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COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL COOPERATION (CDCC)

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

EUROPEAN YEAR OF LANGUAGES 2001

National events in 2001

For further information please contact national co-ordinators

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European Year of Languages 2001 : Calendar of national events

Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners

Albania January - February Tirana

Awareness raising by TV spots, discussions on EYL – Workshop Discussion on TV

Students Scholars National committee

Albania Participation in a Fair – Presentation & Promotion of Foreign Languages Documents

Various National Committee Fair Organisers

Armenia Yerevan, Centre of Educational Reforms

Publication of quarterly Newsletter “The European Year of Languages” – Implementation of Multilingual and multicultural teaching education

Students and teachers of Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages

German Education Centre Armenian-German teacher Association

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Armenia Yerevan Public debates for “Tolerant Multilingual and Multicultural Society” – Multilingual and Multicultural Linguistics Policy

Students, teachers, NGO-s, different minorities

The representatives of Yerevan State Brusov Institute of Foreign Languages and Yerevan State University, Secondary Schools

Azerbaijan 5-10 National conference on teaching modern languages in refugee schools

Belarus January - April June – July

Republican Contests and competitions: • Young translators and interpreters • Literary contest “Youth and their word:

Germany and Belarus” (in German) • “Multilingual World” – children’s drawings

and posters

Ministry of Education Ministry of Culture Goethe Institute “Moca” Private High School “Recreation and Tourism” Magazine

Belgium FR 22-25 Brussels Colloquy: Languages and Teaching Teachers; Learners; Policy deciders J A

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Belgium NL Website, booklet Teachers and learners

Croatia January –June October – December Zagreb

Programmes of foreign language learning adopted to the needs of adults, in particular business people “Foreign language learning as an element of permanent education – the university for third – age citizens”

Adults Native and non- native speakers from Croatia, Slovenia and Austria

Croatia January to December Zagreb and other cities

The theatre for foreign language studies – actors studio • teaching of Foreign Languages Through

Theatrical Performances • TV production of the fairy tale The Snow Queen

Students aged 6 – 14 Theatrical and artists institutions

Finland 12-13 Seminar: Language teaching in civic institutes Principals and language teachers of civic institutes

Association of Civic Institutes

France January – September

Awards for innovation in language teaching e.g. Council of Europe Language Portfolio pilot project

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France 31 Jan - 4 Febr. Paris

Expolangues (international language fair) : EYL is the honorary guest

Language teaching professionals; decision makers

National EYL Committee

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Germany – HH From September

2000 From November 2000

Brochure – 2(00)1 ideas for activities during the EYL - Hamburg Competition – best practice in co-operation between companies & vocational schools

Schools Vocational schools; companies

Germany – All Länder

January & May Information Campaign by Publishers of Adult education material

Adult Learners; bookshop customers


Launch Events in all Länder “Open dors” day in the schools of the Community

General Public


Community Schools’ Open Day Students and Public

Germany – NRW

10-11 Symposium – My Language And Yours General Public

Germany –NRW

27 Presentation Day – Lifelong Learning of foreign languages

Adult learners & interested parties

Germany – NRW

15-19 Seminar – Bilingual Learning / foreign language as a working language

Teachers

Germany – Thüringen

Multilingual schools competition Secondary pupils of Gymnasium 1 Sonneberg

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Hungary Budapest 14-15

Opening of the EYL – Conference on “The Culture of Languages”, radio and TV programmes

Experts and all Ministry of Education, Fulbright Commission, Regional English Language Office, US Embassy

Hungary 27-29 Autonomy in Language Learning Experts British Council, Goethe Institut, Institut Français, Österreichisches Institut

Iceland Reykjavik Conference on National policies in the teaching of Foreign Languages in Iceland

Experts; Teachers; Parents; Students; Policy Deciders

Iceland Reykjavik Conference on Language skills for employment Experts, people from the world of work Iceland Reykjavik Conference/Seminar on Language Engineering Experts in ICT and linguistics Ireland Competition

Prize: Trip to Germany to attend the EYL Launch in Berlin in February

Third Level Students German Government and Goethe Institute - Dublin

Italy 15 Rome

Launch of the EYL: Videoconferences via an interactive network, bringing together those who could be involved in the EYL and the media.

All Held under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, and include i.a. national and regional (educational) authorities and institutions, the world of business and the social partners. High level officials of the relevant ministries, representatives of the EU and the Council of Europe

Latvia January to December

Travelling exhibition on People and languages All

Lithuania January - March National schools competition – Learn about Europe Secondary school students Government of Sweden, Interlingua language school, Ministry of Education and Science

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Lithuania Kedaïniaï January - April

National young philologist competition Secondary school students Secondary schools, local education authorities

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Luxembourg 31/1-4/2 Participation in “Expolangues Paris” Ministry of Education Malta First quarter Language Fair – Promotion of languages All ages Malta French Immersion Project – French culture and co-

ordination 11 – 16 years French cultural Institution

Malta Newspaper/Stamp – Creating awareness of EYL All ages Malta 20-21

Valletta, St James Cavalier

Official launch of EYL 2001 live on one of the Local Television stations during a popular show Centre-spreads in local papers Music and Language, Drama Workshops, Animation, the Visual Art and Language, Storytelling, Poetry Spanish Film Festival

The Netherlands 1) 11.01.01 Amsterdam 2)23-27.01.01 Utrecht

Official launch of EYL 2001 1) National debate on multilingualism ("Knowledge of English is not enough") on 11.01.01, led by TV presenter (possibly broadcasted on national TV). Participation possible via Dutch EYL Website. 2) Official Opening at National Education Fair (23-27.01.01), including two EYL seminars. Most exhibitors will include EYL in their stands.

All 1) Former minister of foreign affairs, former president of Philips and others. 2) Minister of Education.

Poland During the year in Poland and the countries of residence

Organisation of methodological courses of Polish language intended for the Polish minorities abroad

Teachers for the Polish minorities abroad on Polish language, culture and music

Ministry of National Education, Polish associations abroad, Ministries of Education of the interested countries

Poland Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary

Polish language courses: Language, literature, history and geography of Poland

Young Polish people living in Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary and Ukraine.

Ministry of National Education, Polish associations abroad, Ministries of Education of the interested countries

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Poland Workshops for examiners: Certificate in Polish – foreign language

Future examiner from European countries

Ministry of National Education, Universities, “Bristol” association

Poland “Teaching languages at school” – publication inthe framework of the series “Files of the reform”

Responsible peoplefor the reform in education, directors of schools, teachers

Ministry of National Education

Poland Publication of information on innovation in language teaching and on the initiatives for the EYL 2001 in the monthly magazine “Languages in school”

Language Teachers, Inspectors of languages, Educational Advisers

National centre for in-service teachers training (CODN), regional training centres

Portugal Lisbon Symposium on language and culture policies in Europe: “More Languages, more Europe: celebrating cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe”

Teachers, researchers, students

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Russian Federation

29-30 Moscow National conference: “Languages of Russia in the European dimension”

Linguists; Language teachers, Teacher trainers; Students, members of educational departments, members of the national and regional governing bodies responsible for the language policy

Council of Europe; Unesco

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Russian Federation

Irkutsk Conference: Modern philology: language, philosophy, literature

Linguistic Universities

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Municipal scientific and practical seminar Tutors of foreign languages of non-linguistic higher educational establishments

Slovenia 24 Portoroz

Opening Conference: “Slovene as a mother tongue, Slovene as a foreign language, Slovene as a second language”

Large public Ministry of Education , Science and Sports, National Co-ordination Committee, School for Management, Koper

Spain From Autumn 2000 Promotional Campaign – leaflets; web page All

Spain 23 Madrid

National launch event: Conference including speeches and papers (presentation of number of language related topics) followed by discussions

Experts with multiplier potential and general public.

Representatives of the Spanish authorities, European Commission, Council of Europe, International organisations.

Switzerland January to December Biel-Bienne

Various EYL activities during 2001 in the bilingual city of Biel-Bienne:”Sprachen, los” Exhibitions, competitions, conferences, publications, awards, ...

Large public Foundation “Forum du bilinguisme”

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Switzerland 27 Basel

Quality in language course – in service training Language teachers Union of Swiss upper secondary schools

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

From January to August

Poetry contest Multilingual society with plurilingual citizens

Students, Adults Ministry of Culture Association of Writers Teachers/Schools

Ukraine 26 Kiev

“Celebration of linguistic diversity”: • Presentation of the EYL 2001 • Press-conference • First language lessons (with participation of

European Embassies representatives)

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Ambassies of European countries to Ukraine

Ukraine Kiev January-March

Promotion of the activity of the linguistic museum of Kiev’s national university

Students, teachers Council of Europe; Kiev’s national university

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Ukraine Kiev Through Ukraine The beginning of the year 2001

Editing of Poster Publicising activities and projects previewed within the EYL 2001 – “More languages, more Europe”

Large public European Centre for Educational Co-operation (common action of the French Cultural Institute, Goethe Institute, Austrian Embassy to Ukraine, British Council)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners United Kingdom

1) 03 Bridlington 2)21-23 Stirling 3)25 Belfast 4) not fixed Cardiff 5)25 London

Launches of the EYL 1) Launch at high profile annual event for specialists and politicians (EYL multipliers!). Reception at which children will sing in a range of languages. 2) Conference for 50 people on community and heritage languages in the United Kingdom and Irlande, followed by a public reception ceremony for politicians, VIPs and the press invited. 3) Launch event with participants from all sectors of society. Associated 10 day exhibition and publication on language diversity. 4) Conference involving LEAs, teachers and the wider public to stimulate debate on a Languages Strategy for Wales. 5) Launch for business audience.

All 1)Secretary of State for Education and education spokespeople from other parties. Launch speech from a celebrity. 5) High profile or celebrity speaker to take part.

United Kingdom

Focus Weeks Adult Learners

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United Kingdom

22-23 Conference on Linguistic Policy, Scotland. Academic Researchers

Albania 14 Tirana

Opening Conference of EYL – More languages more Europe

Experts, teachers, students, NGO, International cultural Institute

MOES; MRYS, University etc.

Andorra 20 “Govern d’Andorra”

Opening of the EYL: Speeches, presentation of the EYL promotional materials, the calendar of activities and the EYL Website, addresses in 5 languages (Catalan, French, English, Castilian and Portuguese) by children from Andorran schools

All National authorities, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, National Committee, « Escola Andorrana »

Armenia 23 Yerevan

Launch of the AEYL: Publication of collected documents on the Council of Europe Linguistic Policy and Presentation

Policy-makers, educators, teachers National Assembly, Ministry of Education and Science, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages

Armenia Yerevan Public debates – Sport as an Impulse in Promotion of Multilingual Diversity

Sportsmen Ministry of Culture and Sport

Armenia English Language Day All interested parties Yerevan Open University Bulgaria 27 Launch Event: Conference on the topic of “Cultural

and Language Diversity in the Name of Goodwill” Academic professors, teachers, representatives from Ministry of Education and Science, from NGOs, scientists, students

Sofia University, Veliko Tarnovo University, Academy of Sciences, SAGE (NGOs), Inspectorates of education, schools; Council of Europe

Bulgaria 26/02 – 2/03 Exhibition of foreign language study materials, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and other editions in different languages.

All University libraries

Bulgaria 17-21 Discussions, concerts, meetings of the Debates clubs will take place on the topic of the official EYL slogan

Teachers, students, local authorities Schools, municipalities, NGOs.

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Croatia February – June Rijeka, Opatija, Bakar, Rovinj

A pilot project to introduce bilinguism in high schools: “Methodology of Teaching in bilingual classes using the CODE - SWITCHING approach”

Vocational and grammar schools students

Two Croatian regions: Primorsko-goranska and Istrian Region

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Croatia February - October

Lotršćak Tower in Zagreb, Sisak, Split, Senj, and the islands of Pag and Brač

Educational programme: a series of lectures, literary evenings, forums and workshops; includes interviews with writers, literary artists, dramatic artists, psychoanalysts: “Let’s listen, look, notice, learn-growing aware of the differences in linguistic and communication structures”

Croatian and foreign writers and artists

Croatia February - November Zagreb

Project of Early Foreign Language Learning: Introducing obligatory foreign language learning in the first grades of elementary schools, based on a long term experimental programme of foreign language learning

Students aged 7 + Schools and institutions all over the country and foreign countries with similar experiences

Cyprus 9-10 Nicosia

Official launch and Conference for teachers of French

Teachers of French from Cyprus, Greece and other European countries

French Teachers Association of Cyprus, Council of Europe

Cyprus 17-18 Nicosia

International Publishers Conference Teachers Cyprus English Teachers Association

Czech Republic 22 Prague

Press conference to open the EYL ALL Ministry of Education, national co-ordination committee

Czech Republic 23-24 Prague

International Seminar on the European Language Portfolio of the Council of Europe

Experts and decision makers from various European countries

Ministry of Education, Council of Europe

Czech Republic 23-25 Prague

International Languages Fair “Expolingua” – exhibition and seminars on languages, culture and education

Teachers, students, general public Ministry of Education, voluntary associations, institutions, enterprises; Council of Europe

Czech Republic Feb-March A two-week seminar: Czech as a Foreign language South Bohemia University + Goethe Institut Czech Republic 16 National seminar on French phonetics Charles University Pedagogic Faculty

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Finland 16 Lappeenranta Information day for teachers: The importance of languages in studies and in working life

Swedish teachers in Kymenlaakso and South Carelia

Pohjola-Norden

Finland 28 Helsinki

Official opening with speeches by persons from different backgrounds

Minister of Education, Directors of National Board of Education, and representatives of Finland's Post and Finnish Broadcasting Corporation.

