AVE in Aragon

Seville, 1-2 October 2009

Aragon location

Aragon figures

Spain 504.782

Aragon 47.719

SurfaceSurface

Population Population

9,54 %9,54 %

2,89 %2,89 %

Huesca Teruel Zaragoza TOTAL

Urban 47.923 32.580 638.799 719.302

Rural 164.978 106.753 258.551 530.282

TOTAL 212.901 139.333 897.350 1.249.584

Foreing population in Aragón

Spain 5.268.762

Aragon 154.892

Aragón Aragón

11,7 %11,7 %

11,4 %11,4 %

Spain Spain

Origin country Inhabitants

Romania 57.043

Morocco 15.108

Ecuador 11.521

Colombia 7.264

Bulgaria 5.350

Portugal 4.678

Argeria 4.511

Poland 3.873

The AVE programme in Adult Education Centres

Adult Education Centres in ARAGÓN

CPEPA Miguel HernándezCPEPA SomontanoCPEPA SobrarbeCPEPA Bajo CincaCPEPA RibagorzaCPEPA JacetaniaCPEPA Cinca MedioCPEPA Alto GállegoCPEPA MonegrosCPEPA La Litera

AEA CalamochaAEA Caminreal-TorrijoAEA MonrealCPEPA Río GuadalopeCPEPA AlcorisaCPEPA AndorraCPEPA CellaCPEPA Cuenca MineraCPEPA Isabel de SeguraCPEPA Rubielos de MoraCPEPA Valderobres

CPEPA ExeaCPEPA El PósitoCPEPA FuentesCPEPA AlfindénCPEPA Emilio NavarroCPEPA La AlmuniaCPEPA Marco Valerio MarcialCPEPA Ricardo SolaCPEPA DarocaCPEPA Joaquín CostaCPEPA Gómez LafuenteCPEPA Concepción ArenalCPEPA Casa CanalCPEPA Juan José LorenteCPEPA Margen IzquierdaCPEPA Miguel Hernádez (Casetas)

StaffStaff

Teachers from Aragon GovermentTeachers from Councils / Counties

Launch and monitoring

Centre equipment

Teachers’training

Teachingprocess

Adult Education Centres

• 2006-07 year

• 2007-08 year

• 2008-09 year

Huesca Teruel Zaragoza TOTAL

8 4 14 26

Huesca Teruel Zaragoza TOTAL

10 7 16 33

Huesca Teruel Zaragoza TOTAL

10 8 16 34

Students and groups

Year Groups Students Finish % finish

2006-07 88 430 101 0,23

2007/08 137 406 105 0,26

2008/09 128 492 125 0,25

Nationalities

• Morocco (354)• Romanía (283)• Brazil (83)• Ukraine (66)• Italy (18)• Bulgaria (39)• Poland (131)• China (57)• Russia (59)• Senegal (141)• Guinea (19)• Gambia (29)• Germany (9)• Argeria (122)• Moldava (12)

• Netherlands (7)• Pakistan (15)• Belgium (6)• Lithuania (4)• Cape Verde (3)• Czech Republic (8)• USA (7)• Finland (2)• Hungury (3)• United Kingdom (16)• Mauritana (10)• Portugal (27)• Dominican Republic (3)• Mali (39)• Ghana (10)

Teachers’ training

• Training in Teacher Training Centres– 5 days (20 hours)

• Training with the AVE platform

54 teachers/year

Teaching process

How a course is working

Students’ features

• Literate migrants (Low Secondary Education

level at least)

• They usually settled migrants. So they can

speak, but they can’t write nor read.

• They can usually use computers.

• They usually have a job.

Starting guidance

INTERVIEW INITIAL ASSESSMENT

Computer test A test is available in Ave platform to assign students to

courses

Writing test According to the result of AVE test, students do a writing

test

Oral test

Student’s assignment to a course

Registration

• The first assigment to a course is

temporary. Students can spend two weeks

to check if their course is suitable for them.

• Registration

Methodology

TutorialsTutorialsTutor’s tasksTutor’s tasks

TasksGive news and advice to students.Organize and make easier group communication.Monitoring and student assessment.Work with other teachers.

Reviews•AVE materials•If it is necessary, prepare additional materials to students and upload them on the Bank Resources.•Make easier relations between students.

Tutorials

• Semi - distance • Distance

Three classes/week:

Two 1h. 30 min. classes working with computer. One 1 h. 30 min. class having conversation. They work questions related to they have studied in AVE lessons. They are useful to

- Strengthen grammar questions.- Review and widening vocabulary.-Make writing exercises

Students work at home. A working calendar agreement is reached. Comunication between students:

-Chat rooms.-E-mails, forums, news boards…

Communication with the tutor:- Once a fortnight at least.- Organize chats (setting time meetings).- Encourage the forums.

Monitoring and assessment

• Monitoring– AVE monitoring

– Answer e-mails.• Encouragement messages.• Correction messages

– Platform revision each two weeks.

• Assessment– Final assignments

– “Graphic adventures”

Certificate

Student’s monitoring

Teacher’s monitoring

Conclusions

• AVE platform has good, appealing, entertaining, well designed materials.

• Useful tools to communication and monitoring.• Suitable contents for daily life.• Four language skills are worked• Enhance student’s autonomy. Different learning

paces are possible. • AVE courses encourage students (appealing

materials, self-assessment, communication)• Different kinds of teaching are possible:

classroom, semi-distance and distance teaching.

Challenges

• Rate of passed students are low (about 25%). We think it is due to:– Social and personal questions (job, familly…) – A certain study level is requiered

• We have to think new approaches to deal with this issue.

Thank you very much for your attention

AVE in AragonAVE in Aragon

Seville, 1-2 October 2009