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Résumé

Dans ses doubles fonctions de responsable du programme de politiques linguistiques et de directrice exécutive du Centre européen pour les langues vivantes (CELV), Docteure Breslin se concentrera sur les défis actuels et les divers contextes, et soutiendra que la fragilité de nos démocraties rend plus que jamais nécessaire une vision partagée des principes communs malgré la grande diversité des contextes et des défis.  En portant à un niveau plus élevé et plus politique les principes d'alignement stratégique illustrés par le CECR et son Volume complémentaire, elle démontrera la valeur ajoutée de l'adoption d'une approche globale de l'éducation aux des langues qui dépasse les frontières entre les pays, les langues, les cultures, les traditions pédagogiques, les secteurs, les organisations et les rôles professionnels. Tout en reconnaissant certaines des difficultés très réelles inhérentes à une telle approche, elle suggérera qu'il nous incombe de nous efforcer de renforcer la coopération européenne et internationale au nom de l'équité, de la justice sociale et, en fin de compte, de la paix dans le monde.

Sarah Breslin

Sarah Breslin

Executive Director of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML)

Dr Sarah Breslin has been the Executive Director of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) since October 2013. She has worked in a range of sectors and countries in the field of language education. After training to become a language teacher, Sarah worked for 15 years in Catalonia as an EFL teacher and became first Director of Studies and then Director of a prestigious language school in Tarragona. She then moved into Higher Education, where she was Head of Modern Languages in the Faculty of Tourism.

On returning to the UK, she worked for 4 years in vocational education, as a teacher of ESOL and Spanish and later as Head of International programmes.

Before taking up post as Director at SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, Sarah worked in qualification development and in cross-border qualification recognition.

In 2020 Sarah achieved her Doctorate degree focusing on the contribution of the ECML to the professional growth of language teacher educators.  In 2023, Sarah assumed responsibility for language policy at the Council of Europe, in addition to her leadership of the ECML

Accessibility
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Date and time
May 12, 2025
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Format and location
In person, Virtual
On campus
100 Louis-Pasteur Private, 6th floor
Language
French
The workshop will be given in French, but questions can be answered in English and French.
Audience
Teachers and educators, Researchers, Faculty and staff, Learners
Organized by
Official languages and bilingualism institute, Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Français
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