Event transmitted by the Internet throughout the country; press, TV and radio

Finland February-March Posters for schools Stickers - Idioms and cultural motivs about Nordic languages, if partners found in other language groups as well

Primarily secondary schools and vocational and high schools

NIFIN – Nordens institut i Finland (Nordic Institute in Finland)

Germany 6 Berlin

Opening EYL event: Speeches, multilingual sketch/singing, info on EU and EYL projects, podium discussion moderated by a journalist, demonstration of projects.

All Federal President, Federal Minister for Education and Research, the Mayor of Berlin, Prof. Rita Süssmuth, Commission


Hanover Education Fair – Focus: Language learning Public

Germany – HH Hamburg Exhibition ‘Language Bazaar’, Information centre Parents; students; trainers; NGOs; social partners

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Germany – MV Feb-March Language Festival/Seminar Pupils of lower secondary/middle and primary school; teachers

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Greece 23 National launch event National EYL Committee; Council of

Europe; European Commission Hungary 12-16 International Student Drama Festival in French All Debrecen University Hungary 17 Regional Language Day in Nyíregyháza All Language Teachers’ Association Hungary 23 Learn Hungarian Foreigners who would like to learn

Hungarian Hungarian Language Institute

Iceland 8 Reykjavík

National Launch Event Opening speeches, immigrant children and young people singing songs and reciting poems in their own languages, choir of secondary school pupils singing songs in different languages and other programme items.

General Public Invitees from different sectors of society.

Minister of Education and Mrs Vigdis Finnbogadottir (former president of Iceland and presently ambassador at UNESCO for language issues).

Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland

Dublin, Belfast, 1–2 February

International event: The first European Conference of regional authorities involved in protection /promotion of minority languages

European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL)

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Ireland 13 Dublin

National Launch Event • Opening address and speeches (i.a. on EYL

issues such as linguistic diversity, economic needs and possibilities, cultural diversity and democracy, Irish language perspective)

• Launch of EYL Information leaflet, of TV advertisement and of language learning challenge

• Children's display of linguistic diversity

General Public President and Minister(s), Council of Europe

Ireland Competition: Opportunity to represent Ireland at the official launch of the European Year of Languages in France, 4 April Prize: Trip to France to attend the EYL Launch in Paris.

Senior Cycle Students (15/18 years) French Embassy, Cultural section, Dublin

Ireland February-May Public lectures Series on Sign Language Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin Italy 16-17

Milan “Learning and teaching of languages for a multilingual and a multicultural Europe”

International House

Liechtenstein 1 Schaan

National Opening Event Official opening speeches as well as presentations on language learning in Liechtenstein and the national EYL activities

General Public Minister of Education, Minister of Foreign Affairs and others.

Lithuania Siauliai National mother tongue research conference Secondary school and University students

Secondary schools, Siauliai University, local education authorities

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Luxembourg 23 Launch of the EYL: Mini-exhibition of envisaged projects for the EYL, presentation of the calendar of national EYL events, speeches, 1-hour debate on the Luxembourg theme of the EYL broadcast on 25

General Public Minister of Education , National Committee; RTL (programme "Impuls")

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Malta French Resource

Centre (Education Division).

Launch of the French Immersion Project - Brittany is the French Region chosen to start this interactive project, which is aimed to offer the young visitors the opportunity of an extensive use of the target language in real situations. 21st International Mother Language Day German Film Festival

Moldova 17 Chisinau

Official launch event - Round Table on the linguistic diversity in Europe and Moldova, Concert, Poetry, Drama in the minority languages and foreign languages learned in the country

Representatives of the Presidency, Government, Ministers, Town Hall, Prefect, Council of Europe

Moldova Chisinau State University

Round table meeting with the participation of experts, professors, teachers and students.– The role of languages in setting up a democratic society.

Younger students, teachers, policy-makers

State University of Moldova, Institute of Linguistics, State Pedagogical University, House of Romanian Language

Moldova First quarter Translation into Romanian and publication of the Council of Europe “Common European Framework of Reference for languages” (envisaged)

Teachers; Students Group of translators from Moldova and Romania; Ministry of Education, Council of Europe

The Netherlands Virtual Congress on German – Teaching of German. The use of Internet for conferencing

Teachers of German Goethe Institut “Deutsch macht Spass”

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Poland 19 Warsaw

Launch of the EYL: Prize-giving ceremony for the EYL poster competition; press conference

Minister of Education; National EYL Committee; Council of Europe

Portugal 15-16 Leiria

National meeting Teaching of foreign languages for children at an early age: current practices and future prospects

Teachers, Researchers, Trainers

Portugal 15-16, Maia Seminar: « Living » in Portuguese Romania February-June

Dolj, Brasov Multicultural Days: Drama, Songs and Dances

Russian Federation

8-9 Moscow

Opening EYL – 2001 International Conference “Languages of Russia in the European dimension”

A linguist, language teachers, teacher trainers, students, members of educational departments, members of the national and regional governing bodies responsible for the language policy

Moscow Linguistic University, Council of Europe

Russian Federation

Feb-March Irkutsk

Competition: of English, Spanish and German Students Linguistic Universities

Slovenia mid February European Language Portfolio - seminar- partial implementation phase

University professors, researchers, experts, policy makers

Slovenia End of February, Ljubljana

Influence of foreign languages on everyday school discussions among young people in Slovenian schools (using slang in everyday talk)

Students; Teachers; Researchers; Experts

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Slovenia February, Ljubljana Round table discussion : Translating and interpreting ( mother tongue vs FL)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Sweden Lund

18-20 EYL EUROPEAN LAUNCH: cultural events and workshops

Representatives from all 45 European countries participating in the EYL

European Commission; Council of Europe Ministry of Education and Science, National Committee; Lund University;

Switzerland 17, Basel Quality in language course – in service training Language teachers Union of Swiss upper secondary schools

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Ukraine Khmelnitsk All Ukrainian competition of universities students in languages (English, French, German, Spanish)

Students, teachers of universities Universities British Council, Goethe institute, Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine

Albania 7 Teachers Day Teachers Albania Seminar –“ Assessment and Testing in Foreign

Languages” Experts Teachers

MOES; Institute of pedagogical Research Centre of testing assessment

Armenia Language Olympiads – Armenian language and literature, Russian, English, French, German

School children Ministry of Education and Science, Regional departments of education

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Armenia Yerevan TV and Radio Press-Service – “The Multilingual Communication Window”

Mass-media, all interested parties German minority

Armenia Yerevan Scientific Conferences: - Teaching Foreign Languages in Armenia - Urgent Problems of Linguistics - New methods in teaching Foreign Languages

Lecturers, Teachers Ministry of Education and Science, Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign and languages, other higher education institutions

Armenia Foreign Language Reproduction Competitions at regional schools

Students Regional and City Educational Departments, Administrations

Armenia French Language Day All interested parties Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages

Austria 7 Vienna

Austrian launch of the European Year of Languages • Press conference with the Austrian Minister of

Science, Education and Culture • Workshops focusing on languages in Austria • Gala evening to which well-known personalities

have been invited

People involved or interested in language teaching from a variety of sectors, including business, the media, politics, education and the arts; representatives of partner organisations

National Committee, ORF (Österreichische Rundfunk- und Fernsehanstalt/Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), European Commission (co-sponsor); Council of Europe M

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Austria 29-31 Wels

“Linguistic Street Party” organised by the students of the HBLA Wels. The programme will include mini language courses, mini language guides, and an introduction to traditional music and food.

Local population; all age groups and educational sectors

Local authorities, local businesses

Austria 30 March – 7 April Vienna / Lower Austria; Styria Carinthia; Salzburg

Sign Language and Deaf Theatre in Europe Joint European project including: • European Festival of the Deaf • European Conference of the Deaf in Vienna • Workshops for theatres and schools

All those interested in Sign Language and Deaf Culture

National Committee, European Commission (co-sponsor), European associations

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Azerbaijan 1 Baku

Opening EYL Event: National conference on “Spoken languages and language policy in the Republic of Azerbaijan”

National Committee, Responsible for the Programs of Education in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Working Groups, Universities and Languages Departments

Ministry of National Education, UNESCO, representatives of the neighbour countries (Russian Federation, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Azerbaijan Baku Scientific Conference on Modern Languages in

Azerbaijan: Day of “Mother tongue” National Committee responsible for the programs of learning in Azerbaijan, Association of Local Minorities

Ministry of National Education, Local Authorities, National Minorities

Belarus 27 Festive Inauguration of the EYL Ministry of Education; Ministry of Culture Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, MSLU

Belarus March-April Foreign Language Olympiads (in English, French, German, Spanish)

Pupils, Students, Higher Educational Establishments

Ministry of Education

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Belgium FR 6 Brussels

EYL launch event: Academic session, seminar on "Languages and teaching, languages and employment", provision of information on the EYL, entertainment for the general public.

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Belgium FL 7 Brussels

EYL launch event: Speeches, provision of information on Council of Europe, European Union and Flemish initiatives and projects in the field of language learning, presentation of Flemish EYL initiatives, testimonies of well-known personalities speaking several languages

Representatives of educational networks and other organisations

Minister of Education, representatives of the European Commission and Council of Europe, Flemish policy makers.

Belgium DE 8 Eupen

EYL launch: Speeches, international concerts reflecting linguistic diversity (with young children, school children etc) ; exchange of ideas and discussions ; press conference

All Minister of Education, Culture and Tourism of the German speaking community, European Commission, internat. recognised expert.

Belgium FR 12-16 Brussels

Colloquy: Languages and Mobility Teachers; Students; Education policy Deciders

Socrates agency

Bulgaria Municipal events for launching the EYL; press-conference for the local press.

All representatives from local community

Municipality, schools, universities, NGOs, media.

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Bulgaria 7-9 National seminar on Foreign language Teaching in the system of secondary Education

Teachers, lecturers, students, experts, decision-makers

Inspectorate of education in Varna, Ministry of Education and Science, Municipality, schools, instituts for teacher’s trainning, Foreign cultural instituts.

Bulgaria The month of languages celebrated in languagages schools in a number of Bulgarian regions on the topic of Languages – Means of Communication and Enriching Traditions

Teachers, students, parents Schools, Inspectorates of Education, School Advisory board, Municipalities

Bulgaria March-June School conferences: “Bulgarian Translations of Shakespeare’s Sonnets – the Metamorphoses of the World Classics in the Bulgarian Cultural Environment”

Teachers, students Schools in Sofia

Bulgaria 20 The Francophonie Day: differents events in the French languages teaching schools

Teachers, students, professors Schools, universities, cultural centers. M A

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Bulgaria Evenings of Scottish and Bulgarian humour Students and experts Inspectorate of Education in the town of Haskovo

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Croatia 22-23

Rovinj, Istria Opening Conference for the EYL: “Linguistic diversity: Role and challenges for European cities and regions”

All Council of Europe - Congress of local and regional authorities, Modern Languages Division Strasbourg Mr Ivan Jakovčic, Minister of European Integration Mr Vladimir Strugar, Minister of Education and Sport

Croatia Festival (singing in different languages) All

Croatia Conference on regional and minority languages Congress of Local and Regional Authorities - Council of Europe

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Croatia March-April Zagreb

The Literary Language Competition on Essay writing Pre-school and school population Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

Cyprus Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos

Essay Competition under the general rubric of “Language and Communication”: different languages (Greek, English French and German)

Pupils aged 14-16 Ministry of Education

Czech Republic Prague National “Polyglot” Competition – living in Europe Students aged from 15 to 18 Educational Centre, the Children’s and Youth Centre

Czech Republic 27-28 Ostrava

International conference – “Are we ready to join the European Union?”

Teachers, students Ostrava college of higher specialised education

Czech Republic Language Competition The Institute of children and Youth of the Ministry of Education

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Denmark 15 Copenhagen

Launch of the EYL: Speeches, plenary discussions, workshops, an exhibition, which after the event will move to major cities in other parts of the country. 200 participants from the world of education, training and research, social partners, business associations, representatives for ethnic minorities, international aid organisations.

All Ministry of Education, international keynote speakers.

Estonia 14 Tallinn

Launch of the EYL: • Introduction of EYL 2001 • Presentation of postmark/stamp • Presentation of national activity plan

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Finland 12-16 Arion Programme – Language Teaching: Diversification of Finnish language teaching programme; school visits, meeting colleagues

Teachers; trainers; headmasters; administrators

European Union, CIMO Centre for International Mobility, National Board of Education

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Finland 21 Writer Mikael Niemi tells about “meän kieli” (a language spoken in Northern Sweden that is close to Finnish) - The position of “meän kieli” in Sweden in the light of Niemis book “Populärmusik i Vittula”

Members of Pohjola-Norden, other interested parties

Pohjola-Norden

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Finland 30-31 Helsinki Language Centre Days – Helsinki University of

Technology (Otaniemi): Presentation of new teaching methods (new media), projects, materials. Problem areas for various language groups – discussions.

