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INVITED

INTEGRATING PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL VIRTUAL
EXCHANGE PROJECTS INTO LANGUAGE EDUCATION
INVITED

The INVITED project Iintegrating primary and pre-school virtual exchange projects into language teacher education) seeks to promote the use of virtual exchange (VE) projects in primary and pre-school language education and to develop teachers´ competences regarding VE by integrating VE projects with young learners into pre- and in-service language teacher education. Project members are teacher educators from 5 different universities in Europe in cooperation with local schools.

The project is going to implement a survey on teachers´ experiences with VE in pre-school and primary language education to find out about teachers´ needs. A community for teachers interested in VE is created in the form of an etwinning group to exchange experiences and materials and display good practice. A teacher education module that includes the implementation of a VE project in a local school is developed, adapted for a professional development course and made available on the ESEC.

The project provides opportunities for pre- and in-service teachers to connect through the online community and offers support for their VE projects. It develops a teacher education module that will be part of the partners´ curricula and made available as an online professional development course. The outcomes will help promote the use of VE in early language education, develop teachers´ competences regarding VE and foster children´s and teachers´ cultural, linguistic and digital competences.

Project number – 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000154861

Amount of funding – 400 000,00 EUR

The project is being carried out in the period – 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2026

Project leader – PADAOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE FREIBYRG (Germany)

– Project partners:

  • UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA (Spain)
  • UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (United Kingdom)
  • UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (Slovenia)
  • UNIRWSITY OF WARSAW (Poland)

Composition of the research team UW:

– dr Katarzyna Brzosko-Barratt
– dr Paulina Marchlik,
– mgr Monika Galbarczyk