ECML webinar on 13.11. on "Mediation in teaching, learning and assessment"

Thursday, 13 November 2025, 16:00 -17:15 (CET - Graz time)

This webinar introduces participants to the concept of mediation and its role in language teaching, learning, and assessment in primary and secondary schools, with a focus on the objectives of the METLA project and the Teaching Guide (including its potential use in teacher training). Using practical examples of mediation tasks in various languages for both primary and secondary classrooms, participants will explore the METLA databank and discover how it can support teachers in designing materials that foster and assess learners’ mediation skills. The session will provide concrete strategies for teachers to:

adapt tasks across languages, proficiency levels, and learner groups;
draw on learners’ heritage and home languages;
integrate pluricultural components into multilingual activities;
nurture intercultural understanding, openness, and respect for diversity;
assess mediation performance, with a focus on formative assessment approaches.

Target groups: This webinar is designed primarily for teachers and teacher trainers at primary and secondary level. It may also be of interest to educational authorities involved in foreign language teacher training programmes, as well as decision makers such as school leaders, curriculum planners, and materials developers.

Languages: French and English

European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe Nikolaiplatz 4/1, 8020 Graz, Austria www.ecml.at