During 16th – 20th October 2008, a project
meeting in Prague, the Czech Republic was held.
The partners from all three participating countries met to
organise the work on the final project products, i.e. a
brochure and a CD-ROM with some useful tips how to use the
European Language Portfolio in the classroom. The partners
also visited an English language lesson in a village school
near Prague. Several interesting presentations were given
and a lot of friendly discussions helped all participants
understand both cultural differences and similarities in
different European Union countries.
On 18th – 22nd April 2008, in Cartagena,
Spain, an international project meeting was organised by
the Spanish participants. The partners discussed the work
during the second year of the project and prepared the main
topics for the third year. They agreed on working on the
Language Passport with their students and teachers and
collecting the examples of good practice for the final
product. All partners also visited an English language
lesson where the teacher used the film and Portfolio ideas
to motivate language students to study outside the
classroom. An interesting presentation was given by Spanish
partners about disseminating the European Language
Portfolio ideas among the language teachers in Spain. All
participants learnt a lot about the Spanish culture and
life and appreciated the Spanish hospitality.
On 11th – 15th October 2007, the partners from the
three project countries met in Prague. All participants
worked hard during the four meetings which were held and
they came up with many interesting and useful ideas how to
improve both the teaching process and students´ awareness
of their own learning process. During the meetings the
participants discussed not only the work for the second and
third year of the project but they also met Mrs Radka
Perclova, MA, author of ELP Manual for Teachers and Teacher
Trainers. The guests also enjoyed visiting many beautiful
places in Prague and appreciated learning about Czech
culture, typical Czech food and the famous types of beer.
And last but not least, all partners attended a Black
Theatre performance, which they liked and appreciated very
much.
During 3rd - 7th May 2007 in Spain,
Cartagena, a 4-day meeting of the participants, including
visits at local schools, discussions with the local
teachers and comparing the used methods, was held. A
workshop for the local teachers about using ELP in the
participants´ countries was organised by the participant´ s
organisation for exchanging information and experience and
to collect the information about teaching the languages and
using the ELP in Spain at different types of schools. The
information about the meeting was published in the local
press and on the organisation´ s school web page there were
about 20 teachers and educators involved in the meeting,
including 2 representatives from the Czech Republic, 4
representatives from Greece and 6 representatives of the
Grundtvig Project at Cartagena Official School of Languages
+ school teachers involved in ELP. All participants enjoyed
warm welcome and the hospitality of Spanish partners, got
the integral and compact information about teaching the ELP
in Spain and learnt a lot about Spanish culture.
On 25th April 2007 a workshop in Prague,
in project coordinator´ s premises, was organised for the
local language teachers from the whole Czech Republic. Here
the local teachers were able to exchange the information
about the work with the Dossier and teaching the ELP, to
discuss the methods learned, to evaluate the methods of the
Dossier. at local schools. The organisation got the
feedback from local teachers about working on the Dossier
and using the European Language Portfolio at different
types of schools.
During 15th - 19th March 2007, a bilateral
meeting in Prague was held. The Spanish representatives -
the director and the head teacher from Escuela Oficial de
Idiomas de Cartagena - came to visit the coordinator
organisation´ s school to share and exchange the
information about using the European Language Portfolio in
the partners´ organisations and to collect the information
about the implementation of the Dossier (ELP) in the
different languages taught at Channel Crossings Language
School in Prague. It was an intercultural and educational
visit and it helped to share the information about the use
of the European Language Portfolio in Spain and teaching
and teaching languages in the Czech Republic. the Spanish
partners appreciated the beauties of Prague and learnt a
lot about the culture in the Czech Republic.
On 2nd March 2007 in Nafpaktos, Greece
there was a Grundtvig seminar organised for the local
teachers in the "Centres of Foreign Languages" of KITTEA -
PAPADOKOSTAKI. The main targets were exchanging information
and experience about the implementation of the Dossier
(ELP) and getting feedback from work done by teachers and
students. Improving teaching methods and approaches were
also discussed.
On 10th January 2007 there was the first
meeting of 18 local teachers from the Czech Republic in
Prague, from different types of schools - a university,
several grammar schools, elementary schools and
kindergartens, who agreed on using the Portfolio with their
pupils and students. The atmosphere at the meeting was
enthusiastic and friendly and the teachers agreed on
another meeting at the end of April to discuss and share
the first impressions and results from the work with the
Portfolio. The teachers welcomed the opportunity to meet
new colleagues, to share and exchange the ideas and to
discuss the problems at teaching languages.
In January 2007 in Cartagena, Spain,
several meetings with local teachers involved in the
project were prepared and organised. The teachers exchanged
information and experiences about the implementation of the
ELP Dossier. The organisation got feedback from work done
by teachers and students so that the teaching methods and
approaches could be improved.
During December 2006 the coordinator
organisation launched the project web page
www.learning-educators.com where the
information about the project and the news can be gained
and shared. It´ s aim is to disseminate the objectives and
activities carried out by the project throughout this year
and the other 2 partner schools can make suggestions and
modifications to improve the web page. It can help the
teachers and other educators interested in the project to
learn about the project and find all relevant information.
It will also help to disseminate objectives and activities
carried out by the 3 partner organizations.
In November 2006 a Grundtvig seminar with
local English teachers was organised in Nafpaktos in the
"Centres of Foreign Languages" of KITTEA - PAPADOKOSTAKI
for Greek partner organisation + Greek language schools +
KEMOP The website of the project in Greek language
www.kemop.gr started.
The teachers and the responsible working Grundtvig Group in
Greece, in Nafpaktos learnt about the Portfolio, discussed
the Dossier methods and they were trained in using the ELP
Portfolio methods e.g. the Dossier.
In 12th - 16th October 2006 the
representatives of the partner organisations met in
Patras/Nafpactos in Greece to coordinate the project in
their countries and to discuss the approach to the project.
They agreed on working on the Dossier during the first year
of the project. It was the first 4-day meeting of the
participants, where they visited the local schools, talked
to the local teachers and compared the used methods. A
workshop for the local teachers took place about using ELP
in the participants´ countries.