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EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDirectorate-General for Education and CultureVocational training
Language policy
Brussels, March 2003 – ISSUE NO. 2
“LINGUA COMMUNITY”
- LINGUA 2 PROJECTS -
WELCOME…
to the second issue of “LinguaCommunity”.
“Lingua Community” givesLingua project co-ordinatorsthe opportunity to describetheir work in their own words.It is aimed at anyone who isinterested in Lingua, butparticularly at people who arepartners in Lingua projects orwho are thinking of applyingfor a Lingua grant in thefuture.
This edition features twenty-six Lingua 2 projects. Four-teen of these started worktowards the end of 2001, whilethe other twelve projectsbegan in or around October2002. These projects aim todevelop a range of innovativeteaching and learning materialsor methods in a number ofless widely-used languages.
We hope that this issue of“Lingua Community” will helpto promote these materialsand methods to a wideraudience, but also that it willinspire others to develop andsubmit their own ideas.
2001 PROJECTS
MINERVA II
El “Manual de supervivenciapragmalingüística en lenguasrománicas”, proyectado por lared Minerva II (compuesta porlas universidades Mons-Hainaut,Lisboa, Università per Stranieri diSiena, Pitesti y Autónoma deBarcelona) es un conjunto demateriales didácticos (sobresoporte papel, CD-ROM ygrabaciones audio y vídeo),estructurado en módulos, quepermita abordar la preparacióninterlingüística e intercultural deestudiantes de últimos años deenseñanza secundaria yestudiantes universitarios inter-esados por un proceso deintercambio, real o virtual, enpaíses de habla romance.
Cada módulo (dos en español yuno en francés, italiano,portugués y rumano) aborda unamacro-situación de comuni-cación sobre un tema funcionalpráctico: buscar dónde comer yalojarse; desplazarse en unaciudad; realizar gestionesadministrativas; participar en lavida académica; resolver unpequeño problema de salud;hacerse amigos y divertirse;buscar un trabajo.
El objetivo específico de dichoselementos modulares es el de
proporcionar las informacionesimprescindibles (nivel desupervivencia) para laidentificación de las redes designificaciones socioculturales ylingüísticas inherentes a cadaescenario y, por otra parte,facilitar a los estudiantes laapropiación de estrategias ysaberes prácticos (savoir-faire)semio-pragmáticos que corre-sponden a dichas situaciones decomunicación. En principio, elfinal del proyecto está previstopara finales de 2003.
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Le “Manuel de survie pragma-linguistique en langues rom-anes”, projeté par le réseauMinerva II (composé par lesuniversités de Mons-Hainaut,Lisboa, Università per Stranieri diSiena, Pitesti et Autònoma deBarcelona) est un ensemble dematériaux didactiques (sursupport papier, CD-ROM etenregistrements audiovisuels),structuré en modules, qui doiventpermettre d’aborder la formationinterlinguistique et interculturelled’étudiants des dernières annéesde l’enseignement secondaire etde l’enseignement supérieurintéressés par un projetd’échange, réel ou virtuel, dansdes pays de langue romane.
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Chaque module (deux enespagnol et un en français,italien, portugais et roumain)aborde une macro-situation decommunication sur un thèmefonctionnel pratique: chercher legîte et le couvert; se mouvoirdans une ville; faire desdémarches administratives;participer à la vie académique;résoudre un petit problème desanté; se faire des amis et sedivertir; trouver un job.
L’objectif spécifique de ceséléments modulaires est defournir les informationsindispensables (niveau de survie)pour identifier les réseaux designifications socioculturelles etlinguistiques inhérentes à chacunde ces scénarios et, d’autre part,de présenter aux apprenants lesstratégies et les savoirs pratiques(les savoir-faire) sémio-pragma-tiques qui correspondent à cessituations de communication. Enprincipe, la fin du projet estprévue pour la fin de l’année2003.
Partner countries: Belgium,Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain
Project co-ordinator:
Manuel Antonio Tost PlanetUniversitat Autònoma deBarcelonaEdifici A - RectoratE-08193 Barcelonatel: +(34) 93 581 2399fax: +(34) 93 581 2000e-mail: [email protected]
POLYXENA
From October 2003, a multi-media course in Modern Greek -for English, German and Dutchpupils (age 15-19) with noprevious knowledge of ModernGreek, and who will participatein exchange programmes oreducational visits to Greece orCyprus - will be available.
The basic aim is to helpovercome linguistic barriers inorder to increase personalmobility in Greece and topromote inter-cultural under-standing and communication,thus creating awareness of aEuropean identity.
Action and discovery are thekeys to learning via this method.The linguistic and socio-culturalcontent (life in a Greek family,Greek school life, recreation,social conventions, etc.) ispresented in an integratedmanner, through a story. Thestory starts in Athens airport.One of the students taking partin an exchange programmereceives a mobile phone messagefrom Zeus, who informs themthat they have been chosen tofind his daughter Athena,goddess of wisdom, and bringher back to him.
A journey starts. With access-ories such as a mobile, a palm-top, a power drink and money,the student can begin their greatadventure. Video scenes drawnfrom the real life of Greekpupils give information aboutsocial behaviour. A slide show,in the style of a documentary,provides the learner with culturalinformation about Greece.Greek music is also used toawaken the interests of thestudents.
A possibility for the learner tocheck their progress is includedin the method. Moreover, themultimedia (website) method isflexible, easy to handle and toexplore. The end product will beproduced in the form of a localwebsite, which will be madeavailable to the students on a setof CD-ROMs. Two demos areavailable and are being tested inschools by all partners.
Partner countries: Germany,Greece, Netherlands, UnitedKingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Therese VranàStichting ABCBaarsjesweg 224NL-1058 AA Amsterdamtel: +(31) 20 799 0032fax: +(31) 20 618 5046e-mail: [email protected]
STAGINGFOREIGNLANGUAGELEARNING
This is a production project todevelop, market and disseminateteaching material for “staging”foreign language learning.
“Staging” is defined in thiscontext as the staging ofsuccessful learning experiencesdeveloped by pupils and teachersin creative, process-, product-and communication-orientedwork and learning scenarios -enacted in a motivating, partlytechnology-enhanced learningenvironment.
The target groups are primarilypupils aged between 10 and 16,but the materials are beingdesigned in such a way as toappeal to learners outsideschool.
The end products will comprisehand-outs, worksheets, materialsin printed form (includingphotographs), a video, a CD-ROM, and Internet provision.
The primary languages areEnglish and German, which willact as models for the Portuguese
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and Polish versions. Theproduction of an “appetiser”promotional CD is alsoforeseen.
Partner countries: Germany,Poland, Portugal, UnitedKingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Rolf-Peter BerndtNiedersächsisches Landesinstitutfür Lehrerfortbildung undWeiterbildungRichthofenstrasse 29D-31137 Hildesheimtel: +(49) 5121 708390fax: +(49) 5121 708392e-mail: [email protected]
DISTANSKURS ISVENSKA
Från oktober 2003 finnsmöjlighet att läsa en distanskurs isvenska som främmande språkpå Internet med lärarstöd.Kursen är för nybörjare påuniversitetsnivå och ger grund-läggande muntliga och skriftligakunskaper i svenska språketsamt en inblick i svenskt kultur-och samhällsliv. Större delen avkursmaterialet finns på Internet.Materialet är special-skrivet ochanpassat för webben. Dessutomtillkommer bl.a. uttalsövningar,sånger och videosekvenser påCD-ROM samt visst trycktmaterial. Kursen är uppdelad isex moduler, motsvarande 60timmars undervisning, för attpassa undervisning medvarierande timantal.
Till hjälp har studenten tillgångtill WebCT - en pedagogiskplattform för distansunder-visning. Studenten kommuni-
cerar med sin lärare och sinakurskamrater främst via e-post,chat och eventuellt telefon. Ettpar fysiska träffar ingår också. Ikursens tandemdel erbjudspersonlig virtuell kontakt medsvenska studenter i Sverige förspråk- och kulturutbyte.
Webbkursen avslutas medexamination och ger betyg somkan jämställas med motsvarandeordinarie universitetskurs isvenska som främmande språk.
Distanskursen i svenskafärdigställs september 2003. Deförsta kursmodulerna ut-provades hösten 2002 i Belgienoch Nederländerna. Våren 2003utprovas kursen i Frankrike ochTyskland, ev. även i Stor-britannien.
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From October 2003 you will beable to study Swedish as aforeign language using a distancelearning course on the Internetwith teacher support. Theuniversity-level course providesbasic spoken and writtenknowledge of the Swedishlanguage, as well as an insightinto Swedish culture and society.Most of the course material is onthe Internet, and the materialhas been specially written andadapted with this medium inmind. In addition, there will bepronunciation exercises, songs,video clips, and more on CD-ROM, as well as a certainamount of printed material. Thecourse is divided into sixmodules, to suit people withdifferent amounts of timeavailable for study.
As a help tool, you will haveaccess to WebCT - aneducational platform devised fordistance learning. You willcommunicate with your teacherand your fellow students via e-mail, chat-rooms, and eventelephone. There will also be acouple of actual meetings. You
will have personal virtual contactwith Swedish students inSweden who are studyingcorresponding language courses,to share linguistic and culturalexperiences.
The Internet course concludeswith an exam and leads to acertificate in Swedish as aforeign language. It has the samevalue as the equivalent conven-tional course in Swedish.
The distance learning course willbe completed in September2003. The first course moduleswere tried out in the autumn of2002 in Belgium and theNetherlands. During the springof 2003 the course will be testedby students in France andGermany, and possibly in theUnited Kingdom as well.
