Project Title: ACT Communicate Transcend
Project Number: 2020-1-HR01-KA227-SCH-094792
Duration of Project: May 2021 – May 2023
Project Languages: The project’s outputs will be available in English, Italian, Romanian, Turkish, Bulgarian and Croatian.
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Description of Project:
The aims of the ACT project are to assist the progress of learning English as a foreign language, in particular speaking skills, by developing a unique drama-based speaking assessment rubric, a set of training materials, a drama-based activity book, and, finally, an e-learning platform which will unite all previously mentioned intellectual outputs. The said intellectual outputs will provide a deeper understanding of drama and its benefits in the classroom.
The project has brought together 8 partners from 6 different countries and employed 12 ESL teachers. This multicultural and diverse cross-sectoral cooperation includes a theatre company, a directorate, a university, two NGOs, an adult education centre, and a foreign language school.
The project target groups involve primary and secondary English language teachers from 6 countries, namely Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, and the UK. Their involvement in the project is crucial as they will be implementing the developed activities and will be actively involved throughout the project. Having been involved in the project, the teachers will gain an in-depth knowledge of drama-based speaking activities, improve their pedagogical skills, develop their language and cultural understanding, and make their teaching more fun.
The latest surveys on the accomplishments of English language learners, as well as a comparative analysis of languages in education and training across the EU, have revealed that “most Member States face challenges in ensuring appropriate learning outcomes in the field of languages”, as stated in the document mentioned above. This indicates the necessity to bring a change into the curricula and provide an innovative tool that will be directed at improving English language speaking skills. We believe that bringing drama-based activities into the classrooms across Europe will increase the level of students’ motivation, interest, and engagement, and most importantly, facilitate their learning process as well as improve their speaking skills.
The intellectual outputs will be made available for use both for teachers and their students, even after the project is finalised, to develop new and innovative teaching methods and implement these directly into practice, as well as professional development through project work.
For more information on the implementation of drama-based activities in English language education visit the ACT project website, and follow the project on Facebook and Instagram.
ACT – Act Communicate Transcend Project funded by Erasmus+, approved by AMPEU Agencija za mobilnost i programe Europske unije, will last from May 2021 until June 2023.
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