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October 2023
Conference presentation |CLIL for Higher Education Lecturers: A Small Private Online Course (SPOC)| IX International Conference on Bilingual Education in Educational Institutions Bilingual Education: the teacher, engine of improvement | Universidad de Alcalá, Guadalajara |20 – 22 October 2023 | Margarida Morgado and Maria Ellison
Conference presentation |Exploring professional development opportunities for teachers in CLIL/bilingual education| IX International Conference on Bilingual Education in Educational Institutions Bilingual Education: the teacher, engine of improvement | Universidad de Alcalá, Guadalajara |20 – 22 October 2023 | Margarida Morgado and Maria Ellison
Conference presentation |Cognitive Discourse Functions in CLIL: developing and trialling assessment rubrics | APPI regional Seminar Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | October 2023 | Andrew Sampson
July 2023
Conference presentation |Developing rubrics for assessing Cognitive Discourse Functions in CLIL | 3rd Working CLIL International Colloquium: Towards sustainable educational practices |Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto| July 13 – 14 | Andrew Sampson and Nicolas Hurst
Conference presentation |Addressing professional development for CLIL in Portugal| 3rd Working CLIL International Colloquium: Towards sustainable educational practices |Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto| July 13 – 14 | Maria Ellison
June 2023
Conference presentation Keynote speech |Assessing academic language proficiency: the IBModel digital tests.|International Academic Forum: Content and Language Integrated Learning. |Bilingual Education Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (virtual).| June 19 | Maria Ellison
March 2023
COST ACTION CA21114: “CLIL Network for Languages in Education: Towards bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies”
Management Committee Meeting| Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Vienna| March 3-4 | Maria Ellison
January 2023
Charing CLIL session Margarida Morgado chaired the panel CLIL for communication | TEFL8 International Conference Learning to communicate – communicating to learn: English language learning in formal education | CETAPS at FCSH | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | January 13 – 14.
Conference presentation | Independent language study compared to communicative pairwork: effects on languaging and learning |TEFL8 International Conference Learning to communicate – communicating to learn: English language learning in formal education | CETAPS at FCSH | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | January 13 – 14. | Andrew Sampson
November 2022
Conference presentation | Assessing academic language proficiency: outcomes of the IBModel digital testing. | IBModel Erasmus KA2 Multiplier event: Evaluating and assessing teaching and learning in CLIL/bilingual education. | Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto| 14 Nov | Maria Ellison with Dr Victor Pavon from the University of Córdoba
Conference presentation | Improving reliability in approaches to assessing Cognitive Discourse Functions | IBModel Erasmus KA2 Multiplier event: Evaluating and assessing teaching and learning in CLIL/bilingual education. | Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto| 14 Nov |Andrew Sampson and Nicolas Hurst
October 2022
Conference presentation | Textbook Analysis for Literacy Development in CLIL | VIII Congreso Internacional de Ensenanza Bilingue em Centros Educativos: Bilingual Education: inclusion and excellence | University of Jaen| 22 Oct | Maria Ellison with Dr Cynthia Pimentel Vazquez from the University of Córdoba
July 2022
Conference presentation | The state-of-the-art Report (CLIL for Young European Citizens) | Final Conference Multiplier Event of CLIL for Young European Citizens project | Giunti, Florence | July 12 | Margarida Morgado
May 2022
Conference presentation Keynote | From separation to integration: thinking like a CLIL teacher |PEEP 22 |Meeting Universidade do Minho via Zoom | 28th May| Maria Ellison
Conference presentation |Assessing academic language proficiency: our digital tests. | Doing English Today. Erasmus IBModel: Environmental Issues and Bilingual Education in the Digital Age | Università degli Studi di Palermo| 26th May| Maria Ellison with Dr Victor Pavon from the University of Córdoba
Conference presentation | Tender English Language Learning (TELL): catching them being caring |35th Annual APPI Conference Recovering lost learnings in EFL – what and how? | Altice Forum Braga| 14th May| Maria Ellison