Website:
http://www.ssvh.se/lingua2/demo/
Partner countries: Belgium,France, Germany, Netherlands,Sweden, United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Monika WirkkalaSvenska InstitutetSkeppsbron 2, Box 7434S-10391 Stockholmtel: +(46) 8 453 78 00fax: +(46) 8 20 72 48e-mail: [email protected]
EPCO: ECOUTERPOURCOMPRENDRE
Le projet concerne la réalisationd’une collection de 6 DVD-ROM associés à un site Internetmultilingue dans le domaine del’apprentissage de la compré-hension orale des langues. Leslangues concernées sont: lepolonais, le hongrois, le tchèqueainsi que le français commelangue étrangère. Ces outils
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visent à répondre aux besoinsd’apprentissage des étudiants etdes professionnels, qui sedéplacent dans l’espaceeuropéen, en leur permettantd’améliorer leur compréhensionde la langue du pays visité. Ilssont destinés à être utilisés dansdes centres de ressources ou àdomicile. Le serveur Internet estaccessible dans les deux cas.
L’approche méthodologique duprojet, originale et innovante,utilise les résultats desrecherches récentes sur leprocessus de compréhensionorale et sur la diversité desprofils des apprenants. En cesens, les outils développés nesont pas des didacticielstraditionnels, mais des bases deconnaissances à partir desquellesl’apprenant va générer sonpropre parcours d’apprentissage.
Partner countries: CzechRepublic, France, Hungary,Poland
Project co-ordinator:
Catherine Claus-DemangeonUniversité de Nancy II9 Rue Michel NeyF-54064 Nancytel: +(33) 383 35 09 09fax: +(33) 383 32 74 81e-mail: [email protected]
LE FRANÇAISPAR LESTECHNIQUESTHÉÂTRALES
Il progetto propone unadidattica innovatrice dell’insegnamento di una linguastraniera, in questo caso ilfrancese, mediante il ricorso atecniche di comunicazioneteatrale che, sulla base dell’implicazione emotiva e corporeadegli allievi, possono favorire un“apprendimento spontaneo”.
Le attività ed i prodotti realizzatia partire dall’inizio del progettosono stati un ConvegnoNazionale di lancio organizzatodalla Federazione NazionaleInsegnanti nell’Università Feder-ico II di Napoli, una ricerca alivello transnazionale sulle esper-ienze di utilizzo del teatro inambito scolastico svolta sullabase dei questionari compilati daoltre un centinaio di scuoleitaliane e romene per quantoriguarda l’Italia e la Romania eduna ricerca desk per le altrenazioni europee, due meetingtransnazionali svoltisi a Bucarested a Napoli, la realizzazione daparte dei due gruppi di lavoroitaliani e romeni coadiuvati daattori professionisti forniti dadue associazioni (Vents et Mar-ées e l’Association Roumainedes Professeurs de Français) di12 unità didattiche, la propostadi revisione del curriculum conl’inserimento delle unità didatt-iche e la realizzazione del SW diambiente del CD-ROM.
Sono in fase di elaborazione glialtri prodotti previsti e cioè ilvideo esplicativo degli eserciziindicati nelle unità didattiche,l’implementazione dei contributivideo e testuali nel SW diambiente del CD-ROMmultimediale che verrà utilizzatodai docenti e dagli allievi e lacostruzione del sito web. Ciòfatto verrà svolta lasperimentazione e la validazionepedagogica e comunicazionaledei prodotti con la collabor-azione sia di un liceo franceseche della Facoltà di Linguedell’Università di Bucarest.
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On propose une didactique del’enseignement d’une langueétrangère, en ce cas-ci le français,par le recours à des techniquesde communication théâtralesqui, se basant sur l’implicationémotive et corporelle desétudiants, peuvent favoriser un“apprentissage spontané”.
Le projet a débuté par unerencontre nationale de lance-ment organisée par la FédérationNationale des Enseignantsauprès de l’Université FedericoII de Naples. Une enquête a étémenée dans environ 100 lycéesitaliens et roumains pourconnaître les expériences jusqu’-ici faites des techniquesthéâtrales utilisées à des finspédagogiques. Tandis qu’unerecherche desk a concernéd’autres pays européens, deuxrencontres internationales ont eulieu à Bucarest et à Naples pourdistribuer les taches et envisagerles produits à réaliser. Les deuxgroupes, italien et roumain, àl’aide d’acteurs professionnels del’Association Vents et Marées etl’Association Roumaine desProfesseurs de Français, ontrédigé 12 unités didactiques quidevront constituer une méthoded’enseignement innovatrice, ainsique montrer la suggestion derévision du curriculum rédigéepar les groupes.
Le CD-ROM et le site Webreprésenteront une synthèseefficace du travail. Une vidéocassette explicative des exercicesproposés, ainsi que le manuel desupport dont professeurs etélèves pourront se servir, sonten préparation tout comme lesite Web. L’étape finale prévoitl’expérience en classe desproduits réalisés sous le contrôleet la collaboration du LycéeInternational et de l’Universitéde Bucarest.
Partner countries: France,Italy, Romania
Project co-ordinator:
Giampiero de CristofaroFederazione NazionaleInsegnanti - Centro di iniziativaper l’EuropaTito Angelini 19I-80129 Napolitel: +(39) 081 578 8295fax: +(39) 081 578 8295e-mail: [email protected]
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LAN-BEST:LANGUAGEBEYONDSTEREOTYPES
Il progetto intende sviluppare unCorso multimediale “Viaggionegli italiani” mirato ai bisogni dicomunicazione interculturaledegli studenti stranieri in Italia.
L’assunto base del progetto èche la comunicazione sia filtratadalla cultura di origine. Quandoculture diverse comunicano, purusando la stessa lingua, si rischiadi attribuire significati diversi aparole e comportamenti, e diinterpretare in modo distorto larealtà in cui si vive ed opera.
In questa prospettiva il progettoevidenzia la dimensione inter-culturale della comunicazione ele diverse aspettative linguistichee culturali e stereotipi chepossono creare incomprensioninegli studenti stranieri in Italia.
Abbiamo disegnato un Audit dianalisi dei bisogni per misurare ibisogni di comunicazione, leaspettative e gli stereotipi versol’Italia di 100 studenti finlandesi,sloveni e rispettivamente italiani.Si è sviluppato un questionariocomprendente 50 domande permisurare la percezione deglistudenti nei confronti dellacultura italiana, del sistemaeducativo, del mondo del lavoroe dello stile di comunicazione.
Partendo dall’analisi dell’Audit,dei bisogni linguistici deiprogrammi di studio all’estero, etenendo conto delle formediverse di comunicazione,abbiamo disegnato un Curri-culum strutturato in quattromoduli; Il network sociale (lalingua per socializzare); Ilsistema della conoscenza (lalingua per studiare); Il labirintoburocratico (la lingua perinteragire con le ammini-strazioni); Viaggiare nel sistema
Italia (la lingua per muoversi sulterritorio).
Ogni modulo sarà diviso in unitàe presenterà una varietà diattività relative a “situazionicritiche” in modo da fornire una“mappa culturale” ideale mirataalla comprensione di aspetti delnuovo contesto socio culturale.
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The aim of the project is todevelop an Italian LanguageCourse, “Journey among theItalians”, focused on thecommunication needs ofmobility students to Italy.
The basic assumption is thatcommunication is filtered byculture, so that when peoplefrom different culturescommunicate they use the samelanguage but may attachdifferent meanings to words andtherefore misinterpret thecommunication context.
In this perspective, the projecthighlights the inter-culturaldimension of communicationand focuses on the differentcultural and language expect-ations and “stereotypes” ofmobility students to Italy, whichmay lead to mis-communication.
We have developed a needsanalysis in order to measurecommunication needs, expect-ations and stereotypes towardsItaly of 100 Finnish, Slovenianand Italian students. A 50-itemquestionnaire has been designedto measure their perceptionstowards Italian culture, itseducation system, the world ofwork and styles ofcommunication.
Based on this analysis, andconsidering the communicationneeds in study programmes andstudents’ different modes ofcommunication, we havedesigned a curriculum structuredaround four modules: the social
network (language for social-ising); the system of knowledge(language for learning); thebureaucratic maze (language forinteracting with the publicadministration); and travellingthrough the Italian system(language for mobility).
Each module will be divided intounits including activities and“critical situations”, in order toprovide an ideal linguistic andcultural “map”. This willfacilitate communication in anew socio-cultural environmentand modes of communication.
Partner countries: Finland,Italy, Slovenia
Project co-ordinator:
Ariella CukLEADER - Lingua Formazionee ComunicazioneSalita di Gretta 34I-34136 Triestetel: +(39) 040 44 258fax: +(39) 040 452 80 20e-mail: [email protected]
SWEDEX
SWEDEX arbetar med attutveckla test i svenska på tvånivåer: A2 och B1 enligtEuroparådets skala. Testen skarikta sig till människor som villåka till Sverige för att arbeta ellerstudera och som behöver kunnamäta sina kunskaper i detsvenska språket och även få ettcertifikat. Målgruppen är alltsåalla som lärt sig svenska somfrämmande språk, oavsett varman har studerat. Examen skakunna tas både i Sverige och iländer utanför Sverige.
Projektet startade i januari 2002.För att få en bild av intresset fören examen i svenska somfrämmande språk, gjordes undervåren 2002 en enkät hos deinstitutioner som ingår iprojektet i Sverige, Tyskland,Polen samt - genom Svenska
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Institutet - i vissa andra länder.Det visade sig att intresset varstort, framför allt i Sverige menockså utomlands.
