The project was created as an effort to deepen cooperation between three schools in the Czech Republic, Italy and Portugal, which we started to develop in 2018-2020 on the topic of common past and present values. In an effort to further deepen this cooperation, we have now decided to focus attention on national languages and their context in folk literature and local traditions. We also gave the opportunity to participate in the project to a school from Greece, which has no experience in implementation. Project name: National languages as a way to mutual cognition fully describe the content of cooperation and we also believe that they will further deepen mutual understanding of cultural values, traditions of individual countries and creation of belonging to common values of European culture. The aim of the project is to teach all participants basic communication skills in the language of the partner school, then to develop communication in English and to give teachers the opportunity to share examples of good practice during visits to the partner schools. The means to achieve this goal are the creation of a multilingual dictionary, the implementation of intensive national language courses in partnership meetings, the creation of a common anthem of the project, mutual cooperation between pupils, knowledge of folk literature and folklore traditions, sharing experiences among teachers. In addition to the activities of the project, four partnership meetings are planned at the place of each participating school. Each of these meetings is attended by 2 teachers and 6 pupils from each school. All results of our work will be published on the project website and in the local press. We also organize public events during our meetings. The implemented project will also motivate pupils to improve their knowledge and skills. Teachers will benefit from their further professional development. This will further deepen the partnership between schools and may be an opportunity to kick-start national language teaching at partner schools, for example in the form of a voluntary club. We believe that knowing the basics of the partners' language is one of the basic means of knowing each other's cultures and also leads to a stronger partnership between schools. The implementation of the whole project will be managed by the coordinator. Other schools will ensure the implementation of partial steps, targets and final evaluation. We firmly believe that our project and developing partnerships between schools will lead to developing positive attitudes towards the values on which the European Union is built. The basic motto of our project is the search for united values and elements in the diversity of European languages.
The project developed cooperation between four schools - the Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal and Greece and was a continuation of the previous project from 2018 - 2020. We focused on the topic of national languages and their context in folk literature and local traditions. The Greek school was new partner in the project and they joined the collaboration very well. Project name: National languages as the way to know each others describes the content of cooperation and deepened mutual understanding of cultural values, traditions of individual countries and the creation of belonging to the common values of European culture. To the project were involved behind a team of teachers from each school led by a coordinator and pupils from each school aged 13-15. The main tasks of the project were to teach all participants basic communication skills in the language of the partner school, to develop communication in English, and the teachers had the opportunity to share examples of good practice during visits to partner schools. These tasks were achieved at the meetings of all schools.The main tasks of the project were successfully realized: the creation of a multilingual dictionary, the implementation of intensive national language courses at partner meetings, the creation song of our project, cooperation of pupils, knowledge of folk literature and folklore traditions, sharing of experiences between teachers. Students developed their ICT skills and collaborated using ICT applications in the online space. They shared the results of their work with each other. They made several online meetings, created videos and presentations, developed their linguistic, artistic and musical skills together. The students created teaching materials that are published on the project's website. They can pass these materials on to other students to help them learn the English language or the basics of individual national languages. They can also help students in getting to know the culture of the partner countries of the project. In addition to the project activities, we implemented four partner meetings at the location of each involved school. All the results of our work are published on the project website and have been published in the local press. The implemented project motivated the pupils to improve their knowledge and skills. The project led to the development and deepening of any partnership between schools. We believe that knowing the basics of the partner's language is one of the basic means of getting to know each other's cultures and also leads to a stronger partnership between schools. The implementation of the entire project was managed by the coordinator. Other schools ensured the implementation of partial steps, goals and final evaluation. We believe that our project and the developing partnership between schools will lead to the development of positive attitudes towards the values on which the European Union is built. The basic motto of our project was the search for uniform values and elements in the diversity of European languages.