Here We Come! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Here We Come!

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 2016

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; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

In the world of International relations knowledge of foreign languages is an important factor influencing the social life, competitiveness and employment. It is also essential to acquire the right language skills and support language learners with motivation and confidence. In order to achieve these goals, we have improved and tried out our innovative ININPRO Language Teaching Method (Initial Interlingual Programme) in six countries (England, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain, Turkey) with complete beginner language learners and in this way, we introduced six languages on rotation in the six participating primary schools. (A Hungarian teacher taught a Hungarian lesson in the Spanish school, Spanish teachers introduced Spanish language in the Greek school and so on.)
Our language competency building programme focuses on the vocabulary that is organically built in the learners’ native languages. The words involved in the method are familiar because they are used, or they sound very similar in the learners’ mother tongues, so it focuses on the learners previous knowledge they had never learned but had had in their mind. Through this approach children acquire the vocabulary faster and more easily and they are more confident in using it for communication. It is not negligible in a situation where teachers have to integrate children with disadvantaged backgrounds, especially asylum seekers or migrants. The use of cognates is known and applied in modern foreign languages, but not systematically and not necessarily at the early stages of learning – thanks to our project we are able to provide a successful (tried and tested) methodology at the early stages of foreign language learning.
During our two-year project we had two Transnational Project Meetings and four Language Teaching and Training Activities. Using our own budget we sent more colleagues (4 instead of 3) for more days (8 instead of 6) to each country giving more people the chance to have a deeper insight into the partner schools’ everyday life and meet staff members together with experts on the field of language teaching methodology.
Besides job shadowing and peer teaching, conferences were organized by the host schools and participants could take place in cultural events as well.
Our project results uploaded on our website (an example Vocabulary in six languages, Methodology File, Teaching Materials, Curriculum, Tutoring films) aim to share and further develop a proven teaching method to help children learning English (or any other languages) as a second language at an early age and teachers to motivate their pupils and integrate them if necessary.
As many participating organisations (universities, language schools, decision makers) were involved in the project work and our teachers took part in conferences disseminating our experiences, we do hope that this method provides an effective and integrative educational tool to enhance children’s language learning motivation and intercultural sensitivity as well and can be used in the future widely.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 120545 Eur

Project Coordinator

Máriaremete-Hidegkúti Ökumenikus Általános Iskola & Country: HU

Project Partners

• 7th Primary school of Pyrgos
• Klaipedos Vites pagrindine mokykla
• Bushy Hill Junior School
• Cukurova Alparslan Ilkokulu
• CEIP MONTECANAL