MULTIED

Grant holder: Narva College of the University of Tartu, Estonia
Project name: Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration / MultiEd
Project number: 610427-EPP-1-2019-1-EE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, National Joint Project
Project lifetime: 15 November 2019 – 14 November 2023
Grant amount: 900099 EUR 
Project website: http://www.multied.com.ua/en/ 
Target groups: university students, school teachers
Project coordinators: Kristjan KLAUKS, Oleksanda GOLOVKO
Team members from Narva Collge of the University of Tartu: Urve AJA, Kristina KALLAS, Andu RÄMMER, Anna GOLUBEVA, Kaja KARO, Julia Šeremetova,

Project partners:

• Narva College of the University of Tartu, Estonia (Coordinator)
• Heidelberg University of Education, Germany
• Aston University, UK
• Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine
• Mykolaiv National University, Ukraine
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Poltava National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
• V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
• Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages, Ukraine
• Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
• Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine
• Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
• Teacher Association “TESOL-Ukraine”, Ukraine (NGO)

Project priority: Curriculum Development of teachers of foreign languages

The project’s goals are:

1. Updating Curricula of Teacher of Foreign Languages.
2. Introducing CLIL methodology.
3. Professional development of in-service teachers (both school and university teachers, academic staff).
4. Internationalization of education through launching CLIL-based courses and developing multilingual education strategies for UA HEIs and National Recommendations on Multilingual Higher Education.

The project’s objectives are:

• to train academic and professional staff teams;
• to review and audit all current curricula in the field of Education (BA and MA of TFLs);
• to update on average 14 courses for BA and MA;
• to deliver and evaluate courses (both new and updated through CLIL approach);
• to launch, pilot and introduce on a regular basis the revised curricula;
• to train academic and professional staff on e-course development;
• to develop, deliver and evaluate e-course «CLIL Methodology» for target groups;
• to survey public opinion on «Multilingual education in Ukraine»;
• to embed the ideas of life-long learning and blended education with academic and professional staff;
• to design and deliver seminars on new pedagogical approaches, CLIL & ELT (English Language Teaching) methods, career-relevant general skills development for target groups.

Activities:

• study visits, internships, courses and seminars to share EU experience in curriculum development, update, introduction of a new CLIL methodology;
• CLIL methodology and CLIL-based courses introduction;
• launch of new and updated courses;
• e-course and seminars for in-service teachers;
• development of multilingual strategies for universities.

Expected results:

• Updated curricula are introduced.
• New courses are launched.
• Multilingual educational strategies are developed.
• National Recommendations on Multilingual Higher Education developed.
• Skills of in-service teachers are upgraded.

Co-funded by the European Union. The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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