ICT for Language learning

Florence 15-16 November 2012

Nathalie Baïdak Eurydice

(Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency)

Key Data on Teaching Languagesat School in Europe 2012

EurydiceNetwork

Education systems and policies

in 33 European countries

Addressed topics

• Starting age of foreign language teaching

• Taught time devoted to foreign language learning

• Learning of English in Europe

• Number of foreign languages learnt

• Expected minimum level of attainment

• Use of ICT in the classroom

• Initial teacher education

Compulsory starting age of foreign language teaching

Source: Eurydice

Being phased in

<8 years

≥ 8 - <10 years

≥ 10 years

Foreign language teaching starting earlier

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

BEfr

BEnl

CZ DE DE I E ES I T LV LU MT NL AT PT SI FI UK I S LI NO HR

Primary%

Minimum time allocated to foreign languages as a compulsory subject, as a proportion of total taught time in primary education, 2010/11

Source: EACEA; Eurydice; Eurostat Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 EditionData: EURYDICE

Taught time quite low

Trends in the percentage of all pupils attending primary education (ISCED 1), who learn English, 2004/05, 2009/10

Source: EACEA; Eurydice; Eurostat Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 EditionData: Eurostat, UOE

More pupils learn English

English as first compulsory language

Percentage of all students attending lower secondary education (ISCED 2), who learn 2 or more language(s), 2009/10

Source: EACEA; Eurydice; Eurostat Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 EditionData: Eurostat, UOE

More students learn 2 foreign languages

EU

200

5E

U 2

010

BE

frB

E de

BE

nl BG CZ

DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU

MT

NL

AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK IS LI NO HR TR

0102030405060708090

100

60.8%

46.7 %

Expected attainment levels for the FIRST LEARNT FOREIGN LANGUAGE (End of compulsory general education or lower secondary education), 2010/11

Source: EACEA; Eurydice; Eurostat Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 EditionData: EURYDICE

Expected attainmentlevels: A2 or B1

Percentage of students who say that ICT is regularly used during their language lessons, 2010/11

Source: EURYDICEData: ESLC, 2011

ICT not regularly used

EU BE fr

BE de

BE nl

BG EE EL ES FR MT NL PL PT SI SE HR0

10

20

30

40

50

Internet Computer programmes Languages laboratory

Existence of recommendations on the content of initial teacher education and the period spent in the target language country, 2010/11

Period spent abroad:Few recommendations

No recommendations

Recommendations exist on the content of initial teacher education for prospective foreign language teachers

Recommendations include a period to bespent in the target language country

Teacher education takes place abroad

Source: Eurydice.

• Earlier start of foreign language teaching in most countries

• Taught time devoted to foreign language learning quite low at primary level

• Since 2005, the percentage of students learning English has

substantially increased in many countries

• Percentage of students learning 2 languages

is increasing at secondary level

• At the end of compulsory education, the expected minimum level of

attainment for the first learnt foreign language is A2 or B1 in most countries

• According to the great majority of students, ICT is not regularly used during

language lessons in most countries

• Only a few countries recommend that future language teachers spend a

period of training in the target language country

Key messages

Key data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe 2012 Edition

Many other issues addressed by

• Class size;• Content and Language Integrated

Learning (CLIL);• Diversity of foreign languages learnt; • And more…

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/143EN.pdf