Plurilingual Project in Catalonia

The Plurilingual Project in Catalonia: An educational framework for living together in diversity Neus Lorenzo i Galés, February 2009 [email_address] Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d’Educació

How?…Why? (Just to think about it) Don’t say it aloud!!!. Just look at it for ten seconds…. 1. Choose one of these cards.

How?…Why? (Just to think about it) Now, I am going to mix… ...and I’ll eliminate your card! Think of your card… remember it …

How?…Why? (Just to think about it)

How?…Why? (Just to think about it) 3. AM I RIGHT??? How have I done it? ... Why does it work? ... Thinking of one or of all?

Keep both in mind! CONCLUSSION: ACTING GLOCAL Think global , act local The Catalan Plurilingual Project at Inclusive school

Content
1. Social and educational context: past and present in Catalonia
2. Common aims and shared challenges in Europe:
Identity building
Community building
Knowledge building
3. Strategies and techniques for sustainability

Social context: Who are we? The question of identity changes focus: from belonging to becoming… TRADITIONAL IDENTITY: ...rooted to the land, linked to our food style, proud of our traditions, connected to our landmarks, identified by our language...... emigration immigration globalization MODERN IDENTITY: ... open-minded, internationally oriented, cosmopolitan, intercultural, creative and innovative...

Educational context : Postwar language policy at school PAST: Immigration 1960’s 1970’s SPANISH School subject Latin Greek French CATALAN School subject ENGLISH FRENCH, GERM. ITAL. CATALAN SPANISH Calo (Roman) Bilingual society Monolingual school 1979 Estatut d’Autonomia 1983 & 1998 Lleis de Normalització Lingüística Llei de Política Lingüística Bilingual school Bilingual society Debate Democracy

Two societies ? One society? Looking for an educational system 1970’s & 1980’s: Debate on family language

Nowadays language policy at school PRESENT: Immigration 2000’s - 2010’s Bilingual school Extra curricular LANGUAGES Bilingual society SPANISH CATALAN School subject ENGLISH FRENCH. GERM. ITAL. CATALAN SPANISH Calo (Roman) Plurilingual society Debate

know how & resources? sensitivity & complicities Looking for balance and sustainability

Immigrant students in Catalonia 148.525 93.831 106.746 121.622 133.000 23.778 34.797 51.926 74.491 19.793 16.921 9.868 0.81% 13.65% 10.05% 7.65% 5.04% 9.03% From: Servei d’Immersoó i Ús de la llengua, 200

Data of students newly arriving in Catalonia, ordered by originating country From: Servei d’Immersoó i Ús de la llengua, 2008

School cannot do it alone!

Content
Identity building,
Community building,
Knowledge building

The Plurilingual Project : common aims and shared challenges in Europe
Identity building
-Accepting diversity
and cultural differece
as collective richness
and shared opportunity
Community building
-Facing immigration and growth with social cohesion and active citizenship
Knowledge building
-Developing skills for lifelong learning in a global context, and acquiring key competencies relevant to the labour market.
Adapted from: Leonard Orban, Commissionate for Multilingual Portfolio, EU international complicities

IDENTITY BUILDING Family School Friends Work Society Media Environment Family L. Environmental L. School L. Professional L. International L.

Formal, non-formal and informal spaces

Use of language in family relationships and in the community 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Family 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Friends 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Neighbours 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Work mates 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 School mates Only Catalan More Catalan than Spanish Both More Sp than Catalan Only Spanish Other From: Servei d’Immersoó i Ús de la llengua, 2005

Becoming active citizens in a Common core (sharing) State Legislation Belonging to Private spaces (keeping) Cultural singularities Dynamic Educational Model Managing diversity for social cohesion

In our modern, mobile, liquid society, there are many inland frontiers of exclusion… … and the weakest victims are children and women COMMUNITY BUILDING

Social commitment : participation Municipal Educational Project Experimental FLT CLIL Project Lingüistic Project School Strategic Plan Catalan Immersion Plan Schools, headmasters and teachers Municipal Authorities Unions Students, Families Inspection of education Unversities Research Goups Parents Associations

Educational continuum for educational coherence Personal spare time Leasure time Extra-school time School time Class time Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d’Educació

Shared values, common aims Catalan is the common language of social cohesion, the backbone of a plurilingual project where languages are doors and windows on the world that heighten expectations of success in school, personal growth and lifelong learning.

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING

Speak Catalan Speak Catalan and Spanish Speak Spanish Speak no Catalan, no Spanish, but other languages They know both languages and communicate in at least a foreign language… (2) Starting school Finishing compulsory education School provides - learning opportunities - competencies - linguistic information - personal development - intercultural dialogue for becoming - active citizens - involved professionals - models of diversity Immersion Half-immersion CLIL

From Vision to Action Qualitative RESULTS Quantitative RESULTS INICIAL assessment PROCESS assesment IMPACT assessment DESCRIPTORS & INDICATORS

Lisbon Conference 2001: planning for the European Union in 2010 Excellency in Education Equality COMPETENCIES SOCIAL COHESION SUCCESS INCLUSION

(PISA results related to immigrant students) Changes between first and second generation
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/findDocument/0,2350,en_32252351_32235731_1_119669_1_1_1,00.html
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2966,en_32252351_32235907_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Stable results Positive results Negative results

Content
Identity building,
Community building,
Knowledge building

Conflict management Attitudes and values SUSTAINABILITY organisation INCLUSIVE SCHOOL

Training LIC Teams for inclussion Including several cultures & languages: formal education resources Áine Furlong, Waterford Institute of Technology (Ireland) “ In-between Spaces: relationship betw.een creativity and plurilingualism” Integrating Catalan language: non-formal education fields Fighting exclusion: informal education world

LIC Teams: Plans and programs R eformulating objectives and methodologies REFLECTING DOING PLANNING ASSESSING REFLECTING DOING ASSESSING PLANNING

http :// www . xtec . cat / lic / Providing resources

… and lets’s start working! Support for students: lifelong learning skills development personal social academical professional

EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS for everybody SOCIAL COHESION

The Plurilingual Project in Catalonia: An educational framework for living together in diversity Neus Lorenzo i Galés, February 2009 [email_address] Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d’Educació

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