Under våren började ävenarbetet med att ta framtestspecifikationer. Projektet hartagit fram specifikationer överfunktioner och begrepp,ämnesområden, strategier ochgrammatik för nivå A2 och B1.Specifikationerna ska äveninnehålla scenarier, men dennadel är ännu inte klar. Ävenövriga delar kan komma attrevideras ytterligare.
Utifrån Europarådets nivå-beskrivningar i “A CommonEuropean Framework” harprojektet utarbetat förslag tillvad man ska testa i examen ochhur detta ska gå till (testformat).Prototyper för de olika slag avtest som föreslås ingå i examenhar tagits fram.
Testen kommer att utprövasunder våren 2003 och revideradeversioner beräknas finnas färdigaunder hösten 2003.
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Kern des Projektes SWEDEXist die Entwicklung eines Testsfür Schwedisch für die NiveausA2 und B1 gemäß demGemeinsamen EuropäischenReferenzrahmen. Die Testsrichten sich an erwachseneLernende, die die Sprache fürden Beruf oder das Studiumbenötigen. Außerdem richtensich die Tests an diejenigen, dieihr Wissen der schwedischenSprache durch ein Zertifikatbestätigen möchten. WeitereNutznießer der Projekt-ergebnisse sind alle diejenigen,die Schwedisch als Fremd-sprache lehren beziehungsweiselernen. Die Tests sollen inSchweden und im Auslandangeboten werden.
Projektstart war im Januar 2002.Um herauszufinden, inwiefern
Interesses an Schwedisch alsFremdsprache besteht, wurden2002 vom Schwedischen Institutin den am Projekt beteiligtenOrganisationen in Schweden,Deutschland und Polen undeinigen anderen LändernUmfragen durchgeführt. Siezeigten, dass großes Interessevorhanden ist, sowohl inSchweden, als auch in anderenLändern.
Mittlerweile hat die Arbeit anden Testspezifikationen begonn-en. Das Projekt hat mittlerweileeine Lernzielbeschreibung,bestehend aus Funktionen undBegriffen, Themen, Strategienund Grammatik für die NiveausA2 und B1 erarbeitet. Einwichtiger Bestandteil derLernzielbeschreibungen (LZB),nämlich die Erstellung vonSzenarien, die sämtliche Teileder LZB zusammenführen,muss noch fertig gestellt werden.
Im Einklang mit denNiveaustufen, die der GERdefiniert, hat das ProjektTestformate für die geplantenPrüfungen entworfen.
Die Tests werden im Laufe desJahres 2003 lanciert. DieÜberarbeitung soll im Herbst2003 fertig sein.
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SWEDEX is developinglanguage tests at levels A2 andB1 on the scales of attainment asdefined in the “CommonEuropean Framework” of theCouncil of Europe. The targetgroups are, first and foremost,learners of Swedish who wish togo to Sweden to work or studyand who wish to test theirSwedish and/or receivecertification of their level ofknowledge, independently ofhow or where they learnedSwedish. Examinations will beheld both in Sweden and abroad.
The project started in January2002. In order to get anoverview of the amount ofinterest in an exam for Swedishas a foreign language, a needsanalysis was conducted in theinstitutions of the projectpartners in Sweden, Germanyand Poland, as well as throughthe Swedish Institute in anumber of other countries. Thissurvey showed that the interestwas great, particularly in Sweden,but also abroad.
In Spring 2003, intensive workbegan on test specifications. Theproject has developed specifi-cations containing functions,notions, topics, strategies andgrammar for levels A2 and B1.The specifications will besupplemented with scenarios,which still have to be defined.All other sections may be revisedaccordingly.
Taking the level descriptions ofthe “Common European Frame-work” as its point of departure,the project has elaborated testitems to be used in theexamination to go with specifictest formats. Prototypes for thedifferent kinds of tests suggestedhave been developed forpiloting.
The two different tests/examswill be piloted in Spring 2003and a revised version should becompleted for Autumn 2003.
Partner countries: Germany,Poland, Sweden
Project co-ordinator:
Anthony FitzpatrickInternational CertificateConferenceHansaallee 150D-60320 Frankfurt-am-Maintel: +(49) 69 56 02 0166fax: +(49) 69 56 02 0168e-mail:[email protected]
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NISSE
Avsikten med projektet är attskapa/förbättra förutsättning-arna för undervisning i svenska iEuropa och övriga världen. Föratt uppnå detta upprättas etteffektivt kontaktnät mellan deorganisationer som har detsvenska språket som gemensamnämnare, och ett dynamiskt ochflexibelt läromedel produceras.Undervisningen levandegörs viaolika pedagogiska strategier medhjälp av ett flexibelt, integreratoch heltäckande kurspaketbestående av både en nybörjar-kurs och en fortsättningskursvilka kan användas i flera olikakulturkontexter.
Nätverket tjänar sominformationsspridare och länkarsamman målgrupperna. Dessautgörs av de språkinlärare somär intresserade av det svenskaspråket i skolor, universitet ochandra organisationer men ävenenskilda inlärare. Produkternasom utvecklas i projektet ärtextböcker och lärarhandledningmed möjlighet till bådesuggestopedi och problem-baserat lärande. Projektet prod-ucerar även webbsidor därnätverket och läromedletpresenteras och en CD-ROMmed möjlighet att utnyttja dentillhörande webbaserade serv-icen, där innovationer inominlärning i virtuell miljö utnyttjas.Läromedlet lämpar sig såväl förgrupp- som självstudier.
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The aim of the project is toimprove conditions for learningSwedish in Europe and aroundthe globe. To achieve this goal, anumber of institutions teachingSwedish at various levels (adulteducation, university, etc.) haveformed a network to shareinformation and competencesand to develop a dynamic,flexible tool for learningSwedish. These partners come
from geographical areas whereSwedish is the majority language,and where Swedish is littlespoken or not at all.
This state-of-the-art languagelearning tool consists of abeginners and an advancedcourse with textbooks, teachers’aids, a CD-ROM and materialsthat can be downloaded from awebsite. It can be used both forself-study and group learning.The development of the tool isbased on the pedagogicalconcepts of “suggestopedia” andproblem-based learning. Thetarget groups are studentsinterested in learning Swedish,organisations and academicinstitutions that teach Swedishand individual educators.
Website:http://www.karis.fi/nisse/
Partner countries: Estonia,Finland, Lithuania, Poland,Sweden, United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Gerd ForssKaris KurscenterDalgatan 10FIN-10300 Karistel: +(358) 19 27 84 956fax: +(358) 19 27 84 81e-mail: [email protected]
HELLO NET
Ο αριθµός των αλλοδαπώνφοιτητών Erasmus στα ελληνικάεκπαιδευτικά ιδρύµατα είναιµικρός. Αυτό οφείλεται κυρίωςστην έλλειψη πληροφόρησηςαλλά και στο ότι οι ξένοι φοιτητέςδε γνωρίζουν την ελληνική
γλώσσα. Το προτεινόµενο έργοέχει εγκαταστήσει τον κόµβοHELLO NET (HellenicEnjoyable Language Learning onthe Net) µε σκοπό να παρέχει:
Μαθήµατα Ελληνικής γλώσσαςαπό απόσταση µε υποστήριξηπολυµέσων που θα προσφέρονταιδωρεάν σε περιβάλλον φιλικόστον χρήστη. Ήδη έχουνεγκατασταθεί τα δύο πρώταµαθήµατα.
Έναν ηλεκτρονικό πολυχώρο µεάφθονο και ποικίλο υλικό για τηνΕλλάδα. Το τελικό προϊόν θααποτελεί µοντέλο για τηδιδασκαλία από απόσταση και γιατη δηµιουργία εκπαιδευτικώνιστοχώρων.
Το πρόγραµµα είναι καινοτόµοδιότι: δηµιουργεί διδακτικό υλικόγια συγκεκριµένη οµάδα στόχο,κάνει χρήση νέων τεχνολογιών, θαείναι διαθέσιµο σεεικοσιτετράωρη βάση και απόοποιοδήποτε µέρος, προωθεί µίααπό τις λιγότερο διδασκόµενεςγλώσσες στην Ευρώπη καικαθορίζει νέους ρόλους για τοδάσκαλο.
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The number of foreign Erasmusstudents in Greek institutions issmall. This is believed to be dueto language barriers and a lack ofinformation about Greekacademic life and culture. TheHELLO NET (Hellenic Enjoy-able Language Learning on theNet) website will provide:
an on-line distance learningGreek language course (a multi-media intensive course in a user-friendly environment that is freeof charge), the two first units ofwhich have already beenlaunched; and
an electronic multi-site withinformation about life in Greece.The product will provide alinguistic model which can serveas a pattern for the production
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of on-line teaching materials aswell as for building educationalwebsites.
The project creates materials forspecific target groups, uses newtechnologies, promotes one ofthe lesser taught Europeanlanguages, is available at any timefrom any place and defines newroles for teachers.
