 Welcome, bienvenue ladies and gentlemen to the European Day of Languages video show, paying tribute to excellence in language teaching and learning all over Europe. My name is Juliette and I'm the lucky one who will be your host today. We are going to check out a range of exciting projects, putting languages in focus in all sectors of education. But before we embark on this journey together, it is my immense pleasure and honour to introduce to you the EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Marie Gabrielle. The Commissioner is originally from Bulgaria, but I believe she will speak to us in French this time. Madame Gabrielle, à vous la parole. Bonjour à tous et à toutes. C'est un grand plaisir pour moi de vous présenter ce kaleidoscope de projets qui ont reçu le label européen des langues au fil des sept dernières années où ont été financés via Erasmus Plus. Le multilinguisme fait partie des principes fondamentaux et de la même de l'Union européenne. À travers ces politiques en faveur de l'éducation et de la culture, la Commission européenne soutient la diversité linguistique, cette richesse exceptionnelle qui s'inscrit pleinement dans notre patrimoine européenne. J'y attache une énorme importance. Le programme Erasmus Plus a soutenu plus de 19 000 projets portant sur l'apprentissage et l'enseignement des langues dans tous les secteurs de l'éducation, de la formation et de la jeunesse. Le label européen des langues est destiné à valoriser et encourager davantage les initiatives innovantes dans ce domaine. Les projets que nous allons découvrir ensemble montrent à quel point le travail de l'apprentissage des langues est un processus tout au long de la vie. Il commence dès le plus jeune âge, à l'école maternelle et primaire, continue à se profondir dans l'école secondaire, accompagne la formation professionnelle pour continuer à l'université et accompagner même la formation des adultes. Nos états membres et les autres pays qui participent à la mise en œuvre de la belle européenne des langues ont fait un travail tout à fait remarquable pour soutenir ces projets et je voudrais très sincèrement les féliciter. Il faut continuer afin de préserver notre richesse linguistique. D'une part, nous devons continuer à préserver les méthodes d'enseignement qui ont fait leurs preuves et qui contribuent à notre excellence européenne. D'autre part, il faut enrichir le multilinguisme et l'apprentissage des langues en emparant des opportunités que nous offrent les nouvelles technologies. Ainsi, nous assurerons que la diversité linguistique ne reste pas simplement un beau principe, mais qu'il se traduise dans des idées et des projets concrets auxquels tous les citoyens européens peuvent être associés. Nous devons travailler pour avoir plus d'enseignants de langues excellents. A cela s'ajoute le défi de permettre aux élèves d'échanger avec leur homologue à l'étranger, notamment grâce aux nouvelles technologies. Tout cela existe déjà dans le programme Erasmus Plus, qui s'achève à la fin de cette année 2020. À partir de 2021, le nouveau programme va continuer à vous soutenir, afin que vous puissiez porter davantage de projets linguistiques, tout en vous aidant à mieux les valoriser. Je me réjouis de la collaboration continue avec tous ceux et toutes celles avec lesquels nous partageons la même passion pour les langues. Je tiens à vous remercier tous pour votre créativité, votre engagement et votre implication dans cette belle cause, le multilinguisme. Et je vous lance le défi de continuer à oser la diversité linguistique et par votre travail d'un inspiré d'autre. Merci. Merci Madame Gabrielle, pour vos mots visionnaires et encourageants. Mesdames, messieurs, la Commissaire européenne nous a rappelé combien les compétences linguistiques sont au coeur de la vision ambitieuse de créer un espace européen de l'éducation. L'aptitude à parler des langues étrangères est une compétence nécessaire, non seulement pour étudier à l'étranger, mais aussi pour rivaliser sur des marchés de l'emploi de plus en plus internationaux. Language is also a question of equity and inclusion for people living, studying and working in a different country from the one they grew up in. Learning the language of the new host country can be a tremendous challenge. Without a good level of literacy and language competences, you may lose out on many opportunities in life and work. We have asked all participating countries to show us some of their best language projects over the past programme period. By using innovative methods, great language teachers turn the language classrooms into exciting places. You will also see examples of projects that focus on linguistic diversity and the wider benefits of multilingualism. You will discover how languages can be combined with the learning of other subjects. This education actually begins with language and language is the beginning of all learning. So let's now visit some schools around Europe and discover what is going on. Digital tools have opened up lots of new possibilities for language teachers to bring languages to life and make learning interesting. Here are some inspiring examples. I teach in a very small school on the countryside. Our resources are limited. It's super important to bring in the world into our classroom and for us to come out in the world. We need to make sure we make this journey possible. Imagine if they can learn from students in another country about their history or culture. Hi, we are a class in Jonslund School, Sweden. We would like to know. I hope they walk away from my classroom knowing that the world is much bigger than just this area. That they can do things and that their voices are heard. Education is us learning together. You just have devotion, passion and a bit of creativity and there are endless possibilities. In 2017 we began to teach modern languages through remote learning at a rural secondary school called Hakka Centralskola in the very north of Sweden. Students from different schools can be taught at the same time in the same language lesson. The variation keeps our students motivated throughout the whole lesson. The students follow the language course and practice all the skills included such as writing, reading, listening and speaking. Our goal is to continue to develop and improve our working methods to reach more pupils in sparsely populated areas and enabling them to learn languages by competent language teachers. Let's take the communication to another level. Let's keep alive the relationships between human beings. Let's keep alive the communication between us, especially in those rough times. Could you give us your taxi bill please? Have come good. Just with one click you can discover a new world. The E-Mate app is suitable for learning, training and teaching. E-Mate, your virtual companion, is European Union Multilingualism Activities Throughout Teamwork to carry out Erasmus vision. Sabine, Claudia, coming back to my first question, why would I do it? What are the benefits for my school? I would say there are lots of benefits for schools. First of all, there is this authentic opportunity to produce texts and also to edit texts in person's writing. Normally this is done for teaching purposes only, now there is a real possibility and a real opportunity to publish texts. In publicity, there are authentic reasons to publish on the app platform. Additionally, you will have access to all these authentic texts and videos and fantastic games and learning materials. Also, the teachers at your school will have texts in eight languages. I don't know how many languages are