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Dear EPALE colleagues,
In honour of European Day of Languages, EPALE hosted a lively discussion moderated by language teacher and polyglot Alex Rawlings and our thematic coordinator for Quality, Andrew McCoshan. Practitioners and experts from across Europe shared their experience in teaching languages to adults, their tips and best practices, and discussed various topics. Click here to learn more. Also, EPALE’s national teams from across Europe gathered interesting case studies, thought-provoking blog posts and helpful resources on the topic of languages and adult education – click here to check them out.
Blog posts
It’s clothes, not clothies: the art of correcting a language teacher
Education advisor and freelance journalist Ross Clarke reflected on the well-known dilemma of correcting fellow language teachers at work.
Case study: European catering & hospitality language training
We interviewed project managers Christian Goethals and Anne Brindley to tell us more about their experiences working on the European Catering & Hospitality Language Training project.
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in European education systems
EPALE's Thematic Coordinator for Learning Environments, Simon Broek, reflected on the benefits and challenges of implementing the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages on a national level.
News from around Europe
After the summer break, September was a busy month for adult education in Europe:
The Nordic Council of Ministers is launching a new programme for cooperation between Nordic countries and Northwest Russia, covering a wide range of sectors including education.
Estonian government has designed a plan to provide 14-week programming training to people from different professional backgrounds.
In Bulgaria 52 street cleaners without a degree, aged 30-50, will enter second chance education, thanks to a joint venture by Bulgarian trade union organisations.
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