Teaching English Motivatedly for Adult Students has the scope to bring together the different participating partners target groups, that is adult students who will have the opportunity to visit and meet their counterparts in different countries, to exchange the experience of learning a second language.The representatives of some institutions operating in different European countries in the field of language teaching found to have common problems and exigences, to make their teaching action more useful .There are 3 partners from different countries and different types of organizations involved in the adult education area, This partnership would serve as a means to share ideas, methodologies and best practices on how to motivate adult student learning. TEMAS will consist of creating oral activities based on topics connected to adult students’ interests, no matter their different background and needs. These oral activities which will be created in the workshops will be the base for interaction among adult students (e-learning and blended learning) from different institutions through an on line community that we will create for this purpose. The topics for debate, role-play and discussion will be related to social challenges and changes faced by Europe as a whole and to issues which affect all citizens in the Union, regardless of their origin, social background or their age. At an advanced stage,the learners will also be brought together for the purpose of a “live” simulation in short drama plays and have opportunity to meet and speak face to face about all the matters to produce a CD . We believe that this project would be an instrument to help the growth and integration of adults in the development of “key competences” of European citizenship. The concrete objectives of the partnership are- to encourage intercultural dialogue and foster community involvement.- to the integration of adults in the European Union.- to provide e-learners with tools for oral practice and communication The Methodology:We will present the project to our adult students involving them in it in a cooperative-learning activity.We will create our questionnaires through the real observation of our new classes and using the experiences we had in the past: we will work in our institution with our colleagues that work in the same field. We’ll share doubts and ideas with the partner colleagues talking by e-mail, Skype, conference calls and sharing documents using the partnership web-site and moodle. The Main Project Activities:Planning of tasks for the staff and contribution of every institution with materials that could be used to create the activities.workshop on the best ways to implement activities and agreement on a common template.Meeting the adult students on the internet by forming a joint glogster and Skype. Preparing a presentation of the country they come from , using the foreign language they are studying.Selection of oral activities prepared to use in the on line syncronic debates.Glogster which promotes basic language skills in partner languages and basic skills like asking for their way and exchange practice, ideas, problems ,We'll organize a workshop about cosmopolitan communication which is a form of persons-in-conversation and energy-in-conversation .The Italian institution will also make a workshop for the participants who participate in the project has possibility to gain a strong foundation in critical training skillsand Problem-based learning and will be introduced to new approaches for delivering powerful training .Creating forms for the evaluation process and the visit evaluation form etc(that will be supported from the grant for Project Management and Implementation).The dvd including interactive activities of adult students (that will be supported from the grant for Project Management and Implementation). Partners' reunion, first outcomes of the project, divulged, midterm report.Souvenirs(glasses,pens,t-shirts) printed the logo of the project,NA,EU commission to increase the visibility and the dissemination of the project among local,regional and international .they will be made from the grant for Project Management and Implementation.Preparing the form of the questionnaires (one for teachers and staff, one for pupils/trainees).translation in the partners countries languages; distribution to the destinataries.Our main results are ;Building an interactive website ,moddle and Lefora Forum to work and share among partners and other peopleForming questionnaires and surveys reflecting the technics,methods ,deficiencies etc. of teaching any foreign languages.Sharing or creation of new,innovative and creative teaching technics and methods in any foreign languages.Performing to short drama plays at each mobility about all the matters in intercultural communication.Producing a CD including their intercultural ,personal etc. dialogues and their short drama plays.
Teaching English Motivatedly for Adult Students has maintained the aim to bring together three partners from different cultures and traditions, in order to share and exchange different experiences of learning a second language. Each partner has identified common problems to face as basis on which the project activities has been delivered. TEMAS has been characterized by a series of oral activities based on the sharing of topics related to personnel interests of participants and according to their different backgrounds. These oral activities, such as sharing experiences, role playing and tandem-learning, has been the basis of the interaction between participants, also through the use of online channels (such as Slack and Skype, which has been preferred to the creation of an “ad hoc” online community). The topic of discussion was about: institutional questions, the sense of belong to Europe, the political challenges of enlarging the European Community (a particular sensitive issue for the Turkish partner). These topics has been alternated also to the account of personal experiences (useful for the participants' connection). Regardless of their origin, their social background or the age of the participants, it has been recognized the individual characteristics of each person and the added value of the community. Among the proposed activities, there were group games and theatrical sketches in English whose aim was to get involved personally. To reach this stage it was been necessary to provide the experience of tandem-learning: it deals with an activity for the interpersonal connection between two participants. In general they talk about ideas and experiences using English language. These activities, carried out during LTTA, were also been practiced remotely during the months of preparation for LTTA. Among the objectives, those certainly achieved by this path are: - To encourage intercultural dialogue and promote community involvement - Integration of participants in the European Union - Provide participants with tools for language practice - Activities based on real life and personal experiences, which proved to be very engaging The activities foreseen in the LTTA and the problems presented during the course have been dealt by e-mail, Skype, conference calls (by Slack). In all activities, the contribution of each partners has been fundamental, both in terms of knowledge and personal experiences. During the workshops, it has been give space to the presentation of partner’s countries of origin and traditions. The same has been also done during group games designed to promote connection among participants. Each partner has been involved in holding laboratories and in bringing their own training method. Furthermore, it has been exploited the German partner's experience in organizing a workshop on cosmopolitan communication that deals with a form of communication between people going beyond the exchange of ideas and it is instead based on the search for emotional harmony among participants. The basic idea of all the activities was to relate participants, so that the exchange of Europe's propitious experiences and ideas was a more interesting topic to get involved and consequently improve language skills. This approach, based on the 'Problem-based learning’, has therefore proved to be very functional and has allowed, at the same time, to improve the language and effectively put the participants in relation, creating the particular sense of European community that we wanted to achieve. In all the phases of the project, the partners' managers analysed the progress of the project, trying to redefine the activities to be carried out during LTTA. The Logo of the project was printed on shopper bags distributed to participants, and in all the materials used in the meetings (brochures of the program, block notes, images shared on social networks) both among the participants and with the local institutions (mayors, schools, local associations) in order to give visibility to the project and to EU. The main achieved results are: the creation of a link between participants of the various partners, the use of digital tools to overcame communication barriers (Skype and Slack in particular), the realization of laboratories in which participants have come into play, acquisition of skills on the cosmopolitan communication, knowledge of the traditions and peculiarities of the host territories, the acquisition of the sense of European community and the added value of international cooperation.