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Learning languages policies: Selected Topics

Claudia Reiserer – Bavaria (Germany)

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The Bavarian school system

important main facts:• diversified education system• external as opposed to internal differentiation• 19 ways to higher education• high permeability• more than 40% of academics with vocational background• integration: educational equality

equality of participation

and interaction

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Language learning approaches:Innovative programmes for European Plurilingualism

Mittelschule:no bilingual offers (mother tongue as one option in the school leaving exams)

Realschule:- model project: bilingual classes in years 7 to 9 (100 Realschulen)- Czech as an additional voluntary subject (levels A1 and A2)

Gymnasium:- ~ 80% offer bilingual classes or modules- 5 AbiBac schools, one ISIS school

For further information: www.bayern-bilingual.de

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Facts and figures: Percentage of students with migration background

0,00%

20,00%

40,00%

60,00%

80,00%

100,00%

primaryschools

generaleducation

highschools

Mittel-schule*

urban area

2008/092011/12

* vocationally oriented schools, non university bound

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Model projects:

• TiL (“Talents in Bavaria“)• aim: support of students with migration background who want to study at universities• up to 50 participants

• LeMi (“Lehrer mit Migrationshintergrund”)• network for teachers with migration background (about 100 teachers) • trainings and advisory services for teachers• http://www.lemi-netzwerk.de/

• KommMIT (“Kommunikation, Migration, Integration, Teilhabe”) • pilot project in 30 schools (all school types) • publication of the results as guidelines in a handbook• http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Flyer%20KommMIT.pdf

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• 3-4 days per week

• on the basis of

national training

regulations

• within the framework

of a training contract

Dual Training - the Dual System Vocational training in company and vocational school

Company Vocational school

• 1-2 days per week

• on the basis of a

national framework

curriculum

• general and

vocational subjects

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Thank you for your attention.