The need for the project is, like Mr Weyres wrote, a result of different developments: 1. The world of work is constantly changing, which, as a result, also affects nomenclature terminology. As this development also has an effect on the native language, it necessarily needs to be addressed in language teaching as well. As English is, by curriculum, a compulsory subject in almost every type of vocational school in Bavaria, English language teachers permanently have to teach new technical terms. 2. Due to the fact that a lot of teachers at vocational schools, especially in the industrial and technical education, have rather studied another natural scientific subject instead of English, there is a shortage of well-qualified English teachers in that field. Therefore teachers are often obliged to teach English though they lack the formal requirements. 3. Having evaluated the last Erasmus + Projects it is the participating teachers' burning desire to gain intercultural and language experiences.The experience will then be passed on to their students - the teacher's needs referring to language knowledge and technical terms can be addressed in much greater detail within a working environment than within an ordinary English course. 4. In addition, as part of the professional English course, the needs of the individual participant in terms of language knowledge and technical terms can be addressed very well.
As already mentioned in the application under my predecessor S. Weyres, the continuous and systematic further and advanced training of teachers represents an essential component of the internationalization strategy of the Lower Franconia government. This project, in cooperation with the Executive Training Institute (ETI) Malta, aimed precisely within this framework at improving the skills of the 41 participants in terms of linguistic, didactic, methodical and intercultural skills in the subject "English". The present project thus is essential for the further development of the internationalization strategy of the government of Lower Franconia. The project consisted of two flows, which were to take place one year apart, whereby the 2nd flow had to be postponed until April 2022 due to the corona pandemic. The project participants were 41 teachers from the various vocational schools in Franconia, who taught English with or without faculties teaching. It took place in cooperation with the government of Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia, which was able to nominate its own participants via the online training tool "FIBS" and did so.