Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2023 Newsletter
LDTDT- Language Development Through Digital Tools by Cristina Nicolăiță
In 2021 , six partner organizations from Sweden , Finland , Turkey , Portugal , the Czech Republic and Romania set up a partnership that led to the project “ Language Development through Digital Tools ”.
This is an eTwinning and Erasmus + KA226-SCH project , coordinated by Rödabergsskolan , from Stockholm , Sweden , that ended in May 2023 . The great project results will be introduced to you in this article .
Information and communication technologies have become an ordinary part of both our social and learning experiences today and digital learning environments and tools enrich the learning process . In the foreign language teaching process , new technologies and approaches have been put into practice in order to enable effective and efficient learning in the process of teaching 4 skills ( speaking , writing , listening and reading ) and two areas ( grammar and vocabulary ) based on communication . One of these approaches is CLIL ( Content and Language Integrated Learning ), that includes teaching the content of different disciplines , such as for example :
Mathematics , History , Geography , Science , Social Sciences , Citizenship , while teaching a foreign language .
The main objectives of our project were :
• to improve the competencies of our foreign language teachers with an interdisciplinary approach in language development ;
• to improve the foreign language development , digital skills and competencies of all educators , students and all other people ;
• to increase the efficiency of language teaching and learning by systematically supporting the introduction of innovative methods such as bilingual teaching and the use of digital tools in our institutions ;
• to improve the cultural awareness of our students and teachers ;
• to develop teachers ’ professional competencies in CLIL education method and provide deep learning .
The development of information and communication technologies provides many innovations and convenience in all areas of our lives , as well as the emergence of new concepts , methods , and techniques in the field of education . Innovative and creative technologies such as digital learning , e- learning , e-assessment , distance education , interactive learning , computer-based learning ,
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