presentation of the spanish-moroccan program for teaching arabic language in catalonia

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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

nlorenzo@xtec.cat

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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

nlorenzo@xtec.cat