On December 3 we were offered the opportunity to explain our Portfolio activities in Melilla. These activities were designed and carried out with our 6th grade pupils, during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years. We tried to convey what the Portfolio is and how it can become a real tool in our language classes.

The Centro de Profesores y Recursos of the city of Melilla organised a 30 hours training course, from 1 to 5 December, called “The Portfolio of Languages and The Common Reference Framework”, aimed to teachers of pre-schools, primary schools and secondary schools in the city.

Different teachers from around the country who are working within the Portfolio framework in their classes, were invited to participate as speakers on this subject.

We appreciate the invitation of the CPR of Melilla and also the organisers: Irene Asensio Moreno of the linguistic areas of consulting and also, we would like to thank Silvia Pérez Vadillo of the scientific-technological area. And as well as all the teachers and assistants who are interested in this training.

El passat dia 3 de desembre vam tenir l’oportunitat d’explicar a Melilla les activitats Portfolio que hem dissenyat i portat a terme amb els nostres alumnes de sisè durant els cursos 07-08 i 08-09, així com també de transmetre que és el Portfolio i com es pot fer realitat a les nostres aules.

El Centre de Professors i Recursos de la ciutat de Melilla va organitzar un curs de 30h del 1 al 5 de desembre anomenat: “El Portfolio de las lenguas. El Marco Común de Referencia” per als mestres d’educació infantil, primària i secundària de la ciutat.

En aquest curs hi van participar, com a ponents, diferents mestres d’arreu del país, que com nosaltres estan treballant amb el Portfolio.

Agraïm la invitació del CPR de Melilla i de les persones organitzadores: Irene Asensio Moreno de l’assessoria d’àmbit lingüístic i a Silvia Pérez Vadillo de l’àmbit científic-tècnic.

Així com també de tots els i les mestres assistents que van interessar-se en aquesta formació.

The VIII Jornades de Llengües Estrangeres de les comarques gironines, or the 8th Conference of Foreign Languages of Girona, took place the 26, 27, 28 of Novembre in the EOI and in the “IES d’hostaleria” of the city of Girona.

This year, the activity is conducted under the International Year of Languages, and it is the third action that the  territorial Educationanal SErvices of Girona organise to celebrate it.

On Saturday 29 of November we were invited to participate as speakers at this conference and we could explain the different activities designed and carried out with our students in sixth grade, with whom we are doing the Portfolio project since 2007.

Our presentations was: Putting up the European Language Portfolio (PEL). Application in the classroom teaching of Primary schools. In it, we explained what the Portfolio is, its applications in our Cicle Superior classrooms, we showed our blog, in which we share our activities, schedules, programmings  based on LOE curriculum, as well as information related to the Portfolio with those who would be interested.

The conseller of Education, Ernest Maragall, closed the  VIII Jornades de Llengües Estrangeres de Girona, which was attended by 400 teachers to update their knowledge about foreign languages teaching.