April 2022
Conference presentation | Key issues in teacher education for CLIL | IBModel Erasmus KA2 Seminar and Training Days: Bilingual Education/CLIL Today. | 21st April| Maria Ellison
Conference presentation |Assessing academic language proficiency | IBModel Erasmus KA2 Seminar | Università degli Studi di Palermo| 26th May| Maria Ellison with Dr Victor Pavon from the University of Córdoba
Conference presentation | Tender English Language Learning (TELL): catching them being caring |35th Annual APPI Conference Recovering lost learnings in EFL – what and how? | Altice Forum Braga| 14th May| Maria Ellison
March 2022
Conference presentation | Evaluation and assessment: our IBModel digital tests | IBModel Erasmus KA2 Seminar Bilingual Education Today. University of Cordoba | 25th March| Maria Ellison with Dr Victor Pavon from the University of Córdoba
October 2021
Conference presentation | Building bridges between content and second language learning in higher education: A proposal of OERs within the framework of the EU-funded project INCOLLAB | VII Congreso internacional de enseñanza bilingüe en centros educativos (VII CIEB) | Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, España | October 17 | Margarida Morgado (with Ana Piquer Píriz)
September 2021
Conference presentation | Online whiteboards as a tool for collaborative teaching and learning in CLIL | INCOLLAB Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Online Conference | Czech Technical university in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic | September 10 | Margarida Morgado (with Marcelo Gaspar)
July 2021
Poster presentation How to promote Transcultural Nursing competences through Multicultural learning strategies: the TC-Nurse Erasmus+ project.| International Congress on 21st Century Literacies (ICCL2021) | School of Management and Technology, The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal | July 15-16 | Margarida Coelho (with T., Casa Nova, A., Crean, F., Antón-Solanas, I., Vanceulebroeck, V., Kalkan, I., Kömürcü, N.)
Poster presentation A model to develop Nursing students’ transcultural competence literacy – lessons from the TC-Nurse ERASMUS+ project. | International Congress on 21st Century Literacies (ICCL2021) | School of Management and Technology, The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal | July 15-16 | Teresa Coelho & Margarida Coelho (with Antonio Casa-Nova, Fiona Crean, Isabel Antón-Solanas, Valérie Vanceulebroeck, Indrani Kalkan and Nuran Kömürcü)
Poster presentation New experiences towards 21st century skills – The Kiitos Project case. | International Congress on 21st Century Literacies (ICCL2021) | School of Management and Technology, The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal | July 15-16 | Teresa Coelho (with Amélia Marchão, and Susana Maia Porto)
Conference presentation | Avaliação por Rúbricas em Unidades Didáticas que integram Conteúdo e Língua Estrangeira | 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (CnaPPES.21) | Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | July 12-16 | Margarida Morgado (with Luis Vicente Gomez-Garcia and Elva Morales-Robles)
Conference pitch | A utilização de descritores integrados de língua e conteúdo em Engenharia: uma experiência utilizando a abordagem CLIL | 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (CnaPPES.21) | Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | July 12-16 | Margarida Morgado (with Mónica Régio and Marcelo Gaspar)
Conference presentation | A Colaboração Interdisciplinar para Práticas de Ensino Integradas | 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (CnaPPES.21) | Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | July 12-16 | Margarida Morgado (with Paula Pereira, Mónica Régio and Carlos Sampaio)
June – July 2021
Intensive Program for Nursing students | Erasmus+Project 2018-1-ES01-KA203-050800, TC-Nurse: Transcultural Nursing: A EuropeanPriority, a Professional Responsibility | Istanbul Aydin University | 28 June / 9th July | Online | Teresa Coelho
June 2021
Keynote presentation Thinking like a CLIL teacher: challenges of teachers during interactive materials design | International Academic Forum on Content and Language Integrated Learning (virtual event) | National TSING HUA University, Taiwan | June 25, 2021
Presentation ‘Experiências pedagógicas inovadoras e promotoras de competências para o século XXI – o caso do projeto Kiitos.’ | IV Jornadas de Educação – Educar para o futuro | Escola Superior de Educação, Comunicação e Desporto, do Instituto Politécnico da Guarda | 15 -16 June | Teresa Coelho (with Amélia Marchão)
