Learning, training and working for better perspectives and employability Erasmus Project

Project Title

Learning, training and working for better perspectives and employability

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Project „Learning, training and working for better perspectives and employability„ is the common product of the 6 partners.

The majority of the partners in consortium provide language training directly to companies and so they are in a very close connection to the needs of the labour market.There are two language schools from the AJS SR (HARMONY ACADEMY and PLUS ACADEMIA) who have been very active in terms of delivery of in-company training in the automotive industry. This consortium of partners can therefore professionally identify the needs and set up the goals of the project leading to increased quality of language training and services. The project is based on the experience of all partners with strong experience of the French partner (CNTC) with blended learning programmes, and UK and SK partners with implementation of the CLIL methods into the educational process apart of expertise of all partners in in-company training.

Besides the above-mentioned expertise some partners already worked together in previous projects: Learn & Lead project (GRUNDTVIG,104110496), Learn & Lead for Parents (GRUNDTVIG, 134110865), Be life-long-learning (ERASMUS+, KA104-000115). Furthermore, project is based on the European Profiling Grid resulting from the European project (2011-1-FR1-LEO05-24446). Some of the project partners have been using the EAQUALS FRAMEWORK FOR LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT for training their trainers. The main goal is to support language teachers, whichever language they teach, in their own professional development, assuring the quality of language education, and provide support in in-service development opportunities for language teachers.

Project was mapping the course materials produced in the VoLANT project (2012) and “PAT” – “Professionals Automotive Training” project (2012-1-SK-LEO05-04201), but during the project we decided to create original, tailor-made solutions and content for the two sector-specific programmes. As planned, we based all our work on the CLIL methodology in all the produced lesson plans (150 lesson plans worked for the automotive industry and 150 lesson plans for tourism). Moreover the course materials for teachers are based on the unique approach elaborated at Pilgrims teacher training and published in the “professional perspectives” of the DELTA publishing (e.g. Humanizing your course book by Mario Rinvolucri).

The main objective of the project is to enhance a professional development of foreign language teachers and trainers. The desired objective will be achieved by the two specific objectives:
(i) Create a vocationally-oriented career path for foreign language teachers and trainers. This will comprise of the definition of developmental phases of teacher and trainers and the quality standards for each phase which altogether form the career path of foreign language teachers and trainers.
(ii) Develop vocationally-oriented language training programmes (one for car industry and one for tourism), for the trainers and for the participants.

Project is focused primarily on foreign language teachers and in-company trainers from the language schools and language schools associations.

Second target group is created by the final beneficiaries who are represented by employees of the car industry and tourism sector and the stakeholders from these sectors.

Project is based on the four key activities leading to these results:
1. Vocationally oriented Career Path for foreign language teachers and trainers (PROLANT-CAP)
2. Two sector-specific language training programmes based on previous experience and following the CLIL method, one on car industry, other on tourism development
3. 35 trained Prolant Cap trainers who are capable of delivering both the Prolant Cap training programmes and 76 trained employees.
4. PROLANT-CAP Conference organised in Slovakia for 99 participants.

Above-mentioned results declare the vertical development (Career Path) of the foreign language teacher/ trainer from the novice trainer towards the in-company trainer specialized in specific industries and in the modern (CLIL) methodology. This vertical aspect secure the sustainability of project results. It is envisaged that the trained trainers will continue in training further trainers and thus will enhance their own career path.

Horizontal aspect of this project is even more impressive. There are 6 project partners who have develpoped a very special personal-business partnerships which forms a good base for the future sustainable cooperation in further development of the Prolant Cap “trademark”. Sk partner is representing the language school association and is forming a wider parnter-base of language schools in SLovakia and the other partner from FR is a member of the canSPEAK international network of language schools.

Overall we can say that all the target groups involved have very high potential to strengthen their position and succeed in the market place .

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 186745 Eur

Project Coordinator

Asociacia jazykovych skol Slovenskej republiky & Country: SK

Project Partners

• amLanguage Studio
• Euroform RFS
• CENTRE DES NOUVELLES TECHNIQUES DE COMMUNICATION
• BIEDRIBA EUROFORTIS
• ANGLOLANG (SCARBOROUGH) LTD