Deaf learning Erasmus Project

Project Title

Deaf learning

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

“Deaf learning” project was implemented from September 2015 to August 2018 in partnership with 5 organization from 5 European countries: Polish Deaf Association Lodz Department (Poland), Doncaster Deaf Trust (UK), Ca’Foscari University in Venice (Italy), Kaunas Educational Centre for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (Lithuania), Alpen-Adria University in Klagenfurt (Austria).
The aim of the project was to develop teaching materials, which will help to improve the literacy skills of deaf adults in 5 national languages: English, Polish, Italian, Lithuanian, German. Those materials include the course programme, handbooks, and e-learning courses.
The programme contains questionnaire data, research choices, hints for teaching methodologies, trial experiences, suggestions on how to handle the materials.
Handbooks contain:120 lesson plans CEFR levels A1, A2, B1, B2, 30 lessons level A1, 16 texts for reading comprehension as a teachers’ guide to developing their own level-based programs.
E-course contains 6 lessons level A1 on the Moodle platform for independent learning.
All materials were prepared for 5 languages.
Over 500 teachers of a deaf, deaf adult, parents and scholars took part in different multiplier events in 5 countries.
All teaching materials are open access and available on the project website: www.pzg.lodz.pl/deaflearning.
Polish language courses for the deaf based on “Deaf learning” project teaching materials are now conducted in Poland.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 318677,93 Eur

Project Coordinator

Polski Zwiazek Gluchych Oddzial Lodzki & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Doncaster Deaf Trust
• UNIVERSITA CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA
• Kauno kurciuju ir neprigirdinciuju ugdymo centras
• UNIVERSITAET KLAGENFURT