Specific program: Cooperation partnerships in school education

Research team:

• GORKA ROMAN ETXEBARRIETA – MAIN RESERCHER
• MARIA ORCASITAS VICANDI – MAIN RESERCHER

Partner Entities:

• Szabó Pál Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Muvészeti Iskola Muvészeti Iskola (Hungary)
• Melahat Sefizade Ortaokulu
• Sarıgazi Ahmet Keleşoğlu İlkokulu
• IC Assisi 1
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
• DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITATE
• Agrupamento de Escolas da Batalha
• Kretingos r. Vydmantu gimnazija
• LYCEE D'ENSEIGNEMENT GENERAL ET TECHNOLOGIQUE FRANTZ FANON
• Stavanger IT kompetanse AS

Total budget: €400,000.00 (UPV/EHU: €28,758.00)
Grant awarded: €400,000.00 (UPV/EHU: €28,758.00)

Project Start: 02/01/2024
Project End: 01/31/2027
Total Project Duration: 36 months

Project Summary: Today economic, political, military and cultural relations between various countries in the world have increased. In order to carry out these relations, the subject of foreign language teaching has gained great importance.

Language learning is a hard work and it sometimes can be disappointing. Understanding the target language and expressing yourself in that language requires a constant effort. English, which has become the common language of almost the whole world, called Lingua Franca, is taught in all schools in all countries in the world.

Common problem with our partner institutions consisting of different education levels is the inadequacy of the ability to reflect the target language into daily life. This problem has been revealed as a result of the studies and evaluations of the English teachers of all our partner institutions providing education at all levels; it has been shown among the weaknesses and aspects that need improvement in the strategic plan of each institution.

The method we will apply is a new one so it is innovative because of the intellectual outputs and digital products that we will create with scientific studies with the support of the university. With the success we can achieve with this method, we can make a breakthrough and make important contributions to the literature. For this reason, we believe that our project should be financed.