Basis of the elaboration: syllabuses, curriculum,
guidelines, examinations,
textbooks
What learners
have to learn
knowledge and skills
Act effectively
defines levels of prificiency
To measure learner's progress
Provides the
means to meet
the real need of
the learners
Description of objectives, content and methods
will enhance the
transparency of
Syllabusses, qualifications,
Facilitates recognition of qualifications in different learning context
The human language into
separate components
psycological and pedagogical problems
Social agent that forms relationships
central objective of
language education
to promote the
favourable
development of the
learner’s whole
personality
includes the description
of ‘partial’ qualifications,
appropriate when only a
more restricted knowledge
of a language is required
(e.g. for understanding
rather than speaking),
The aims and
objectives of
Council of Europe
language policy
3 basic principles
set down in the
preamble to
Recommendation
1. The rich heritage of diverse languages
and cultures in Europe is a valuable
common resource
to be protected and developed
its needed to convert that
diversity from a barrier to
communication into a source
of mutual enrichment and
understanding;
2. Through a better knowledge of European
modern languages that it will be possible to
facilitate communication and interaction among
Europeans of different mother tongues in order
to promote European mobility, mutual
understanding and co-operation, and overcome
prejudice and discrimination;
3. member states,
when adopting or
developing national
policies in the field of
modern language
learning and teaching,
may achieve greater
convergence at the
European level by
means of appropriate
arrangements for
ongoing co-operation
and co-ordination of
policies.
member governments
To promote the
national and
international
collaboration of
governmental and
non-governmental
institutions engaged in
the development of
methods of teaching
and evaluation in the
field of modern
language learning and
in the production and
use of materials,
including institutions
engaged in the
production and use of
multi-media materials.
To take such steps as are necessary to complete the establishment of an effective European system
of information exchange covering all aspects of language learning, teaching and research, and
making full use of information technology.
the steps which they take to implement general measures
that all sections of their populations have access to
effective means of acquiring a knowledge of the
languages of other member states (or of other
communities within their own country) as well as
the skills in the use of those languages that will
enable them to satisfy their communicative needs
and in particular:
to deal with the business of everyday life in another
country, and to help foreigners staying in their own
country to do so;
to exchange information and ideas with young people and adults who speak a
different language and to communicate their thoughts and feelings to them;
to achieve a wider and deeper understanding of the
way of life and forms of thought of other peoples
and of their cultural heritage.
To promote, encourage
and support the efforts of
teachers and learners at
all levels to apply in their
own situation the
principles of the
construction of
language-learning
systems
by basing language
teaching and
learning on the
needs,
motivations,
characteristics and
resources of
learners;
by defining
worthwhile and
realistic objectives as
explicitly as possible;
by developing appropriate methods and materials;
by developing suitable
forms and instruments for
the evaluating of learning
programmes.
To promote research and
development
programmes leading to
the introduction, at all
educational levels, of
methods and materials
best suited to enabling
different classes and
types of student to
acquire a communicative
proficiency appropriate
to their specific needs.