INDIRE, Italyl.cinganotto@indire.it22 September2020 PhDResearcher CINGANOTTO LETIZIA

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LETIZIA CINGANOTTO

PhD

Researcher INDIRE, Italy

l.cinganotto@indire.it

22 September 2020

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Initiatives languages on

Pilot project on

CEFRCV

Pilot projects on

HLD & PTL

Survey on online interaction Survey on

languages

LATEST ITALIAN RESEARCH

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PILOT PROJECT ON CEFRCV

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SURVEY ON ONLINE INTERACTION

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PILOT PROJECTS ON HLD & PTL FROM THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, 2019

PTL & HLD in Italy

Study visits to the Netherlands and

Ireland

Research design

Pilot projects on a sample of Italian schools ECML, Graz

Group

UCL, London

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SURVEY ON LANGUAGES

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THE PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

1,1%

2,9%

24,3%

31,2%

40,5%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0%

Pre-primary education Other Primary education Lower secondary education Upper secondary education

Which school level do you work?

% 1,0%

5,2%

7,1%

9,6%

77,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0%

School leader CLIL teacher Other Both foreign language teacher and CLIL teacher Foreign language teacher

What is your professional profile?

6228 respondents (2968 complete answers)

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PROVISIONS FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS’ HOME LANGUAGES

11,6%

40,5%

47,9%

Are there any provisions for enhancing and supporting students home languages in schools in your country, in

case these are not generally included as foreign languages in the curriculum?

Yes No I don’t know

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CLIL

2,2%

3,4%

24,3%

35,0%

35,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0%

I don't know Other The language teacher The subject teacher Both of them

Who is the CLIL teacher in your country?

48,4%

51,6%

Have you any personal experience of Content and Language Integrated Learning

(CLIL)?

Yes No

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0,3%

6,1%

8,6%

10,8%

74,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0%

Pre-Primary school I don't know Lower secondary school Primary school Upper secondary school

In which school level is CLIL most frequently adopted?

7,6%

10,9%

15,9%

20,4%

45,2%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0%

Three More than three I don't know Two One

How many languages are taught in CLIL in your country?

CLIL

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FLEXIBILITY OF THE CURRICULUM

6,1%

15,5%

78,4%

Can the first foreign language be dropped and exchanged against another language?

Yes I don’t know No

2,3%

13,5%

84,2%

Can the first foreign language be exchanged against another non-language subject?

Yes I don’t know No

26,9%

36,6%

Can the second foreign language be dropped and exchanged against another language?

I don’t know Yes No

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SPECIFIC SCHOOL PATHWAYS ON LANGUAGES

9,2%

19,8%

20,1%

41,7%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0% 45,0%

I don't know More than three Two One Three

If yes, how many languages are taught in these pathways?

11,6%

36,7%

51,7%

Are specific pathways focused on languages provided in upper secondary school?

No I don’t know Yes

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REMOTE TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC

69,8%

67,5%

59,1%

50,3%

48,7%

30,2%

32,5%

40,9%

49,7%

51,3%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Oral interaction Oral production Writing Listening Reading

Which language skills have you found easy to develop in remote teaching?

No Yes

68,8%

63,5%

55,2%

43,7%

38,9%

31,2%

36,5%

44,8%

56,3%

61,1%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Reading Writing Oral production Listening Oral interaction

Which language skills have you found challenging to develop in remote teaching?

No Yes

3,0%

97,0%

Have you been teaching remotely during COVID-19 emergency?

No Yes

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STUDENTS’ REACTION TO REMOTE TEACHING

1,0%

1,1%

2,7%

19,9%

27,2%

48,3%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0%

I don’t know no progress at all very good progress weak progress good progress quite good progress

How would you rate their progress?

1,3%

3,9%

11,7%

15,6%

31,5%

36,0%

0,0% 5,0% 10,0% 15,0% 20,0% 25,0% 30,0% 35,0% 40,0%

I don’t know fully satisfied not very satisfied very satisfied quite satisfied satisfied

How would you be able to define your students reactions to distance learning?

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EUROPEAN LANGUAGE TEST ON LANGUAGES (TOWARDS PISA 2025)

6,3%

6,7%

87,0%

Would you be in favour of a European language test to assess the language competences of your students in such a way that these

can be compared across EU Member States?

I don’t know No Yes

50,2%

49,0%

44,3%

27,4%

20,2%

49,8%

51,0%

55,7%

72,6%

79,8%

0,0% 10,0% 20,0% 30,0% 40,0% 50,0% 60,0% 70,0% 80,0% 90,0% 100,0%

Oral production Writing Reading Oral interaction Listening

If yes, which skills would you like to be tested?

No Yes

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