"i can..."- my elp one step at a time
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'I Can'...My ELP One Step at a Time was delivered at the MLPSI National Languages Conference in March 2011 in Dublin, Ireland. It deals with how to bring the MLPSI My European Language Portfolio into the language classroom.TRANSCRIPT
I can…My European Language Portfolio
- A step at a time
Frédérique RantzRegional Advisor & Advisor for French
Presentation outlineContext • The European Language Portfolio (ELP)• The MLPSI classroom & ML curriculum
My ELP – 3 phases• My ELP: Teacher resource• My ELP: Whole-class resource• My ELP: Individual pupil resource
The European Language Portfolio(ELP)
CEFR Self-assessment grid
I can…
6 principles
•Communicative language (I can)• Language awareness & learner autonomy• Pluri-lingualism• Life-long learning• Interculturalism• Mobility & European citizenship
5 language skills
6 proficiency levels
European context & origin of the ELP
C2C1B2B1A2A1(Pre A1)
The European Language Portfolio(ELP)
• 2 functions
• 3 components
• 6 CEFR principles
Key features
documenting pedagogical
Passport Biography Dossier
PlurilingualismLang.
awareness Interculturalism Citizenship & mobility
Lifelong learningI can…
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The ELP across Europe (examples)
MLPSI 2009 6
My ELP Planning, progression & assessment tool for teachers and pupils
Council of Europe ELP
NCCA Draft Mod. Lang.
CURRICULUM
My ELP
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3 components
My ELP pack
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My ELP – Additional resources
The Modern Languages Curriculum
Communicative Competence
Lang
uage
Awar
enes
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Cultural Awareness
Speaking
Writing
Reading Listening
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Modern Languages Topics
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Language learning in the MLPSI classroom and beyondWhere does My ELP fit in?
Embedding My ELP- A step at a time
I can
• Can-do descriptors + related icons• can-do checklists 5th-6th planning grid (topic based)
• Can-do speech bubbles (topic based & colour coded)
• My ELP icons(language skills & levels of confidence)
• I can also…(TG template 1)
Communicative Competence (CC)
Planning, monitoring, assessing, reviewingTeaching resource
Teacher copy of My ELP + downloadable resources+ Page Suite version (website)
My ELP and Communicative Competence (CC)
Reflecting, goal setting, self assessment, language strategiesLearning resource
Can-do
•Our languages, our identity• Languages around us
Language Awareness (LA)
Planning, monitoring, assessingTeaching resource
Teacher copy of My ELP + downloadable resources+ Page Suite version (website)
• How I learn languages
• Comparing different languages (TG template 2)• My own & other languages (TG templates 3 & 4)• My golden rules in … (TG template 5)
• Work done in my language class• Awards & certificates
My ELP and Language Awareness (LA)
• People & places
Cultural/Intercultural Awareness (CA)
Planning, monitoring, assessingTeaching resource
Teacher copy of My ELP + downloadable resources+ Page Suite version (website)
• Intercultural pages (topic based)• Language & culture (cross-curricular section)
• Comparing different languages (TG template 2)• My own & other languages (TG templates 3 & 4)• My golden rules in … (TG template 5)
• Things I have from…• The world of art & culture• Awards & Certificates
My ELP and Cultural/Intercultural Awareness (CA)
My Making the most of… My Language Passport
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Reflection on pluri-lingualism in the classroomLearning resource
Teacher copy of My ELP + downloadable resources+ Page Suite version (website)
Our languages – our identity St Mochta’s SNS, D15 School of the Month Feb 2010
Languages I know
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Languages around us
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in the street…
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People and places
I have participated in these projects, activities, trips:……………………….……………………….
I have met people who come from these countries:……………………………………………………………………
Making the most of… My Dossier
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Collect select reflect!
Burke
and sport!?
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Collect select reflect!
(Burke) CPD2
+ TG templates
Work done in my language
class
ProjectsTrailsInterviewsCulture boxVideoPostcardsPhotosCooking,…
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+ TG templates
The world of art & culture
and sport!?
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Things we have from other countries
+ TG templates
Awards & Certificates
I can fill in my own European Language Portfolio!
• Exploring My ELP pack (TG p.50-51)
• Teacher introduction based on My ELP Info Doc
• Young Learner’s Guide
• Parents’ information page (TG p.55)
• Teacher review of My ELP linked icons + speech bubbles
I know about… I understand… I know how to…
Language skills icons
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I can…Can-do speech bubbles
Can-do statements/checklists
Confidence icons
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Making the most of… My Language Biography 4 Sections:
Confidence levels
10 topics Can-do
5 language
skills
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My Language Biography
I know about…. I know how to use….Sections: Confidence
levels10
topics Can-do5
language skills
Myself & OthersMy Family
Classroom Language & School
Numbers & the Calendar
My HobbiesTime & Daily routine
Where I liveColours, Weather &
HolidaysFood & Shops
Body & Clothes
Language skills
Listening Spoken interaction
Spoken productionReading
Writing
Can-do
Confidence levels
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My Language Biography
I also know about…Sections: 10
topics Intercultural page
Myself & OthersMy Family
Classroom Language & School
Numbers & the Calendar
My HobbiesTime & Daily routine
Where I liveColours, Weather &
HolidaysFood & Shops
Body & Clothes
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My Language Biography
We have done projects and group work about this already…Sections:
How I learn languages
My own & other
languages
My top tips for learning languages
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My Language Biography
Learning about the ML and culture also happens in my other lessonsSections:
Geography
Art DramaMusic
History English Irish
Religion
I can
My ELP- Benefits & issues
My ELP as a teaching tool
• Benefits?
• Issues/challenges?
My ELP as a personal learning and recording /documenting tool
• Benefits?
• Issues/challenges?
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It is your own portfolio
We can keep track of our Spanish work
It helps you to know what you know
I like the questions in the Biography book
It lets you see your progress
It is not tough
It helps me to know what Spanish I know
We can keep track of what we are doing
It is your own personal file thing, you can write whatever you want and it is personal
It is not like a test everything you write is right
It is not like a normal school book
You know the answers because it is about you, it is a personal notebook
According to 5th class pupils Gardian Angel’s NS, Blackrock…