March 2021
Poster Presentation ‘Developing Transcultural Competences in Nursing Education through CLIL – the TCNurse ERASMUS+ project.’ | Working CLIL Virtual 2021 2nd International Colloquium | 26 & 27 March 2021 | Margarida Coelho & Teresa Coelho https://3b93473e-9c03-4532-a5d7-3e40b5039ca6.filesusr.com/ugd/bc9132_ceeb2749a97046209620ef3ac38fa99d.pdf
Working CLIL 2021 – 2nd International Colloquium: a series of workshops and posters on Integration, Innovation and Inclusion in CLIL (online event) | 26 & 27 March 2021 | Hosted by Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Portugal| | +info
Poster presentation | A PBL Approach to CLIL in Primary Education: The CLIL FOR YOUNG EUROPEAN CITIZENS project | Working CLIL Symposium | University of Porto, Porto, Portugal | March 15-16 | Margarida Morgado (with Cecilia Calderón-Poves and Teresa Mendiola-Romero)
Poster presentation | Interdisciplinary Collaboration between LSP and Subject Content Teacher in 4 European Higher Education Institutions: How to make it happen | Working CLIL Symposium | University of Porto, Porto, Portugal | March 15-16 | Margarida Morgado
December 2020
Design and delivery of a 25-hour staff online training course on “CLIL in Higher Education” (Erasmus+Project 2018-1-ES01-KA203-050800, TC-Nurse: Transcultural Nursing: A EuropeanPriority, a Professional Responsibility ) | organized by Istambul Aydin University, Turkey | 3 – 16 December | Margarida Coelho & Teresa Coelho (with Fiona Crean, San Jorge University)
November 2020
Conference presentation | Collaboration for the co-creations of a pilot module in Accounting Basics in a Higher Education Polytechnic | Colóquio Internacional “Inovação Pedagógica, Ensino Superior e Línguas Estrangeiras | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal | November 26 | Margarida Morgado (with Mónica Régio and Carlos Sampaio)
Conference presentation | CLIL in Higher Education: teacher collaboration for digitally-enhanced student-centred learning | Colóquio Internacional “Inovação Pedagógica, Ensino Superior e Línguas Estrangeiras | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal | November 26 | Margarida Morgado (with Mónica Régio)
September 2020
Intensive Program for Nursing students | Erasmus+Project 2018-1-ES01-KA203-050800, TC-Nurse: Transcultural Nursing: A EuropeanPriority, a Professional Responsibility | Istanbul Aydin University | 31 August to 4 September | Online | Teresa Coelho
Pre-colloquium webinar with Prof. David Marsh (U. Jyväskylä) and Prof. Ana Llinares (U. Autónoma de Madrid) | 26 September 2020 | 10am – 12am (GMT +1) |Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Porto, Portugal
Conference presentation | Colaboração Interdisciplinar entre professores de Língua estrangeira e de outras disciplinas em 4 Instituições de Ensino Superior Europeias | Encontro Técnico-Científico do IPCB | Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal | September 30 | Margarida Morgado
February 2020
Poster presentation How to promote Transcultural Nursing competences through Multicultural learning strategies: the TC-Nurse Erasmus+ project. | 1st International Conference on Management, Technology and Tourism: Social Value Creation (ICOMTT2020) | School of Management and Technology of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal | February 6 – 7 | Margarida Coelho (with T., Cordeiro, R., Casa Nova, A., Antón-Solanas, I., Sagarra-Romero, L., Vanceulebroeck, V., Dehaes, S., Kalkan and I., Kömürcü, N.) | http://icomtt2020.ipsantarem.pt/ebook-of-abstracts/
Workshop Skills in lecturing in English: One-on-One instruction: CLIL and Teacher Collaboration |Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz | 6 February 2019 | Margarida Morgado.
December 2019
Design and delivery of a 15 hours staff training course on “CLIL in Higher Education” (ERASMUS+ Project TC-Nurse) organized by AP University College, Department of Health and Social Sciences | 3-4 December 2019 | Antwerp, Belgium | Margarida Coelho
November 2019
INCOLLAB CLIL Training Event, international seminar: “Digital learning and CLIL Methodologies” (Short-term joint staff training events) | Universidade do Algarve and Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco | 4 – 6 November 2019 | Faro | Margarida Morgado
October 2019
“ICLHE: Teacher Collaboration”. Multilingualism and Multimodality in Higher Education | 6th ICLHE Conference | Castelló: Universitat Jaume I | 15-18 October 2019 | Margarida Morgado and Mónica Régio.