Staff (teachers, administrative staff etc.) at all university language centres in Finland; other interested parties

University of Helsinki Language, Centre and Department of Languages and Communication, University of technology (Helsinki); Some sponsoring will be sought from the University of Helsinki, the Ministry of Education and the European Union

Finland March-April Stockholm

Cultural and educational visit - Using Swedish in practise, getting to know Swedish culture

Swedish teacher trainees Pohjola-Norden, the cultural centre of Hanasaari

Georgia 6-7 Tbilisi

Opening EYL Conference “The language and the Norm”

Tbilisi State University of Language and Culture

Germany 8 Bonn

Conference: Presentation of the European Language Portfolio

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Greece Athens Congress: Language faculty of Athens University. Paris University; Napoli University Greece Athens Conference organised by the faculty of literature

University of Athens: “Language and civilisation”: • Intercultural contacts and language interaction • Promoting awareness of the European linguistic

heritage • Humanism and the contemporary world • Learning less widely used and taught languages

University of Paris University of Naples London University Cambridge University

Germany – NRW

Series of Lectures – Intercultural learning from a European Perspective

Student Teachers; Teachers & Public

Hungary 3, Budapest CUP Conference for Primary Teachers of English Teachers Cambridge University Press Hungary 4, Esztergom Festival of National Minorities All Regional Office of Komárom-Esztergom

County Hungary 18-21, Pécs The Festival of Festivals All Foundation for Drama in French Hungary 22-24

Baja New Tendencies in Learning Foreign and National Minority Languages

Experts Eötvös József College

Hungary 26 Pécs

Information Day on The European Language Portfolio of the Council of Europe

All PTMIK In-Service office

Hungary 29, Szeged National Prose and Poetry Competion in Serbian All Serbian Local Government Hungary 30, Mohács German Dialects Competition All

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Hungary 30-31, Budapest The Role of German in European Integration Experts Iceland March-April Competitions:

• Recital of Icelandic literature • French poetry competition • Essay writing in French • German test

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Ireland 20 Competition “Where do you speak French?”: a 20 Question Quiz for the World Day of French Prizes: 3 weeks in France in July 2001 in a sports, language and leisure centre (4 trips)

Junior and Senior Cycle Students French Embassy, Cultural section, Dublin

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Ireland 28 Public lecture by Professor David Crystal:

Language Death: Writing the Obituary of Languages?

Welsh Department, UCD

Ireland Poster Competition: Celebrating Languages Primary School Students (5th and 6th classes involved in the Pilot Project for Modern Languages in Primary Schools)

Kildare Education Centre, Foras na Gaeilge, Embassy of France, Embassy of Spain and Goethe Institute

Liechtenstein 22-23 Language competition across the borders for the regions Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg (A) and St. Gallen (CH)

SpEAK - a service institution for languages and culture, jointly organised by the regions Vorarlberg (A) and St. Gallen (CH)

Lithuania 23-24 Vilnius

Launch conference – Language Education Policies in the Baltic Countries – Challenge and Opportunity

Language teaching specialists, decision makers, general public

Council of Europe, Ministry of Education and Science, Nordic and Baltic countries

Lithuania Kaunas National prose and poetry reading competition Secondary school students Secondary schools, local education authorities

Lithuania Vilnius National Debate tournament – Is it worth for Lithuania to join the European Union

Secondary school and University students

Ministry of Education and Science, Local education authorities, Informal Education Debate Centre

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Lithuania 20 All over Lithuania

Francophone Day in Lithuania: Speak French – Speak European

General public French Cultural Centre, Ministry of Education and Science, Universities Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lithuania Palanga Vilnius

Languages olympiads and competitions (Lithuanian, English,French, German, Polish, Russian)

Secondary school students French Cultural Centre, Ministry of Education and Science, local education authorities, Goethe Institute

Lithuania March-October Conferences of language teachers association – Multilingual Europe

Language teachers, decision makers British Council, American Centre, Goethe Institute, Embassy of Germany, French Cultural Centre

Malta European Workshop on the theme “Language Teaching Today and Tomorrow”

Language teachers and teacher trainers, producers of resources and textbook compilers for the teaching of languages

INSET, Education Division, Malta and the Council of Europe

Malta Careers Convention. Annual event with a special focus in 2001 on the “Languages Open Doors” theme

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Malta French Competition Secondary school students (11 – 16 years)

French Maltese Centre; Alliance Française

Malta A Postmark bearing the Official EYL slogan and logo to coincide with the Careers Convention week. Russian Film Festival

All

Moldova 3 Cahul

National Conference: The Language as The Human Being Dwelling

Moldova Chisinau International seminar on the European Portfolio of Languages and its implication on the language policy

Professors, school curricula designers and experts group for portfolio elaboration and implementation as well

French Alliance of Moldova, Ministry of Education and Science

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Poland Regional centres of the community program “Youth”

Promotion of the multilingualism Organisations and associations of young people, all interested parties

National agency for the program “Youth”, local authorities

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Lisbon National Launch of the EYL 2001 Official Opening Ceremony, Conference organised in two panels ( Pannel I: “Europe – a wealth of languages” and Pannel II: “Languages open doors: Portuguese in Europe and the other languages in Portugal”), a multi-cultural evening open to the general public, presentation of the Portuguese EYL website, TV spot, and information pack

General Public Ministers of Education, C. Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon’s City Council

Portugal 8-10 Lisbon

International Conference: The hearing-impaired living in the here and now

All

Portugal 12-16 Porto

Media Week – Annual Forum: “Portuguese as a communication language”

Romania 3, Brasov Launch EYL conference Romania March–June

Arad, Prahova, Dolj Drama School Festival in different languages

Romania March –Nov. Dolj

Natural Diversity and Linguistic Diversity – the ecological reading of one region

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Commemoration of Professor Kudryavzev – Educational lectures made after Professor Kudryavzev

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Regional scientific and practical conference “Information technologies in education”

Teachers, engineers, educationalists

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Russian Federation

Irkutsk Competition of higher educational establishments on Russian language and language culture – Language as a foreign language

Russian students of non philological orientation

Slovenia 9 Ljubljana

English language competition (secondary schools, regional event)

Teachers, students Association of FL teachers

Slovenia 9 Maribor

Seminar on the European Language Portfolio of the Council of Europe

Teachers, experts, advisers Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Education Development Unit, National Institute of Education

Slovenia Seminar for the promotion of the Threshold level for Slovenian (presentation of the Slovenain draft version of Tl)

Project group, experts, policy makers Centre for Slovenian as foreign/second language, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports

Slovenia 19, 20 Ljubljana

Seminar for young learners ( Herbert Puchta) (by Cambridge University Press)

Teachers, experts, students, representative of Cambridge University Press

Slovenia End of March, Ljubljana, Koper

Seminar How to be creative in a mother tongue /foreign/ second language?

Teachers, students, experts National Institute of Education

Slovenia 23, Celje

Day of the « Francophonie » (French language) Public French Cultural Institute ,National Institute of Education, Association of FL teachers, Mnistry of Education, Science and Sport


English language competition ( national event, secondary schools)

Teachers, students Association of FL teachers

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Spain 29 - 31 Catalunya

Conference on Learner Autonomy, Patterns of Integration in the classroom and outside the classroom

Teachers of native and foreign languages

Department d’Ensenyament Universidad Pompeu Fabra Departament de Cultura CC.AA. International Institutions

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Spain 15 - 17

Asturias International conference (and other activities) "Knowing European Languages to Increase Communication"

Public in general Educational and Cultural Institutions of Pincipado de Asturias,Galicia, País Vasco, Cataluña, Aragón, Portugal, United Kindgom, Ireland and France

Switzerland 1 Berne

Official nationwide launch of the Swiss Version of the European Language Portfolio (Press conference / Adoption of a political resolution on the Portfolio)

Mass-media, all interested parties Union of Swiss education directors; employers’ Federation; employees’ Federations; Council of Europe

Switzerland 1 Lausanne

Lecture on Language and Identity (sensitisation to Romanch)

Public in general Centre of Psychotherapy of Lausanne

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

21 Skopje

International Competition on Mathematics: Kongourou

Primary Schools With the partnership of France


22 Skopje

Reading of Goethe’s Ballads Students With the partnership of Germany

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24 Skopje

Competition: “The French song” Young (less 18th years) French Cultural Centre


26 Skopje, Prilep, Ohrid

Competition: “Golden word” Students in economics French Cultural Centre


31 Skopje

Competition related to the « francophonie » Secondary school students With the partnership of France

Turkey 1-3 Ankara

National launch of the EYL European Languages Fair

For all ages TÖMER, Cultural Institutes, Universities, Private Language Centres

Ukraine Sevastopol All Ukrainian competition of university students in languages (English, French, German, Spanish)

Students, teachers of universities Universities, British Council, Goethe Institut, Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine

Ukraine Bila Tserkva All Ukrainian competition of pupils in languages (English, French, German, Spanish) –

Pupils, teachers of schools Regional authority, Ministry of Education and Sciences, British Council, Goethe Institute

Ukraine Kiev Forum – “Crossing borders” Language teachers French Cultural Institute, Goethe Institute, Austrian Embassy, British Council

Ukraine Language Olympiad Language teachers, students, school children, large public

Ukrainian universities and institutes, schools

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United Kingdom

Quarterly: March 2000 – Dec 2001

EYL Promotional Newsletter Partners & Potential Partners

Albania 19 Tirana

Round Table: the role of adult education centres in Albania: Languages and adults. How to learn more

Centres which provide such education & adults

6 centres which provide such education

Albania Tirana Theatres and Competitions in Foreign Languages Foreign Languages Schools Armenia Municipal and

regional Language Olympiads – Armenian language and literature, Russian, English, French, German

School children Ministry of Education and Science, Regional departments of education

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Armenia Yerevan Competition – The Person who knows… languages Students, teachers, different minorities The representatives of Yerevan State Brusov Institute of Foreign Languages and Yerevan State University

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Armenia German Language Day All interested parties Yerevan State University

Azerbaijan “The European Language Portfolio” and its role in language learning and teaching in Azerbaijan”

National Committees, Responsible for the reforms in Language learning, school directors and languages establishments

Ministry of National Education, Local authorities

Azerbaijan Conference: “Modern Language Learning” Experts; EYL partners Neighbouring countries

Azerbaijan 1-10 Baku

National conference at the University of languages, Baku, on the state of French and German language teaching

Azerbaijan 25-30 Seminar on “Communication in the language classroom” and “Revising school textbooks”

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Belarus April –September Workshops: • Belarusian Language among the European

Languages • European Charter, Regional languages and

languages of the minority groups

Lecturers, researchers Ministry of Education; Ministry of Culture; Belarusian Language Society; NGOs: Minsk International Education Centre; National Minorities Societies

Belarus Republican festival of amateur French – speaking theatres of secondary and higher educational establishments

Students, Pupils, Teachers, Lecturers Ministry of Education; Embassy of France Republican Palace of Culture “Youth”; National Centre of Children and Youth

Bulgaria April-May Different competitions: for best translations, for collecting proverbs from the Balkan countries, for essay, etc.

Students from Secondary schools Schools from different regions in Bulgaria

Czech Republic Plastic arts competition, results, exhibition – Europa linguarum reserata

Students Ceské Budejovice University

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Czech Republic 16 Early Language Teaching Conference Charles University Pedagogic Faculty

Czech Republic Olomouc French Cultural Days Rendez-vous French Regional Centre in Olomouc, the City of Olomouc, Palacky University

Finland 6 Helsinki

Romany language and other minority languages in Finland – Minority languages spoken in Finland; press conference

Invited guests The Advisory Board on Romani Affairs, FIBLUL

Finland 1 week in April In different parts of Sweden

High school in Sweden - Using Swedish in practise, studying in high school

Finnish high school students Pohjola-Norden, Föreningen Norden (Sweden)

Finland Everywhere in Finland

Minority languages in Finland - Putting forward during one week all different minority languages spoken in Finland.

The whole population FIBLUL, Svenska Finlands folkting

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Finland 21 Seinäjoki

Seminar - Main topic: the Framework Language teachers Federation of Foreign language Teachers in Finland SUKOL

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners France 4

Paris National Launch event: • Speeches by minister(s), audio-visual launch of a

CD-Rom, which will include 12 contributions from cultural and linguistic communities presenting a text which is representative of their literature and which will be illustrated by video, animation and interactive links.

• Musical evening for 320 foreign and French young people.

General Public, Foreign students in France

Georgia 10-12 Tbilisi

International symposium: « Language and Culture »


Hungary 2-7, Szekszárd English Learning Days of the City of Szekszárd All Garay János Primary School

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Hungary 13 Miskolc

Language Teaching Day All Regional Association of Language Teachers

Hungary 17 Budapest

Competition for the Spanish Language and Culture

All KÁOKSZI

Hungary 20-21 Budapest

Festival of Languages – Language Rights in the EU

All Hungarian Esperanto Association


National Minorities Book Fair All National Foreign Language Library

Hungary 26 Budapest

Schprachenlernen verbindet (Learning languages creates links)

All Raabe-Klett Publishing House

Hungary 28, Nyíregyháza Hungarian Dialects in the North-East of Hungary All College of Nyíregyháza Hungary 30

Szeged Information Day on the European Language Portfolio

All PTMIK In-Service Office

Iceland Spring Competitions: Recitals of Icelandic literature & poetry; essay writing in French; German test

Pupils in compulsory schools & Upper Secondary Students

Iceland Spring & Autumn Thematic Week – foreign language focus; exhibitions etc.

