Aims
The project implements a methodology for migrant and bilingual children’s basic language, communication and intercultural skills. This is based on integrating a cultural dimension to language teaching and learning, and thus enabling children to:
- develop and foster positive attitudes towards other cultures and boost children’s curiosity, empathy, open-mindedness and interest
- prepare themselves to deal more effectively with various situations in life to include socio-cultural interactions and intercultural conflicts
- become involved in their society in a spirit of recognition of its uniqueness and tolerance for human and cultural diversity
- understand more about their own country as part of a shared European heritage and learn to value better their neighbour’s cultures
Outcomes
The project designs a model for language learning through children’s immersion in European culture and offers an innovative and fun way to learn through its main products:
- Welcomm2Explore board game
By playing the games children learn words, expressions, local stories and sayings and cultural facts about their city and region. - Comic books with local cultural stories based on urban stories, local legends, anecdotes, etc. revealing the cultural background and behavior patterns of each country.
- Educational experience videos where children are the main actors and participate in the creation of scenarios with other children.
- Guidelines for educators where the methodology and principles behind the project products are presented.