LETIZIA

CINGANOTTO

PhD

Researcher

INDIRE, Italy

l.cinganotto@indire.it

22 September 2020

Initiativeson

languages

Pilotproject on CEFRCV

Pilotprojects on HLD & PTL

Survey on online

interaction

Survey on languages

LATEST ITALIAN RESEARCH

PILOT PROJECT ON CEFRCV

SURVEY ON ONLINE INTERACTION

PILOT PROJECTS ON HLD & PTL FROM THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, 2019

PTL & HLD in Italy

Study visits to the Netherlands and

Ireland

Research design

Pilot projects on a sample of

Italian schoolsECML, Graz Group

UCL, London

SURVEY ON LANGUAGES

THE PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

1,1%

2,9%

24,3%

31,2%

40,5%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0%

Pre-primary education

Other

Primary education

Lower secondary education

Upper secondary education

Which school level do you work?

%

1,0%

5,2%

7,1%

9,6%

77,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0%

School leader

CLIL teacher

Other

Both foreign language teacher and CLIL teacher

Foreign language teacher

What is your professional profile?

6228 respondents (2968 complete answers)

PROVISIONS FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS’ HOME LANGUAGES

11,6%

40,5%

47,9%

Are there any provisions for enhancing and supporting students home languages in schools in your country, in

case these are not generally included as foreign languages in the curriculum?

Yes No I don’t know

CLIL

2,2%

3,4%

24,3%

35,0%

35,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0%

I don't know

Other

The language teacher

The subject teacher

Both of them

Who is the CLIL teacher in your country?

48,4%

51,6%

Have you any personal experience of Content and Language Integrated Learning

(CLIL)?

Yes No

0,3%

6,1%

8,6%

10,8%

74,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0%

Pre-Primary school

I don't know

Lower secondary school

Primary school

Upper secondary school

In which school level is CLIL most frequently adopted?

7,6%

10,9%

15,9%

20,4%

45,2%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0%

Three

More than three

I don't know

Two

One

How many languages are taught in CLIL in your country?

CLIL

FLEXIBILITY OF THE CURRICULUM

6,1%

15,5%

78,4%

Can the first foreign language be dropped and exchanged against another language?

Yes I don’t know No

2,3%

13,5%

84,2%

Can the first foreign language be exchanged against another non-language subject?

Yes I don’t know No

26,9%

36,6%

36,6%

Can the second foreign language be dropped and exchanged against another language?

I don’t know Yes No

SPECIFIC SCHOOL PATHWAYS ON LANGUAGES

9,2%

9,2%

19,8%

20,1%

41,7%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0%

I don't know

More than three

Two

One

Three

If yes, how many languages are taught in these pathways?

11,6%

36,7%51,7%

Are specific pathways focused on languages provided in upper secondary school?

No I don’t know Yes

REMOTE TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC

69,8%

67,5%

59,1%

50,3%

48,7%

30,2%

32,5%

40,9%

49,7%

51,3%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Oral interaction

Oral production

Writing

Listening

Reading

Which language skills have you found easy to develop in remote teaching?

No Yes

68,8%

63,5%

55,2%

43,7%

38,9%

31,2%

36,5%

44,8%

56,3%

61,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Reading

Writing

Oral production

Listening

Oral interaction

Which language skills have you found challenging to develop in remote teaching?

No Yes

3,0%

97,0%

Have you been teaching remotely during COVID-19 emergency?

No Yes

STUDENTS’ REACTION TO REMOTE TEACHING

1,0%

1,1%

2,7%

19,9%

27,2%

48,3%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0%

I don’t know

no progress at all

very good progress

weak progress

good progress

quite good progress

How would you rate their progress?

1,3%

3,9%

11,7%

15,6%

31,5%

36,0%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0%

I don’t know

fully satisfied

not very satisfied

very satisfied

quite satisfied

satisfied

How would you be able to define your students reactions to distance learning?

EUROPEAN LANGUAGE TEST ON LANGUAGES (TOWARDS PISA 2025)

6,3%6,7%

87,0%

Would you be in favour of a European language test to assess the language competences of your students in such a way that these

can be compared across EU Member States?

I don’t know No Yes

50,2%

49,0%

44,3%

27,4%

20,2%

49,8%

51,0%

55,7%

72,6%

79,8%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Oral production

Writing

Reading

Oral interaction

Listening

If yes, which skills would you like to be tested?

No Yes

l.cinganotto@indire.it