Pupils in compulsory schools (primary & lower secondary)

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Ireland 23 Public lecture: "Language Teaching: Methodology and Mind-Set" by Dr Myriam Met, National Foreign Language Centre, Washington DC

Institúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2

Latvia 19-21 Riga

Launch EYL international conference: “Small Languages in the 21st Century”

Ministry of Foreign Affairs University of Latvia Council of Europe

Lithuania 2 - 8 Vilnius - Kaunas

Austrian Cultural Week General public Embassy of Austria, Ministry of Education and Science

Lithuania National Lithuanian and Russian language Olympiad

Learners of Lithuanian as a second language and Russian

Ministry of Education and Science, local education authorities

Luxembourg 26-28 Intersite meeting: “Teaching a 3rd language in bilingual regions”

Experts Ministry of National Education, Professional Training and Sport

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The Netherlands Sneek, Friesland Magister Alvinus Lecture – Richness of Languages in Europe

Experts; general Public Province of Friesland Frysle Academy

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners The Netherlands National Competition – poetry in foreign languages Secondary education students Norway April and May Radio programmes on the main nationwide radio

channel: Various themes related to the European Year of Languages and language in general

General public NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Company)

Norway 20 Oslo

EYL launch event: Opening speeches, seminar focussing on Linguistic Diversity in Norway and on Foreign Language Learning. Around 100 participants from the world of business, politics, language learning and the general public. A politician and well-known businessman interviewed on their recent language learning experience.

All Ministry of Education and Mr Sylfest Lomheim (linguist).

Poland Publication of information on innovation in language teaching and on the initiatives for the EYL 2001 in the monthly magazine “Languages in school”

Language Teachers, Inspectors of languages, Educational Advisers

National centre for in-service teachers training (CODN), regional training centres

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Portugal 23 Lisbon

The Hearing-Impaired Education Day: “Portuguese Sign Language in Education”

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Russian Federation

Irkutsk International Conference: Problems of language policy and language constructions


Russian Federation

Irkutsk Inner competition of higher educational establishments on Russian language for foreign students

Russian Federation

Irkutsk April-may

International seminar – Innovative methods in theory and practice of teaching Russian

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Round table – Land science: problems in intercultural communication

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Irkutsk The language day in the higher educational establishment – Languages and cultures of European countries

Students

Slovak Republic 27-28 Bratislava

Conference introducing the Slovak version of the European Language Portfolio launching the EYL


National foreign language competition (for French, Spanish, Russian and Italian)

Students teachers; secondary schools) Association of foreign language teachers

Slovenia Ljubljana National FL competition (for primary schools) pupils, teachers National Institute of Education Slovenia 18 Round table discussion ( promotion of the Common

European Framework of Reference) experts, advisers, policy makers Ministry of Education, Science and Sports

Slovenia end of April, Ljubljana

Round-table on promotion of minority languages Teachers; Experts; Decision makers Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Institute for nationality Issues, Lj., Scientific Research Centre, Koper

Slovenia Promotion of the European Language Portfolio for Adults

Experts, teachers, students Center for permanent Education Cene Štupar, Ministry of Education Science and Sports

Spain Spring Madrid

National Conference – Language teaching in the Spanish education system.

Modern language teachers

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Spain EXPOLINGUA Public in general Mec. Institutos Lengua y Cultura CC.AA

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

7 Bitola

Competition on French Secondary school students Alliance française

Turkey 19-22 Izmir

European Languages Fair For all ages TÖMER, Cultural Institutes, Universities, Private Language Centres

Ukraine Kiev National competition of universities students in languages (English, French, German, Spanish)

Students, teachers of universities Universities; British Council; Goethe institute; Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine

Ukraine Lviv National competitions of written works: “Small academy of Sciences”

Pupils, teachers scientists Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, British Council, Goethe institute

United Kingdom

German Language Exhibition Public Goethe Institut

United Kingdom

Comenius Centre Events, simultaneous in different regions

Wider Public

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Awards: Regional Language for Export

Albania 7 TV program on Adult Education General public 8 Albanian centers on adult education

Albania 7-13 Exhibition with materials on Adult Education and distribution of the Guide for Adult Language-Learners

General public 8 Albanian centers on adult education

Albania 10 Seminar on Adult Education Adults “Wisdom” center in Tirana

Albania 17-18 Tirana

Symposium: The role of teacher Association in improving the quality of Foreign Language teaching & learning

4 Teachers Associations, Teachers, University Teachers

Albanian Teacher Association; MOES

Albania Tirana Student and school exchanges – The experiences in training schools and bilingual schools

Secondary & high schools MOES and Respective Countries; schools

Armenia Language Olympiads – Armenian language and literature, Russian, English, French, German

School children Ministry of Education and Science

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Austria 7-13 Vienna; St. Poelten Linz; Salzburg; Innsbruck; Bregenz Klagenfurt; Graz Eisenstadt

European Adult Language-Learners’ Week: ORF-Roadshow The ORF language pavillion will go on tour through the provincial capitals. The programme will include • multilingual karaoke competition • a video wall • a “language bar” • PC’s with internet access to allow users to send

electronic cards.

General public, students, secondary school leavers

Austrian Ministry of Science, Education and Culture, National Committee

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Austria 7-13

Salzburg University of Salzburg Action Week The programme includes radio interview focusing on “Why study languages?”; conference entitled “Languages in the 21st century”; workshops; panel discussions; an Open Day; a series of lectures; topics include “What are the origins of our names?”, “Does the legal profession need its own specialist language?”, etc.

General public organised by the Humanities Faculty

Austria 9 Vienna

100 Speakers - 100 Languages: 100 persons, speaking 100 different languages will meet outside the Vienna City Hall to present their languages and culture to the general public.

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Austria May and Sept. in towns and cities throughout Austria

Linguistic Market Place Information booths in public squares to inform public about language courses offered by local adult education institutions.

General public, adults Adult education organisations

Austria 11 May - 9 June St. Pölten

International Month of Language Learning Series of lectures on language learning • “language trail” • “linguistic street” • Europafest outside the Townhall • “Night of many languages” • Posters etc.

General public National Committee

Azerbaijan 5-11 National Adult Language-Learners’ Weeks Belgium FR 1-3 Brussels 24th “Celebration of languages” All NGOs

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Belgium NL 3 – 5 Kinepolis - Brussels

Taster Courses (Lingua Snacks) All CVO-KHNB

Belgium FR 7-13 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week FOREM; ‘Bruxelles Formation’; Belgium FL 9

Brussels Conference on Languages and Migration. Trying to improve the teaching of Dutch as a second language to migrants

Different groups concerned Ministry of Education

Belgium NL 12-13 Festival Artscène Secondary schools Roeland vzw Bulgaria “Open doors” week of the Institute for Bulgarian

language All Academy for Sciences

Bulgaria Debate on the subject “He who Does not Know a Foreign language Knows Nothing about his Own” (after Goethe)

Teachers, students, experts Municipality of the Gabrovo and schools

Bulgaria 11 – 15 Smolian, Varna, Rouse

Languages fair Pupils, teachers, parents, the various communities

Inspectorates of Education, City Halls, schools, school advices group of parents

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Bulgaria 14 – 15 Varna

Regional conference: Language learning in pre-primary school

Teachers, trainers, experts from the Ministry of Education and Science, experts from the Inspectorates of Education

Inspectorate of Education from Varna region, local authorities, Ministry of Education and Science, Teacher training Institute, schools

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Different towns and schools

Regional events: - Competition in essays, translations, drawings, photo stickings etc. - Clubs “Debates” on linguistic and cultural diversity

Pupils, students Inspectorates of Education, local authorities, schools, universities

Bulgaria All May EYL exhibitions in libraries, Cultural houses, schools, universities

General public Libraries, Cultural houses, Cultural Institutes, schools, universities, Inspectorates of Education

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Bulgaria Dissemination of the Guide for Adult languages learning in Universities, Teachers training Institutes, Permanent training centres, Inspectorates of education, schools

Adults Ministry of Education and Science

Bulgaria 5-11 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week: - school for teachers; children train grown-ups;

days, evenings, lessons “with open doors” for parents

- building a wall with messages for the 21 st century written in native and foreign languages

Students, teachers, parents and grandparents Students (14-19 year-old)

Schools, parents’associations, municipalities in different regions Schools in the town of Varna

Bulgaria 7 – 11 Bulgaria Academy of Sciences

Open doors days: Slavic languages and languages of the Balkans, exhibitions, multimedia presentations, interactive activities, debates

General public Universities, libraries, educational institutes, institutes for teacher training, foreign cultural institutes in Sofia, students, media

Bulgaria 24 Day of Bulgarian language and culture For all the country

Bulgaria May – June Theatre festivals of languages Students, teachers Schools, Inspectorate of Education in different regions

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Croatia 5-11 May Zagreb

European Language Portfolio of the Council of Europe for Adult Learners: Linguistic Passport for adult students

Students aged 16 + United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy

Croatia Pula Regional Conference on Roma Education (envisaged)

European Countries

Croatia May Language studies • The AQA test • Let’s Become Wealthy by Studying Languages

Adults Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

Cyprus Nicosia Learning languages through the use of the computers

University of Cyprus, Cyprus English Teachers Association, Association LATEFL

Czech Republic early May Ministry of Education

Publication : Guide for Adult Language Learners Public Council of Europe and European Union, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Czech Republic, Akademie J.A.Komenskeho

Czech Republic May-June Usti nad Labem

One-week international seminar – Use of electronic text programs in language teaching

Teachers, students University department of education

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Czech Republic 3 – 4 Competition Ars poeticae 2001 (interpretation of prose, poetry, theatre performances, translation of fiction)

Centre for Leisure time of Children and Youth, Pilsen

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Ministry of Education

Conference on Adults and Language Learning decision makers and stakeholders in adult education

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Czech Republic 5 - 11 Liberec

Fair : Learning languages and adults (daily 15 :00 – 18 :00)

Public “Swallow” School of English

Czech Republic 9 Charles University

Literary competition: Translation into Czech/ Original production in Czech

Foreign students Institute for Language Preparation, Charles University

Czech Republic May-June Festival ARS POETICA Language Associations M A

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Finland Spring Information letters: Different kinds of information concerning language learning

Study and career counsellors; students and parents

SUKOL

Finland May Sweden

Seminar – Swedish in Finland & Finnish in Sweden Educational administrators, teachers, politicians, persons in service branch

Svenska Finlands folkting, Suomenruotsalaisten keskusliitto

Finland 3-5 Parnu

Communication Skills Workshop - an established language teaching and learning conference. Classroom research methodology; teaching content through English (continuation of earlier workshop in Estonia in 1992)

University and Polytechnic language teachers from Finland, Sweden, Estonia & other Baltic states

An elected volunteer working committee (actively engaged in the task since 1999)

Finland Spring Eurolinguist Prizes in Finland National Board of Education, Matriculation Examination Board, SUKOL

France Every major town Open doors – Adult Language-Leaners Publication for adult learners within the society

Adults

Georgia Tbilisi Language Festival comprising various nationalities present in Georgia


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Germany – NRW

5-7 Gathering of European Schools Experts; schools & pupils

Germany 9 1) Bochum, Köln, Kleve 2) Düsseldorf

1) Meeting aiming at drafting recommendations for supporting language learning for both German and foreign citizens 2) “Quality and use of different international certificates” – workshop at the Training Centre

1) Schools, universities and private sector representatives 2) Specialists

1) Bausch Ruhr University (Prof Karl Richard), Landesspracheninstitut Bochum (Dr Jochen Pleines) 2) Landesverband der Volkshochschulen – Northern Rhine Westafalien (Doris Talpay), Minister for European Affairs (Detlev Samland)

Germany 9 Düsseldorf

Conference: International Certificates

Germany 10 Bremen

Open day at the Institut Français: Language taster classes and multimedia

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Project Week – Schule am Rautal Jena: Discover European Countries and life of Children there. Foreign Language Forum- Parents & PTAs Familiarisation with future foreign language education – by pupils for pupils

Pupils & teachers of this school Parents Pupils

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Language Congress: Saar-Lor-Lux. Co-operation between Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Académie Nancy/Metz

Schools

Hungary 4 Budapest

- Conference on the European Charter of Regional and Minority Languages

- Conference of Private Language Schools

All Information and Documentation Centre of the Council of Europe National Association of Private Language Schools

Hungary 5-12 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week Open Language Learning Week

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Hungary 20 Poetry and Singing Competition in Slovak All Association of the Slovak Minority in Hungary

Hungary 26 Nyíregyháza

Information Day on the European Language Portfolio

All PTMIK In-Service Office

Iceland 4 Press release. Wide media coverage expected. Adults

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Iceland 5 -6 Reykjavik

Language fair: presentation of different offers of language learning for adults, exhibition of teaching materials of all kinds and teaching facilities and cultural activities. Food and drinks from different European countries. Distribution of various information and promotion materials, including the Guide for Adult Language Learners.