“Successful CLIL” | Working session of the P.I.C.N.I.C (Primary International Schools together for the exChaNge of Interactive CLIL training) | 8 October 2019 | Alcains | Margarida Morgado.
Conference presentation | ICLHE: Teacher Collaboration”. Multilingualism and Multimodality in Higher Education | 6th ICLHE Conference | Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, España | October 15-18 | Margarida Morgado (with Mónica Régio and Marcelo Gaspar)
Keynote presentation | Successful CLIL | Working session of the P.I.C.N.I.C (Primary International Schools together for the exChaNge of Interactive CLIL training | Agrupamento de Escolas Alcains e S. Vicente da Beira, Alcains, Portugal | October 18 | Margarida Morgado
July 2019
Working CLIL members Maria Ellison, Margarida Morgado and Margarida Coelho welcomed new Working CLIL collaborators Amélia Marchao (IP Portalegre), Isabele Lavado (IP Castelo Branco), Mónica Regio (IP Castelo Branco), Rosana Durão (U. Algarve), Susana Esculcas (CM Ponte de Sor) e Teresa Coelho (IP Portalegre) | 19 July 2019 | Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão IP Portalegre
Campus America 2019 | 11-12 July 2019 | Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife | + info
Panel of experts on linguistic policy on plurilingualism. Maria Ellison.
May 2019
The Fourth Symposium on CLIL in the Adige Valley “Implementation and Challenges” | TESOL Italy | 11 May 2019 | + info
Plenary. CLIL: Implementation and Challenges across Educational Levels. Maria Ellison
March 2019
CLIL@India Conference: Developing Content and Language Integrated Learning – Resource and Training Centre for a Multilingual IndiaCLIL@India – Erasmus+ Programme | Capacity Building for Higher Education |University of Milan, Italia | 4-5 March 2019 | + info
CLIL@India involves these European and Indian Higher Education institutions:
- Manipal University
- University of Milano, Italy,
- University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain,
- University of Latvia, Latvia,
- Symbiosis International University, Pune
- Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
- Chitkara University, Chandigarh
Plenary. The CLIL for Children (C4C) Project: Designing a CLIL Community of Learning and Practice. Margarida Morgado
Keynote presentation | The CLIL for Children (C4C) Project: Designing a CLIL Community of Learning and Practice | Developing Content and Language Integrated Learning – Resource and Training Centre for a Multilingual India CLIL@India | University of Milan, Milano, Italy | March 6 | Margarida Morgado
November 2018
María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro elected to the Board of the European Language Council (CEL/ELC) with a focus on Working Group 3: Language and Education (including the strand CLIL and CALL) | 29-30 November 2018 | Frei Universität Berlin, German
Participation in the 2018 CEL/ELC FORUM: The Challenges of Multilingualism for Scientific Practice
29-30 November 2018 | Frei Universität Berlin, Germany | + info
October 2018
Erasmus K2 final project meeting.
22-26 October 2018 | Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves, Valadares, Portugal
Plenary. CLIL: Bringing the best of both worlds into a quality whole school approach. Maria Ellison
V Congreso Internacional de Enseñanza Bilingüe en Centros Educativos – CIEB 2018 Asociación Enseñanza Bilingüe
19-21 October 2018 | Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Plenary. Field-based in-service teacher training for bilingual education in Portugal. Margarida Morgado
V International Conference on Bilingual Education in Educational Institutions of the Spanish Association of Bilingual Education
Universidad de Extremadura e Asociaciõn Enseñanza Bilingue | University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain | 19 – 21 October.
Mapping CLIL/Bilingual Education in Portugal: Where does it go from here? Maria Ellison.
V International Conference on Bilingual Education in Educational Institutions. CIEB 2018 – Where does Bilingual Education go?
