The project "International English Learners and Teachers Academy", lasting 24 months, intends to exchange good practices between English teachers from schools in Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Hungary, so that in each of the partner schools the efficiency of teaching English increases. Each of the schools aims to achieve - adequately to the assumptions of external organs – certain levels of communication competence in English when finishing education at a given level. Thanks to the exchange of experiences, working with students using the eTwinning platform and activities carried out during student mobility, we will create a set of methods and solutions, approaches, as well as tools, applications, programs and other in the field of ICT to strengthen the effects of teaching communication in English, and to increase the degree of commitment, creativity and a sense of responsibility for the learning process in students. These methods and tools will be implemented in each school participating in the project, and disseminated outside of the partnership through a publication describing the results with examples of applications. An important assumption of our project is that the set of methods and tools which we develop will be the result of the work not only of the teachers participating in the the project, but also the work of students who, having completed a given part of the project, will present their observations and draw conclusions from them, creating lists of methods, approaches, tools etc. that they found helpful in learning English. 120 students qualified for mobility will participate in the project, approx. 30 teachers qualified for mobility, approx. 280 students participating in local activities (included in this number are also 120 students qualified for mobility). Local activities will be implemented primarily using eTwinning and in international teams (simultaneous participation of students from each school). Planned in the project are: 4 short exchanges of student groups and 1 short-term employee training, as well as regular cooperation through the eTwinning platform. We assume to achieve the following results: 1) creating a list of methods, tools, approaches, solutions - their description together with examples of applications (lesson plans) developed together as part of the project - this book will be published in English and in national languages of the participating countries; 2) all foreign language teachers (100%) in schools participating in the project will be gradually (after each part) acquainted with the above mentioned project results (by teachers participating in the project) and they will implement them in their daily work with students; during the last 3 months of the project and after its completion 100% foreign language teachers in each school will be using new solutions in at least 50% of classes; 3) at least 80% of students participating in the project will increase language skills by at least 1 level (in each area, i.e. reading, writing, listening, communicating, independent speaking), assessed with Europass Language Passport on entry and exit from the project; 4) at least 80% of the above mentioned students will develop competence in: cooperation in an international peer group, solution seeking, as well as attitudes of openness, understanding, tolerance and respect for equality, readiness to help out 5) in the survey after participating in the project, at least 80% of the abovementioned students will show an increase in the degree of commitment, creativity and a sense of responsibility for the English language learning process compared to the degree at the entrance, and will give at least 3 specific examples they have learned during the project. Long-term results of our project activities are an increase in English language teaching efficiency as well as other foreign language teaching in our schools, indicated in the improvement of end-of-year results and external exams of the students. Comparative analysis (in relation to the results in 2020) will be carried out in 2023, 2025 and 2027.
The project "International English Learners and Teachers Academy" lasted 35 months. It aimed to exchange good practices between English teachers from schools in Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Hungary, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of English language teaching in each of the partner schools. Each school aimed to increase the effectiveness of English language teaching. Thanks to the exchange of experience, working with students using a variety of activating methods, and the activities carried out during student mobilities, we have developed a set of methods, solutions and approaches allowing us to enhance the effects of teaching communication in English and to increase the degree of involvement, creativity and ownership of the learning process among students. These methods and tools were implemented in each participating school and were also shared outside the partnership through a comprehensive publication describing the developed results with examples of application in English and in the official languages of the project participants. An important assumption of our project was that the development of a set of methods and tools was to be the result not only of the work of the participating teachers, but also of the work of the students. The project involved 100 students and 16 teachers. They took part in mobilities (including the online mobility that kicked off our project) and local activities. The project resulted in the following outcomes: 1) the development of an inventory of methods, tools, approaches, solutions - their description together with examples of application (lesson plans) developed jointly during the project - this book was prepared in English and in the national languages of the participating countries; 2) all foreign language teachers (100%) in the participating schools were gradually (after each part) acquainted with the above-mentioned project results (by the participating teachers) and implemented in their daily work with students; in the last 3 months of the project 100% of the foreign language teachers in each school used the new solutions in more than 50% of their classes; 3) 100% of the students participating in the project have improved their language skills by at least 1 level (in each area, i.e. reading, writing, listening, communicating, expressing themselves), as assessed according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; 4) 15 Polish students took external examinations (Cambridge English Qualifications), obtaining language skills certificates: 1 B1 pupil, 7 B2 pupils, 6 C1 pupils, 1 C2 pupil; all of whom were participants in the project; 5) 100% of the above-mentioned students developed the following skills: cooperation in an international peer group, searching for solutions, as well as attitudes of openness, understanding, tolerance, respect for equality, readiness to help; 6) 96% of the above-mentioned students indicated in the final survey an increase in their level of involvement, creativity and sense of responsibility in the process of learning English compared to the state on entry, giving at least 3 specific examples learned during the project; 7) 6 board games were created by students during the project; 8) 100% of the teachers participating in the project exchanged good practice in methods and tools (including ICT) used in teaching English; 9) in the students participating in the learning mobility there was: a) an increase in competences in the area of communication in English. Amongst others, 15 students from Poland took external examinations (Cambridge English Qualifications), obtaining language certificates: 1 B1 learner, 7 B2 learners, 6 C1 learners, 1 C2 learner; all of them were project participants;, b) growth in social competences practiced, such as the ability to work in a group, to plan the work of a team, to exchange views c) development of skills in using ICT for learning, preparing and presenting educational projects d) a positive assessment of the learning mobility, which may influence future educational choices abroad, within the EU.