WEB GR-BG
Web-Based Greek Language Courses for Bulgarian Learners and Entrepreneurs
Basic information
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Brief description of the consultancy firmLanguage education plays a significant role in the development of economic and social cohesion in the cross border area. The difference of language is an issue that needs to be resolved by taking proper initiatives and actions. To this end, it was decided to develop an innovative, highly sophisticated interactive Greek language platform on the Web which will fully exploit the potentials of ICT and new technologies and primarily address two target groups:(i) the Bulgarian population that learns Greek for general purposes (e.g. students of Greek in various Bulgarian Universities) and (ii) the Bulgarian entrepreneurs who carry out business activities in Greece and need to learn Greek for special purposes (i.e. Business Greek) in order to enhance their professional profile and boost their entrepreneurial activities in the region. The overall objective of the project is to establish networks of cooperation across national boundaries and to invest on human capital and ICT to break language barriers through the technology channel. The web-based courses that will be developed in the framework of the project will be offered to the target populations in order to enable free and unhindered access to high-standard educational material available on the Web. The educational methodology will be organized in training pathways and will include the essential skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing in a combination of text and exercises standard presentation, accompanied by a bilingual Greek-Bulgarian/Bulgarian-Greek on-line dictionary and a theoretical back up with the corresponding clarifications, all provided in the mother tongue of the target populations (i.e. Bulgarian). The project also aims at promoting cooperation between research and academic institutions in the two countries, since the emerging platform will be the result of exchange of expertise, know-how and joint effort. Channeling experts in language education in the cross-border area will lead to the development of highly specialized human resources in the field of Computer-Assisted Language Learning, an innovative field which exploits the potentials of ICT and new technologies in language education. The project will also help establish a linkage between the educational and the business sector, since its outcomes will create a channel that will infuse innovative approaches in language education to the business field and will thus boost the economic and social life of the residents of the cross-border area, which may be hindered due to inadequate language skills.
- Planned start of the project 14.03.2011 Expected end of project 14.03.2013
- Duration 24 (Month(s) )
Budget
- Program Total Budget 460333 Project EU-Funding 391283 Percent: 85
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