Adults Institute of Continuing Education of the University of Iceland in co-operation with language schools, evening schools, Alliance Française, Goethe Zentrum and lifelong learning centres

Iceland 5-11 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week among other things the following: - Dissemination of information on language

courses for adults - Sample courses in languages; “Language Taster”

(Presentations of different European languages inviting adults to participate in “language tasters,” free of charge. Some cultural activities in relation to the presentation of individual languages)

- Language fair; - Poster, brochure, advertisements; - Media contacts (Articles published in

newspapers, written by professionals of different languages and by “celebrities”)

Adults Nation wide co-operation between Continuing Education Institutes, Adult Education Institutes, Language schools, Institute of Continuing Education of the University of Iceland in co-operation with language schools, evening schools, Alliance Française, Goethe Zentrum and lifelong learning centres

Iceland 23-25 Nordic seminar for researchers: “The Nordic languages as foreign and second languages”

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Ireland Towns throughout Ireland

Language Bus Visits/Exhibitions/Language tasters: Where and how you can learn a language

Adults, schoolchildren Linguistics Institute of Ireland; Northern Ireland Centre for Information on Language Teaching; National Council for Vocational Awards; An Foras Teanga

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University College Dublin

Exhibition: Discover German Students German Department University College Dublin and Goethe Institute

Ireland 10 German Debating Competition Final Second level students Goethe Institute, Dublin Ireland 11

Dublin Language Tasters Open Day: Language learning Adults French and Spanish Embassy, Alliance

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Ireland European Label Award for innovative and effective language learning initiatives

Institúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann

Lithuania 4 –20 The Technical Library, Vilnius

Language –Learning Institution Exposition and introduction: « Language-Learning Help » Prizes, various lotteries and contests, languages tests

General Public Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (LAAE), Soros International House, The Lithuanian Technical Library

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Lithuania 5 Public Service Language Centre (PSLC), Vilnius

Open doors day: “The Challenge of Learning New Languages” 1) Seminars for teachers: Challenges of teaching

adults (Separate groups for English, German, French language teachers) (10.00 - 11.00)

2) Meetings and discussions with representatives of the British Council and Goethe Institute: “United by Differences” (11.30-13.00)

3) Open language classes in English, French and German (13.15 - 14.00) 4) Competition for language learners (Quizzes,

lotteries) classes in English, French and German (14.00 - 14.30)

5) Books Exhibition: Variety of teaching materials for adult learners (10.00 - 15.00)

1) Language school teachers, secondary school teachers 2) General public, PSLC learners and teachers 3) General public 4) General public 5) General public

1) Ministry of Education, British Council, Goethe Institute 2) British Council, Goethe Institute 3) British Council, Goethe Institute 4) British Council, Goethe Institute 5) British Council, Goethe Institute, Book shops

Lithuania 5 Taurage

1) Seminar : « Languages Open Door » 2) “The Women for Initiative” and Information

Centre’s meeting for English –Speaking Women: « The English Language Helps for Women »

1) Adult Educators, Adult Education Politicians, Foreign Language teachers 2) Women

1) Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (LAAE), The Taurage Region Adult Education Centre 2) The Taurage “Women for Initiative” and Information Centre

Lithuania 5 Vilnius

Conference for EL teachers and lectures: « The Issues concerning Life-Long Language Learning »

EL Teachers and Lectures from Secondary Schools, Colleges, Adult Education Centres, Language-Learning Centres

Soros International House, Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (LAAE), British Council, Ministry of Science and Education

Lithuania 7 1) Vilnius 2) Taurage

1) Open lessons: German language day 2) German Language Evening: « Let’s Speak

German » and Basic French Lessons –Competition: « A Glance towards France »

1) General public 2) General Public, Adult Educators

1) Goethe Institute 2) Taurage « Tarailis »secondary School

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Lithuania 1) 8 2) 9 Vilnius

1) Open lessons: Lithuanian language day 2) Open lessons: French language day

General public Vilnius University

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Lithuania 9

Taurage City Government Leaders Lunch : « We Read, Speak and Sing Other Languages »

City Government Workers The Taurage Adult Education Centre

Lithuania 9 –10 Panevezys

Language Festival City Adults and Youth Lithuanian Association of Adult Education, The Panevezys Adult Education Centre


1) Open lessons: Italian and Spanish language day 2) Foreign Language Study Materials Exposition and

sale


2) The Taurage Region Adult Centre

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1) Open lessons: English language day 2) Opening to the General Public of the English

Section of the Central Library: « Let’s to Read English »


1) British Council 2) The Taurage Region Adult Centre

Lithuania 5 – 11 Open Door Days at Language-Learning Centres: « Languages Open Doors »

General Public Language-Learning Centres

Malta - Launch of the book BABEL 2001, international short stories in the original language and translated into Maltese. Illustrated by children. - Joint Maltese/Estonian project on Legends involving students exchange (part of the Schools Links and Exchanges of the Council of Europe): verbal culture through drama.

13 – 15 years Akademja tal-Malti with the support of various Embassies Council of Europe

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Moldova Balti Seminar on dimensions of linguistic policy The role of languages in development of a democratic society

“Aleco Russo” State University

Moldova 5-11 European Adult Language-Learners Week Ministry of Education and Science, Language schools

Monaco 7 Official launch General public The Secretary of State, the Advisor to the Government for the Interior and charged with the cultural affairs, the Academy of the dialectal languages, the responsible of the Department of Education, Youth and Sports, the responsible of cultural affairs and foreign affairs, the Coordination Committee for the EYL

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Monaco 8-11 National Adults days during the European Week for Adult Language Learners: - Information, advises and free evaluation on

language level - Tests and interviews with teachers of German,

English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Slovenian and delivery of certificates reportsof the level in the chosen language

- Presentation of the European Language Portfolio

General public (more than 16 years) Department of Education, Youth and Sports, Institute of service industries, Monegasque Public Foundation

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners The Netherlands 5-11

Throughout the country

European Adult Language-Learners’ Week – Lifelong learning

General public French Institute; British Council, Goethe Institut, Language institutes, Trade and industry, Tourism industry, Association of language teachers Institute for professional education

The Netherlands Sneek (Belgium)

Grand Gala of the Dutch Language – Promotion of the Dutch Language, the pleasure of competence in language

The general public (by television) Flanders, the Dutch Language Union

Norway 8 NRK (Norwegian Radio)

Radio program : The « landscape » of languages in Europe

General audience NRK (Norwegian Broadcast. Corp)

Norway 11 Oslo

Seminar: The European Year of Languages People involved in adult education Adult Education Association

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Poland 7 College for French teachers, Warsaw university

Conference by Professor Uli Windish (University of Geneva) on multilingualism in Switzerland

Students in languages, sociology et all interested parts

Swiss Embassy, Ministry of National Education

Poland 5 – Poznan 8 – Warsaw Danish cultural institute

Open doors: Promotion of Danish All interested parts Danish cultural institute

Poland 7 – 11 Offices of employment, learning Centres for handicapped persons

Promotion of the Guide for Adult Languages Learning: Language learning throughout the life

All interested parts, handicapped persons, unemployed persons, etc

Ministry of Employment and of Social Policy, Ministry of National Education

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Poland 7-13 British Council Krakow

• Internet Café: learning language through the web • English lessons for five different occupational

groups

Large public British Council and Cultural Institutes in Krakow

Poland 9 British Council Warsaw, Krakow

Open doors Large public British Council

Poland 10 – 12 Warsaw

Expolingua All interested parts

Poland 11 – 12 French Institute in Warsaw

Open doors: Promotion of French and languages of the countries which have not a cultural institutes in Warsaw

All interested parts French Institute in Warsaw

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Poland 12 Warsaw University

Open doors: Promotion of Finnish (12.00 – 17.00) and Swedish (14.00 – 17.00)

All interested parts Finnish Embassy, Swedish Embassy, Warsaw University

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Poland 12

British Council in Warsaw

A day of debates and seminars on language issues: • Evening reception to introduce a set of specially

designed poetry postcards reflecting the diversity of languages in UK

• “The Power of Babel” – exhibition

Large public British Council, English Teaching Centre, Ministry of National Education

Poland Publication of the leaflet on EYL in the languages of the national minorities in Poland

National and ethnic minorities in Poland

Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, associations of national and ethnic minorities

Poland Scenarios of minority language classes intended for the Polish schools

Teachers and pupils in Polish schools Ministry of National Education, Associations of national and ethnic minorities

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Portugal 3-4 Seminar: “What should basic training for Modern Language teachers include?”

Education officers, Heads of University Scientific Boards, Heads of Departments

Portugal 5-11 Faro Portimao Santarém Mafra, Odivelas Almada Santarém

European Adult Language-Learners’ Week: • Workshop “Language, communication and

citizenship” • Exhibition on language teaching materials • Creole Day • Workshop: Speaking and understanding • Multimedia product display on Adult language

learning • Exhibition on English projects • Conference on Minority Languages “Creole and

Romanian” • Computer assisted learning of English for

specific purposes

Adult, General Public Ministry of Education, National Agency for Adult Education and Training, Local Authorities, Library and Schools, Training Centres

Portugal S.Romao Project exhibition : texts, poems and songs Students, teachers

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Portugal 15 Latin Language Day Portugal Open Days – Adult language learning, throughout

major towns. Adults

Portugal Award to innovative projects by basic and secondary schools: “Education through Innovation/Innovation through Education”

Basic and secondary schools

Romania Summer multilingual camp Russian Federation

Moscow, 14–15

International seminar: European Language Portfolio in the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries

Linguistic University of Moscow with the Council of Europe Modern Languages Division

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Russian Federation

Irkutsk The international round table – Modern technical means of professional language communication Seminars “Modern interpretation of school linguistic education” International Seminar: Innovative methods in teaching Russian

Teachers in the Russian language

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Slovak Republic International conference on " Romany population

and social policy applied in the Kindergartens and primary schools children"

Slovak Republic 5-11 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week - Course of Slovak language for diplomats accredited to Slovakia

Slovak Republic Bratislava National language Olympics – EYL 10-18 year E, SU, GB, F, BRD

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Slovenia 25 – 26, Ljubljana

Awards given to best students taking part in FL language competitions ( festival with songs, performances, .. )

students, pupils, minister of education, representatives of foreign embassies, parents ( large public)

FL Teachers’ Association

Slovenia Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper

European Adult Language-Learners’ Week (different activities promoting language learning and teaching for adults)

experts, adults, teachers, policy makers Ministry of Education Science and Sports, Center for permanent Education Cene Štupar

Slovenia Ljubljana Presentation of some successful LINGUA projects and projects within Leonardo da Vinci

large public EU National Agency

Spain Open doors week Public in general Institutos de Lengua Y Cultura

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Spain Week of plurilingual and minority languages films Public in general Institutos de Lengua Y Cultura

Sweden 10 A spring party (« Festa Italiana ») : Music, food, exhibitions

The participants in Italian language courses

The adult educational associations, FIAS (Federazione delle Associazioni Italiane in Svezia) and la Regione Emilia Romagna

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Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

9-10 Skopje

National launch event: • Panel discussion on the Education Strategy - Part

language policy • Forum on diversity of languages taught and spoken

in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Language Teachers Professionals Parents’ Association

Teachers Association; Private Language Schools; Parents’ Associations; Text book Publishers

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Skopje-Ohrid Language Festival Language Olympiad; Drama; Games; Exhibition European Adult Language-Learners’ Week

Students Adult learners

Foreign Embassies; Language Institutes; Parents

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Turkey 5-11 European Adult Language-Learners’ Week Adult learners

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United Kingdom

5 – 11 May 1) Promotion of the Guide for adult language learners “How you can learn languages” 2) Distribution of posters published by Palgrave 3) National and regional media campaign 4) Publishing a book on DIY techniques for Language Learning 5) Promoting “The Languages Challenges” as a vehicle for encouraging more adults to take the first step into learning another language 6) Taster classes 7) Special feature on the UK EYL website: www.eyl2001.org.uk

1) Adult and adolescents 2) Adults 3) Adult learners 4) Learners who are teaching themselves another language 5) Adults 6) Adults 7) All

1) CILT, Council of Europe, European Commission 2) CILT, Palgrave and Adult Education Centres 3) CILT, LNTO, the Campaign for Learning and NIACE 4) CILT 5) CILT 6) CILT and Adult Education Centres 7) CILT

United Kingdom

5 – 12 1) Production of a booklet to be distributed through job centres and other outlets 2) A Parliamentary Reception Awards

Adults 1) CILT and Learn Direct 2) CILT, Parliament

United Kingdom

5 – 18 BBC (Learning Zone) programs on featuring languages and Channel 4 - short films about languages

All CILT, BBC, Channel 4

United Kingdom

12 Open day at 4 European Cultural Institutes in London Adults CILT, Cultural Institutes

United Kingdom

17 “Learning at Work” Day Adult learners CILT, “Learn to and Talk Languages” M A

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United Kingdom

CILT Language Show

Albania 3-4 Seminars: Common European Framework of reference for languages and European Language Portfolio

Teachers, University teachers MOES Ministry of Education Council of Europe, international and regional experts

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Andorra Publication of a project – Eurotots Teachers, Pupils (all levels of education)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Austria 5-10

Innsbruck Language Mile in Innsbruck “Language Mile” in the city centre • Theatre, music and other cultural events • Lectures and panel discussions • Foreign-language films • Mini language courses • Speaker’s corner

Local residents and people from the region, school pupils, students, visitors and tourists.

