/kʌˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/ – Communication Erasmus Project

Project Title

/kʌˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/ – Communication

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Migrants’ issues; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

The Project “Communication” runs 24 months and is put into effect by six Schools from Germany (comprehensive School), Poland (elementary School), Croatioa (Grammar School), Bulgaria (Grammar School), Portugal (Grammar School) and Spain (Grammar School). Communication keeps every form of society together, from the wandering families of the Stone Age to our highly networked Europe, where people from very different cultural and linguistic backgrounds communicate. Modern day students are confronted with completely new communicative challenges. Monolingualism is no longer the reality of life. It hasn`t been for a long time, but it seems that it`s no sooner than now that we are beginning to understand.

It is the Goal of this project to give the students what they need to cope with these challenges and to foster a state of mind that considers this challenge as an opportunity. This project aims at fostering multilingualism, which is far more than simply learning grammar and the rules of language. Communication shall be looked at in its entirety: the combination of language, gesture, facial expression and alternative forms of communication such as dancing, music and much more. Comprehension of communication helps fighting prejudicedness and bringing forward open-mindedness.

The broad concept of the project enables the participation of almost every student only depending on their wish to participate and contribute. Whereas a normal School exchange is more likely to appeal to well-performing students, this project gives every sudent the opportunity to take part. Students with migrational background for example are the center when it comes to showing the participants aspects of their native language.

Further goals of the project are
– promotion of language of minorities.
– integration of children with migrational background
– analysis of foreign language teaching
– improvement of language learning
– open mindedness towards minorities
– open mindedness towards people with communicative deficits

During the 24-month course of the project every participating school will be visited by four students plus teachers of each of the partners’ school. That means that in total 24 students will participate in each project meeting. The students will be hosted by local families and this way they will get in touch with the local culture and will have to communicate. This form of communication will also be necessary during the meetings, when students from six different countries with six different native languages work on the project.

The contribution of the students is not limited to the meetings but also, even for the greater part, takes place at their schools in between the meetings. They will prepare presentations, language- and travel guides, language games, films and tutorials, brochures, plays and music during lessons and clubs. The results of this work will be published and presented during the meetings via E-Books or videos.

During and after the project the participating students and teachers shall act as multipliers. Students have great influence on their peer group. The open minded attitude and the unprejudicedness will have an impact on their social contacts. Teachers can use their newly learned teaching techniques in their lessons, in the attitude towards communicative challenges and gain a new approach to the teaching of foreign languages. This can reach as far as some changing in the school curriculum. A shift of paradigm may only be a long-term goal, but it is possible to change bit by bit to come closer to the overall goal: Multilinguistic communication.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 182538 Eur

Project Coordinator

Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule Langenselbold & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Foreign Language School
• Agrupamento de Escolas Emídio Navarro
• Szkola Podstawowa im Wincentego Pallottiego
• Instituto de Educación Secundaria San Juan Bautista
• Osnovna skola Bijaci