Overview of the GLO-TOI projectLeonardo Da Vinci Transfer Of Innovation

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Glottodrama Projects Teaching foreign languages through Drama

History of Glottodrama Projects2008-2009. Approval of a LLP Multilateral Project, 6 partners in 4 countries: Italy,

Greece, Romania,France. 24 trial classes in 4 countries. Final results of teaching experiments . Production and publication of teaching materials and video documentaries

2010-2011. Approval of a LLP Dissemination Project involving 8 countries: Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, France, Spain, Portugal. Final results of trial classes in 4 new countries and publication of the Guide to Glottodrama method in 9 languages. Awarding of the prize “European Language Label for Languages”. Starting of teachers’ training seminars in the framework of the LLP sub-programmes Comenius and Grundtvig.

2012. Approval of the TOI project, Leonardo da Vinci «Transfer of innovation» aimed at applying the method to 8 new languages . 2012 Ginco Award for best quality Grundtvig training courses for teachers.

All Partners of Glottodrama projects 2008/2012Novacultur Srl, Rome, ItalyUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata,

Rome, ItalyState School N.Mandela, Rome, ItalyCREI, Paris, France (in cooperation

with the University Sorbonne I)Langues Plurielles, Paris, FranceUniversity of Bucharest, RomaniaFundatia EuroEd, Iasi, Romania

Perugia Language School, Athens, Greece

Tömer University, Ankara, TurkeyEuroinform LTD, Sofia, BulgariaCIAL Centro de Lìnguas, Lisbon,

PortugalUniversidad Politécnica de Valencia,

Spain

in bold partners of GLO-TOI

Glottodrama today in Europe

Main objectives of GLO-TOIExperiment the method with 8 new target languages as FL/L2:

English, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Produce specific teaching materials published in a resource book

Disseminate the project’s results and outcomeSet up a new European association in this field: EATALL,

European Association for Theatre &Drama applied to language Learning

General features of the projectDuration: 2 years. From 1st October 2012 to 30 September 2014.

Probably an extension will be asked to December 2014.Target languages: English, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish,

French, Spanish, Portuguese6 workpackages : Management of the project (N.1), Development

of teaching experiments and materials (N.2), Quality Plan (N.3), Dissemination (N.4), Exploitation 1 for marketing courses and publications (N.5), Exploitation 2 to set up EATALL association (N.6)

Workpackage 1 - ManagementWhat? Management of the project: financial and

content aspects. Monitoring of work in progress. Interim Report and Final Report for NA. Individual reports for coordinator. Organization of 3 General meetings of the partnership. Organization of a European Conference in Rome. Management of EATALL set up.

Who? All the partnersWhen? Interim Report 30.09.2013. Final Report

30.9.2014. 1st Meeting December 2012. 2nd Meeting within December 2013. Final meeting September 2014 together with the International Conference.

Workpackage 3 - Quality PlanTools and Reports

Progress Chart of tasks based on percentages of achievement.Interim and Final Report Questionnaires for each partnerIndividual budget spreadsheet (excel) for each partnerTime-sheet for staff work (based on days)Logbooks: record of all evens related to the project lifeClass registers: record of teaching experiments’ contentConfidential area of the official web-site for upload and download internal documents.Mini web-sitesVideo-recording of teaching activities

Worckpackage 2 - Development

Communicative performance

What? Development of teaching experiments. Recruitment and assessment of students both for pilot and control classes (15 students each). 90 hours tuition employing 2 teachers (Language&Drama). Tuition. Training for teachers*.Progress and final language and communicative evaluation: questionnaires, language testing, final performances. Comparison of results. Video-recording and editing of Glottodrama documentary with sub-titles in 8 languages. Selection, editing and publishing of a Resource Book for each language.

Who? All the partnersWhen? Deadline 30.9.2013. Possible extension 30.11.2013.

* See additional Comenius/Grundtvig opportunities

Workpackage 4 - DisseminationWhat? Spread out information about the Glottodrama project and method.

Organisation of 9 Press-conferences addressed to media, stakeholders and educational professionals on the Glottodrama method's pedagogical benefits and on the EATALL association. Organisation of a European conference on Drama & Theatre applied to Foreign Language Teaching in Rome (2014). An event aimed also at the presentation of the EATALL association. Editing and publishing in English of the conference proceedings. Implementation of the partners’ mini web-sites on the Glottodrama Project in the local languages. Printing and distribution of promotional materials (leaflets and posters).

Who? All the partners.When? General dissemination activities will take place during all the eligible

period (2012/2014). All press-conferences and other events will take places in 2014 after the development phase unless it is necessary to anticipate them. Implementation of mini-web sites within June 2013.

Workpackage 5 - Exploitation 1 Commercialization

What? Terms and procedures to commercialize Glottodrama courses and teaching materials. A General Agreement inside the partnership will be signed regarding the exploitation of project results and to rule the intellectual property rights. All the partners will be entitled to commercialize in their countries courses based on the "Multilanguage Glottodrama Teaching Kit" and on the project's publications (Resource Books in 8 languages + a Resource Book in Italian already published within a previous project). This will be done according to the principles of preserving the method’s pedagogical integrity and assuring professionalism in its practical application.

Who? All the partners.When? Starting January 2014 and ending September 2014.

Workpackage 5 - Exploitation 2 EATALL

What? Set up of a European Association for Theatre & Drama Applied to Language Learning, EATALL, based in Rome. Organization of a Promoting Committee and of a Scientific Board. Legal constitution. Implementation of the association web site and publication of a newsletter. Promotional campaign based on web resources and on local actions of the partnership. This action is aimed at assuring long lasting effects to the project, at involving professionals and institutions beyond the boarders of the consortium and at supporting the project’s sustainability after the contractual period. Active participation in some language events: Expolingua Berlin (October 2014), Expolangue Paris (February 2014), Salon de la Ensenanza (March 2014) and Expolingua Lisbon (October 2014).

Who? All the partners with a particular contribution asked to Euroinform and Universidad Politecnica.

When? Starting September 2013 and ending September 2014.

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