The LeTS GO portal ( http://letsgo.pixel-online.org/info/ ) (is an EU funded project that has been developed  in order to promote the application of new technologies to language teaching and learning and to allow the sharing and exchange of eLearning materials for teaching languages in Europe.  

The LeTS Go  (http://www.leonardo-lets.net/ ) project contains  :  
-  a training package which focuses on the  application of eLearning in a language teaching context

-          a database of products containing electronic based language teaching nad learning materials

-           a tools section where a collection of online sources can be accessed which is useful to create eLearning based materials.   

The ELTACS project (European Language Teachers Assessment and Certification Scheme) is a dissemination project funded by the European Commission as a part of the Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Programme.

The aims of the project are to update and disseminate the existing European Certificate in Language Teaching to Adults: EUROLTA and to initiate an innovative teacher training scheme which complements the existing training model as EUROLTA certification for teacher trainers (EUROLTA MASTER TRAINERS)

The PELLIC project i (www.pellic.eu) s an EU funded project that aims to create a virtual learning environment (VLE) and course materials for language courses(www.pellic.com) where students can practice intercultural and  business communication skills. The PELLIC course is designed as a blended learning course.

The outcomes include teacher support material in order to facilitate adaptation of results for other European languages.

The PELLIC project is coordinated byTurku University of Applied Sciences. For further information visit the project website >here

'The Tell Me How! project promotes and disseminates the European Language Portfolio for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ELPBVI).The ELPBVI is an electronic model of the European Language Portfolio created for the blind and visually impaired language learners by a consortium of European partners 2008 - 2009.

The project encourages blind and visually impaired people to use the ELPBVI which helps them to achieve better results in learning languages.

AVALON Poster presentation at BAAL conference London, June 2010

AVALON: Access to Virtual and Action Learning Live ONline

This project focuses on facilitating language learning in virtual 3D worlds.

 Avalon Learning has been created under the ongoing European project AVALON for the design, testing and implementation of language teaching and learning in virtual worlds. Avalon is a 2 year multilateral project funded under the EU EACEA Life Long Learning Programme (LLP) and runs until December 2010. The 26 participating European partners include 10 state funded universities and 16 other public and private organisations operating in the following areas: language education, teacher training, intercultural training, language testing and certification, online education, publishing, business communication and networking, design of 3D environments and language learning in virtual worlds.
The project is a transversal programme which targets language learners from the Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus and Gruntdvig communities. Not only does the project aim to create a platform in which these diverse learning communities can come together but it also has a particular interest in providing access to technology and language learning to learners in remote locations. The ultimate aim of the project is to create both a virtual environment and a sustainable community of practitioners and users which will outlive the project itself.
The free client programme of Second Life®, for example, is a 3D virtual world accessible via the Internet and which enables its users to interact with each other through ‘Avatars'. An ‘avatar' is the graphical representation of a computer user representing himself/herself or alter ego and communication with others is possible via both voice and text chat.
Some of the benefits include the provision of online synchronous communication for linguistic communities which are dispersed over vast geographical areas, the co/re-construction of cultural and linguistic identity, opportunities for authentic language contact between native, heritage and L2 learners, the unparalleled creative dimension of the platform in particular in terms of individual and collaborative building and learner movement and freedom within the environment. For more information visit the project website www.avalonlearning.eu

If you wish to get involved in the discussion, please visit the project NING site

Christel Schneider, ICC, presents Project activELP at VHS Open Day in Hamburg 14/09/08

ICC holds up with the latest technology, introducing its Project activELP on an Interactive Whiteboard.

An Interactive Whiteboard is a large board that connects to a computer and digital projector. When connected to both it displays the desktop of the computer on the board's surface. With the special Interactive Whiteboard software that comes with the board, you can upload files, quizzes or presentations. You can navigate the computer from the board's surface with a special pen.

In the activELP project the Interactive Whiteboard plays a special role.

Part of the project is to train language teachers to implement the European Language Portfolio via Interactive Whiteboard in their classes. The classroom tasks prepared by project partners for the teacher training include quizzes,  webreferences, internet research and access to various resources as video clips, sound tracks etc. which can be most effectively dealt with via Interactive Whiteboards.

We'll keep you informed about further developments in this very exciting project.

Helsinki Award 2006

Linguapeace Europe: Winner of Helsinki Awards 2006

A list of the Helsinki Award 2006 winners can also be found on the following website: http://www.leonardodavinci.fi/index-eng.html