OBJECTIVES

-acquiring communication skills in English for teaching and access to other sources of professional knowledge

-adopting modern teaching approaches that are considered more effective than the traditional way of teaching

-exchanging good teaching practices with other European teachers

-strengthening their communication skills in real situations

-learning the language by immersion in everyday cultural life

-overcoming language difficulties as a major barrier to access to knowledge in a knowledge society and free movement

throughout Europe

-using elements from the daily cultural life of European countries

- adopting effective classroom management strategies and new ways of lesson planning

- defining and sharing good practices, providing guidance and triggering new future initiatives to be pursued in each school

building

-making language learning more attractive