Website:http://hellonet.teithe.gr
Partner countries: Belgium,France, Greece, Italy, Portugal,Spain
Project co-ordinator:
Stavroula KartaliTechnological EducationalInstitute of ThessalonikiSindosGR-54101 Thessalonikitel: +(30) 2310 79 12 18fax: +(30) 2310 26 74 12e-mail: [email protected]
SURVIVAL.HU
SURVIVAL.HU on lähinnäsuomalaisille tarkoitettukommunikatiivinen unkarinkielen ja kulttuurinalkeisoppimateriaalipaketti, jokaon tehty nimenomaanharrastajaryhmille ja soveltuumyös itseopiskeluun. Suomen,Viron ja Unkarin välillä onperinteisesti suuri keskinäinenkiinnostus, joka pohjautuukielisukulaisuuteen. Kiinnostustaunkarin kielen oppimiseen lisääse, että monet lähtevätopiskelemaan tai töihin Unkariin,eri kulttuuri- ja ammattialojenyhteydet ja koululaisvaihtolisääntyvät, ystävyysseurojen, -kaupunkien ja -seurakuntienväliset suhteet ovat tiiviitä.Lisäksi Unkarin tuleva EU-jäsenyys lisää kiinnostustaUnkaria kohtaan.
Materiaalin lähtökohtana onollut kielten samankaltaisuudenhyväksi käyttäminen: suomen,
viron ja unkarin yhteinenkielellinen perusta. Käytännön-läheisenä ja harrastajaryhmienlähtökohdat huomioon ottavanamateriaali soveltuu ainakinosittain myös muihin maihin.
Hanketta edelsi alkeiskirjanvalmistaminen. Suunnitellustaoppimateriaalipaketista ontoteutettu alkeiskirjan äänitesekä CD:nä että C-kasettina,opettajan kansio, intensiivikurssiaineiston testaamiseksi jaopettajien seminaari. Seuraavaksiilmestyy jatkokirja äänitteineen jasanasto- ja fraseologiaopas.Hankkeen viimeinen osa,matkailu- ja kulttuuri-painotteinen television lyhyt-kurssi, on tärkeä, koskaSuomessa ja Virossa ei olemahdollista kuulla ja nähdäunkarinkielistä ohjelmaa televisi-osta ja koska unkarin kielestä eiSuomessa ole valmistettuaudiovisuaalista materiaalia.
Päämääränä on unkarin kielenviestinnällisten taitojensaavuttaminen. Oppikirjat ovatkommunikatiivisia, konstrukti-iviseen oppimisnäkemykseenpohjautuvia ja niissä on paljonharjoituksia. Opetuksen eri-yttämisen helpottamiseksi onlisäsanasto ja itseopiskelijoidenkäyttöön ’testaa taitosi’ -osio.Kirjoissa on runsas kuvitus.
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SURVIVAL.HU is a communi-cative beginners teaching pack-age of Hungarian language andculture for Finns. It has beendeveloped mainly for adulteducation groups and for self-learning. There is a traditionallydeep interest between Finland,Estonia and Hungary based onlinguistic relations. Interesttowards the Hungarian languageis boosted by the great numberof people leaving for Hungary tostudy or work, by cultural andprofessional contacts, increasingstudent exchanges and closerelations between twinned cities,
societies and congregations.Hungary’s upcoming EUmembership also adds to itsattraction.
The departure point for theteaching material is the similaritybetween, and common linguisticbackground of, Finnish,Estonian and Hungarian. Thematerial is practical and takeshobby learners into account, soat least parts of it may beapplicable for users of othermother tongues as well.
The project was preceded by thepreparation of the beginnerstextbook. Recording on CD andMC of the beginners book,teachers’ book, intensive coursefor testing purposes andteachers’ seminar have beenprepared out of the plannedpackage of teaching material.The next publication will be afollow-up textbook withrecordings and glossary, alongwith a phrase book. The last partof the project is a short coursefor television focusing ontourism and culture. This is asignificant part of the project,since it is impossible to hear andwatch television programmes inHungarian in Finland andEstonia and also because noaudiovisual teaching material onthe Hungarian language has beenproduced in Finland.
The teaching material aims todevelop communication skills inHungarian. The textbooks arecommunicative and are based onthe constructive acquisitionprinciple, with a great number ofexercises. Streaming of theteaching process is made easierby a supplementary glossary anda test-yourself chapter forindividual learners. Textbookscome with an abundance ofillustrations.
Partner countries: Estonia,Finland, Hungary
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Project co-ordinator:
Marjatta Manni-HämäläinenSuomi-Unkari SeuraKaisaniemenkatu 10FIN-00100 Helsinkitel: +(358) 9 8569 8566fax: -e-mail:[email protected]
GALANET
L’objectif du projet Galanet estde permettre aux locuteurs deportugais, d’italien, d’espagnol etde français de développer l’inter-compréhension. Il réunit septpartenaires dans le but de mettreà la disposition de ces locuteursune plateforme de formation àdistance sur internet permettantla “compréhension croisée”, soitla possibilité de communiquer enutilisant à leur guise leur languematernelle - ou les langues desautres participants - tout endéveloppant la capacité àcomprendre les autres langues.
La plateforme, déjà accessiblebien que non achevée, est unconcept à la fois spatial ettemporel: un espace virtueld’apprentissage d’une part, avecdes lieux et des outils pourentraîner les compétencesréceptives et interactives (forum,messagerie, chats, ressourcespédagogiques et linguistiques),un scénario chronologique - lasession - d’autre part qui doitpermettre d’aboutir à unepublication quadrilingue comm-une et concertée sur le web. Laplateforme se présentera auterme du projet sous la formed’un générateur de sessionsthématiques d’inter-compréhension entre desgroupes de participants éloignés(en Europe et au-delà).
Les groupes cibles sont lesétudiants (enseignementsupérieur, centres de langues,lycées) et les adultes non-étudiants (formation continue)maîtrisant au moins une langueromane en tant que languematernelle ou étrangère et pasnécessairement débutants dansles trois autres langues.
L’état d’avancement du projet aufin février 2003 est le suivant: lesdocuments de conception sontétablis, l’arborescence généraledu site est définie et laplateforme est développée à50%. Depuis le 15 févrierdernier, une phase capitale detest s’est ouverte, la“protosession”, avec de vraieséquipes d’étudiants et d’anim-ateurs localisés chez lesdifférents partenaires.
Par ailleurs, les modulesprototypes de l’espaceautoformation sont en cours dedéveloppement et les ressourcessont conçues à 60%.
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The aim of the Galanet projectis to allow speakers ofPortuguese, Italian, Spanish andFrench to develop inter-comprehension in Romancelanguages. It brings togetherseven partners with the aim ofproviding an Internet learningplatform that allows users topractice inter-comprehensionusing their reference Romancelanguage - or even otherparticipants’ languages - thusincreasing their ability tounderstand all the otherlanguages.
The platform is alreadyaccessible, although not yetfinalised. The concept is bothspatial and temporal: a virtuallearning space on one hand, with“rooms” and tools to trainreceptive and interactive skills (aforum, e-mail, chats, pedagogicaland linguistic resources); and a
chronological scenario - the“session” - on the other hand,which allows users to develop acommon web publication infour languages. At the end of theproject, the platform will beused as a thematic sessiongenerator for inter-comprehension between distantgroups of users (in Europe andbeyond).
The target groups are students(universities, language resourcecentres, secondary schools) andadults (life-long learning) whohave at least one Romancelanguage as a reference (either astheir mother tongue or as anadvanced second language) andwho are not necessarilybeginners in the three otherlanguages.
The state-of-play at the end ofFebruary 2003 was that theconception documents had beenfinished, the general schemata ofthe site had been defined andthe platform was 50% complete.Since 15 February, a new stagehas begun: the “protosession”,an authentic test with teams ofstudents and animators frompartners’ organisations.
In terms of other activities, theprototype modules for the self-learning area are in the processof being developed, and theresources are 60% complete.
Website:http://ute.umh.ac.be/galanet/
Partner countries: Belgium,France, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Project co-ordinator:
Christian DegacheUniversité Stendhal-Grenoble III1180 Avenue Centrale - BP 25F-38040 Grenoble CEDEX 9tel: +(33) 476 82 77 05fax: +(33) 476 82 43 95e-mail: [email protected]
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SMALLINC
Het doel van SMALLINC is deontwikkeling van multimediacursusmateriaal voor het lerenvan het Ests, Lets en Litouws opdrie niveaus (beginner, basis engevorderd).
In het eerste jaar van het projectmaakten de Baltische partnerszich eigen met de LINC-pedagogie zoals de integratie vanculturele informatie in hettaalverwervingsproces en hetgebruik van authentiek materiaal.De basisgrammatica, die voor dedrie niveaus zal gebruikt worden,werd ontwikkeld en deontwikkeling van het materiaalvoor het beginnersniveau werdafgerond.
De technische partnersimplementeren momenteel hetmateriaal in het software-programma. Na de zomer zal hetmateriaal worden uitgetest. In deherfst van dit jaar wordt hetbasisniveau afgewerkt. Daarnazal het technisch wordenverwerkt en getest. Deontwikkeling van het gevorder-denniveau is gepland voor hetbegin van 2004. Het materiaalzal technisch worden verwerkten getest in de zomer van 2004.In de herfst van dat jaar zullende projectresultaten wordenverspreid.
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The goal of SMALLINC is thedevelopment of multimedialanguage learning materials for
Estonian, Latvian andLithuanian on three levels(beginners, intermediate andadvanced).
During the first year of theproject, the Baltic partnersfamiliarised themselves with theLINC pedagogics, namely theintegration of cultural inform-ation in the language learningprocess and the use of authenticmaterials. The basic grammar,which will be used for all threelevels, was developed andtranslated and the developmentof the learning materials for thebeginners level was completed.
At present, the pedagogicalpartners are working on theintermediate level. The technicalpartners are implementing thematerials in the software source,and the first tests will take placeafter the summer. In autumn ofthis year, the intermediate levelwill be completed. It will then betechnically processed and tested.The development of theadvanced level is planned for thebeginning of 2004. The materialswill be technically processed andtested that summer, and in theautumn the outcomes of theproject will be disseminated.
