INVITED – Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education
The INVITED project — Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education, is an Erasmus + project involving the University of Education in Germany, the University of Murcia in Spain, the University of Warsaw in Poland and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, as well as the collaboration of Strathclyde University in the UK.
Project Aims
Objectives:
1. Promote VE projects in primary and pre-school language education
2. Develop teachers’ competencies regarding VE by integrating VE projects with young learners into pre- and in-service language teacher education.
Impact:
The project creates opportunities for pre- and in-service teachers to connect through an online eTwinning community offering support for their Virtual Exchange (VE) projects. It also includes the development of a teacher education module, which will be integrated into partner universities curricula and offered as an online professional development course. The project aims to promote VE in early language education, enhance teachers’ VE skills, and strengthen cultural, linguistic, and digital competences for both teachers and young learners.
News & Events
Guest Talk 4
INVITED had the pleasure to host a talk from Magdalena Dybiżbańska-Klinkosz, who is an award-winning preschool teacher from Gdańsk (Poland) involved in many eTwinning projects. The talk was attended by interested students and teachers from Germany and Poland. ...
Guest Talk 3
On the last day of the Kick-Off meeting, Seda Hava AK, a recent graduate of the MA programme E-LINGO at the University of Education of Freiburg, shared her experience conducting a Virtual Exchange project with preschool learners in Turkey and Nigeria.
Guest Talk 2
On the last day of the Kick-Off meeting, Prof. Dr. Rafaelle Beecroft (PH Karlsruhe) presented a classroom example of a Virtual Exchange Project with learners in Germany and Japan.
Guest Talk 1
On the 30th of November 2023, INVITED hosted a guest talk by Begoña Clavel-Arroitia and Barry Pennock-Speck (Universitat de Valencia – IULMA) with the title “Research, Experiences and Materials on VE with Primary School Learners”. They are currently part of the...
INVITED officially begins
The kick-off meeting of INVITED took place at The University of Freiburg in Germany from the 29th of November to the 1st of December 2023. All project partners and affiliates were present for it. The three days culminated in fruitful discussions that set strong...