ConBaT+: an ECML project adding a plurilingual dimension to CLIL Áine Furlong Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland

The project and the team ECML, third medium term programme Mercè Bernaus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Coordinator. Martine Kervran, IUFM De Bretagne, France. Sofie Jonckheere, Regional Integration Center Foyer, Brussels. Áine Furlong, Waterford Institute of Technology. Fernando Trujillo, Universidad de Granada – expert advisor.

Building bridges with ConBaT+

The aims –To raise plurilingual, pluricultural and intercultural COMPETENCE among primary and secondary school teachers and their pupils. –To empower teachers to create QUALITY cross- curricular materials in English, French, and Spanish, as an L2, for primary and secondary school learners. –To introduce the LANGUAGES and CULTURES present in the classroom into a number of subjects. –To motivate teachers to IMPACT on a reform of language learning and teaching. –To strengthen professional NETWORKS by providing several international and national meetings.

How can ConBaT+ build bridges between CLIL and Plurilingualism? The key competences for lifelong learning help to... the gap between content and languages

KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING - A EUROPEAN REFERENCE FRAMEWORK (2004) The framework is the first European-level attempt to provide a comprehensive and well- balanced list of the key competences that are needed for personal fulfilment, social inclusion and employment in a knowledge society. It aims to serve as a “reference tool” for policy-makers and for those responsible for creating learning opportunities for people at all stages of lifelong learning, allowing them to adapt the framework as appropriate to learners’ needs and contexts.

8 KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING A EUROPEAN REFERENCE FRAMEWORK 1.Communication in the mother tongue 2.Communication in a foreign language 3.Mathematical literacy and basic competences in science and technology 4.Digital competence 5.Learning-to-learn 6.Interpersonal and civic competences 7.Entrepreneurship 8.Cultural expression 0activity.pdfhttp://conbat.ecml.at/Portals/7/documents/Aine_%20final%20art%2 0activity.pdf

Competence-based approach Focus on tasks Content-based approach Focus on text/input Plurilingual approach Focus on languages and their speakers (learners)

content task languageS ConBaT+ Attitudes A Model for… ConBaT+