Partner countries: Belgium,Denmark, Estonia, Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Netherlands, United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Kris Van De PoelUniversitaire InstellingAntwerpenUniversiteitsplein 1B-2610 Antwerpentel: +(32) 3 827 48 44fax: +(32) 3 825 21 67e-mail: [email protected]
AD-HOC.COM
Ad-hoc.com is a project for thedevelopment of an innovativeadvanced multimedia language
learning tool for travellers. Thetwo main applications are a web-based application for on-linelearning with multimedia toolsand a WAP application forindependent learning onlocation. Access to theseadvanced new communicationapplications will allow for a fasttransfer of data.
The self-directed ad-hoc learningprocess will be monitored via anon-line manual, acting as a tutorfor the learner. The culturalcontext is seen as an essentialcomponent, and is based on theconcept that language is integralto a culture. The choice oflanguages reflects a concern forlinguistic variety in Europe, andthe autonomous self-directedlearning fits in with the idea oflife-long learning. The plannedoutputs are flexible, quickly-retrievable and user-friendly.
Partner countries: Austria,Germany, Greece, Italy, UnitedKingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Sofoklis SotiriouEllinogermaniki AgogiD. Plakentias Avenue 25GR-15234 Athenstel: +(301) 68 53220fax: +(301) 68 21953e-mail:[email protected]
2002PROJECTS
LISTEN ANDTOUCH
Целта на този проект еразработване на основен курспо английски език на две ниваза хора със зрителниувреждания, желаещи даизучават английски като чужд.Курсът са базира на подбраниучебни материали, подходящи
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за незрящите, т.е. с преобла-даващи слухови стимулации ивизуални материали, коитолесно могат да бъдат описаниили пък адаптирани на Брайл.
Учебните материали заученика ще включват пакет наБрайл (Английски брайловбуквар за чужденци, учебници,работни тетрадки и тестове завсяко ниво) и интерактивнаверсия на курса на CD.
Проектът също такапредвижда разработването наметодология за чуждоезиковообучение на незрящи.Специфичните учебни методище бъдат систематизирани ипредставени в книга ипреведени на езиците напартньорите.
Проектът е планиран за двегодини. На срещата,проведена през януари 2003 г.,партньорите финализирахапървата фаза на проекта ипредставиха най-значителнитерезултати, постигнати на тозиетап: методи за преподаванена граматика и лексика на хорасъс зрителни увреждания,определяне на ролята научител, работещ със слепиученици, а също така учебнитематериали, подбрани заразработка Брайловия курс.
В момента работата попроекта е свързана предимно сразработване на брайловиябуквар, както и компонентитена първото ниво на курса.
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This project aims to develop atwo-level course for visuallyimpaired adults wishing to learnEnglish as a foreign language.The course is based on materialssuitable for the blind that arerich in aural stimulation, visualsthat are easily describable in theclassroom and braillable texts.
The materials will contain aBraille package (Braille alphabetbook, student books, workbooksand tests for each level) and aCD version of the course.
The project is also concernedwith developing a methodologyfor teaching foreign languages tothe blind. Specific teachingmethods targeted at the needs ofthe unsighted will be system-atised in a book and translatedinto the native languages of theproject partners.
The project is planned to last fortwo years. At the projectmeeting held in January 2003,the partnership finalised the firstproject stage and presented themain results so far: methods ofteaching grammar and vocab-ulary to the visually impaired,defining the teacher’s role in aclass of unsighted learners andthe learning materials selectedfor the Braille version.
The current work is primarilyconcerned with the developmentof the Braille alphabet book andthe components of the begin-ners level of the course.
Partner countries: Austria,Bulgaria, Greece, UnitedKingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Diana TsotovaEuroinform Ltd.19 Slavyanska StreetBG-1000 Sofiatel: +(359) 2 987 2135fax: +(359) 2 987 2169e-mail: [email protected]
BULGARIAN FORFOREIGNERS
Европейски екип от опитниспециалисти ще разработисъвременна мултимедийнасистема в три нива (със CD-ROMs, видео- и аудиокасети,учебник и уеб страница) за
изучаване на български езикот гледна точка начужденците. Тя ще отговаря,от една страна, напотребностите напрофесионалноориентираното образование (студенти,преподаватели, бизнесмени,дипломати и др.), както и насамостоятелното обучение, отдруга страна. Предвидени саверсии на различниевропейски езици - немски,английски, френски,фламандски, чешки, които сесъобразяват със спецификатана майчиния език итрадициите в обучението насъответната страна. Освенсъщинското езиковообучение, учебната системаще улесни достъпа на учащитедо хилядолетната българскакултура и богатия националенхарактер, до различнибългарски обичаи,забележителности и културнипостижения. Проектът е согромен потенциал, тъй катоняма информация засъществуването на подобенмултимедиен продукт заобучение по български език.Той ще остане “отворен” ислед изтичане на 36-месечнияму период, като наличнитематериали ще могат да сеадаптират при необходимостна всеки език и да се използватнавсякъде по света.
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A team of European specialistswith professional experience willdevelop a modern multimediasystem on three levels (CD-ROMs, video- and audio-cassettes, textbooks and a web-site) for teaching Bulgarian fromthe perspective of the foreigner.It will meet the needs ofuniversity education on the onehand (students, professors,businessmen, diplomats, etc.),and of autonomous learners onthe other hand. Adapted bi-lingual versions in differentEuropean languages will be
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included in the project - inGerman, English, French,Flemish and Czech - and will bein accordance with the specif-icity of the mother tongue andthe teaching traditions of therespective countries. The aim isto popularise not only theteaching of the Bulgarianlanguage, but also to provideinformation about Bulgaria’srich culture and character,different rites and customs,famous sights and landmarksand noteworthy achievements.Learning the Bulgarian languageand about Bulgarian culture isconnected with a growinginterest in the economic andsocial life of the country. Theproject has great potential, sincethere is no information availableregarding the existence of asimilar multimedia languagesystem. It will remain “open”even after the end of the 36-month project period, and thematerials can be adapted to anynumber of languages to be usedthroughout the world.
Partner countries: Austria,Belgium, Bulgaria, CzechRepublic, France, Germany,United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Albena AgassianLettera PublishersRhodopi Street 62BG-4000 Plovdivtel: +(359) 32 600 930fax: +(359) 32 600 940e-mail: [email protected]
EUROPÄISCHEKINDER-PLATFORM IMINTERNET
„Lingoland“, die EuropäischeKinderplattform im Internet,bietet Kindern im Primar-schulalter an, Sprachen undKulturen europäischer Länd-er
kennen zu lernen sowiepersönliche Kontakte zwis-chenKindern aus euro-päischenLändern zu vermitteln. ZumKennen lernen werden Sprachenund Kulturen anhand eineskindgerechten Sprachkurses,multimedial aufbereiteter All-tagssituationen und Online-Spielen vorgestellt.
In der Lernwelt werden dieKinder zahlreiche spielerischeLernangebote finden, mit denensie einen Grundwort-schatz derjeweiligen Fremd-spracheerwerben und kommunikativhandelnd anwenden können.Ziel des Lernprogramms ist es,sich mit einer eigenen kleinenHomepage vorzustellen, E-Mail-Partner in einem anderen Landzu finden und mit diesem einegemeinsame Homepage zubasteln.
Die Lernwelt wird im Rahmenvon drei grenzüber-schreitendenSchulprojekten eingesetzt undgetestet.
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“Lingoland”, the Europeanplatform for children on theInternet, offers children inprimary schools the possibilityto get to know the language andculture as well as establishingpersonal contacts betweenchildren of different Europeancountries. In order to get toknow other countries, languagesand cultures are beingintroduced through languagecourses suitable for children,day-by-day situations that areadapted on a multimedia basisand on-line games.
Within the virtual environment,the children will find numerousoffers for playful learningthrough which they may aquirethe basic vocabulary of thecorresponding language and acton a communicative level. Thegoal of the learning programmeis to enable the children to
intoduce themselves through asmall homepage of their own, tofind e-mail partners in othercountries and to co-operate withthem in creating a homepage.
The environment is being usedand tested within the boundariesset by three different trans-national school projects.
Partner countries: CzechRepublic, France, Germany,Netherlands, Spain
Project co-ordinator:
Rolf SchienerUniversum Verlaganstalt gmbhTaunusstrasse 54DE-65183 Wiesbadentel: +(49) 611 9030 273fax: +(49) 611 9030 277e-mail: [email protected]
FLUENT
Dit project heeft als doel een“speech practising tool” teontwikkelen voor verschillendetalen: Engels, Spaans, Italiaans,Grieks, Frans, Nederlands(noordelijke en zuidelijkevariant), Portugees, Deens enNoors. Aan de hand van dezetool zal het mogelijk zijn omreeds bij het begin van hettaalleerproces de uitspraak teoefenen. De doelgroep zal voor-al bestaan uit volwassen, auto-nome leerders, maar het zal ookmogelijk zijn de tool te gebruik-en in het contactonderwijs. Er isgeen basiskennis fonetiek oflinguïstiek vereist om met hetpakket te kunnen werken.
De tool zal bestaan uit 3modules. De eerste module zaleen theoretische inleiding zijn op
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de fonetische aspecten van dedoeltaal: de verschillende klank-en, klemtoon, ritme en intonatie.De tweede en grootste modulezal bestaan uit perceptie- enproductie-oefeningen in dedoeltaal. De derde module is eenbasiswoordenlijst van elk van detalen, met telkens de juisteuitspraak van het woord(geschreven en gesproken).
