Why competences? Which competences?

1. KEY COMPETENCES
FOR XXI CENTURY STUDENTS
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Montse Irun
mirun@dal.udl.cat

2. COMPETENCES IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
 Which would you say
the key competences
all citizens should have
are?
 Which would you say
are the key
competences in a
foreign language?
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3. XXI CENTURY NEW CHALLENGES
Changes in the
global economy
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Consolidation of the
democratic systems
The Internet (ICT)

4. RETHINKING AIMS OF EDUCATION
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√ A democratic society needs people able to analize
information critically and to know how to act
√ New economic needs: changing jobs.
√ Access to information is universal (the Internet), but one
has to know what to look for and understand it.

5. KNOWLEDGE CHANGES AND UPDATES
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6. KNOWLEDGE IS UNIVERSAL AND EASY TO
ACCESS
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7. LIFE-LONG LEARNING
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8. WHAT DOTEENAGERS TODAY NEED TO
BECOME FULL CITIZENS IN 20YEARS’ TIME?
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9. SO,WHY ARE WE TEACHING?
To repeat a set number of contents?  To use the contents to understand
the world and to help them go on
learning?
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anar = to go
anar= to go

10. TEACHING WITHTHE CENTRE ON LEARNING
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11. TEACHING WITHTHE CENTRE ON LEARNING
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12. TEACHING WITHTHE CENTRE ON LEARNING
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13. WE NEEDTO CHANGE AND UPDATE
 Relevant knowledge
 Classroom methodologies and strategies
 Teachers’ team work
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Education should
give people
Knowledge
on the world
Strategies to
understand it
Tools to
improve it

14. Procedure
Capacity skill
Strategy
Concept
Attitude
Competence
key
subject
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15. “S'entén per competència la capacitat d'utilitzar els
coneixements i habilitats, de manera transversal i
interactiva, en contextos i situacions que requereixen la
intervenció de coneixements vinculats a diferents sabers,
cosa que implica la comprensió, la reflexió i el discerniment
tenint en compte la dimensió social de cada situació.” Art 8.1
Es demostra en l’acció,
en situacions reals
Es fonamenta en
diferents tipus de sabers
Posa en joc sabers de
moltes disciplines alhoraImplica un pensament
estratègic: comprendre, analitzar,
decidir, aplicar esquemes
d’acció,valorar
Implica
col·laborar amb
altres en
contextos socials
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KEY COMPETENCES AND CAPACITIES

17. LANGUAGE COMPETENCES
 Multilingual and Intercultural Competence
 Communicative Competence
Oral Competence
 Interaction
 Listening
 Production (speaking)
Written Competence
 Receptive (reading)
 Productive (writing)
 Literary Competence
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18. Being competent in linguistic competence
means being able
To communicate orally and in written form (interacting,
listening, writing)
To use different languages: audiovisual, body, ICT, etc in
communicating information, points of view, feelings, etc.
To understand and produce oral, written, visual and body
messages in different communicative situations.
To master audiovisual languages
To interact and to have a conversation with others
To interpret and produce different types of texts suitable
to the communicative situation
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19. Through the active participation in projects, tasks and
real situations that set a problem or a question to solve.
A problem that has an emotional implication.A real
situation that implies a process of analysis to decide
which are the most effective procedures and which are the
best strategies and skills and knowledge to carry
them out.And this takes place in a social context where
understanding and collaboration with others is
a must.
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HOWWE LEARN TO BE COMPETENT

20. “La utopia està a l’horitzó. Camines
dues passes, ella s’allunya i l’horitzó
corre deu passes més enllà. Aleshores
per què serveix la utopia? Doncs ens
serveix per caminar”
Eduardo Galeano
“És una utopia aconseguir que els
alumnes siguin competents i que
nosaltres siguem competents en
ajudar-los a ser-ho?” Neus Sanmartí
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