taught at your school. Eight languages, materials and teaching tips for teachers on the teacher's heart. The practice of learning a foreign language through the intermediary of another discipline is called in French, Émile, teaching an integrated subject to a foreign language. And in English, Clil, content and language integrated learning. The methods are not all the same, but the fundamental idea is that each teacher has a role to play in the master's of reading and writing, in the school language and in foreign languages. A collaboration between teachers in languages and teachers specialized in an essential discipline. Clil stands for content and language integrated learning. For the last year and a half, we've been teaching transition years history and culture of France through French. We're currently taking part in the Clil programme. I'd like to get a better understanding of French history and culture. And obviously by the end of the year, we all want to be able to improve our French. And it wasn't really focused on grammar and you didn't feel like a pressure to pronounce everything right. It was just really fun. Definitely, fifth year of French was less daunting when taking part in the Clil module the previous year because we were immersed in more French. Discovering science was initiated by college children who are in Paris and primary school in the middle of the language in Pakistan. During the project, students did research on Nicholas, Tesla and Blu-ray Noff and they improved their knowledge in English, IT, maths, physics and chemistry through different activities and workshops. They've learned how to think outside the box, accepting diversity. And with students exchange, they had an opportunity to peek into another culture and fell in love with another way of doing it. There are projects that have found links between learning languages, sustainable development and visions for a distant future. There is no limit to creativity in the classroom where the living languages are taught. Awareness of how culture affects communication is essential in all human interaction. Many projects seek to develop students' curiosity towards other cultures and languages or enhance their tolerance and positive attitude towards people who are different from the norm. Others aim to prepare students for study and work in different cultural settings and develop a broader view of what European identity means to foster responsible citizenship skills. That's how we created a European story, in which we found a red thread that links Latin, Italian, and Portuguese Latin to the text under the form of basmets, novels, stories from the national folklore of each country. They wrote them under the form of a script, adapting them to their contemporary realities. And then, during a five-day mobility period, they put an original piece of theatre and we believe that each time a great success. Werdala International School celebrates the diversity of the cultural backgrounds of its students. As a member of the Council of European International Schools, Werdala offers internationally accredited curriculum from pre-K levels up to an accredited IB program. Many of the students engaged in the project were reluctant to work together. Many of them had problems with the development team. First of all, they had this work for them and for them. The project is definitely universal. You can bring it to every square, aiming at the problem of the power in the middle of the alleys. The project was created as an answer to the phenomenon of cyber power that took place in our school. The important thing is that it was entirely based on the authentic experience of our students. They very much engaged in the implementation of this project. For me personally, the extraordinary experience was that they met victims of cyber power as well. It was really an incredible experience. The goal of the Erasmus project, plus the suppression and prevention of chicanery in schools in Europe, was to create this important sociological phenomenon of the school environment connected to the project, which was the school of the United Kingdom, Finnish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Turkish and the main coordinator was the German school. Multilingualism keeps the brain on top. In addition, the appreciation of linguistic diversity is a question of social justice and inclusion. There are schools where parents ask their children not to talk about the language they use at home once they have crossed the school gate. These children are forced to leave behind them an essential component of their identity, which will have a negative impact on their trust in them, their motivation and their school results. Hello, I am Joanne Duarte and I am the head of the 3M project. More knowledge with more knowledge. In this project, we work together with 12 Frieze-based schools to develop and implement an inclusive approach to metallurgy in education and to evaluate it, so that everyone in the class can get a role in education. Last year, we won the European language award with this project. Second prize and public prize. My name is Miriam Günther and I am the project coordinator and researcher at the 3M project. I am responsible for the 3M toolbox. In the 3M toolbox, all of us have developed multi-use activities. You can navigate within the toolbox and select lessons, on lessons or projects, on lifetime, on core goals and on skills. This project from Italy is about plurilingual education, tested and implemented in several primary and secondary schools. It uses all the languages of the children in the classroom as resources, a training course for teachers has been created based on this project. This project from Denmark, Wise Words, is aimed at informing pupils, parents and teachers about the value of maintaining the language of origin as a personal treasure. It's a powerful testimony to the strength of multilingualism. The youngest children in early childhood education and daycare can all become multilingual. It is just about finding the correct way of providing opportunities for that to happen. When they are preschool age, they are like sponges when it comes to language. So, we have just seen a lot of topics about language learning, digital tools, cultural diversity and many other subjects. Now let's hear from Mikael Toch. Mikael is head of the unit Schools and Multilingualism. Mikael is originally from Germany and to celebrate this special day, he is going to speak both Italian and German. Talk to you. Where are you from? We are from the national community that have promoted this work, that have supported these projects. I would really like to thank both the promoters and the national agencies. The teaching and learning of languages is a very important and fundamental part of the Erasmus program. Obviously, we believe that these projects will also be a very important part of our future program. We also have an idea of the potential of the European Label of the Wing, as many of you know, which has been one of our most important projects in the last 20 years, to show the potential of this program. We would like to strengthen the existing conditions of the Erasmus program. In practice, we would really like to use the Label in all the member states of the European Union. So we have more projects and also in the community, even more active. The learning and teaching of languages is what we heard from Ms. Commissioner Maria Gabriel. This is really the center of our ideas for the development of a European training space. So it happens incredibly much. And we also made a few ideas about it.