De eerste projectmeeting werdgeorganiseerd in Antwerpen van21 tot 24 november 2002. Detechnische en pedagogischestructuur werd opgesteld en hetmateriaal voor module 1ontwikkeld. De tweede meetingzal gehouden worden in Milaan.Tijdens deze meeting zullen departners hun bijdrage aanmodule 1 toelichten en zal hetconcept van module 2besproken worden.
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The aim of this project is todevelop a speech practising toolfor English, Spanish, Italian,Greek, French, Dutch (Northernand Southern variants), Portu-guese, Danish and Norwegian.This tool will train pronunc-iation from the beginning of thelanguage learning process. Thespeech practising tool will bedesigned primarily for adultautonomous learners, but canalso be integrated in contactteaching. No basic knowledge inphonetics or linguistics will berequired.
The tool will consist of 3modules. The first module willbe a theoretical introduction tothe phonetics of the targetlanguage: sound system, stress,rhythm and intonation. Thesecond and largest module willconsist of perception andproduction exercises in thetarget language. The thirdmodule is a basic word list ofeach language with the correctwritten and audio pronunciation.
The first meeting was organisedon 21-24 November 2002 inAntwerp. The technical andpedagogical structure has beendrawn up, and the contentproviders have developed thematerials for module 1. Thesecond project meeting will beheld in Milan, where the partnerswill present their contribution tomodule 1 and the concept ofmodule 2 will be discussed.
Partner countries: Belgium,Denmark, France, Greece, Italy,Netherlands, Norway, Spain,Sweden, United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Sven Van ElstUniversiteit AntwerpenUniversiteitsplein 1B-2610 Antwerpentel: +(32) 3 827 4844fax: +(32) 3 825 2167e-mail: [email protected]
SPIK: SPRACH-HANDELN INKONFLIKT-SITUATIONEN
Projektin tavoitteena on tuottaamultimedia-opetusmateriaalipak-etti (CD-ROM), joka valmentaaopiskelijaa selviytymään arki-päivän ja työelämän konflikt-itilanteissa saksan kielellä.Materiaalissa esitetään 12käytännön ristiriitatilannetta,jotka nostavat esillekulttuurisidonnaisen kielellisenkäyttäymisen piirteitä, jotka tällätavoin tehdään mahdollisiksi
oppia ja opettaa. Oppimateriaaliauttaa opiskelijaa tunnistamaanja oikaisemaan kommunikaatio-vaikeuksia ja lisää sitenliikkuvuutta eurooppalaisillamarkkinoilla.
Kohderyhmänä ovat ammatti-korkeakoulujen ja korkeaasteenoppilaitosten opiskelijat, jotkahaluavat lähteä saksankieliseenmaahan suorittamaan osanopintojaan, työharjoitteluun taitöihin. Oppimateriaali soveltuukaikille saksaa vieraana kielenäopiskeleville, jotka ovat tiivissäkontaktissa saksalaiseen kielia-lueeseen. Materiaali onsuunnattu edistyneille opisk-elijoille ja se soveltuu sekälähiopetukseen että syventäväänitseopiskeluun.
Odotetut tulokset: Prototyyppimultimedia-CD-ROMista: 12konfliktitilannetta, joista jok-aiseen liittyy video, ääninauhoja,tekstejä ja harjoituksia. Videottuotetaan myös erillisenävideokasettina ja tehtävävihkona.
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Ziele: Produktion einesmultimedialen Unterrichts-materials (CD-ROM), das DaF-Lerner befähigt, alltägliche undberufliche Konfliktsituationenauf Deutsch zu bewältigen.Hierzu werden in 12 konflikt-haften Begegnungs-situationender Alltags- und Berufspraxiskulturspezifisches Sprach-handeln-in-Situationen darge-stellt und lehr- und lernbargemacht. Das Lehrmaterial hilftStudierenden, Schwierigkeitenim Verständnis des Anderen zuerkennen und zu beheben undsomit die Mobilität auf demeuropäischen Markt zu fördern.
Die Zielgruppe sind Studentenvon Fachhochschulen undanderen höheren Bildungs-einrichtungen, die in einemdeutschsprachigen Land einTeilstudium/Praktikum absolv-ieren bzw. arbeiten wollen. Das
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Lernmaterial ist für alle DaF-Lerner geeignet, die intensiveKontakte in den deutsch-sprachigen Raum unterhalten.Es wendet sich anfortgeschrittene Lerner und istsowohl im Kontaktunterricht alsauch im vertiefenden Selbst-studium einsetzbar.
Erwartete Ergebnisse: Prototypeiner multimedialen CD-ROMmit 12 Konfliktsituationen mitVideo-, Audio- Text- undÜbungssequenzen. Die Video-sequenzen werden außerdemseparat auf einer Videokassetteangeboten, mit dazugehörigerArbeitsblättersammlung.
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The objective of the project is toproduce a multimedia teachingaid (CD-ROM) that enableslearners of German as a foreignlanguage to cope with everydayand work-related conflictsituations in German. Culture-specific language behaviour in 12conflict situations in both dailylife and at the workplace ispresented in such a way that itcan be taught and learnt. Theteaching material helps studentsto recognise and overcomedifficulties in understanding theother person and therebypromotes mobility in theEuropean market.
The target group is students oftechnical colleges and otherinstitutions of higher education(HEIs) who want to completepart of their studies or practicaltraining in a German-speakingcountry or who want to workthere. The learning material issuitable for all learners ofGerman as a foreign languagewho engage in intensive contactsin German-speaking countries. Itis addressed to advanced stud-ents and can be used both incontact teaching and as a homestudy package.
The expected outputs includethe prototype of a multimediaCD-ROM covering 12 conflictsituations with video, audio, textand exercise sequences. Thevideo sequences will also beavailable separately on a videocassette with a matchingcollection of worksheets.
Partner countries: Belgium,Finland, Germany
Project co-ordinator:
Claudia HallikainenTampere PolytechnicTeiskontie 33 PF 21FIN-33521 Tamperetel: +(358) 3 2647 470fax: +(358) 3 2647 311e-mail:[email protected]
NETDANSK
The objective of this project isto develop on-line and printedcourse material for Danish as aforeign language up to the B1level in the European CommonFramework of Reference. Thematerial will cover linguistic aswell as cultural themes and willhave a clear focus on developinginter-cultural competences. Thepoint of departure will be acommunicative approach tolearning, in which language is ameans of communication thatreflects its social functions, andin which it is necessary for thestudents to acquire grammatical,text, linguistic, socio-pragmaticand strategic competences. Forthe on-line version, the projectwill exploit and develop theconcept of flexible learning.
The target groups will be:students of Danish as a foreignlanguage; foreign students ofother disciplines, guestprofessors, etc. coming toDenmark; foreign citizens seek-ing employment in Denmark;and asylum-seeking individualsin Denmark.
The material can thus be usedby: Danish lecturers abroad(Danish L1 as well as non-Danish L1); Danish culturalinstitutes; students of Danishabroad; Danish educationalinstitutions teaching Danish totheir foreign students or visitinglecturers; companies, consult-ants, etc. attracting foreignprofessionals to work inDenmark; and individuals (self-access).
Partner countries: Denmark,Finland, Ireland, Italy
Project co-ordinator:
Karen LauridsenHandelshøjskolen i ÅrhusFuglesangs alle 4DK-8210 Aarhus Vtel: +(45) 89 48 66 19fax: +(45) 86 15 77 27e-mail: [email protected]
BILINGUE ETEUROPÉEN
Magyar, lengyel és franciaösszefogással moduláris felé-pítésű, a tantárgyak és kultúrákközötti átjárást biztosítómultimédiás tananyagok kerül-nek kifejlesztésre, négy tantárgy -civilizáció, történelem, földrajzés biológia -oktatására. Atananyagokat Közép-Kelet-Európa (mindenekelőtt Magyar-és Lengyelország) francia kéttannyelvű osztályai, illetveFranciaország európai osztályaidiákjainak szánjuk, ám azokat aszélesebb európai közönség ismegismerheti illetve másországok is adaptálhatják amaguk számára.
A két tannyelvű oktatásigényeinek megfelelő tanan-yagokat akkreditáltatni kívánjukaz érintett országok OktatásiMinisztériumaival.
Egy nagy átfogó - tantárgy- éskultúraközi - témából kiindulva
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az alábbi összetevőkhöz jutha-tunk el:
tanári kézikönyv;
három tantárgy: történelem,földrajz, biológia anyaga. Ezekena szinteken megtalálhatóklesznek: a nemzeti tantervek,kezdő, közepes és kiemelkedőképességű diákok tudás-szintjének megfelelően feldol-gozott források, bibliográfia,leckeszövegek, fogalomtárak,háttéranyagok és feladatok
„Nyelvi” ablak” : nyelvi -nyelvtani problémák illetveirodalmi témák
„Tantárgyközi” ablak : lecker-észek, pedagógiai és módszertanifogódzók illetve kultúraközielemek
Többnyelvű szótár, a legfont-osabb szakkifejezések francia,lengyel, magyar (esetleg angol ésnémet) fordításával
A tananyagok így kétféleképpen:problémacentrikus és ismeret-átadásra koncentráló módon isolvashatók. A nagy átfogó témáktantárgyakra bonthatók le,ezeknek az ismeretanyaga meg-felel a nemzeti tantervekbenmegfogalmazott követelmén-yeknek.
