Course: Celebrating the European Day of Languages 2022! – Webinar

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Celebrating the European Day of Languages 2022! – Webinar

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The webinar will be aimed at celebrating the European Day of Languages 2022 and at the same time, at launching a MOOC on the potential of eTwinning as the ideal platform and learning environment to enhance the students’ language competences and plurilingual repertoire.

The concepts of multilingualism and plurilingualism will be highlighted, also referring to some effective methodologies such as CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and HLD (Healthy Linguistic Diet), in the framework of the recent Council Recommendations. Examples of eTwinning projects will be mentioned to provide practical ideas and suggestions.

The webinar took place on Friday 30 September

watch You can watch the recording below.

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Speaker Panel

Letizia Cinganotto, former Senior Researcher at INDIRE (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research), Italy, currently teaches language teaching at University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. She holds a PhD in synchronic, diachronic and applied Linguistics. She is a member of different working groups and scientific committees on CLIL and language learning both at national and international level. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and published articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and five volumes on CLIL. She is a member of the consultancy team of the “Pluriliteracies Teaching for Deeper Learning” (PTDL) project promoted by the European Centre of Modern Languages of the Council of Europe.

Daniela Cuccurullo, Tesol Italy vice-President, is an adjunct Professor of English at the Universities of Naples (Suor Orsola Benincasa); she is also a Secondary School teacher of English and teacher trainer. Engaged in research on PLE/PLN and on teaching ESL and EFL through multimedia, she is the author/editor of e-courses, MOOCS, books, essays reviews and translations. She is also a qualified expert in the field of ERASMUS projects and school evaluation and is National Ambassador for EUN Teacher Academy. At present she is working with CLIL at national/international levels as a new approach to language learning.

Dina Mehmedbegovic-Smith is an associate professor of Education and Applied Linguistics at University College London, Institute of Education. Dina teaches on a range of programmes at PGCE, MA and doctoral level. She was on the core IOE team developing the National English as an Additional Language (EAL) Workforce Strategy; a key staff member in the development of the new programmes addressing the needs of bilingual children: MA in Bilingual Learners in Urban Settings, PGCE EAL Pathway and MA TESOL pre-service, which she currently leads. Her previous roles also include: Deputy Director of the London Education Research Unit (2009-11) and the editor of the IOE publication the London Digest, with the brief of generating and sharing knowledge on key education issues in London and global cities. Her research focuses on attitudes to bilingualism/multilingualism, minority languages and positioning of languages in relation to domination, political power and language disappearance. She is currently developing interdisciplinary work with colleagues from neuroscience aimed at providing a broader evidence base for advocating cognitive benefits of bilingualism in education and life-long learning. Her concept Healthy Linguistic Diet is an innovative approach to language learning and has been endorsed by the EU Commission in their report: Rethinking Language Education, as a part of the EU Language policy review.

Topic outline

What Is This Webinar About?
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Speaker Panel
- The concepts of multilingualism and plurilingualism will be highlighted, also referring to some effective methodologies such as CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and HLD (Healthy Linguistic Diet), in the framework of the recent Council Recommendations. Examples of eTwinning projects will be mentioned to provide practical ideas and suggestions.
  
  The webinar took place on Friday 30 September
  
  You can watch the recording below.
  
  <br />
  
  Download the slides
  
  Speaker Panel
  
  Letizia Cinganotto, former Senior Researcher at INDIRE (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research), Italy, currently teaches language teaching at University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. She holds a PhD in synchronic, diachronic and applied Linguistics. She is a member of different working groups and scientific committees on CLIL and language learning both at national and international level. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and published articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and five volumes on CLIL. She is a member of the consultancy team of the “Pluriliteracies Teaching for Deeper Learning” (PTDL) project promoted by the European Centre of Modern Languages of the Council of Europe.
  
  Daniela Cuccurullo, Tesol Italy vice-President, is an adjunct Professor of English at the Universities of Naples (Suor Orsola Benincasa); she is also a Secondary School teacher of English and teacher trainer. Engaged in research on PLE/PLN and on teaching ESL and EFL through multimedia, she is the author/editor of e-courses, MOOCS, books, essays reviews and translations. She is also a qualified expert in the field of ERASMUS projects and school evaluation and is National Ambassador for EUN Teacher Academy. At present she is working with CLIL at national/international levels as a new approach to language learning.
  
  Dina Mehmedbegovic-Smith is an associate professor of Education and Applied Linguistics at University College London, Institute of Education. Dina teaches on a range of programmes at PGCE, MA and doctoral level. She was on the core IOE team developing the National English as an Additional Language (EAL) Workforce Strategy; a key staff member in the development of the new programmes addressing the needs of bilingual children: MA in Bilingual Learners in Urban Settings, PGCE EAL Pathway and MA TESOL pre-service, which she currently leads. Her previous roles also include: Deputy Director of the London Education Research Unit (2009-11) and the editor of the IOE publication the London Digest, with the brief of generating and sharing knowledge on key education issues in London and global cities. Her research focuses on attitudes to bilingualism/multilingualism, minority languages and positioning of languages in relation to domination, political power and language disappearance. She is currently developing interdisciplinary work with colleagues from neuroscience aimed at providing a broader evidence base for advocating cognitive benefits of bilingualism in education and life-long learning. Her concept Healthy Linguistic Diet is an innovative approach to language learning and has been endorsed by the EU Commission in their report: Rethinking Language Education, as a part of the EU Language policy review.