The project Living Languages & Living Heritage (LV & PV) is a 3D project combining three dimensions: cultural, educational and digital. It mobilises a transnational partnership aimed at improving the quality of adult education and enriching the pedagogical content by combining the teaching of living foreign languages with the teaching of the cultural heritage inherent to the studied language thanks to new technologies. The LV & PV project is in line with EU policy and the UNESCO International Convention of 2003 which supports the celebration and safeguarding of linguistic diversity and cultural heritage on the European continent. The current enthusiasm and the growing interest of learners for a better knowledge of the living cultural heritage justify our determination to make the cultural heritage richness available to as many learners as possible and reaching the widest possible audience. According to our conception, the living cultural heritage comprises all the spiritual productions of man and signifies an event, a place, an action, a masterpiece, a history, but especially the memory which provides a range of emotional, social and spiritual values. Thus discipline of foreign living languages, which is inclusive, can offer a special place for cultural and civic education. Through this project we intend to highlight the often hidden treasures of cultural heritage, in this case - Russian cultural heritage in Europe, which is clearly an integral piece of the European and world cultural heritage. From this angle of intersection between heritage and teaching, we wish to give more meaning and emotion to the content of foreign language training for adults. Recognising the increasing motivation of learners in this field, their need to have the keys to cultural diversity and taking into account the new technical possibilities offered by the digital age, we will offer learners the best samples of Russian cultural heritage on different media and digital infrastructures. Researching, cataloging, mapping, describing, digitising and in this way revitalising the best samples of the Russian cultural heritage by integrating them into the teaching of foreign languages for adults - these are the objectives of the LV & PV project. To achieve these objectives, the new multilateral partnership LV & PV will mobilise and bring together 6 European partners (France, Poland, Great Britain, Cyprus, Denmark and Germany) as well as a large number of actors, organisations and structures. A multiplicity of direct participants (project stakeholders, contributors, learners, observers) and indirect participants (associate members, members of the local community, experts, digital trainers, policy makers, travel agencies and network users) will be involved in the activities and will benefit from the results of the project. The general logic of the project is to mobilise the know-how of all the partners and giving priority to a participative approach. This will enable partners to be closely involved in the design and management of all the actions of the project on the basis of shared responsibility. A complete educational tool developed in the course of the project (Russian cultural heritage repertoire, compilation of didactic texts, Power Point presentations, sound recordings and video sequences, cultural and educational itineraries) on digital media (WEB portal of the project, YouTube channel) will be the tangible result of the project. It may have interesting after project impact, since the didactic transposition of the concept of the living heritage is quite feasible and possible for other target languages. Other important results are expected at the end of the project: - increased cross-border cooperation; - reactivated professional networks; -professionalisation of the teams in the setting up and management of a European project; - increased competence and knowledge of learners and teachers in the field of heritage during language courses and in digital skills; - more active participation of civil society, associations, volunteers and youth and other stakeholders in the project. After completion of the project all content and results will be available on the WEB portal and You Tube channel and maintained in the working state by the coordinator and partners. Given its evolutionary nature and adaptable to other formative contexts, the project may have an extension in other lines of educational work and may also be of interest to the sensitised public.
The LV & PV Strategic Partnership is an educational project within the framework of the Erasmus + programme that has established an international cooperation on innovation and exchange of good practices in the field of adult education. The project dealt with issues of foreign language teaching and aimed at improving the quality of adult language training by providing an answer to the question of the use of cultural heritage and its educational value in the teaching of foreign languages in the digital age. It brought together partners from six countries: France, Germany, Cyprus, Denmark, Great Britain, Poland. Training organisations of different nature took part in this multi-actor partnership: 5 non-profit organisations (associations) and one school. The desire to explore the links between cultural heritage and the teaching of foreign languages at the crossroads of digital technology - this was the scientific and pedagogical ambition of the project. To this end, the international team has found the right answer to the needs of high-quality teaching learners, leading them to discover different cultural heritage. We have set ourselves important objectives: to research, study, catalog, map, describe and in this thus to revitalise the best elements of the Russian cultural heritage by integrating them into foreign language teaching courses for adults. All partners were involved in the activities related to the implementation of the project (design, management, communication, evaluation, organisation of 4 transnational meetings, final product development, dissemination and sustainability of the results). In addition, each partner has set up activities in their own organisation (research work, selection and description of high places, writing scenarios, expeditions to the filmed locations, editing videos, testing video in focus groups etc.). Some local events were also organised with the help of associated partners: "The Roaring Twenties" festival (France), 3 thematic dances (Denmark, Germany, Poland), 3 conferences on the theme of the project (France), 2 painting exhibitions (France) etc. Through this synergistic work the international team has resulted in the creation of an interesting educational tool which includes: • article "The didactics of cultural heritage in modern language teaching in the digital age" explaining the theoretical framework of the concept of cultural heritage; • directory and cartography of Russian high places selected with descriptions in Russian and French; • collection of 30 didactic texts; • collection of 31 videos and 31 audios; • pedagogical recommendations. In the results achieved, let us also quote: 1. Reactivation of networks and exchanges of good practices. 2. Professionalisation of teams and staff involved. For the creation of quality videos, it was necessary to be at the same time writers, cameramen and finally editors of the videos. 3. Improvement of the linguistic, cultural and numerical performances of the participants thanks to the work on the content and the form of the teaching tool as well as on the means of transposition of the educational contents on the digital supports. 4. Better reading of the phenomenon of cultural heritage and its understanding in the intercultural dialogue through the cross-examination of views on the subject. 5. Providing target audiences with original content on digital media: educational chain LV & PV; -website of the project with the documentary corpus of the project; -gallery of images and clips on Instagram; -Facebook page. 6. Greater pedagogical accessibility of digitized documents, tested and proven in focus groups compared to traditional presentation methods. 7. Successful mobilisation around the project. The success of the project has helped many people: three composers, a sculptor, a pianist, two conductors with their musicians, artists, young people and others. It goes without saying that the efforts made will bear their fruits only if the project lifespan will become part of a larger dynamic through the exploitation of its results a posteriori by other organisations. We believe that the evidence-based, active teaching strategy that results from our research will encourage the collaborative work of our colleagues in other disciplines and motivate them to create their own educational channels. In order to offer project's ideas a better educational impact on the target audiences, we will keep the website and the YouTube video channel operational after the end of the project adding new interesting contents.