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Summer School for all language teachers and traine

Δημοσιεύτηκε από: admin στις 09/03/2010

Ever struggled to find, develop or adapt language learning units and exercises for your students using ICT tools and the Internet?

We would like to kindly invite all language teachers and trainers of all levels and sectors to participate in a Summer Course approved by the European Commission on the beautiful Greek island, Crete during 05-10 September 2010 and learn through presentations and practical sessions about e-Learning and Web2.0.
Apply before 30 April 2010 for the Summer School: Integrating e-Learning and Web2.0 into Language Teaching: ICT tools and Hands-On Training on developing Interactive Language Learning Units and Exercises and receive guidelines and guidance on how to apply for the course and receive a full EU-grant covering all your participation costs. The School is listed in the Comenius/Grundtvig Course database of the European Commission: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/llp/istcoursedatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=21969

For more information regarding the Summer School, please read:
http://www.laprof.eu/viewPress.do

State of the Art Report on Language Learning Opportunities

Δημοσιεύτηκε από: admin στις 20/10/2009

LaProf State of the Art Report is aimed at understanding the development of current methodologies and existing language learning opportunities (offline or online) in language training in the ICT and Agricultural Sector in order to develop a well suited set of activities in response to the needs of the current environment. Research conducted by LaProf has proven that online resources for languages such as Finnish in the ICT Sector and Greek in the field of Agriculture are very poorly represented. In the field of Agriculture, learning resources are limited both in the case of more widely spoken languages such as English, but particularly in the case of Greek, where opportunities are available mostly in academic settings. Whereas for resources that focus on basic learning of the Greek language, here are some of the links included in the report that could be of use for the target users:
http://www.livemocha.com
http://www.xanthi.ilsp.gr/filog/info.htm
http://www.kypros.org/LearnGreek/
and only one with a professional focus:
http://www.orionnet.info/lang_resourses_gr/level_one/text/basic_text_1gs4.html
Additionally, the Finnish online language resources offer more variety, but with focus on basic, everyday vocabulary, such as:
http://www2.edu.fi/ymmarrasuomea/
http://www.finnishschool.com/
http://www.linguhouse.com/
The courses that do address the ICT sector are designed for Finnish speaking users only. This situation enables LaProf project to meet the needs of the users by developing online activities, in accessible languages, duly targeted to the specific professional sectors of ICT and Agriculture, and thus encouraging a greater mobility of the target users. For more information, download the full version of the report here: http://www.laprof.eu/viewDeliverables.do

Results of the Needs Analysis Report

Δημοσιεύτηκε από: admin στις 15/10/2009

The workshops organized in April and May 2009 (for details go to http://www.laprof.eu/viewNews.do?id=12) and hosted by the Romanian and Estonian project members offered an excellent opportunity to identify the current language and IT knowledge of the users. In addition, the draft questionnaires outlined user's preferences regarding the modes of learning and types of exercises. According to the analysis results, from a group of 100 participants (52 men and 54 women) with an average age of 26 years old, 97% were able to communicate in English at least at basic level. However, while less than half of the Estonian participants noted some basic knowledge of Finnish, only one Romanian participant reported a limited knowledge of the Greek language. This highlights the need for identifying and proposing by the LaProf trainees of resources for basic language learning for both Finnish and Greek users. This would help them in following the LaProf language learning exercises that will require basic knowledge of the working languages. Most of the participants expressed their preference for multiple choice and gap filling type of exercises and emphasized the importance of communication between learners and teachers.

3rd Project Meeting in Poland

Δημοσιεύτηκε από: admin στις 15/09/2009

The 3rd Project Meeting took place in Poznan, Poland, during the 8th and 9th of September 2009. The project partners have been again joined by external representatives of other initiatives that are liaised with LaProf. The objective of the 3rd Project Meeting has been to reflect on the analysis of the needs of targeted audiences, in comparison to the results of the concluded review of relevant literature and online resources. Particular focus has been given on the definition of the structure of the Language Learning Units of the project, and the way that interactive learning exercises can be included in this structure. First examples of Learning Units and exercises have been studied, and a concrete plan for the following 6 months of the project has been made.

LaProf Needs Analysis Workshops

Δημοσιεύτηκε από: admin στις 15/05/2009

A series of workshops that focused on the identification and analysis of targeted user needs have been organized during April and May 2009. The workshops have been hosted by the user organizations in Romania (two of them) and Estonia (one), and attracted a number of potential language learners from the nearby regions. More than 100 people have participated in the workshops and completed the corresponding needs’ analysis questionnaire of LaProf. The results have been encoded into a number of training requirements for the Language Learning Framework of the project.

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