Communication is the base to create, build, and above all, break down barriers that prevent us from understanding, accepting and expressing solidarity with our environment. We have seen that interest in modern language is decreasing and the proportion of students who read modern languages is decreasing. As many as one fifth of students jump off their language choice. One of the consequences will be that they may do not get into the education they want in the future and can not join and compete for the job they want. The students also manage worse in countries where not English proficiency is enough.They also get worse understanding about cultures and traditions of other countries as this is a part of language teaching. In a Addition a large shortage of teachers is encountered by very few who train for language teachers. When the European Union issued a recommendation on eight key competences for lifelong learning, communication in the mother language and in foreign languages was two of the given skills.The aim of the project will be to counter the development of the negative trend described above and create better conditions for the pupils who are at the risk of jump off their modern language course. The aim of the project is to to make students more competitive by improving their basic skills in modern languages.Those who participate in the project are twenty students from each country Sweden and Spain. The selection of the students participating in the project will be considered to those who are at risk or socially and educationally vulnerability. The interest in participation will be the driving force which will generate the effort to acquire and develop their language capacity during the previous stages to the maximum. All the students are from the ninth grade. The election of participants is strategically directed to groups of students in the last grades of compulsory education. As the main reason is based on the objectives already mentioned, to encourage, motivate and reinforce the conviction of the importance of the acquisition of other languages, it is in this group where we can see the impact and effects of the interest for the participation and achievement of the goals of the project.There are two teachers from each country. The activities in the project are based mainly on the use and development of language skills, especially the aspect that involves communication and verbal fluency and the challenge for the students to discover the need of speaking foreign languages. The methodology involves to use a direct communication, create good relations between our students and also raise interest in each´others life situations.The content of the different activities, both in Reus and Stockholm, are aimed at direct communication between teenagers and also related issues, common interests and issues of age and youth culture. The students will be stimulated by the new environment of learning.Gaining new perspectives on the world and themselves, learning languages and more about global issues and getting valuable contacts for the future. Teachers gain development of their competence and the school raises its education quality. The internationalization contributes to higher quality of the education.The schools will work more strategically and the international cooperation is used to achieve the goals i curriculum and syllabus.The headmaster's participation also effects the incentives for the teachers to participate in international projects.Teaching in international collaboration provides development of skills in form of new knowledge, perspective and contacts and stimulate to greater interest i global issues and is a tool to use the new experience inside and outside the classroom. Teacher will develop new forms of work and study material with global focus after participating in an exchange. By visiting other countries they can better understand students and colleagues with a foreign background. For both students and teachers it will also be easier to handle prejudices and outdated images of other continents. Students with a foreign background, this international project facilitate the identification with both swedish society and their background. Finally, our work is based on and aiming at reaching the following goals and results: To increase and establish the prestige and position of Language. Erasmus+ Keycompetenses To evoke, interest and motivation to pursuing higher education. Erasmus+EU 2020 To increase curiosity and confidence in approaching the surrounding world and its different cultures. Realize the possibilities of future education, work and social networks Erasmus+EU 2020 To get inspired, and dare to have an open mind for new ideas and possibilities .Erasmus+EU2020 To raise the quality of language education, to ensure and improve its results by the exchange of experiences, knowledge, reliable pedagogical strategies and methods. Erasmus+EU2020
The central and most important part of the project focused on creating conditions for understanding, communication, solidarity, good future prospects and, above all, strengthening interest in the acquisition of several languages. Our goals and purpose also included the students' immediate surroundings. Our belief that communication is the basis for creating, building and above all breaking down barriers that prevent us from understanding, accepting each other guided all our activities. Other factors, such as the declining interest in modern languages in our schools, were the basis of our plans for the project. We realized that this had many negative effects on students' schooling. One of the consequences that was considered very serious was that they may not succeed in getting into the education they want in the future but also limit their job opportunities. Students also do worse in countries where knowledge of English is not enough. They also have a poorer understanding of cultures and traditions in other countries because this is part of language teaching. When the European Union issued a recommendation on eight key competences for lifelong learning, communication in the mother tongue and in foreign languages was two of the skills given. The purpose of the project was to counteract the development of the negative trend described above and create better conditions for students who risk dropping out of their modern language course. The aim of the project was to make students more competitive by improving their basic skills in modern languages. Those who participated in the project were planned for twenty students from each country Sweden and Spain. The choice of students to participate was strategically made, it would include students with different backgrounds, both socio-economic and school-oriented The interest in participation will be the driving force that generated efforts to acquire and develop their language capacity to the maximum. All students are in ninth grade. Since the main reason was based on encouraging, motivating and strengthening the conviction about the importance of acquiring other languages, it is in this group that we can see the effects and the effects of the interest in participation and the project's goals. From the staff side, two teachers from each country were responsible for the whole project, one of them was the coordinator. The activities in the project were planned mainly on the use and development of language skills. Especially the aspect that involves communication and verbal fluency. It was thought that the real challenge for the students would be to discover the need to speak a foreign language.The method meant that you use direct communication, create good relationships between our students and also arouse interest in each other's life situations. The content of the various activities, both in Reus and Stockholm, aimed at direct communication between teenagers and their everyday lives, common interests and questions about future prospects and teenage culture. The students were stimulated by the new learning environment, gained new perspectives on the world and themselves, learned languages and broader knowledge of global issues and gained valuable contacts for the future. Teachers received their competence development and the school raised its educational quality. The school's participation would also affect the incentives for teachers to participate in international projects. Teaching in international cooperation provides the development of skills in the form of new knowledge, perspectives and contacts and stimulates greater interest in global issues and was intended to be a tool for using the new experience inside and outside the classroom. By visiting other countries, they were able to better understand students and colleagues with foreign backgrounds. Another aspect was the idea that both students and teachers would change their prejudices and outdated images from other continents as students with a foreign background. Finally, our work focused on the following goals and expected results: To increase and establish the prestige and position of the language. Erasmus + key competencies To arouse interest and motivation to pursue higher education. Erasmus + EU 2020 To increase curiosity and confidence in approaching the surrounding world and its different cultures. Realize the opportunities for future education, work and social networks Erasmus + EU 2020 To be inspired and dare to have an open mind for new ideas and opportunities. Erasmus + EU2020 To raise the quality of language teaching, ensure and improve results by exchanging experiences, knowledge, reliable pedagogical strategies and methods. Erasmus + EU2020