Promoting authentic language acquistion in multilingual contexts Erasmus Project

Project Title

Promoting authentic language acquistion in multilingual contexts

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

The Erasmus+ project PALM (Promoting Authentic Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts) encourages young speakers of English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Ladin and Spanish to produce authentic texts (written, audio- and video recorded) in their coursework and free-time with the goal of creating interesting reading and listening material for learners of the same age. Some 4,000 texts from eight content areas and in eight languages, ranging from CEFR level A1 to C1, were produced by around 500 pupils from 4 participating and 12 associated schools in five countries (Austria, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary and the UK). 1,500 texts and videos, selected by teachers and pupils based on selection criteria developed in ‘PALM Board Meetings’ were further analysed at HEI’s (3 universities, 2 universities of teacher education, one teacher development institute) and more than 900 were uploaded to the platform PALM. 750 selected texts and videos were word-processed and teaching and learning materials to accompany them were produced based on a learner corpus derived from the authentic samples. These were supplemented by assessment tools and self- or peer assessment material, learning materials and gamified activities to support learner autonomy through immediate feedback. All texts and materials published on the project platform PALM, www.palm-edu.eu, have been made available for participants in the project and the public. The ERASMUS+ project PALM has thus created a virtual learning space for authentic multilingual communication and exchange. Face-to-face meetings of small groups of learners provided additional opportunities to engage in real-life communicative exchanges and to collect authentic language from multilingual communication.
The PALM project included two symposia for teachers and experts, as well as one for children and teenagers. These events provided face-to-face opportunities for multilingual and intercultural exchange, which were greatly appreciated by the participants.
On the platform, the symposia and many more PROJECT EVENTS are presented under ABOUT PALM, where the project partners are also portrayed. Information, on-line tutorials and materials for teachers can be accessed through PALM4TEACHERS.
HOW TO USE provides information about the functionality of the platform for teachers and learners in the project languages.
The platform will continue to be available after project completion in August 2018. It provides a multilingual and interactive open-online resource for learners and teachers in eight content areas that comply with curricula across Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 285013,28 Eur

Project Coordinator

PAEDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE NIEDERÖSTERREICH & Country: AT

Project Partners

• STIFTUNG PRIVATE PÄDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE BURGENLAND
• PECSI TUDOMANYEGYETEM – UNIVERSITY OF PECS
• DELTA Language Training & Consultancy Ltd
• LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO
• Istituto Comprensivo Bolzano 1 Centro Storico
• UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
• Verein Internationale Schule Wien