foreign languages in the austrian curriculum...foreign languages latin 98,5% 26,9% 21,0% 12,3% 2,4%...

Silvia Jindra University of Teacher Education, Vienna (AT)

Foreign languages

in the Austrian curriculum

Primary School

New Secondary School Academic Secondary School Gymnasium -‐ Lower Level

Pre-‐voca5onal school

School for intermediate voca5onal educa5on

College for Higher

Voca5onal Educa5on

Academic Secondary School

Gymnasium -‐ Upper Level

Add-‐on courses Dual System (part 5me voca5onal

school and appren5ceship)

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18

15

14

10

6

Age

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Secondary Upper Level Gymnasium

English French Italian Spanish Russian Other foreign

languages

Latin

99,4% 41,4% 17,5% 18,7% 2,7% 1,7% 52,9%

College for Higher Vocational Education

English French Italian Spanish Russian Other foreign

languages

Latin

98,5% 26,9% 21,0% 12,3% 2,4% 2,0% 0,1%

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Educational standards testing

•  8th form of Lower Secondary School

•  age 14 years,

•  A2 level (CEFR)

•  every 3 years

•  listening, reading, writing, speaking

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Snack attack Your class does a project on health and fitness in English and Biology. It will be presented in the next school magazine. Write a story about your cousin Max and explain what happened to him. Look at the cartoon.

Write about 150 words.

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Secondary Upper Level ( 14 – 18/19 yrs) Number of lessons / week ( 1 lesson = 50 minutes) Gymnasium Higher Vocational

Schools English 2nd foreign

language English 2nd foreign

language 9th form 3 3 3 2 10th form 3 3 3 2 11th form 3 3 3 3 12th form 3 3 2 3 13th form 2 2

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•  Gymnasium : from 11th form on students can take two additional lessons in English as selective subject lessons / focussing on e.g. literature, film , cultural studies… etc

•  College for Higher Vocational Education: from 11th form on "focus on modern business – business communication"

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Austrian curriculum (languages) •  Based on the CEFR

•  Communicative competence is the main educational goal

•  The main focus is successful communication ( NOT to be

confused with flawless communication !)

•  Balance of all skills ( reading, listening, writing, spoken

interaction, spoken production )

•  Teaching grammar within situational contexts

•  Diversity of methods

•  Creative elements

•  Cross curricular activities

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Assessment criteria

Participation homeworks, pair and group work, oral participation, talks Oral Tests 15 min. ( 1x / semester ) Written tests : reading, listening, writing, language in use

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Final Exams in Languages

•  Standardised

•  English / French / Italian ……. on the same day for all

students / schools

•  1st foreign language ( 8 yrs of study) – B2

•  2nd foreign language ( 6 yrs of study ) – B2 (reading) , B1

(other skills)

•  2nd / 3rd foreign language ( 4 yrs of study) - B1

•  corrections by class teachers with solution sheet and

assessment scales

skill duration number of tasks

weighting

Reading 60 min. 4 25%

Listening 45 min. 4 25%

Language in use 45 min. 4 25%

Writing* 120 min. 2 25%

Total duration 270 min.

*) 1. essay ( 400 words) 2. report / or letter (e mail) / or article / or blog ( 250 words)

Gymnasien / Matura

receptive

productive

skill duration number of tasks

weighting

Reading 60 min. 4

Listening 45 min. 4

Writing* 120 min. 3 50%

Total duration 270 min.

*) article, e-mail, report, blog, leaflet

College for Higher Vocational Education / Matura

receptive

productive

50%

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Kidsvacation, an international welfare association, is offering children aged 10-14 a four-week summer camp in a European country. The association has put up a poster in your school asking high school graduates to work with the children. You have decided to send in an application. In your email you should:

• describe what would make you a good candidate • suggest which workshops and activities you could offer • explain how you would prepare yourself for the camp Write around 250 words.

email, B2

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Oral exam •  Not knowledge based!

•  Students must show ability to communicate

effectively by using communication strategies ( e. g. turn-taking, expressing opinions,…)

•  24 topics CEFR related ( e.g. relationships and social networks, art and culture ….)

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1)  Individual Long Turn ( 5 min.)

2) Paired Activity ( 10 min.)

2 Teachers involved ( interlocutor and assessor) + examining board

2 parts:

Topic: Education (B2) Individual long turn (5 minutes)

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•  Compare and contrast the pictures. •  Discuss how school has changed during the last decades. •  Suggest improvements for the Austrian school system. Photo 1: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_8508_Gan-Shmuel_-_students_in_the_class_in_1951.jpg Photo 2 : https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rWEwv_qobpU/maxresdefault.jpg

Topic: Cultural Studies (B2) Paired activity (10 minutes)

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The British Embassy wants to find out how young Austrians best learn about British traditions and culture. The school has decided to present students’ ideas. Discuss the following aspects and decide which three you would recommend.

•  English literature •  English films •  Staying with an English host family

•  Weekend in London •  Discussions with an English assistant

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