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Languages in the Catalan Educational System
Subdirecció General de Llengua i Plurilingüisme
Ministry of Education of Catalonia
Common challenges
GlobalisationConnectivity
- Sustainability- Population- Evolution
Competitiveness Cohesion
- Economy- Citizenship- Transformation
Identity Inclusion
- Development- Equity- Adaptation
Catalan language in Europe
Usage of official languages in Catalonia (2008)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Companys d'estudi
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Companys de feina
0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00
Membres de la llarFamily Amistats
0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00
Friends
0,00 500,00 1.000,00 1.500,00 2.000,00 2.500,00
VeïnsNeighbours
Work Schoolmates
Source: http://www.idescat.cat/
Past experiences: immersion
• Post-war social conflict (1945-1975)• Internal Spanish immigration• Monolingual school (Spanish)• Foreign languages at school:
-Latin, Greek, French (subjects)• Bilingual society (Catalan-Spanish)
• Democracy and Autonomy: 1979 & 1980• Political action: 1983 & 1998
•School language policies with Catalan Immersion. •Linguistic Normalisation Law; Language Policy Law•Huge teacher training tradition: “Escola Catalana”, “Escola d’estiu”
Fully endorsed implementation of second language education methodologies
In Catalonia, since 1983, an action plan for bilingual education has been implemented to increase learning achievement of both official languages, Catalan and Spanish, as well as, at least, the learning of one foreign language.
Applied elsewhere
Quebec(Canadà)
In some areas of the UnitedStates
Finland
Wales
Italy
.......
Immigrant students in Catalonia
Present situation: CLIL Immersion
• Language and Social Cohesion Plan: 2004-2010• Political action: 2011-2014
•Plurilingual school language policies with complete Catalan Immersion. •Compulsory third language:
- English or French in Primary & Optional German/Italian in Secondary)
•Family languages taught in the school, after hours (optional).•Main target: plurilingualism (Catalan, Spanish, English +… )•Teacher training plans, focussed on Reading, CLIL, English + ePortfolio...
• World-wide globalisation challenges• International immigration• Bilingual school (Catalan-Spanish)• Curicular languages at school:
-English, French, German, Italian• Multilingual society, Plurilingual kids
Languages in the Catalan Educational System
Curricular Languages
Catalan (Occitan) Spanish
English French German Italian (Latin/Old Greek)
Language for sharing opportunities
and living togetherCatalan (Occitan)
Extra Curricular languages(family language, complementary
lifelong learning)Arabic
Chinese Amazig Rumanian Ukrainian Portuguese Galician (Quitxua)
Plurilingualism… how?
Plurilingual school Project
Language of schooling
Initial immersion
Curricular foreign languages & CLIL
Transversal communicative
startegies: reading, speaking
Communicative skills in family
languages (ePEL, Arabic,Chinese...)
CATALÀ-ARANÈSSPANISH
ENGLISH - FRENCHITALIAN - GERMAN
LANGUAGETHROUGH SUBJECTS
EXTRA-CURRICULARLANGUAGES
Humanresources
Trainingadvising
TeachingMatterials
OrganisationManagement
Othereresources
Curriculum
Speak Catalan
Speak Catalan andSpanish
Speak Spanish
Speak neither Catalan nor Spanish, But speak other languages
Know both official
languages (Catalan &
Spanish) and communicate, at least, in one
foreign language
Starting school:
On finishing compulsory schooling:
The School provides every student
the linguistic skills needed to become
competent and engaged citizens
applying second
language methodologies
Language and Plurilingualism
reading, speaking, writing, listening, inter-acting
in several languages
Dealing with diversity for empowering rights and duties
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