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General Description and Objectives
I General Description
The whole project and the outputs, that is the creation of the gallery of short films and the two magazines, will enable students and teachers to learn about European cultures and to discover what young Europeans of today have in common and what they can share and learn from the others.
The focus of this project, that is intercultural dialogue, aims to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills - so-called intercultural competences - to participate in increasingly diverse societies. Knowledge about other cultures contributes to mutual respect, understanding and dialogue as much as knowledge of democratic values, citizenship and civil rights.
Then, as it is based on an action-oriented approach - advocated by European education authorities - the project also encourages learners of English to be active, encouraging them to perform concrete and complex tasks that not only require the use of language skills but also of practical ones (organisational, action, communication skills, e.g.). By its nature, the objectives it sets and the resulting activities and outputs, the project fully matches with this approach.
In addition, this project will also motivate students for school subjects and attitudes by providing a meaningful and concrete learning context. Today, our institutions are more and more confronted to under-performing and absenteeism caused by lack of motivation, autonomy and interest for curriculums.
This project offers the opportunity to implement project-based teaching in order to give meaning to learning at school. It offers a motivating and inclusive approach that will help students develop transversal and transferable skills and encourage them to use extracurricular skills to face more academic challenges.
That's why this project can be considered an effective tool to fight against early school leaving, which has become a major European issue in education. Indeed, young people who are about to drop out of education need to study in learning environments that help them to regain confidence in themselves and in learning. This project can be used as a preventive measure as it provides high quality, constructive and innovative education.
The objectives of this project match with the key competences defined by the European Union as essential skills and attitudes for young Europeans to succeed not only in today's economy and modern society but also in their personal lives. In addition some of the objectives rely on the transnational dimension of the project, such as the ability to speak foreign languages, cultural awareness and intercultural dialogue.
II Objectives
1. Pedagogical and (inter)cultural objectives
* Stimulate students' taste for film making by learning more about its history, cinematic techniques and heritage in each partner country.
* Encourage students to appreciate cinema not only as an art, but also as a cultural and social form of expression across Europe.
* Learn more about European cinema, thus promoting our cultural heritage and the European identity.
2. Linguistic objectives
* Develop English language skills, both written and oral, at level B1 and B2 (CEFRL) through writing activities and intensive oral communication.
* Promote the learning of foreign languages and the contact with linguistic diversity.
3. Digital Objectives
* Make the students use the ICTs through the various activities, and particularly in the production of their short films (writing, shooting, editing) as well as in the creation of the two digital magazines (word-processing, e-magazine making software).
* Encourage students to use ICT tools on an ethical basis.
4. Communicational objectives
* Develop a continuous dialogue between partners and enhancing the communication skills of project participants, through interactive and interdependent activities.
* Encourage artistic cooperation, collaboration and exchange of ideas among students and teachers
5. Social objectives
* Enhance students7 understanding of democracy by involving them equally in the activities,
* Implement and promote the living values of responsibility, tolerance and respect,
* Develop empathy between young Europeans and European teachers through real cooperation,
* Prevent school failure and exclusion by using a creative approach and more concrete education,
* Contribute, through the mobilities that will be carried out, to the reinforcement of social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender and social equality and personal fulfillment.
6. Practical Objectives
* Encourage students to have an active and autonomous role in the creation of their own short films, by making them write, direct, play and edit them.
* Foster the development of the students' autonomy and teamwork.
* Develop organizational skills ans a sense of initiative through the planning and management of events in connection with the project.
The whole project and the outputs, that is the creation of the gallery of short films and the two magazines, will enable students and teachers to learn about European cultures and to discover what young Europeans of today have in common and what they can share and learn from the others.
The focus of this project, that is intercultural dialogue, aims to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills - so-called intercultural competences - to participate in increasingly diverse societies. Knowledge about other cultures contributes to mutual respect, understanding and dialogue as much as knowledge of democratic values, citizenship and civil rights.
Then, as it is based on an action-oriented approach - advocated by European education authorities - the project also encourages learners of English to be active, encouraging them to perform concrete and complex tasks that not only require the use of language skills but also of practical ones (organisational, action, communication skills, e.g.). By its nature, the objectives it sets and the resulting activities and outputs, the project fully matches with this approach.
In addition, this project will also motivate students for school subjects and attitudes by providing a meaningful and concrete learning context. Today, our institutions are more and more confronted to under-performing and absenteeism caused by lack of motivation, autonomy and interest for curriculums.
This project offers the opportunity to implement project-based teaching in order to give meaning to learning at school. It offers a motivating and inclusive approach that will help students develop transversal and transferable skills and encourage them to use extracurricular skills to face more academic challenges.
That's why this project can be considered an effective tool to fight against early school leaving, which has become a major European issue in education. Indeed, young people who are about to drop out of education need to study in learning environments that help them to regain confidence in themselves and in learning. This project can be used as a preventive measure as it provides high quality, constructive and innovative education.
The objectives of this project match with the key competences defined by the European Union as essential skills and attitudes for young Europeans to succeed not only in today's economy and modern society but also in their personal lives. In addition some of the objectives rely on the transnational dimension of the project, such as the ability to speak foreign languages, cultural awareness and intercultural dialogue.
II Objectives
1. Pedagogical and (inter)cultural objectives
* Stimulate students' taste for film making by learning more about its history, cinematic techniques and heritage in each partner country.
* Encourage students to appreciate cinema not only as an art, but also as a cultural and social form of expression across Europe.
* Learn more about European cinema, thus promoting our cultural heritage and the European identity.
2. Linguistic objectives
* Develop English language skills, both written and oral, at level B1 and B2 (CEFRL) through writing activities and intensive oral communication.
* Promote the learning of foreign languages and the contact with linguistic diversity.
3. Digital Objectives
* Make the students use the ICTs through the various activities, and particularly in the production of their short films (writing, shooting, editing) as well as in the creation of the two digital magazines (word-processing, e-magazine making software).
* Encourage students to use ICT tools on an ethical basis.
4. Communicational objectives
* Develop a continuous dialogue between partners and enhancing the communication skills of project participants, through interactive and interdependent activities.
* Encourage artistic cooperation, collaboration and exchange of ideas among students and teachers
5. Social objectives
* Enhance students7 understanding of democracy by involving them equally in the activities,
* Implement and promote the living values of responsibility, tolerance and respect,
* Develop empathy between young Europeans and European teachers through real cooperation,
* Prevent school failure and exclusion by using a creative approach and more concrete education,
* Contribute, through the mobilities that will be carried out, to the reinforcement of social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender and social equality and personal fulfillment.
6. Practical Objectives
* Encourage students to have an active and autonomous role in the creation of their own short films, by making them write, direct, play and edit them.
* Foster the development of the students' autonomy and teamwork.
* Develop organizational skills ans a sense of initiative through the planning and management of events in connection with the project.
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