Local authorities, businesses

Austria 5-6 Competition – “Europa macht Schule Pupils Depends on the creativity and possibilities of the pupils J

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Azerbaijan 10-15 Regional seminar on in-service training for language teachers “The problems of the initial and in-service training of the teachers in Azerbaijan”

National Committee, Responsible for in-service teacher training, national and regional Universities


Azerbaijan 25-30 National conference on language policy in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Belarus Plenary conferences on the EYL – common topic: “Culture and languages as the chief means of human communication”

Lecturers, researchers Ministry of Culture

Bulgaria June-July Qualification courses for training teachers on the subject "A Niche of Communication and the Role of Language for the Development of Civil Society"

Teachers in Secondary schools Institutes for Teacher’s training in Sofia, Varna, Stara Zagora

Croatia June-July Round–table discussion: teaching and learning foreign and minority languages in Croatia and neighbouring countries Seminar on teacher training Seminar on national minorities

Croatia June -July The Summer School for Language Studies Students Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

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Czech Republic Round table on national language policy issues Linguae + Ministry of Education

Czech Republic 18 Travelling Performance of children (aged 3-12) with foreign language texts

Blue Sky international school in Czech and French

Czech Republic Prague Festival “ARS POETICA” – Poetry and drama Students aged from 12 to 15 Voluntary associations Czech Republic 22-23

Klášterec nad Ohøi National round table Language policy

Teacher trainers, teachers Voluntary associations, Ministry of Education

Finland 12-16, Tuusula

Nordic conference on terminology - Papers, meetings, a course day on terminology

Those interested in terminology The Finnish Centre for Technical Terminology (TSK)

Finland University of Jyväskylä

International Conference: Language and mind: papers, workshops Summer School of Applied Language Studies - Topic: language and mind. Seminars, lectures, workshops

Researchers Postgraduate students of languages and linguistics

Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä; Academy of Finland

France Summer 2001 Brochures for distribution on public transport General Public

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Georgia Tbilisi International Conference: “Language relations in XXI c.”

Tbilisi State University, Institute of Neogrecistics and Classical Byzantine Studies

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Germany 15 – 16 June

Hamburg Conference: Some crucial points of language learning and teaching

Germany – NWR

Europe Day Students & Teachers

Germany – HH Hamburg National Conference – evaluation of language certification

Inspectors; advisors; experts; teachers

Hungary 9 Budapest

“The World of Languages” Prize giving ceremony of the competition

Students Oxford University Press

Hungary 25 Szentes

“A Journey in Europe with English” Prize giving ceremony of the competition

Students Lingua Nova language School Szentes J U

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Hungary 27-29 Baja

Summer Academy for Nationality Teachers of German

Teachers, experts Eötvös József College

Lithuania Publication of articles from « Self-Education » Bulletin 2001: Problems with Adult learners in the Language classroom

Adult Educators Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (LAAE), Language Learning centres, Adult Education Centres and Schools

Lithuania Druskininkai International debate summer camp – Should there be only one language in Europe?

Council of Europe Information and Documentation Centre

Luxembourg June/July Operation “Poems in all languages” Ministry of Education in co-operation with the Luxembourg Commercial Union and the Banque générale du Luxembourg

Malta Italian Film Festival Portugal 1

Lisbon Workshop: Adult Language Learning Foreign language teachers from the

adult education sector

Portugal 27-30 Coimbra

European Language Portfolio: Launch of the Portuguese version Council of Europe Seminar

Teachers, Specialists from all over Europe

Ministry of Education Council of Europe Coimbra University

Romania Suceava Europe and the world throughout tales

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Romania Harghita Competition in Elocution Russian Federation

1-5 Moscow LINGUAUNI, international conference on the UNESCO project – “Teaching of Foreign Languages to non philologists at the University level”

Faculty members of the universities involved in language teaching, students from teacher training institutions and natural sciences institutions

Belgium; Czech Rep.; Japan; Italy, Lithuania, Germany, USA, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Unesco, Council of Europe; CIS states, all presented by faculty members and students of the “LINGUAUNI” University Network

Slovenia 15 Seminar on the European Language Portfolio (expert meeting – reporting)

experts, teachers, policy makers Ministry of Education Science and Sports, Education Development Unit

Slovenia Round table discussion: National Language Policy experts, policy makers, university professors

Ministry of Education Science and Sports, national Institute of Education

Spain 8-10 days Course on Teacher training in Early Learning Methodology

Oviedo Resource Centre for Teachers, IRRSAE de Piamonte Univ. De Lovaina, Tilburg, Linz, Glasgow

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24-29 Ohrid

Seminar Teachers of German With the partnership of Germany

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Skopje Project: Employment of the young people / Adult Education

With the partnership of Germany


Gostivar, Kocani, Pehcevo, Kavadarci, Berovo, Veles, Skopje

Teachers’ seminar: Learning German With the partnership of Germany


Skopje Open doors day: “English for pupils” Pupils British Council

Ukraine June-July

LUNARIA – a theatre play in 14 languages (ship travelling on the Dniepr)

Language teachers, students, school children, large public

French Cultural Institute (the main co-ordinator), Goethe Institute, Austrian Embassy to Ukraine, British Council, EU embassies

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United Kingdom

Youth Festival

Albania Tirana Summer Schools – Improving Foreign Language Skills

Students Pupils

MOES and University Austrian Embassy

Belarus International readings “Slavonic Cultures and Languages” devoted to the Days of Slavonic culture and literature, held in the name of Kiryll and Metody

Lecturers, Researchers, Students Ministry of Culture; State Print Committee; Bielorusian Research Institute of Cultural Affairs; Orthodox Church; European Humanitarian Institute; Belarusian Institute of Culture

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Bulgaria Plovdiv Summer camp SEE*JOY (South-East Europe: “The Jubilee of Our Yestermorrow”)

Youth from minority groups in: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia etc.

Council of Europe Stability Pact; Ministers of Education from the participating countries

Cyprus July/August Summer school: short courses in languages not taught at school

Children; Teenagers

Germany – Bavaria

Theatre Days in Bavarian secondary schools Public

Hungary 7, Vác Slovak Day All Slovak National Government Malta Maltese Film Festival Poland 5-8

Frombork International seminar: “Languages of our neighbours”

Representatives of the neighbouring countries and national and ethnic minorities in Poland

Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, local authorities, Universities, Cultural associations of minorities, Council of Europe

Portugal 4 -15, Lisbon

II World Meeting of the Junior Hearing-Impaired Federation

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Portugal Arrabida meetings: Languages of the Iberian Peninsula

Researchers, Teachers, General Public

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Portugal 23-31

Vila Real Intensive Courses of the Mirandese Language All

Romania Neami Summer camp for young people Young Romanians, Moldavians and Ukrainians


Spain Barcelona, 5–7 July

International event: “European Language Testing in a Global Context”

ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) with University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona and the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe J

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Switzerland 21 July – 4 August Promotion lesser-used languages through Contemporary Popular Music

Young people with an interest in minority languages and music

British Council; young people (Rumantsch- and Gaelic speaking)

Switzerland 30 July – 4 August Lucerne

12th Congress of Teachers of German: “more languages – plurilingual – with German”

Language teachers (German as a foreign language), researchers, policy deciders

Internationaler Deutschlehrerverband; Pro Helvetia

United Kingdom

Language for Export Awards

Businesses

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United Kingdom

Linguanet Europa Launch

Croatia August - September Zagreb

Printing foreign language textbooks in the Braille alphabet and in enlarged black print for 5000 blind persons from kindergarten to university level

The blinds - 3% are of school age Croatian publishers, institutions, Austria

Finland Tornio Conference on understanding nordic languages - The importance of understanding languages in the cooperation of the North Calotte Area

Representatives of organizations of the North Calotte

Pohjola-Norden, the North Calotte Commission

Hungary 4, Elek World Meeting of German People from Elek German Minority Government of Elek Hungary 20, Budapest, Rátka Festival of Nationalities All Hungary 31, Nyíregyháza Language Teaching Days 2 Students, teachers Regional Association of Language Teachers Latvia Competitions Students UNESCO Liechtenstein 12-20 Intercultural project : young people from several

European countries to come to Liechtenstein and join a mixed and multilingual language class

Young people from England, France and Germany

Projetct « Neues Lernen » (new learning) organised by AHA, Schaan (FL)

Monaco 2 World festival of the amateur’s theatre: production of companies from the whole world in their national language and Round Table on "Languages and the theatre " with authors, film directors and actors

General public

Portugal 1-11, Vila Real Intensive Courses of the Mirandese Language All Slovenia Piran, Bled, coastal

area Language summer camps teachers, students, pupils Schools, Ministry of Education, Science and

Sports, National Institute of Education Slovenia Bled (2 weeks) English language Summer School teachers, experts, advisers Natrional Institute of Education, The British

Council

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Spain Autumn 2001 Conference – Linguistic diversity in the Spanish education system

European Language experts

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Skopje TV programme in English General public British Council

AU

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Struga International Poetry Evenings Reading poems from the contest One extra evening to the traditional manifestation

Students Adults

Albania 1 Children Day Children Albania 3 – 5 Seminars: Common European Framework of

reference for languages and European Language Portfolio (Council of Europe instruments)

Teachers, University teachers Ministry of Education and Science Council of Europe and international and regional experts

Albania Tirana Poetry Competition Elementary secondary & high schools Albania 26 European Day of Languages:

- School competition - Seminar for FL teachers, followed by a round

table discussion on linguistic diversity - Exhibition: materials for language learning - Workshop with the Centre for Parental

Involvement in Education: “Parents and their role in foreign language learning ”

Andorra Summer school: Multilingualism: languages as a tool for cultural cross-fertilisation

General public S E

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Armenia Translator Day celebration Students, NGO-s journalists, writers, interpreters

Ministry of Education and Science, Union of Armenian writers

Armenia Sept – Oct, Yerevan National celebration of EYL All the interest parties Armenia “Shakespeare in Your Native Language” English Teachers Yerevan State Drama Institute Austria Autumn

Großwarasdorf/ Burgenland

European Festival of Languages and Cultures Burgenland’s neighbouring countries, and the languages spoken in Burgenland. Features Literature, music, cooking. The focus is on interactivity and creativity.

Adults and adolescents

Azerbaijan Baku Seminar for learning European Languages in Azerbaïjan: “Communication in language classes actualisation of language manuals in the framework of the EYL”

National Committee, general public, Modern languages teachers

Ministry of National Education, Authorities for In-service training for language teachers

Azerbaijan Conference: “Learning minorities languages” National Committee, Cultural Associations of local minorities

Ministry of National Education Associations of National and Ethnic Minorities

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Azerbaijan 26 European Day of Languages in Azerbaijan National Committee, general public, teachers

Ministry of National Education, Authorities for secondary and university level learning

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Belarus Exhibition and contest of the foreign and minority

groups’ language teaching literature Librarians readers visitors Scientific Centre of Teaching Literature &

Other Means of Education; Republican Scientific and Pedagogical Library

S E

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Belarus 26 European Day of Languages: - Competitions, debates, concerts, shows, etc - Exhibition of language teaching literature and

materials produced by Belarusian experts and specialists

- TV and radio events - Newspaper publications on the occasion of the

European Day of Languages - Round table meeting related to the issues of

language teaching


Colloquy: Languages and Work Adult learners; Unemployed; Exam organisers; Public Recruiters

Council of Europe


Colloquy: European Language Portfolio Schools; Forem; ‘Bruxelles Formation’

Belgium 26 European Day of Languages: - Colloquy on “Learning languages at the earliest

possible age” - Rally for the trainees of “Bruxelles Formation” –

Inter-community meetings (all over Belgium)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

14 Sarajevo

Central EYL event: “ Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EYL” • Round Table • Promotion of EYL (publication of materials in

national language)

Policy makers, language specialists, general public

Ministry of Education, Pedagogical Institutes, Universities, Foreign language schools, associations, representatives of bilingual and international schools, Council of Europe, Intergovernmental Institutions, Belgium Embassy

Bosnia and Herzegovina

26 European Day of Languages: “Languages among Europe” • National competitions: Final • TV programme on EYL (presentation of EYL and

events organised by BH, surveys on foreign languages spoken in BH, presentation of the winner of the secondary schools’ competition final)

Secondary school students, general public

Ministries of Education from the two BH entities, national TV

Bulgaria 26 European Day of languages: competitions, debates, matinees, concerts, shows, etc.

