In secondary, Content Language integrated approach is adopted for teaching English.

1st and 2nd level: “Subject Projects”2nd and 3rd level: Social Sciences language Integrated Curriculum.

ENGLISH

They begin to teach English in second level of infant education (4-5 years old).

Kurutziaga is immersed in Eleanitz English Project

ELEANITZ PROJECT

•At the beginning it is taught as a subject, using drama stories and task based projects.

•In secondary, Content Language integrated approach is adopted for teaching English.

1st and 2nd level: “Subject Projects”2nd and 3rd level: Social Sciences language Integrated Curriculum.

TEACHERS TRAINING

• It attends “ Confederation of the Basque country´s

Ikastolas”

• Two types

▫ General training

▫ Specific training

• General training

▫ Objectives

Improve the linguistic quality of teachers

Improve language teaching methodology

• Specific training

▫ Objectives

Provide a proper training

▫ Organized intro three pillars

Theoretical and didactic information

Reflection on practice

Monitoring of work in the classroom

THE LANGUAGE OBJECTIVESLISTENING▫Show general comprehension of the format▫Pays attention

• SPEAKING▫Makes use of body language to convey meaning

▫Participates actively in oral activities

• Reading▫Recognises the written code of lexical items from the format▫Shows interest on the written code and enjoys reading other books, comics, documents…

• Writing▫Produces lexical items from the format▫Enjoys trying to write in English.

Some other general objective

• Language accuracy▫Produces language with acceptable pronunciation▫Uses vocabulary appropriate to the context▫Makes an effort to produce more complete utterances

• General attitudes▫Behaves well in class▫Participates in classroom activities▫Tries to communicate in English▫Co-operates with classmates

LANGUAGE PLANNING

LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH• Teaching formats

They define “teaching formats” as a routine of shared experiences between the adult and the child.

▫ Non-narrative format those everyday actions or situations that come up

repeatedly between the interaction of the students and the teachers

▫ Narrative format sequence of events, where one event allows to the

student for the prediction and deduction of the following episodes where there is a denouement

AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE CURRICULUM

• Teach the society´s languages and IN those languages too• Nowadays the society is multilingual and multicultural schools´

adaptation• CLIL Social Sciences in English at the age of 13.

• More linked to each other more languages▫ Kurutziaga Ikastola offers English and French• Communicating in those foreign languagesstudents develop some skills▫ Relations between speaking and writing▫ Know how to communicate in an everyday conversation▫ Do grammatical analysis• Teachers have to analyze and adjust their teaching methods to the main

objectives:▫ They are generally and specifically trained for these changes.

AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE CURRICULUM

• Dominating a language better relationships better critical view and more autonomy

• Communicate in the both official languages + a foreign one:▫ Euskaraz Bizi promote Basque▫ Eleanitz Project develop a multilingual school model

• Working with languages in an integrated way:▫ The bilingual/multilingual learner has always on hand

the language and everything learnt in those languages influence learner´s emotions.

▫ Languages are interrelated Specific characteristics of languages Characteristics that have in common

AN INTEGRATED LANGUAGE CURRICULUM• Kurutziaga Ikastola´s own material:

▫ “The Adventures of Hocus and Lotus” (1992-95) Work with Birmingham, Amsterdam and UPV/EHU

Universities´ experts.

▫ “Story Projects” and “The Explorers” (1995-98) Work with “Instituto Cervantes”

▫ “Subject Projects” (1998-2001) Have been searched and assessed in Europe´s 10

countries and 21 schools.

CONCLUSIONS

• This work helps us to

▫ Improve our knowledge about school language project

▫ See deeply one school language project

▫ Reflect about the importance of a school language project

▫ Be ready to analyze and to construct a language project adapted

to the school in which we will be working in a future

▫ Understand the importance of working cooperatively

▫ Comprehend the importance of certain languages´ early

immersion

▫ Deal with important data related to the educational field

BIBLIOGRAPHY• http://www.kurutziagaikastola.net/web/default.php• http://jakintza.net/wp-

content/uploads/2009/01/aurkezpena.pdf• http://heziketaproiektuaklautada.blogspot.com.es/p/eleanitz

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2459/eu/contenidos/informacion/dif10_curriculum_berria/eu_5495/adjuntos/iv_eranskina_04_hizkuntzak.pdf

• http://85.85.70.18/kurutziaga/eleanitz-proiektua/ • http://proyectolinguistico.webnode.es/plc/ • The Ikastola Language Project• Decisiones necesarias para la elaboración del proyecto

lingüístico del centro (Uri Ruiz Bikandi).• The elaboration of the Linguistic Project, infant school to

secondary (Montserrat Ferrer).