Danish University Colleges
Early Foreign Language Learning and Plurilingual Education
Thomsen, Hanne
Publication date:
2020
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Thomsen, H. (2020). Early Foreign Language Learning and Plurilingual Education. 1. Poster session presented at Language in Focus 2020, Valetta, Malta.
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EARLY ENGLISH AND PLURILINGUAL EDUCATION
Hanne Thomsen
University College Copenhagen, Faculty of Education, Denmark
ENGLISH YEAR 1
PROJECT PLAN
OVER 36 MONTHS
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
PROJECT RESULTS
FIVE TEACHING UNITS FOR ENGLISH YEAR 1
TEACHING UNITS EVALUATED BY COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER DENMARK
PROJECT RESULTS DIGITAL MATERIALS
PROJECT RESULT
KEY PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION
Teacher’s guides + photocopiable and digital materials: e.g.
flash cards, word cards, worksheets, language passport and language portfolio
The Language Consortium
University of Copenhagen and University College Copenhagen – in cooperation with the Municipality of Copenhagen, five
Copenhagen-based primary schools and the Danish Teachers’
Union
Funded by the A.P.Møller Foundation ‘A.P.Møller og Hustru Chastine McKinney Møllers Fond til Almene Formaal’
Early English
French German Learning-
centred
teaching Plurilingual Education
Digital tools and
materials
Project Aim
To develop teaching materials for schools and university colleges
available at www.tidligeresprogstart.ku.dk
Deveopment of teaching materials (year plans and teaching units) through CPD in cooperation with 20 language teachers (ten English, five
French an five German teachers and their learners and the Language Consortium Project Team
Development and evaluation of a new and custumized PD-module
‘Early Language Learning and Plurilingual Education
Implementation and evaluation of teaching
material in new classes – by 40 language teachers and their learners
Final products
* Five unit plans and year plans – shared online
* Pre- and in-service teacher training modules
* Online publication
* Regional courses for 300 teachers
* National seminar and international conference
Key principles based on theory and practice
❑ EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING
❑ PLURILINGUALISM AND DANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
❑ LEARNING-CENTRED TEACHING
❑ DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES
Online publication
Daryai-Hansen, P. & Albrechtsen, D. (2018)
(eds.).Tidligere sprogstart – ny begynderdidaktik med fokus på flersprogethed. Københavns Universitet &
Københavns Professionshøjskole: Konsortiet for Sprog og Fagdidaktik i folkeskolen.
www.tidligeresprogstart.ku.dk