Students all ages Schools, municipalities, NGOs, Inspectorates of education

Bulgaria Autumn Curricula and Manuals Children who need special attention Microsoft Bulgaria

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Croatia Istrie European Level Conference – National minorities and Human Rights

Council of Europe

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Croatia 26 European Day of Languages: Celebration of

Linguistic Diversity With a Touch of Music (concert) Hrvatski glazbeni zavod Seagram; participation of distinguished guests and Diplomatic body expected

Croatia Zagreb and other cities

Quick bilingual guides to Croatian language promoting linguistic diversity « Croatian language souvenir »

Everyone

Czech Republic 26 Prague

European Day of Languages - National conference: European Language Portfolio - Swap shop: Language Teaching across the Primary

Curriculum

Teachers, decision-makers Charles University Ministry of Education

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Czech Republic all over the country, September- October

Poster encouraging foreign language learning General Public joined initiative of Ministry of Education, British Council, Goethe Institute, French, Spanish and Italian Cultural Institutes

Denmark 26 European Day of Languages: - Exhibition in the Danish School Museum on the

history of language teaching, with conference (26-27 September)

- School competition (“Languages – a creative subject”)

Finland 3-5 and 10-12 on board the ship between Helsinki and Stockholm

KIMMOKE project closing conference – development & diversification of language teaching 1996-2001. The results of the project

Project participants National Board of Education

Finland 26 in different parts of the country

The European Day of Languages - Different events All interested parties and persons The Federation of Foreign Language Teachers in Finland SUKOL

Finland Åland Islands, Stockholm

Seminar on language and culture - Getting to know Swedish language and culture

Finnish high school students Pohjola-Norden, the cultural centre of Hanasaari

Finland Autumn 2001 In main cities of 5 regions

Regional promotional events – open house, markets & exhibition. Motivation campaign, guidance, information on learning facilities and language tests

Adult education institutes, radio channels and other media, libraries, open universities

Adult education institutes, local radio companies, libraries, open university

Finland Autumn Helsinki

Language courses and cultural activities under the project Nordisk nytta för finländare – courses of Danish and Norwegian

Students of the organizing universities; some events are open for general public

Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu, Svenska handelshögskolan, the University of Helsinki

France 26 Congress on plurilingualism « Etats généraux du plurilinguisme »

General Public

Georgia Tbilisi International Symposium “Language, Logistics, Calculations”

Tbilisi State University

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Germany – HH Hamburg FLT Conference FL teachers

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Germany – Saxony

Meeting of Bilingual Pupils (D/F) D & F pupils of bilingual schools

Greece Workshop: languages and computers Students; Teachers

Greece Institute for language and speech processing (ILSP)

Workshop with technical demonstrations Man-machine communication scenario using natural language Computer aided language learning scenario

Large groups of computer users in the work environment Students, Teachers

Institute for language and speech processing (ILSP) National technical university of Athens


Language Parade organised by private language schools

all Tudomány Language School

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Hungary 8 Nyíregyháza

Minority Language Festival all Nyíregyházi Teacher Training College

Iceland 26 European Day of Languages: – Balloons launch – Language challenge (radio) and Language tasters – Diverse cultural activities in restaurants, cafés –

European traditions in food, drinks, music, etc. – European language events, diversity of European

cultures in schools – Presentation of post mark – Wide media coverage (radio, TV, newspapers) – Conference: “National policies in the teaching of

foreign languages” – Exhibition: materials for language learning;

books, audio and visual resources, information on distance language learning on radio, TV and Internet

Iceland Autumn Thematic Week – foreign language focus; exhibitions etc.

Pupils in compulsory schools (primary & lower secondary)

Iceland Autumn Publication of a brochure with information on all language courses for adults available in the country

Adults

Ireland 26 Kerry, Enniskillen, Derry and Baninteely (Ireland), Basque country and Catalunya Smithfield, Dublin

European Day of Languages: - Theatrical performance (festival) - Web exchange - Balloon launch (Pan European EU event) - Language competitions

General public Radio stations, schools

Latvia Festival of Minority languages and cultures All

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Liechtenstein 26 European Day of Languages: Presentation of the European Language Portfolio and DIALANG

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Lithuania 26 European Day of Languages:

– HipHop song competition for secondary school students

– “Language street” in Vilnius (with plays and songs performed in different languages)

– Radio and TV reports

Embassies based in Lithuania, local education authorities, the British Council, Goethe institute, French Cultural Centre in Lithuania

Luxembourg 27

European Day of Languages: Postage stamp Luxembourg postal service

Malta Back to School Fair French Film Festival

Moldova Balti, State University

International Seminar “Official and minority languages – Problems related to their functioning”

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Moldova 26 Chisinau

European Day of Languages – Round table meeting related to linguistic

diversity in Europe – Exhibition: textbooks, audio-visual material

related to language teaching, – ViFax® method presentation [Internet plus TV-based language teaching]

– Festival of Languages in schools

National Relations and Languages Functioning Department, Ministry of Education and Science

Monaco 26 European day of languages: – At schools: Practising foreign languages during

all lessons whatever their nature; workshops on discovering and learning languages and practising sports in foreign languages

– Day of Foreign Press in Monaco: Participation of all media and journalists who regularly report in foreign languages on events in the Principality and participation of the Paris Foreign Press Club

The Netherlands International conference on “The application of the Charter of regional and minority languages”

Council of Europe (European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages) and Ministry of the Interior

The Netherlands European Poetry Competition Winners of national contests The Netherlands 26 Language Day – Promotion of language learning General public Many Norway 26

Bergen Conference : The Need for Foreign languages in Norway

Invited guests from business and industry, education

Teachers’ Unions

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Poland 26 European Day of Languages: Competition on plurilingualism

Organisations and associations of young people, all interested parties

National agency of program “Youth”, local authorities, Ministry of National Education, Cultural Institutes

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Poland Publication and dissemination of the Polish version

of the “Common European Framework of Reference for languages” and the European Language Portfolio

Responsible for the creation of programs for language learning, teachers, directors of language schools, inspectors

Ministry of National Education, local authorities

Poland Wroclaw Meeting: “New methods in language learning” Participants in the workshops of the ECML in Graz

Ministry of National Education, ECML in Graz, training centres for language

teachers, Universities Poland University in

Warsaw – College for Masters in French

Dissemination and promotion of the achievements of the ECML in Graz

Directors of schools Ministry of National Education, ECML Graz, College for training of language teachers, Universities

Poland Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary

Competition on Polish language: Value of the Polish language

Young people origin from Poland Ministry of National Education, Institute for literary searches, Polish Academy of Sciences

Poland Seminar on “Polish language for Europe” Associations and organisations involved in the promotion of Polish, teachers of Polish abroad

Ministry of National Education, Universities, “Bristol” association

Portugal 20-23 Evora

Foreign language teachers’ cross-border workshop

Teachers

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P T

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B E

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Portugal 21, Lisbon Open House Day Portugal 26

Various places European Day of Languages – Exhibition on the Portuguese language (opening) – Web pages award ceremony – Open School Project: “Let another language

speak in your ear” (first language lessen open to the public)

– “Translate 2001” award ceremony followed by a Project Fair and a Language Festival

General Public Ministry of Education Institute for Innovation in Education National Library C. Gulbenkian Foundation


Project Fair: National and cross-border projects recently developed related to the EYL 2001’s objectives (Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci, Nonio, Paxis, etc.)

Researchers, Teachers, Students, Publishers, Professionals dealing with the language industries

Portugal

29-30 Belem

Language Festival: cultural entertainment (theatre, dance, music, circus, poetry, story telling, etc.) and language workshops

General Public Ministry of Education; Ministry of Culture; Belem Cultural Centre, Local Authorities, Media; Portuguese Association of the Hearing - Impaired

Portugal European Label award to language learning innovative projects

Teachers, Students S E

P T

E M

B E

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Russian Federation

Pjatigorsk III International Conference: Peace in Northern Caucases through Languages, Education, Culture (Coexistence of different ethnics, cultures and language on a limited territory)

Language teachers, experts in ethnic studies, culture dialogue

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Slovak Republic 26 European Day of Languages:

• projects on learning English presented by primary and secondary schools pupils - evaluation and awards handed over by the Minister of Education, (diplomats acredited to Slovakia invited to participate)

• Exhibition on European languages prepared with help of diplomatic missions of European countries to Slovakia

Slovenia 26 Ljubljana, Maribor Celje and in other Slovenian towns

The European Language Day - Festival for the celebration of linguistic diversity - Round tables, open hours for parents, performances, activities going on at different schools, promotion of minority languages

pupils, students, parents, teachers, experts, policy makers, large public

Slovenia Ljubljana Round table : studies of the field- case studies, results of research projects

large public Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, National Institute of Education....

Slovenia Ljubljana Congress : The association of applied linguiststics (annual meeting)

experts, teachers, policy makers Association of Applied Linguists

S E

P T

E M

B E

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Spain Alicante University III Sign Languages conference Deaf people teachers, linguists FESORD CV CNSE

Spain 24 – 26 Oviedo

International Congress: “Language Learning at an early stage”

European Primary and Secondary teachers and teacher trainers

schools

Spain 24-30 Film festival “European Cinema: a wealth of languages”

Spain 26 Madrid

European Day of Languages: – Round table: “How to communicate in Europe”

and “Learning languages” – Play based on language misunderstandings – Balloons launch and language challenge (to be

decided)

Instituto Cervantes

Sweden 26 European Day of Languages: - Different municipal activities all over the

country – Language conference in Stockholm – TV/radio programmes starting in September

focusing on languages and with emphasis on 26 September

S E

P T

E M

B E

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Switzerland 26 European day of languages at schools

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Switzerland 28-29

Winterthur Seminar on « Languages as resources in the work process”

Deciders, persons responsible for administration, training, human resources etc.

Department of Language and culture at the Winterthur Hochuschule Zürich


Skopje Exhibition General public British Council

S E

P T

E M

B E

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26 European Day of Languages Language Bus

Students, adult learners Schools

Turkey 26 European Day of Languages - Round table on TV /Radio: “Teaching foreign

languages in Turkey” - European Day of Languages at primary and

secondary schools - Languages streets (in Ankara: Tunali Hismi

Street-mini language lessons, language market) - Pen-friendship Day (computer pal day) - Exhibition on European Languages (language

teaching materials, audio-visual materials) in Ankara Temer Language Teaching Centre

For all ages

Ukraine Kiev Round table of top meeting of cultural attachés from different countries for prize-giving ceremony of winners of all Ukrainian competitions of pupils, students and “small academy of sciences”

Pupils, teachers, scientists, regional authority

Ministry of Education and Science, representatives of different ambassadors

Ukraine 26 In Ukrainian schools, universities

European Day of Languages – Information day in schools and universities – Closing event of the EYL, award ceremony

Language teachers, students, school children, large public

French Cultural Institute (the main co-ordinator), Goethe Institute, Austrian Embassy, British Council, other EU embassies

United Kingdom

Label Awards Winners & Media S E

P T

E M

B E

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United Kingdom

26 European Day of Languages: A wide range of events for different audiences will be taking place in the UK, including “Language Learning Webcast” (three live and interactive webcasts during the day featuring a number of guest speakers)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Albania Seminar: Presentations - discussions on textbooks Writers, textbooks

Publishers Private Publishing houses; Ministry of Education & Science

Andorra Workshop: Language teaching in smaller European countries

Teachers, Head teachers, Inspectors, Policy-makers

ECML (Graz)

Armenia Yerevan Scientific Conferences: Teaching Foreign Languages in Armenia Urgent Problems of Linguistics New methods in teaching Foreign Languages

Lecturers, Teachers Ministry of Education and Science, Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign; Languages, other higher education institutions

Armenia Translator Day/best translation competition Teachers, students Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages and other Higher Educational Institutions

O C

T O

B E

R

Azerbaijan 20 - 30 Modern languages Festival National Committee Responsible for Secondary and Higher Education

Ministry of National Education, SOROS, UNESCO, Ministry of National Culture

Azerbaijan Baku Seminar: “The language of our neighbours” Competition: “Multilingualism in Azerbaijan”

National Committee; Neighbouring countries All

Ministry of National Education MNE, Medusa, Associations of Languages

Belgium FL 20 Languages and work Representatives of education, public recruiters, unemployed

Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour

Belgium FR 22-26 Brussels Festival: “Espace Langues” All Bulgaria October-December Different exhibitions` Children, students Bulgaria International: Language Portfolio for 4 languages Young people and adults in Bulgaria;

Romania; Ukraine with English as lingua franca

Croatia October-November National Educational Fair incl. TV-educational programme

Croatia Language studies: Let’s Get to know Each Other Cyprus Seminar in the teaching of Greek Ministry of Education Cyprus Open Day: Visits to classes Adults State Institute for Further Education

O C

T O

B E

R

Czech Republic Three day seminar on the issues of teaching Russian language and literature

Association of Russian Teachers, Charles University Pedagogic Faculty

Finland 6 - Nomination of the language teacher of the year - Awarding a teacher who has actively developed language teaching

- Honorary award given out by SUKOL - Awarding a public figure who is known to be a spokesperson for language skills and cultural awareness

Language teachers SUKOL and local chapters

Finland 6 Helsinki

Seminar - Main theme: Common European Framework of reference ; panel discussion: Language teaching in Europe in 2001

Language teachers SUKOL

O C

T O

B E

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Finland 1 week in October High school in Norway - Getting to know Norwegian language, studying in high school

Finnish high school students who speak Swedish as their mother tongue

Pohjola-Norden, Föreningen Norden (Norway)

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Finland University of

Jyväskylä

Open Doors, Languages and Linguistics, University of Jyväskylä – Seminars, lectures, open fora, demonstrations

General public, students Language departments, Centre for Applied Language Studies, Language Centre of the University of Jyväskylä

Finland Exhibition of books relating to development of language teaching, textbooks, and curricula

General public University Library of the University of Jyväskylä

Georgia 17-19 Tbilisi Conference “Language Situation in Georgia” Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa


Foreign Language Day Foreign Language teachers

O C

T O

B E

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Greece Centre for the Greek Language

Conference: “The linguistic conscience in the Balkans” - Contacts through language - The teaching of neighbouring languages - The teaching of foreign languages to the Balkans

Two speakers from each Balkan country

Hungary 2, Pécs Identity, Culture, Mother Tongue of Minorities Experts MTA Regional Committee of Pécs

Hungary 15-19, Békéscsaba Festival of Languages all Regional Library of Békéscsaba Iceland European Label

Conference: “Language Engineering”

Ireland 19 – 20 Seminar: European Language Portfolio Irish Second Level Schools Trinity College, Dublin and the Council of Europe

Ireland North South Conference on Language Learning Ireland Symposium on Languages in Career and Business French Embassy, Spanish Embassy and

Goethe Institute Ireland Survey on the Use of Languages in Business in

Ireland IBEC, French Embassy, Spanish

Embassy and Goethe Institute

O C

T O

B E

R

Lithuania October-December Launch of a new Lithuanian language test (Waystage, Threshold Level)

Speakers of other languages than Lithuanian

Council of Europe, Lithuanian Language Centre, Vilnius University, National Lithuanian Language Commission

Malta The launch of the Drama Unit “Theatre in Education” project focusing on Language. A sequel of the current project on “Discrimination”. British Film Festival.