Az egyik nagy közös téma a„Kommunikáció”.
A „Történelem” ezt az alábbimódon dolgozza fel: akommunikáció forradalmai; asajtó és az általa közvetítettvalóság viszonya; a kommun-ikáció megszűnése; egyezményekés szerződések.
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Par coopération des établisse-ments de trois pays: la Hongrie,la France et la Pologne,développement des dispositifspédagogiques modulaires, decaractère interdisciplinaire et
transculturel, sur supportmultimédia (CD-ROM, WEB),dans les domaines de lacivilisation, de l’histoire, de lagéographie et de la biologie. Lesfuturs utilisateurs seront lesélèves des lycées bilinguesfrançais des pays de l’EuropeCentre-Orientale (Pologne etHongrie en premier lieu) et desclasses européennes en France,mais les modules seront access-ibles à un large public trans-européen et adaptables pard’autres pays.
Les produits sont susceptiblesd’être reconnus légalement pardes Ministères d’Educationnationale, comme dispositifspédagogiques adéquats auxbesoins des classes bilingues eteuropéennes en France, enPologne et en Hongrie.
Partant d’un grand thèmetransversal (interdisciplinaire etinterculturel), il y a accès:
A un “Guide pédagogique”;
A trois disciplines: géographie,biologie, histoire. Ces voletscomprennent: les programmesnationaux, des documentsdidactisés au niveau débutant,intermédiaire et avancé, unebibliographie, un corpus avectermes techniques, définitions,références et des exercices;
A un volet “Langue”:problèmes, thèmes cherchésdans la littérature;
A un volet “Interdisciplinaire”comprenant: des paragraphes decorpus, des méthodes pédagog-iques, didactiques et deséléments interculturels;
Au dictionnaire plurilingue avecdes termes techniques enfrançais, polonais, hongrois(anglais, allemand) et leursdéfinitions.
Les produits auraient ainsi deuxaxes: transversal et académique
(“anthologie de connaissances”),permettant une lecture problém-atisée et une lecture classique.Les grands thèmes sont ainsi“traduisibles” en disciplines,dont les séquences sontconformes aux programmesnationaux.
Un grand thème transversalretenu est la “Communication”.Le volet “Histoire” présente lethème sous les aspects suivants:les révolutions dans la communi-cation; la réalité communiquéepar la presse; le manque de lacommunication; les accords etles ententes.
Partner countries: France,Hungary, Poland
Project co-ordinator:
György BroszmanMikszáth Kálmán GimnáziumFõ u. 58HU-3060 Pásztótel: +(36) 32 463 116fax: +(36) 32 460 393e-mail: [email protected]
IOL: ICELANDICON-LINE
“Icelandic On-Line” aims tocreate a highly motivating andeffective learning environmentfor students of Icelandicthrough the use of innovativemultimedia learning objectsorganised into a coherent whole.
The project is based on twomain principles for the teachingof Icelandic on the Web: a“learning objects” architecture,implying more or less freebrowsing through the lessons,organised into units representingdifferent levels of difficulty; anda focus on the small and widelydistributed learning communitiescomprising students, teachersand scholars of Icelandicthroughout the world.
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The project will focus on thedevelopment of an innovative e-Learning model for the effectiveteaching of inflected languages,identifying the particularpedagogical issues involved anddeveloping the appropriatelearning materials and generalpurpose utilities that are needed.The result should be a completeservice, comprising learningmaterials, utilities, supplement-ary information and communityservices aimed at the varioustarget groups.
Partner countries: Austria,France, Germany, Iceland,United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Jón ÓlafssonCentre for Research in theHumanitiesNyja GardiIS-101 Reykjaviktel: +(354) 525 4088fax: +(354) 525 4010e-mail: [email protected]
EASY II
Il progetto Easy II mira asviluppare uno strumentod’apprendimento in quattrolingue (Italiano, Finlandese,Francese e tedesco più l’inglesecome lingua veicolare)indirizzato a giovani chefrequentano Centri di Formaz-ione Professionale e sono, perdiverse ragioni - economiche,sociali e/o culturali - a rischio diesclusione sociale.
Nel nostro primo incontro,Tampere 9-11 Dicembre 2002,abbiamo avuto l’opportunità diiniziare il nostro lavoro co-operativo con due interventi.
Inizialmente abbiamo avuto unincontro con Liisa Löfmandell’OPEKO, Istituto Finnicoper la Formazione degliinsegnanti, a proposito dell’
enorme influenza che glistereotipi ed i pregiudizi hannonelle nostre vite ed, in parti-colare, nel processo di apprend-imento di una lingua straniera,superando la visione dellequattro abilità fondamentali, perconfrontarsi, invece, con cultureche entrano in contatto.
Successivamente abbiamo avutol’oportunità di parlare con PentiiVietala, dell’Università di Tamp-ere, Unità di interazione uomo-computer, sulla pedagogia delweb e sulle comunità d’apprend-imento avendo una chiarapercezione su come siaimportante definire una chiarapedagogia in strumenti didatticibasati sul web.
Abbiamo organizzato il nostrolavoro su due gruppi, uno sugliaspetti linguistici ed un altrosulle Tecnologie dell’Inform-azione.
I compiti per il prossimoincontro sono di preparare unalista di situazioni d’apprend-imento da sviluppare insieme aigiovani, di proporre unostandard organizzativo dellestesse situazioni d’apprend-imento ed una pagina webstandard da utilizzare comemodello generale, di studiare altriarticoli a proposito dei tre ambitidel progetto: l’apprendimento diuna lingua straniera, le oppor-tunità delle IT nella didattica, ibisogni particolari dei nostrigiovani.
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Easy II aims to develop alearning tool in four languages(Italian, Finnish, French, Ger-man and English as a “media”language) addressed to youngpeople that attend vocationaltraining courses and are, fordifferent reasons - economic,social and/or cultural - at realrisk of social exclusion.
At our first meeting in Tampereon 9-11 December 2002, westarted our work with twopresentations.
Firstly, Liisa Löfman fromOPEKO (the Finnish Institutefor Teacher Training), spokeabout the big influence thatstereotypes and prejudices haveon our lives and on the processof learning a foreign language.
Secondly, we had theopportunity to talk with PentiiHietala, of the Unit forComputer-Human Interaction atthe University of Tampere, onweb pedagogy and learningcommunities. It gave a clearperception of how important itis to define a clear pedagogy inweb-based didactic tools.
We then organised ourselvesinto two working groups, one onthe language aspect and anotheron the IT aspect.
Tasks for the next meeting areto prepare a list of learningsituations to be developed withyoung people, to propose astandard organisation of alearning situation and a standardweb page to be used as a generalmodel, and to study furtherarticles dealing with the threeaspects of the project: learning alanguage; IT opportunities; andyoung peoples’ needs.
Partner countries: Finland,France, Germany, Italy
Project co-ordinator:
Francesco MajoranaAssociazione CNOS-FAPRegione SiciliaVia Piano del Lupo 15I-95045 Misterbianco CTtel: +(39) 095 398017fax: +(39) 095 399193e-mail: [email protected]
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H.E.R.M.E.S.
Το σχέδιο H.E.R.M.E.S.φιλοδοξεί να αναπτύξει ένακαινότοµο γλωσσικό ΠαιχνίδιΠολυµέσων χρησιµοποιώντας τησύγχρονη τεχνολογία. Οι πέντεγλωσσικές εκδοχές του πακέτουCD ROM επιχειρούν ναενθαρύννουν τους µαθητές 10 έως18+ ετών να µάθουν ξένεςγλώσσες (ειδικότερα EL, IT, FR,ES και EN) µέσω ενόςεκπαιδευτικού, περιπετειώδουςπαιχνιδιού που θα αναπτυχθεί σετρία γλωσσικά επίπεδα. Επίσης,το σχέδιο θα αναπτύξειΙστοσελίδες για γραµµατικήανατροφοδότηση, αναβαθµήσεις,γλωσσάρια και µία πλατφόρµαεπικοινωνίας. Θα αναπτυχθούνκαι έντυπα υλικά όπως έναςΟδηγός Μαθητή και ΒιβλίαΓραµµατικής σ’ όλες τις γλώσσες.
Εως τώρα, έχουµε οργανώσει µιασυνάντηση στην Αθήνα µε τησυµµετοχή όλων των ιδρυµάτων,όπου ανταλλάξαµε ιδέες καιοργανώσαµε το υλικό τηςγραµµατικής για όλες τιςγλωσσικές εκδοχές. Αυτή τηστιγµή, ο κάθε εταίροςαναπτύσσει ασκήσεις και κείµεναγια το λογισµικό, καθώς και τουλικό για τις Ιστοσελίδες. ΤονΙούνιο του 2003, οι ασκήσεις τηςγραµµατικής θα είναι έτοιµες ναενσωµατωθούν στο λογισµικό. Οτεχνικός µας υπεργολάβος κάνειπολύ δουλειά και έχει ήδηαναπτύξει τον βασικό ήρωα, τουςδευτερεύοντες ήρωες καιτριασδιάστατα γραφικά για 3 (απότις 36) Σκηνές. Τον Σεπτέµβριοτου 2003, τα συνοδευτικά βιβλίαθα είναι έτοιµα για εκτύπωση καιπιστεύουµε ότι τον Ιανουάριο του
2004, θα είµαστε έτοιµοι ναξεκινήσουµε τη πιλοτικήεφαρµογή και τη διάδοση τωναποτελεσµάτων.
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The H.E.R.M.E.S. (Home study,Educational, Reliable, Multi-lingual, Entertaining, Software)project aims to develop aninnovative multimedia languagegame using modern technology.The 5 language versions of theH.E.R.M.E.S. CD-ROM pack-age are intended to motivatestudents of ages 10 to 18+ tolearn foreign languages(specifically English, French,Greek, Italian and Spanish)through playing educational andadventurous games, developedon three language levels.Furthermore, the project willdevelop a website for grammarfeedback, game updates andglossaries, and will serve as acommunication platform. Print-ing materials will also bedeveloped, including a student’sguide and grammar book in alllanguages.
Up until now, we have organiseda meeting in Athens, with theparticipation of all partners, haveexchanged ideas and haveorganised the grammar materialfor all language versions.Currently, each partner is in theprocess of developing exercisesand texts for the software as wellas the material for the website.By June 2003, all grammarmaterial will be ready to beincorporated into the software.Our technical sub-contractor hasalready developed the basic hero,the secondary heroes and the 3Dgraphics for 3 (out of 36) scenes.The accompanying books will beready to be printed in September2003, and we believe that inJanuary 2004 we will be ready tostart the pilot applicationprocess and the dissemination.
Partner countries: France,Greece, Italy, Spain, UnitedKingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Despina VallidiStafilidis PublicationsG. Gennadiou St. 3GR-10678 Athenstel: +(30210) 38 13773fax: +(30210) 38 13730e-mail: [email protected]
TIPS: TESTINGIN POLISH ANDSLOVENIAN
Celem projektu jest rozszerzeniena języki polski i słoweńskipięciu istniejących jużproduktów Lingua w zakresienarzędzi testowania: Glosariuszterminów testowych: do użytkuprzez autorów testów inauczycieli; Zbiór wypowiedzioceniających: do użytku przezuczących się języka, nauczycieli iegzaminatorów; Wytyczne dlaautorów zadań egzaminacyjnych:do użytku przez osobyprodukujące materiały dotestów; Kontrolna lista ocenytestów: do użytku przez autorówtestów; Specyfikacje dotyczącepoziomu A1 (Breakthrough),dostosowane do potrzebuczących się tych języków.
W Polsce i Słowenii istniejebezpośrednie zainteresowaniepoprawą jakości materiałówpotrzebnych do uczenia się,nauczania i testowania dostęp-nych w tych krajach. W projekciebiorą udział cztery instytucje.Koordynującą instytucją jestcentrum nauczania języka i
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kultury polskiej na UniwersytecieJagiellońskim w Krakowie.Wspomagane jest ono przezcentrum nauczania i testowaniajęzyka słoweńskiego naUniwersytecie w Ljubljanie,centrum nauczania nowożytnejgreki na Uniwersytecie Ateńskimoraz przez polskie wydawnictwoakademickie.
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The aim of this project is toextend to Polish and Slovenianfive existing Lingua products inthe field of test development: aGlossary of Testing Terms, tobe used by test developers andteachers; Can-Do Statements, tobe used by language learners,users, teachers and testers;Guidelines for Test ItemWriters, to be used by thoseproducing materials for tests;Checklists for Test Evaluation,to be used by test developers;and the Breakthrough Levelspecifications tailored to thespecific needs of learners ofthose languages.
The background to the project isthat Poland and Slovenia arehoping to join the EuropeanUnion in the near future, and theproducts for language teachingand testing are necessary toimprove the theoretical back-ground and expertise availablefor testing of competence inthese languages. In Poland andSlovenia there is a direct interestin improving the quality ofmaterials for language learning,teaching and testing which areavailable in those countries.Four institutions areparticipating in the project. Theco-ordinating institution is thecentre for Polish language andculture at the Jagiellonian Uni-versity in Krakow. It is joined bythe centre for the teaching andtesting of Slovenian at theUniversity of Ljubljana, thecentre for Modern Greek at theUniversity of Athens and a
Polish non-profit publishingsociety.
Partner countries: Greece,Poland, Slovenia
Project co-ordinator:
Waldemar MartyniukJagiellonian UniversityUl. Garbarska 7APL-31131 Krakówtel: +(48) 12 421 3692fax: +(48) 12 422 7701e-mail:[email protected]
HURRA!!!
HURRA!!! to projekt powstającyw kooperacji instytucji z Polski,Austrii i Wielkiej Brytanii mającyna celu napisanie, przetestowaniei wyprodukowanie kompletnejserii materiałów do nauczaniajęzyka polskiego jako obcego.Zgodnie z harmonogramemprace zespołów autorskichrozpoczęły się w listopadzie2002 od przeprowadzeniaanalizy rynku materiałów donauczania języka polskiego zuwzględnieniem najnowszychtytułów z ostatniego roku.Następnie dyskutowana byłakoncepcja 1 i 2 części serii„HURRA!!!” co do ichzawartości tematycznej orazstrukturalno-leksykalnej. Waż-nym elementem tej dyskusji byłoodniesienie naszych prac doeuropejskiego systemu pozio-mów biegłości językowejprzedstawionych w „CommonEuropean Framework”. Opra-cowany został równieżprototypowy test kwalifikacyjnypozwalający w przyszłości nakwalifikowanie studentów dosześciu kolejnych grupzaawansowania. Pierwszepilotażowe moduły z 1 i 2 części„HURRA!!!” jak również testkwalifikacyjny służą obecniejako materiał dydaktyczny donauczania grupy ok. 200 osób,które w okresie luty-kwiecień2003 będą uczyć się j. polskiego
na intensywnych kursach wszkole językowej Prolog wKrakowie.
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HURRA!!! is a Polish-Austrian-British project which aims towrite, test and produce a seriesof materials for teaching Polishas a foreign language. Teams ofauthors started work in October2002 by analysing materials forteaching Polish with particularregard to the newest titles on themarket. Following that, theconcepts (thematic andstructural-lexical contents) of thefirst and second parts of“HURRA!!!” were discussed. Animportant issue of our work wasbased on relating our work tothe European structure for levelsof language skills as presented inthe “Common European Frame-work”. A prototype placementtest, allowing future students tobe placed in appropriate groups,was also prepared. The place-ment test and the pilotingmodules from the first andsecond parts of “HURRA!!!” arecurrently being tested asteaching materials on a group ofabout 200 students studyingPolish through intensive coursesbetween February and April2003 at the Prolog LanguageSchool in Cracow.
Website:http://www.hurra.edu.pl
Partner countries: Austria,Poland, United Kingdom
Project co-ordinator:
Agata Stępnik-SiaraPROLOG Language SchoolUl. Bronowicka 37PL-30084 Krakówtel: +(48) 12 638 4565fax: +(48) 12 638 4550e-mail: [email protected]
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FURTHERINFORMATIONON LINGUA 2
WHO TO CONTACT
European Commission:
tel: +(32) 2 298 4322fax: +(32) 2 299 6321e-mail:[email protected]:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/download.html
Socrates, Leonardo & YouthTechnical Assistance Office:
tel: +(32) 2 233 0142 / 0186fax: +(32) 2 233 0150Internet:http://www3.socleoyouth.be/static/en/overview/lingua_overview.htm
or contact your National Agencyfor advice about getting in touchwith possible partners abroad.National Agencies sometimesarrange partner-finding seminars,and have available a budget for“Preparatory Visits” - enablingyou to visit potential partners inorder to discuss your project ideas.See a list of National Agencies at:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/nat-est.html
You may also wish to check outthe partner-finding databaserun by the Norwegian SocratesNational Agency at:http://siu.no/socpart
For more information about theCommission’s actions in favour oflanguage teaching and learning,and about the languages spokenin Europe, please visit ourmultilingual website:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/languages/index.html
USEFUL LINKS
LINGUACATALOGUE
The “Lingua Catalogue” is asearchable database containingdetailed descriptions of languagelearning materials. These havebeen developed by transnationalpartnerships with support fromthe European Commission,within the framework of theLingua Programme (1990-1994)and the Lingua D Action of theSocrates Programme (1995-2000). The Catalogue has recent-ly been updated with 41 newproducts, the results of Linguaprojects completed between May1998 and September 2000. Eachproduct has been assessed by apanel of experts for its useful-ness. The site is available inEnglish, French, German andSpanish at:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/lingua/catalogue/home_en.htm
LEONARDOLANGUAGECATALOGUE
A catalogue of productsdeveloped by Leonardo languageprojects between 1995 and 1999will soon be available on ourwebsite at:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/languages_en.html
EUROPEAN LABELDATABASE
The database of projects thathave received the EuropeanLabel for innovative projects inlanguage teaching and learning isnow on-line. It includes projectsthat have received the Labelsince 1999, and aims to inspirepractitioners, stakeholders andpolicy makers by presenting
“best practices” in the field oflanguage teaching and learning.
The European Label is awardedto local, regional, or nationalprojects that have found creativeways to improve the quality oflanguage teaching, motivatestudents, make the best ofavailable resources to diversifythe number of languages onoffer, etc.
For further information aboutthe European Label, see:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/language/label.html
Link to the Label database:http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/language/label/index.cfm
LINGU@NETEUROPA
Lingu@net Europa is amultilingual resources centre tosupport language teaching andtraining. The site is available inDutch, English, French,German, Italian and Spanish at:http://www.linguanet-europa.org/y2/
EUROCLIC
The European Commission hascontributed to the developmentof a network (“Euroclic”) ofteachers and other partiesinterested in the learning ofother educational subjectsthrough the use of a foreignlanguage. Euroclic producesregular bulletins, and the websiteincludes a materials bank and a“chat” facility for teachers. Formore information see:http://www.euroclic.net/
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