Good Practice Examples

The following projects, online courses, and materials available in Europe were critically analysed and evaluated by the EUROVOLT team with regard to these criteria:

• Relevance to the field of vocationally and professionally oriented language teaching and learning
• Target groups, contents matter, languages available
• Pedagogical approaches as well as particular strengths and innovative features
• Free availability via the Internet.

Projektverbund SprachChancen (2001 - 2007). Language Learning and Teaching Online and blended learning courses for several languages and vocational fields (Czech, Chinese, English, Italian, Spanish), teacher training courses on the use of ICT; for language learners at German universities, language teachers and teacher trainers.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract06vollPVB.doc
Examples:
http://www.presentingskills.org (presentation skills training in English; University of Erlangen; registration needed)
http://www.jobline.lmu.de (job application training in English; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; registration needed)

Language Teaching

1. The ICT4LT website is a free collection of training modules in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Language Teachers in English, Finnish, Italian, Swedish, the outcome of a project originally funded by the European Commission. All the training modules are continually revised and updated by Graham Davies.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/Modelgoodpractice01voltICT4.doc

2. The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign Languages issued by the International Certificate Conference - The Language Network, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2004, in English, brochure, free download at their site)
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelsGoodPractice02voltICC.doc

3. British Council Learning, eTwinning, Resources, Project plans, by The British Council, 2007, in English, Internet site, online tutorial, linked pdf and rtf documents.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract03volteTwin.doc

4. DidacTIClang. An Internet-based Didactic Approach for Language Teaching and Learning, Last updated 2007; in English and French, by DidacTIClang project partners.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract04voltDidac.doc

Language Learning

1. EUROMOBIL Project, 1999 - 2007, for university students who plan an exchange or a year abroad; German, English and French programmes for advanced learners (monolingual); all other languages for beginners, with English as supportive language. Free downloads of intercultural and language learning programmes in English, German, Hungarian and Finnish already available; Czech, French, Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian will be added by December 31, 2007.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPractice01vollEURO.doc

2. LINGUAPEACE Europe - Language for Peace Project (2004-2007) in English, Bulgarian, Slovak, Dutch for European peacekeepers, other personnel in conflict and post-conflict situations; Internet site, free sample materials, linked documents etc.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract02vollPeac.doc

3. Lingu @net Europa - the multilingual centre for language learning (project 2004 - 2006) available in: Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish; Internet site, database, linked language learning resources
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodpract03vollLing.doc

4. AQUALINGUA PROJECT - The multilingual dictionary on the terms of the water sector; English; materials available in 15 European languagesin the dictionary database for engineers involved in co-operation projects, vocational language learners, pre- and in-service trainees.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract04vollaqua.doc

5. SME in Dialogue (Small and Medium Enterprises in Dialogue, Leonardo supported 2003-2006); Czech learning materials for employees in small and medium-sized companies in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland; Polish learning materials also available on the Internet and on CD-Rom.
http://media.manila.at/gems/eurovolt/ModelGoodPract05vollSMEcz.doc

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