Language Voices Erasmus Project

Project Title

Language Voices

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Taking into account the growing number of migrants in Europe, where the majority struggle with limited financial resources, and also the higher number of dropouts in the formal language courses, this project aims to improve and facilitate their access to second language studies, by providing them the opportunity to participate in Language Voices language cafés, which are based on voluntariness and informal meeting but are also systematically organised. As such, at the same time that they are gaining access to social, informal, environments of the resident country, they will be integrating a community of learners and tutors, which is often a key success factor in establishing a quality life in a new country. Adding to this experience, and order to provide a rich, multicultural and contemporary experience this project will provide: 1) a preparatory training, handbook and teaching materials similar to the equivalent of a “free franchise handbook” so that the multilingual Language Voices concept can easily and successfully be replicated with minimum effort throughout the EU or anywhere else in the world; 2) A comprehensive material bank with language learning and cultural material and resources and a possibility for online communication and language exchange; 3) A mobile application to find language exchange events available in the partner countries; 6) A Language Voices association registered in Finland that will maintain the website and the activities after the project is finished.

Hence, this project aims to have a three-fold objective: 1) to mitigate some initial barriers, viz. opportunity, access and cost, hindering many with language study needs or desires to begin or continue language studies; 2) to facilitate the proliferation of easily accessible, non-committal, low cost but well structured language training opportunities and material; 3) provide all-encompassing multicultural, multilingual environment and meeting places in cooperation with local small businesses.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228585,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

Learnmera Oy & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Welcome Home International
• FOLKUNIVERSITETET STIFTELSEN VID LUNDS UNIVERSITET
• CENTRO EDUCACION PERMANENTE CEHEL
• Our House Project
• Bursa Education and Youth Association
• Sorrento lingue srl
• Stichting Vrouw en Welzijn