presentation of the spanish-moroccan program for teaching arabic language in catalonia
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Plurilingualism is a strategy for sharing the future in europe: catalonia is participating in the Spanish-Moroccan project for teaching Arabic language and Moroccan culture in SpainTRANSCRIPT
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Learning languages: collective richness for a shared future
The Catalan Educational Model: Plurilingualism and interculturality, the Utopy for a better world
Maria Nieves Lorenzo Galés (PhD)@NewsNeus
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Content• International challenges:
- European priorities
• Education is the key: Languages in Catalonia– Arabic Language, an added richness with added values
• Developing competencies for new citizenship:– Plurilingualism versus multilingualism
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International challenges:European priorities
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Androulla VASSILIOU: Comissionate: Education, Culture, Multilingüism and Youth
Prioritaties of the European Union (president José Manuel Barroso)
Five key challenges facing Europe (Nov.2009)
• Restarting economic growth today and ensuring long–term
sustainability and competitiveness for the future• Fighting unemployment and reinforcing our social cohesion• Turning the challenge of a sustainable Europe to our
competitive advantage• Reinforcing EU citizenship and participation.• Ensuring the security of Europeans
Europass
LanguageEuropean Porfolio
Five key challenges facing Europe (Nov.2009)
• Restarting economic growth today and ensuring long–term
sustainability and competitiveness for the future• Fighting unemployment and reinforcing our social cohesion• Turning the challenge of a sustainable Europe to our
competitive advantage• Reinforcing EU citizenship and participation.• Ensuring the security of Europeans
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Education is the key
The teacher brings...Arabic languageMaroccan Culture
The teacher is...Adult of reference Source of lifelong learning skillsInternational citizenPlurilingual professionalModel of success
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Catalonia, an Autonomy in Spain
Growing Population:7.506.902 inhabitants (2009)
15.96% of the Spanish population
Strong decentralization:946 municipalities
41 territories
4 provinces: Girona, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona10 territorial educational services 1 responsible teacher for Language and Social Cohesion in every school (LIC)
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Catalan is a local language:it is spoken in four states
•Spain•Andorra•France•Italy (Alguer)
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Immigrant students in Spain 2009
21%
79%
Calanonia
Other Regions in Spain
Students from Moroco in Catalonia 2009
24%
76%
From Morocco
From other origens
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Catalonia: 6,74% Spain: 6,66%
Students from Morocco that study Arabic language in Spain
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Languages in the Catalan Educational System
Curricular Languages
Catalan (Occitan) Spanish
English French German Italian (Latin/Old Greek)
Language for sharing opportunities
and living togetherCatalan (Occitan)
Extra Curricular languages(family language, complementary
lifelong learning)Arabic
Chinese Amazig Rumanian Ukrainian Portuguese Galician (Quitxua)
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Learning different languagesdevelops more competent citizens
PlurilingualKnowledge
Communicationskills
InterculturalDialogueCompetencies for a shared future
- team working- networking- bridging cultural gaps- flexibility, plural criteria - critical thinking- innovation and entrepreneurship - personal learning autonomy- language learning ability, - mass media competences - creativity, artistic sensitivity- ... … …
Knowledge
Attitudes
Procedures
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Language and communicative skills
Superficial abilitiesL1
Superficial abilities
L2Communication evidence
Shared and trasnversal
competenciesPlurilingual skills
Language learning interdependencies
Transversal language learning and cultural development
Adapted from Cummings, 1986 and Vicent Pascual 2007
Language Learning
New learning consolidates previous learning and improves personal learning autonomy
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L5
L6
L1
L4L3
L2
Plurilingual andPlurilingual andIntercultural Intercultural Competence Competence
German
French
English
Italian
Spanish
Catalan
MultilingualismPlurilingualismCatalan Model European Model
Barcelona, June 1996. Declaració universal dels Drets lingüístics: http://www.linguistic-declaration.org/index-gb.htm
Plurilingualism versus multilingualism … … …Transference IdentificationClassificationAnalogyComparisonDeductionSimilaritiesDifferencesAssociationTranslationEquivalenceSubsidiaryRelationCorrespondence… … ...
citizens
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Opportunities: collaborative work and networking
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Building the future in a globalised world
To solve common challenges in the world
Building a new identity
Building a more competent society
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Polyglot people are models for future generations
7 languages!
Children with 5 languages!
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History doesn’t happen to us... We actively build it everyday!
Moltes gràcies!
Neus Lorenzo Galés, 2010@NeusNeus