The article is a study based on MyStory, a project funded by the European Commission (under KA3 ICT) for the years 2011-2013, which was developed within an international partnership including institutions from Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. The project created a collection of oral history items, life stories narrated by senior citizens and gathered by young people. The project made good use of the educational value of these testimonials which recreated the recent history of Europe from different angles and transferred their lessons to the young generation. Oral history as an authentic combination of history, culture and language stimulates discussion and encourages reflection. It is a powerful learning tool. When oral history is supported by ICT, it undoubtedly becomes one of the best ingredients to increase students' motivation to learn foreign languages. The method, called 'flipped learning', highly encourages a student-centred learning environment, where the student is actively engaged and empowered to take the lead in the learning process. The flipped classroom asks teachers to give up their leading role in teaching in order to encourage students' contributions. It also asks students to change from passive to committed participants and assume the responsibility for their learning. The paper focuses on the method which involves use videos as the main channel of content delivery and which was applied with students at the School of Medicine, Iasi. We analyse the activities carried out during the flipped classes as well as the benefits highlighted by teachers and students (increased student-teacher interaction, increased student responsibility for their learning, increased student motivation and participation in class).
This article intends to analyse crossings between words and the Word. To this purpose, we will present linguistic and spiritual connotations of the terms belonging to the semantic field of the verb “to communicate” and of the idea of communication. We will also deepen the pneumatologic curative issue of the Word. The final section of the article will draw on the description of the extensive references in the relation between words and the Word.
The focus of this paper concerns a model for developing strategies for improving quality in language learning research, innovation and policies in education. Between 2012 and 2014, the European Union, under the Lifelong Learning Programme, is funding the network NELLIP (Network of European Language Labeled Initiatives - Lifelong Learning Programme, Key Activity 2). The main aim of the network is to mainstream the initiatives considered of high quality in the European member states. The European Language Label is granted yearly to several projects in acknowledgement of their contribution to the promotion of language learning, virtual learning environments, awareness raising towards multilingualism, and improving quality in language teaching. From the hundreds of initiatives awarded the European Language Label during the last ten years approximately, the NELLIP project will select a few hundred (with examples from each educational sector). These initiatives will be explored with a view to identifying examples of best practice in all areas that characterize quality in learning: quality of the materials and methodologies developed, dissemination and sustainability strategies, possibility to transfer and replicate results. The paper presents the methodology developed by NELLIP for identifying and encouraging the transfer of quality language projects and offers guidelines on how to plan, implement, manage, exploit and create networks among language learning quality initiatives based on maximizing best practice developed within the framework of European language labeled projects and initiatives. Also, NELLIP focuses on the strategies for the exploitation and networking of language learning initiatives that have received the European Language Label and on the analysis of the benefits and impact of the European Language Label for language learning providers.
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