Developing Language Skills Through Interaction Erasmus Project

Project Title

Developing Language Skills Through Interaction

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Developing Language Skills Through Interaction (DLSTI) is a three year project to be developed by Honilands Primary School, Enfield and Rufino Blano, Madrid, their staff and students.
The schools aim to address EU-wide issues of disengagement by many young people from reading for pleasure, low chronological reading ages and gaps in literacy skills.
The objectives of the project are to develop teaching and learning strategies to promote reading for pleasure in home and taught languages, creative writing skills, oracy and presentation, as well as literacy skills. The development of expert ICT will be central to the project. Each school intends to develop their students’ confidence in the production of personalised, extended and creative writing, and spontaneity and confidence in spoken language. Both schools will develop methodologies to improve students’ reading levels in home and taught languages by producing relevant, engaging and challenging authentic reading materials, and by using technology to develop students’ levels of language and confidence in spontaneous talk. Students will work collaboratively to produce and present work using creative approaches, digital storytelling and performance.
During and following the project there will be a sharing and development of outstanding teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum areas of each school through collaborative planning, reviewing and quality assurance of work. Each school will bring specific expertise into the project to be shared and developed – ICT skills, creative writing strategies, the use of drama, engagement with local communities and the teaching of literacy and reading skills.
Both partner schools will support our students in becoming life-long learners of languages. We aim for our students to be highly- skilled and confident modern language learners, have high levels of functional literacy skills in home and taught languages and to develop transferable skills to enable them to be successful in the EU and their future endeavours .

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 42540 Eur

Project Coordinator

LBE Honilands Primary School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• CEIP RUFINO BLANCO