Activities

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Activités

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  • Mediation in practice

    Elizabeth Kolb, Maria Statholopoulou This session will give an overview of developments regarding mediation in Germany and introduce the METLA (Mediation in Teaching, Learning & Assessment) project from the ECML (European Centre for Modern Languages). > View the abstract and bios > View the presentation slides (Elizabeth Kolb) > View the presentation slides (Maria Statholopoulou)

  • The action-oriented, plurilingual classroom

    Enrica Piccardo This session will present the action-oriented plurilingual scenarios developed in the LINCDIRE project, the results of research implementing them and the resulting recently published book La classe plurilingue. > View the abstract and bio > View the video > View the presentation slides

  • Action-oriented scenarios: Inspiring pedagogical innovation, reflection, and self-assessment in the classroom

    Danielle Hunter, Adrian Ortiz This session will explore the action-oriented approach in both practice – highlighting an open educational resource with “scenario webs” to support implementation – and research: illustrating how self-assessment and reflection foster learning strategies, language awareness and plurilingual identity. > View the abstract and bios> View the video> View the presentation slides […]

  • The CEFR Journal: Reflecting on challenges and opportunities

    Morten Hunke, Fergus O’Dwyer The CEFR journal’s aim is to create a platform for CEFR-informed teachers and researchers to disseminate ideas and practices. The co-editors will outline salient patterns found in the seven issues so far, and discuss how the journal can continue to reflect the challenges and opportunities of API Education Forum. > View […]

  • Intra-linguistic mediation in the language classroom: Perspectives of language learners and language-teacher trainers

    Giacomo Folinazzo, Leor Cohen Despite the ubiquitous presence of Intra-Linguistic Mediation (ILM) in language use, this form of mediation tends to be overlooked. This session will share perspectives of language learners and teacher trainers in different global context on ILM and its role in creating a paradigm shift in language education. > View the abstract […]

  • Harnessing the power of AI for action-oriented and plurilingual language education

    Bernd Rüschoff, Evelina Jaleniauskiene This session will present the potential and challenges of integrating AI into action-oriented language education and – after discussing a few samples of practice – will explore how large language models can support and enhance the design of language-learning scenarios based on the action-oriented approach. > View the abstract and bios> View […]

  • Beliefs on plurilingual education and plurilingual practices of language teachers: Main results from an international survey

    Silvia Melo-Pfeifer and Christian Ollivier This session will present the main results of a 2024 European survey asking language teachers about their beliefs and practices in the field of plurilingual education. It will show what 800 teachers think about the promotion of plurilingualism and what say they do in teaching/learning and in assessment, as well […]

  • Sharing event – This session gives short reports on three projects undertaken by API members.

    Kenia Puig I Planella & Nermina Wikström Using ECML resources to support plurilingual and intercultural education for democratic culture; Adriana Silvia Serena An action-oriented framework-curricula for cross-faculty foreign language teaching; Miranda Karjagdi Çolak Mediating responsible source Use through collaborative poster tasks with 15-Year-Old EFL Learners > View the bios> View the video> View the presentation […]

  • Interview – Project-based learning in practice

    Francisco Rosales & Javier Pérez In this interview, the speakers present an open-access repository of resources for Spanish as a foreign language, focusing on intersectionality. > View the abstract and bios> View the video> View the presentation slides  

  • Workshop – The action-oriented approach in practice

    Marion Sadoux The University of Oxford’s experience with using  a closed version of ChatGPT (private cloud not feeding Open AI Large language Models) to develop action-oriented scenarios. > View the abstract and bios> View the video> View the presentation slides