By implementing the project, we wanted to increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning foreign languages. We wanted to achieve this by developing new, effective methods of teaching and learning foreign languages, and then implementing them in school practice. According to the assumptions of the project, these methods should be based on modern knowledge in the field of neurodidactics and be friendly to students with special educational needs, enabling the individualization of the teaching process. While implementing the project, we also wanted to learn about ways of developing language competences in mathematics and science subjects, in order to deepen the ability to communicate in English not only during language lessons, but also in other subjects. We also wanted students to learn memorization and note-taking techniques as well as learning styles, thanks to which learning foreign languages would become more effective.
We applied for the implementation of the project because our school was characterized by low effectiveness in teaching foreign languages. In external exams, students achieved average results, lower than in the commune and district. This situation resulted from several factors. One of them was ineffective teaching methods, strong focus on grammar, little emphasis on communication. Working methods were not adapted to students with special educational needs. The second factor was limiting foreign language learning to language lessons only. Language competences were not developed in other subjects. The third factor were students who had low motivation to learn, lacked communication skills and openness. They did not know effective memorization techniques and their learning styles. Due to the geographical location of the school, they also had no chance for everyday contact with a living language.