TELME Project: TEaching foreign Languages in a Multicultural Environment

Aims: The Joint Master program the TELME project aims to recruit high quality students in Teaching foreign languages in a multicultural environment, organized in two academic years among four universities. The programme will teach future language teachers and professionals how to create and maintain an environment that encourages good interpersonal relations within a multicultural group. It aims to teach students to:

• understand the cultural diversity in the various cultural and ethnic groups and work within multicultural contexts;
• understand the influence of native languages (and other second languages) in learning a foreign language (interlanguage strategies);
• create a discrimination-free environment, opening up to different cultural backgrounds, languages, and ethnicities;
• foster tolerance and mutual respect within the class or group of learners;
• enhance skills in languages and applied linguistics;
• use ICT and blended teaching approaches.

TELME will set up

• a joint program with learning validation;
• mandatory trans-national mobility, with validation of all activities and a multiple/joint diploma,
• top quality education in language teaching, linguistics, ICT, multi-cultural environments;
• specific language requirements in order to attract world-class quality students speaking/learning at least two European languages (among French, English, German).

WPS:

WP1: Management and Coordination (Rennes 2)

WP2: Joint Master Degree Design (Rennes 2 and UL)

WP3: Communication (UL and Åbo Akademi)

WP 4: Student Management (Univerzita Mateja Bela and Åbo Akademi)

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