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Think Tank members

Documents and links

- Commission of the European Communities Final Report of the High Level Group on Multilingualism

- Table of Language Education Policy Profiles

- Estonia Language Education Policy Profile – issues

- Commission of the European Communities report on the implementation of the Action Plan “Promoting Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity”

- EAQUALS News Autumn 2007

- EAQUALS Self Assessment Questionnaire for Schools

- DfES Language Review Summary December 2006

- DfES Language Review full version December 2006

Think Tank meetings

- Berlin January 2008 - The third Think Tank meeting will take place in Berlin on the 31st January 2008. See the agenda and supporting documents. The participants will also have the opportunity to take part in a conference ‘Languages for Europe’ organised by the British Council Germany. More information on the conference.

- Berlin June 2007 – The second Think Tank meeting organised in partnership with the Goethe Institute was held in Berlin (15 June 2007). See the action points. This was linked to the conference `The Power of Languages`. More information about the conference here.

- Berlin January 2007 - The first Think Tank meeting took place in Berlin on the 25th January 2007. The participants took part in a conference “ Preparing for the world of work – language education for the future” organised by the British Council Germany. View some photos from the event.

Think Tank Pieces

Berlin January 2007
- Some thoughts on evaluation by Alan Dobson

- Vocational and professional language teaching by Maria Matheidesz

- Being plurilingual and acting interculturally by Michael Byram

Berlin June 2007
- Language Education Policy Profiles

- Multilingualism

- Evaluation

Languages for Europe

Think Tank

British Council “Languages for Europe Think Tank” has been set up  to help identify key issues facing citizens of Europe in the areas of languages and language policy. The British Council wants to contribute to – and stimulate – debate and discussion about the issues, building on work we have been engaged on with partners in many countries. We therefore bring together a group of key thinkers and communicators from seven countries in northern & central Europe - Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and the UK.

Think Tank members

Members include a mix of people from government and non-government organizations including European bodies, education institutions and businesses, professional associations, freelancers, media, etc.

The role of the Think Tank:

• Identify key issues facing citizens of Europe in the area of languages and language policy;
• Draw out key messages to share across countries in the region, and across Europe as a whole;
• Contribute to language policy discussion and development in the seven countries and in Europe by stimulating productive debate;
• Develop effective means of communicating the issues / messages / advice to different audiences, including:
• … to policy makers, to media professionals, to education professionals.

How does the Think Tank work ?

The Think Tank determines its own agenda and ways of working. These include:

• Identification of “hot topics” in language learning and language policy (e.g. early start language learning; content and language integrated learning; the future of English and other languages);
• Planning ways to engage with key audiences in the region to generate ideas, reflect on the issues and influence policy in these areas;
• Circulation of think pieces by email in advance of face to face meetings;
• Think Tank Forums in advance of key conferences or seminars

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