Universidad de Extremadura e Asociaciõn Enseñanza Bilingue | University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain | 19 – 21 October | +info
Unlocking the potential of the CLIL approach with content Higher Education Teachers in Portugal: a linguistic and training needs analysis. Margarida Coelho
PEEP’18 MEETING. Primary English Education in Portugal: A meeting to value and share teacher research
Lisboa: Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa | 13 October 2018 | +info
Keynote address. Meaningful holistic approaches to Primary English’ at PEEP’18 MEETING. Primary English Education in Portugal: A meeting to value and share
teacher research. Margarida Morgado
September 2018
CercleS Focus Group Meeting on CLIL in Higher Education
Poznan University of Technology, Poland | 8 September 2018 | +info
María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro
XV CercleS International Conference: “Broad Perspectives on Language Education in the Globalized World”
Poznan University of Technology, Poland | 5 September 2018 | +info and +info2
CercleS International Pre-Conference Workshop: An Introduction to CLIL: Helping teachers understand what it is and what it is not. María del Carmen Arau
Ribeiro and Maria Altina
Maria Ellison invited to participate in the Colloquium on Implementing Internationalization of Academia: Teaching, Learning & Research through English
University of Guadalajara, Mexico | September 2018| +info
Shape report from invited think tank members: Díaz Pérez, W., Ellison, M., Harumi, I., Kärkkäinen, K., Langé, G., Lee, J., Mahan, K. R., Marsh, D., Osorio, P., Pavón Vázquez, V., Schmidt, T. (2019 forthcoming). Implementing Internationalization of Academia: Teaching, Learning and Research through English. The Guadalajara Colloquium Shape Report. Guadalajara: University of Guadalajara.
April 2018
International Seminar of the C4C Project: CLIL for Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
IPCastelo Branco – Escola Superior de Educação, Castelo Branco, Portugal | 21 April | +info
Keynote address. CLIL in Secondary Education: the Case of the GoCLIL Project in Portugal. Maria Ellison
32nd Annual APPI Conference “Teaching Effectively, Teaching Affectively”
Aveiro, Portugal | 29 April 2018
Workshop. “CLIL for Primary: Lesson Plans for Science, Geography and Maths”. Margarida Morgado
International Seminar of the C4C Project: CLIL for Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
IPCastelo Branco – Escola Superior de Educação, Castelo Branco, Portugal | 21 April 2018
Teaching content and language in an integrated way in Higher Education – how willing and motivated are teachers to take the step forward? Margarida Coelho
March 2018
Working CLIL Conference: A series of workshops and posters on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Portugal | 16-17 March | +info
Workshop. Bottom-up or Top-down Collaboration: Towards Powerful Classroom Learning Environments. María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro
Workshop. Task-based learning and CLIL: a methodological framework for designing tasks integrating content and language. António Lopes
Plenary. (Net)Working CLIL in Portugal and beyond. Maria Ellison
Workshop. CLIL4Children: CLIL lessons in Maths, Geogrpahy and Science for Primary. Margarida Morgado
CLIL for Content Teachers in Higher Education: A linguistic needs analysis study at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre. Margarida Coelho
November 2017
Ciclo de encontros temáticos. Ensinar e aprender na Europa. O desenvolvimento de multiliteracias em ambiente educativo. CFAE/Braga Sul | Agrupamento de Escolas D. Maria, Portugal.
Keynote address. CLIL: Benefits and Challenges for Teachers and Learners. Maria Ellison
October 2017
Seminário: Implementar o CLIL partilha de práticas de sala de aula | Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves,Valadares, Portugal
Keynote address. Implementing CLIL: what every school should know. Maria Ellison
June 2017
AELFE 2017 – XXV Anniversary International Conference – LSP in Multi-Teaching and Research Universidad de Extremadura | AELFE, UNEX & Centro Universitário de Mérida | Mérida, Spain | 15-16 June. | +info
Internationalization strategies in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions – time to move on and to move beyond. Margarida Coelho e Maria del Carmen Arau Ribeiro
February 2017
Facultat d’Educació, Psicologia i Treball Social. Dept. de didàctiques especifiques, University of Lleida, Catalonia | 13 – 17 February.
Participating team member: Maria Ellison
March 2017
International Seminar: Challenges and Solutions for ESL Writing in Today’s World | Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao, Goa, India | 8 – 9 March
Towards an understanding of CLIL in context. Maria Ellison
