european)schools) …...cypriot 0,14% 34 czech) 1,28% 314 danish) 2,45% 600 dutch) 4,07% 995...
TRANSCRIPT
European Schools Students without language sec4on
27.9.2014 – VUB Kari Kivinen
Pupil population by nationality 2013-2014
27.9.2014 2
Na#onali#es 2013-‐2014 -‐ all schools Austrian 1,41% 344 Belgian 9,46% 2.314 Bri4sh 6,29% 1.539 Bulgarian 1,31% 321 Croa4an 0,19% 46 Cypriot 0,14% 34 Czech 1,28% 314 Danish 2,45% 600 Dutch 4,07% 995 Estonian 0,94% 230 Finnish 2,48% 607 French 12,35% 3.021 German 13,85% 3.389 Greek 3,69% 903 Hungarian 1,53% 374 Irish 1,91% 467 Italian 10,14% 2.482 Latvian 0,89% 219 Lithuanian 1,32% 324 Luxembourgers 0,88% 215 Maltese 0,30% 73 Polish 2,26% 553 Portuguese 2,45% 600 Romanian 1,33% 326 Slovak 0,94% 230 Slovenian 0,53% 131 Spanish 8,59% 2.103 Swedish 2,37% 581 Non-‐EU 4,65% 1.138 Total 100,00% 24.467
Languages in the European school system
• All the official mother tongues of 28 EU countries + Maltese and Gaelic are taught
• Schools have 3-16 language sections • Students without language sections= SWALS • 3 vehicular languages: English, French, German
– European Hours in primary and – History, Geography, Economy, Art, Music, Sport etc are taught in the
vehicular languages in Secondary school cycle • L2 starts at 1st primary • L3 starts at 1st secondary • L4 starts at 4 secondary • L5 = Complementary course 6-7 • + Latin (s2-) and ancient Greek (s4-)
3
In discussion • Proposal to start second language learning process through play, games and music already in the Early Educa4on at the age of 4!
• Proposal to enlarge the choice of languages for upper levels (e.g. Chinese as L4).
The European Framework of Reference in the syllabus of the European Schools
BASIC PROFIENCY LEVEL IN DIFFERENT CYCLES
Early educa4on Primary Secondary 3 Secondary 5 Secondary 7 L2 0 A2 B1 B2 C1 L3 0 0 A1+ A2+ B1+ L4 0 0 0 A1 A2+ ONL A 1.1 oral A 1.2 A2 B1 B2
SWALS= Students Without Language Sec4on
• “SWALS are pupils whose mother tongue/dominant language is an official language of an EU Member State (with the excep4on of Irish and Maltese) but for whom no language sec4on in their mother tongue/dominant language (L1) exists in their school.”
• SWALS are normally enrolled in one of the working language (DE, EN, FR) sec4ons. The language of the sec4on is the pupil’s L2. SWALS can also be enrolled in the language sec4on of the host country on condi4on that no addi4onal costs are created. Their L2 should be English, French or German.
SWALS 2008 -‐ 2014
SWALSyear 2008
year 2012
year 2014
BG 79 231 233CS 60 65 38DE 13 11 82DK 95 51 66EO 75 183 220ES 182 190 320FI 24 58 55HR 46HU 32 65 97EL 93 69 192IT 80 48 99LE 71 141 209LT 83 155 228NL 81 80 134PL 45 55 68PT 59 84 127RO 55 168 186SK 94 142 237SL 33 93 109SE 60 73 86TOTAL 1314 1962 2832
SWALS 2014-‐2015 -‐ BRUXELLES
BG* CS* EE HR LT* LV RO* SI SKbulgare tchèque estonien croate lituanien letton roumain slovène slovaque
Bruxelles I 32 10 13 65 120Bruxelles II 144 72 147 363Bruxelles III 15 143 158Bruxelles IV 61 23 88 172Total 93 15 144 33 72 147 101 65 143 813% 11,44% 1,85% 17,71% 4,06% 8,86% 18,08% 12,42% 8,00% 17,59%
Total
SWALS BY SECTIONS (N=2832)
21 %
52 %
22 %
2 % 2 % 1 %
SWALS 2014
DE EN FR ES IT NL
Language sec4on / SWALS
Cycle Level AGE Language sec#on SWALS
Upper secondary
s7 18 L1 Choices L2 L2 Choices L1 s6 17
Lower Secondary
s5 15 L4
L3
ECO
L2
L4
L3
ECO
L1
s4 14
s3 13 L1
Hi, Geo, Rel
L2
Hi, Geo, Rel
s2 12 Art & Mus
Art & Mus s1 11
Primary
p5 10 European European p4 9 Hours Hours p3 8 L1 L2 p2 7 p1 6
Early educa4on n2 5 L1 L2 L1
n1 4
European Baccalaureate 2014 Final marks (N=1800)*
6,00
6,50
7,00
7,50
8,00
8,50
9,00
BI4 CHI ECO GE4 HI4 MA3 MA5 MAA PH4 PHY
SWALS
OTHER
*Preliminary results to be confirmed in October, 2014
European Baccalaureate 2011-‐2013 Subjects taught in L2
2011 2012 2013
SWALS All SWALS All SWALS All
GE2 7,8 7,7 7,5 7,5 7,9 7,8
GE4 7,1 7,2 6,6 7 7,7 7,7
HI2 8 7,1 8 7,8 7,9 7,7
HI4 7,3 7,4 7,5 7,6 7,7 7,8
ECO 7,4 7,4 6,8 7,1 7,5 7,6
European Baccalaureate 2014* Languages
7,50
7,60
7,70
7,80
7,90
8,00
8,10
8,20
8,30
8,40
L2-‐ L2A L3-‐ L4-‐
SWALS
OTHERS
*Preliminary results to be confirmed in October, 2014
What the SWALS teachers say
• “In nursery cycle are a lot of children, who are born in Belgium or other countries but not in our home country and their language knowledge is not always in mother tongue level.”
• “In primary cycle children have possibility to learn mother tongue every day. It is very good.”
• “I feel a lack of 4me for primary year 1 and year 2 children, because their lessons are 30 minutes long and no break between the lessons.”
• “our opinion is that SWALS children learning results in primary and in secondary cycle mainly are good”
Conclusions
• The number of SWALS children are increasing in the European School system
• In general, the SWALS students have similar or beoer learning outcomes than students who have their own language sec4ons. They have good results especially in the Mathema4cs 4p and Science subjects.
• In the end of the s7, the SWALS students have excellent skills and competences in their mother tongue and second language.