8/9 year pupils

Monaco 19-21 Scientific colloquy for the settling of a system for intercomprehension between the Romanic languages

European researchers

The Netherlands European Dissemination Conference (EU & Council of Europe)

Experts & policy makers

O C

T O

B E

R

Norway 26 Seminar: The Situation of Foreign Languages Other than English in Norway Working with the European Language Portfolio in Norway

Invited guests from the education sector

Telemark Research Foundation, University of Bergen

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Poland Festival of the amateur’s theatre in foreign

languages Polish and foreign young people theatre companies (bilingual secondary schools, schools and communities of national and ethnic minorities)

Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Culture and National heritage, Cultural Institutes

Poland Autumn International Seminar “The Languages of our Neighbours”

Representatives of neighbouring countries and national and ethnic minorities

Portugal 1-4 Lisbon

International meeting: The Portuguese Language in a Transcultural Project

Researchers, Teachers

Portugal 8-9 Lisbon

Meeting: The Internationalisation of the Portuguese Language

Members of the Association of Portuguese Linguistics, Researchers, Teachers, Specialists

International Association of Portuguese Linguistics

O C

T O

B E

R

Portugal 19 Porto

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – Launch of the Portuguese version

Teachers, Specialists Ministry of Education Council of Europe Porto University

Russian Federation

17-19 Moscow “Speech and Computer” SPECOM 2001 – Problems of speech distinction and its computer analysis

Leading scientists and experts within the speech processing area and young researches in this and related fields

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Regional scientific seminar “Lingoethnical aspects of modern languages”



Workshop on European Language Portfolio: Introduction

Teachers

Turkey 25-26 Istanbul

International symposium on “Teaching Turkish as a foreign language in Europe”

Adults, Researchers, Scholars Ministry of Education; TÖMER

Slovak Republic 4 – 6 National workshop on education of translators and interpreters for needs of central European Countries in pre-accession period for EU

ECML Graz

Slovak Republic International bookfair – stress on language learning Slovenia Portorož Learning the second language in majority schools-

workshop experts, teachers, advisers, researches Education Development Unit

Slovenia Maribor Workshop on European language Portfolio project group, experts, teachers, Spain 16-19

Valladolid 2nd International Congress of Spanish language: “Spanish as an economical means – Spanish in the information society”

Instituto “Cervantes”

Sweden 28-29 A language conference National Agency for Education Switzerland 1-5

Berne Week of conferences on plurilingualism with discussions, public conferences and other events

Large public, policy deciders Foundation "Forum du bilinguisme, Biel-Bienne

Ukraine Through Ukraine Clip-advertisement on the linguistic diversity Large public French Cultural Institute, national TV canal United Kingdom

5 – 6 Birmingham

“Face to Face: language policies and diversity in Europe”- conference and festival

CILT with the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and the European Commission

O C

T O

B E

R

United Kingdom

Sheffield European Conference – Linguistic Policy in Multicultural Society,

European policy makers & practitioners

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Albania 15 Closing event: Cultural activity Armenia Yerevan Scientific Conferences, Teaching Foreign

Languages in Armenia Urgent Problems of Linguistics New methods in teaching Foreign Languages

Lecturers Teachers Ministry of Education and Science, Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages, other higher education institutions

Armenia Yerevan Nov. – Dec.

Issue of a stamp dedicated to EYL Ministry of communication

NO

VE

MB

ER

Armenia Students Poetry Translation Competition All interested parties YSIFL, ESY, Armenian State Pedagogic University

Austria 22-25 Vienna

Conference “The status of minority languages and languages spoken in neighbouring countries in a multilingual Europe” The aim is to promote interest in minority languages and languages spoken in neighbouring countries and to encourage schools and universities to offer more of these languages.

Anyone interested in language policies, decision-makers responsible for education, curriculum designers

Austrian Ministry of Science, Education and Culture, National Committee, European Commission (co-sponsors)

Azerbaijan 10-15 Seminar for innovation in modern languages Belgium NL 23-24 Languages and Information and Communication

Technology All Didascalia University Antwerpen

Czech Republic Ostrava International conference: “Czech as an example of a Slav language”

Teachers Ostrava university, Slovakia, Poland and Russian Federation

Croatia Language studies: The Internet - a Pathway to Friendship

Finland 6 – Everywhere in Finland

Svenska Dagen (Swedish Day) The whole population FIBLUL, Svenska Finlands folkting

N O

V E

M B

E R

Finland 9 Helsinki

Conference on big and small languages (for example German-Finnish) in Europe – Speeches, panel discussion, recommendations about language learning

Invited guests National Board of Education

Finland 10-11 Helsinki

Seminar on learning and teaching sign languages – To develop the possibilities to learn sign language, materials and instruments supporting the learning

Deaf people, students, teachers and interpreters of sign language

Kuurojen Liitto ry, the Sign Language Centre

Finland Adult Learners’ Week – Language skills and the information & communication society

Adults Adult educational establishments

Finland 4 weeks in different cities of Sweden

High school in Sweden – Using Swedish in practice, studying in high school

Finnish high school students Pohjola-Norden, Föreningen Norden (Sweden)

Finland Helsinki Nordic library week, visits in schools participating in the language immersion programme - Nordic songs in Swedish and Finnish

Students of the Finnish-Swedish language immersion schools

Pohjola-Norden

Georgia 5 – 8 Tbilisi

Closing Student Conference: “Youth Festival of World Languages” and Cultural program

N O

V E

M B

E R

Germany 16–18 Berlin

International Fair for Languages and Cultures Expolingua Berlin 2001

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Germany – All Länder

Hamburg German Community School Day – focus: language learning

School employees and managers


Language Competition - creative writing, theme: “Getting Started”

Secondary pupils

Hungary 26-30 Miskolc

Language Learning Week of the Visegrad Countries

Language learners EU Integration Office of the Home Office

Iceland 16 Annual Day of the Icelandic Language - ceremony; award; media coverage; policy

General Public; schools

Italy European Language Portfolio Ministry of Education with the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe

Liechtenstein 17 Closing event, integrated into an international conferece by NEUES LERNEN (new learning)

NEUES LERNEN

Lithuania Vilnius Lithuanian language teacher conference – Reforming national school leaving examination

Lithuanian language teachers Ministry of Education and Science, Teacher Professional Development Centre

The Netherlands 16 - 17 Rotterdam

“Language and Culture: one voice, many languages” Ministry of Education, Culture and Science with the Modern Languages Division of the Council of Europe and the European Commission

The Netherlands 22 Amsterdam

National debate on multilingualism Necessity of multilingualism

Opinion leaders and general public Press, radio and television are invited

N O

V E

M B

E R

The Netherlands 29 November – 1 December

International conference on “From theory to practice - The Charter of regional and minority languages”

Council of Europe (European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages) and Ministry of the Interior

Portugal 15 Belem, Lisbon

Day of the Portuguese Sign Language General Public Portuguese Association of the Hearing - Impaired


Third Workshop on the Portuguese Sign Languages

All

Portugal 17 Lisbon

Conference: “The language rights and their cultures”

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Round table “Bilingual education through the mother tongue and a foreign language in the Irkutsk region”

In co-operation with higher educational establishments of Irkutsk

Slovenia 29 Nov – 1 Dec Ljubljana

Symposium : Learner and Teacher in mother tongue classes

Experts, teachers, advisers National Institute of Education

Spain Galicia VIII International Conference of Minority Languages

Experts, teachers and university students

N O

V E

M B

E R

Switzerland 1-3 Neuchâtel

Conference on Language awareness Researchers, teachers, general public

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Switzerland From November

until 2001 Bilingual exhibition on Literature for Youth – discovering the linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe

Teachers, pupils General public

French Embassy in Switzerland

United Kingdom

London Languages & Culture Show – exhibition & seminars

Public and all involved in Language teaching / learning

NO

VE

M

BE

R

United Kingdom

Launch of Register of Public Service Interpreters – Presentation & reception

Public services; Media

Albania 8 Youth Day Youth Albania 10 Tolerance Day All Austria 10-12

Feldkirch/ Vorarlberg

Language cabaret • short sketches in English and French • self-access learning studio • IT Cafe • Karaoke workshop • Readings • Shows / Party

School pupils, students at the Teacher Training College, parents and anyone interested in languages

Austria Graz December 2001 or January 2002

Closing Conference • Presentation of winners of the various

competitions • Summary of main topics addressed during EYL • Discussion of possible future developments.

Language experts and multipliers from a variety of sectors, including education, science, the arts, industry, the media, business; participants in competitions

National Committee

D E

C E

M B

E R

Azerbaijan End of December Closing Conference: “EYL 2001 and its challenges for learning and teaching languages in Azerbaijan”

National Committee, working Groups, Directors of Secondary and Higher Schools

Ministry of National Education, (responsible for learning modern languages)

Belarus Closing Events of the EYL: • Scientific and practical Conference “Linguistic

diversity as a factor of cultural tolerance and establishing of democratic stability”

• Youth Concert in 16 foreign languages

Ministry of Education; Mslu Ministry of Culture; Minsk International Education Centre Department of Education and Culture of Minsk State Executive Committee; Minsk Palace Of Youth

Belgium FL-FR-DE

7-8 Brussels

EYL EUROPEAN CLOSING EVENT Representatives from all 45 European countries participating in the EYL

Council of Europe; European Commission; Authorities for Education from the 3 Communities

Bulgaria End of December in Sofia

EYL Closing Event: Bulgaria Celebrates Europe 2001

All Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, NGOs, universities, schools, media, etc.

Croatia - Language Festivals: Foreign and Minority Languages

- TV-Debate: Promotion of Bilingual Education

Cyprus Exhibition of Projects Secondary School pupils Ministry of Education and Culture Czech Republic Travelling Exhibition: German in the Czech

Republic Goethe Institut D

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E M

B E

R

Finland 12 Official closing event of the EYL and European Label Awards and

Invited guests, representatives of media National Board of Education

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Month Country Date & Place Event Target Group Partners Germany – Hh End 2001 Language map for Hamburg Schools; Public Hungary 19-20

Budapest Closing event experts National Coordinating Committee

Lithuania 1 Vilnius

Closing conference Language teachers Teacher Professional Development Centre, Ministry of Education and Science

Lithuania Vilnius Exhibition of best language teaching practices – We teach and learn languages

Language teaching specialists Teacher Professional Development Centre, Schools

Lithuania Vilnius Presentation of Waystage level for Lithuanian Speakers of languages other than Lithuanian General Public

Council of Europe; Lithuanian Language Centre; Vilnius University; National Lithuanian Language Commission

Moldova Official ceremony of closing EYL 2001 Open Air Weiswampach

Monaco 8-9 Closing the EYL: Publication of the Linguistic Atlas of fishes of the North of the Mediterranean Sea under the aegis of the Academy of the dialectal languages

Portugal Belem Closing Event: Language Festival Ii – Six performances of The Multilingual Play “Lili Mélodie”

General Public Ministry of Culture Belem Cultural Center Ministry of Education Media

Russian Federation

13-14 Moscow National Conference: Closing of the EYL – “Languages Safeguard Peace/World

Young Generation, Language Policy Makers, Teacher Trainers and Language Teachers

Russian Federation

Irkutsk Scientific and Practical Conference – Civilisation and Culture - Problems in Mentality

Slovak Republic Bratislava - Conference – Minority Languages - Conference – EYC

General public Teachers and General Public

H, CZ, PL A, CZ, H, PL

Slovenia 1-2 Ljubljana Closing event of the EYL large public

D E

C E

M B

E R

Turkey 1-2 Antalya

European Languages Fair For all ages TÖMER, Cultural Institutes, Universities, Private Language Centres