1.    LANGUAGES AS A SUBJECT WITHIN LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION

Text, literature and “Bildung”

Text, literature and “Bildung” – comparative perspectives

-    Laila Aase, Nordisk institutt, Norway

-    Mike Fleming, University of Durham, United Kingdom

-    Irene Pieper (ed.), Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany

-    Florentina Sâmihăian, National Council for Curriculum, Romania

The Literary Canon: implications for the teaching of language as subject

-    Mike Fleming

Portfolio in LS teaching and learning?

-    Laila Aase

-    Mike Fleming

-    Irene Pieper

-    Florentina Sâmihăian

2.   LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WITHIN LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION

        Language Across the Curriculum in Primary Education

Three case studies and implications for a European ‘Framework’

Introduction:

Michael Byram (ed.), University of Durham, United Kingdom

Case Study: France 

Christine Barré de Miniac, IUFM Académie de Grenoble, France

Case Study : Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Marcus Hammann, Uni Münster, Germany

Case Study: Norway

Jon Smidt, Sör-Tröndelag University College, Norway

Conclusions:

Michael Byram

        Language Across the Curriculum in Secondary Education

History

A descriptive framework for communicative/linguistic competences involved in the teaching and learning of history

-    Jean-Claude Beacco (ed.), University of Sorbonne, Paris

-    Martin Sachse, State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research, Munich

-    Arild Thorbjørnsen, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway

-    with a contribution by Werner Wiater, University of Augsburg

Mathematics

a)     Language in mathematics?

A comparative study of four national curricula

-    Sigmund Ongstad (ed.), Oslo University, Norway

-    Brian Hudson (in co-operation with Peter Nyström), Umeå University, Sweden

-    Birgit Pepin, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

-    Mihaela Singer, Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania

b)      Disciplinarity versus

discursivity? Mathematics and/as semiotic communication

-    Sigmund Ongstad, Oslo University, Norway

Science

Language and communication in the learning and teaching of science in secondary schools

-    Helmut J. Vollmer (ed.), University of Osnabrück, Germany

-    Tatiana Holasová, Research Institute of Education in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

-    Stein Dankert Kolstø, University of Bergen, Norway

-    Jenny Lewis, University of Leeds, UK

3.   EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT WITHIN LANGUAGE(S) OF EDUCATION

The Challenge of Assessment within Language(s) of Education

Mike Fleming, University of Durham, United Kingdom

The Relevance of International Assessment for the development of a Framework for the Languages of Education

José Noijons, CITO, The Netherlands

Assessing competences at the end of compulsory schooling – the Polish case

Waldemar Martyniuk (ed.), Jagiellonian University, Poland

4.   A EUROPEAN REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION

Introduction and Summary

Full Version

(Italian: UN DOCUMENTO EUROPEO DI RIFERIMENTO PER LE LINGUE DELL’EDUCAZIONE?)

-    Daniel Coste (ed.), Ecole Normale supérieure Lettres et Sciences humaines, France (professeur émérite)

-    Marisa Cavalli, Regional Educational Research Institute of Val d'Aosta, Italy

-    Alexandru Crişan, Bucarest University, Romania

-    Piet-Hein van de Ven, ILS, Graduate School of Education, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands