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REAL LIFE CONTEXT – English for seniors

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-PL01-KA204-081771
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for adult education Funder Contribution: 146,849 EUR

REAL LIFE CONTEXT – English for seniors

Description

Three Organizations from Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom combined their experience and potential in response to the problem of insufficient competences of teachers in teaching foreign languages ​​to older people with low competences while using modern technologies. Another problem diagnosed by the partnership is the lack or low availability of practical English language learning material for seniors.In order to solve the above problems The partnership decided to set up an international team of experts that will develop innovative training materials based on the latest knowledge and experience in the field of teaching foreign languages. The team will include people with many years of experience in teaching English, working with the elderly, but also specialists in developing teaching methodologies and creating complete training programs. The project therefore concerns the area of ​​non-voactional adult education and responds to the need of raising competences of senior citizens in the field of multilingualism and ICT.The most important project goals are:• To create innovative results of intellectual work dedicated to English language teachers working with seniors;• To raise key competences of seniors in the field of multilingualism (English) and ICT;• To strengthen the potential of partner organizations.Project targets the following groups:• English language teachers working with older people (or intending to work), including teachers from partner organizations with less experience as well as teachers from partnership countries, but not only• Seniors learning English with low language competence and ICT skills;• Teachers - experts: employees or permanent contractors of partner organizations, people with vast expertise in teaching English and working with seniors• Partner organizations• Entities teaching EnglishActivities planned in the project:• Work on results in international interdisciplinary teams of experts, including international project meetings of staff and experts aimed at developing high-quality products which meet the standards set by the Partnership's institutions• Testing the developed methods and tools during international training for English trainers, which will support the transfer of knowledge and give the opportunity to verify the quality of results in practice and to make corrections• Carrying out dissemination workshops for min. 72 of adults (in each country at least 24 people will be covered by the activity)• Further dissemination - reaching interested organizations, institutions and people will increase the chances of widespread use of results.All project activities are designed to fit into the horizontal priority of expanding and developing the competences of educators and other employees supporting adult learners, while striving to raise key ICT competences for seniors. The results of intellectual work developed under the project are:(O1) Ebook - publication in the form of a mini guide for teachers/trainsers, constituting a reliable compendium of knowledge in the field of teaching English in a practical dimension. The material will contain directions for using the method developed under the project using modern technologies.(O2) Thematic modules - 8 practical large thematic modules that respond to the need to learn practical language used in everyday situations. Examples of training modules are: Shopping, Banking, Health Service, Online Forms. The program responds to the need of learning practical language used in everyday situations.(O3) Supplementary materials - two types of supplementary materials for the course: MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS (e.g. quizzes, presentations, interactive exercises, podcasts, tutorials, vocabulary flashcards, fake apps and fake portals, e.g. for ordering food, hotel reservations, restaurant tables , etc. and others) and TEXT MATERIALS in pdf files for printing and distribution to students or download (e.g. worksheets with exercises, vocabulary to consolidate, sets of expressions to be learned, conversation exercises).(O4) An educational platform where materials developed by experts, multimedia and work cards will be implemented. all of this will be presented in the form of a complete course divided into modules in accordance with the assumptions of the training program. An ebook will also be made available on the platform.All of the above mentioned project products will be made available and usable by all interested educational entities conducting language courses for the elderly (including language schools, universities of the 3rd age, NGOs).

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