Strengthening the EU common values through the policy of multilingualism in the education and training of future teachers

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Module is aimed at straightening the EU common values through the introduction of European policy of multilingualism into educational process of Ukraine. It will also promotes the implementation of European language standards in Ukrainian educational space and raise the quality of learning and teaching foreign languages from an early age. The scope of the project includes two main parts: The theoretical part is going to deal with the a set of the EU common values and outline of the EU’s policy of multilingualism, implemented in the EU countries, its comparison with Ukrainian’s strategic issues in early foreign language learning and teaching. This part of the course is focused on promoting EU common values and European innovations in language teaching in Ukraine, deals with the importance of sticking to UE common values and their popularization in Ukraine. It will rely on Common European Framework of Reference, recommendations of the Council of Europe and its European Center for Modern Languages. The practical part of the Module will be held in two different directions: a) in the form of one week intensive course on strengthening EU common values through teaching foreign languages, based on the EU’s policy of multilingualism; b) in the form of teaching practice in preschool educational institutions and primary schools. The output of this part of the course will be Future Foreign Language Teacher’s Portfolio with a compulsory section “How I promote EU common values through my teaching” (paper or e-version). Module cycle is repeated 3 consecutive years The results of the organized teaching activities will be disseminated and exploited through: • publishing 2 peer reviewed articles during the grant period • organizing seminars for school teachers within existing agreements, round tables with teachers, students, policy makers at local, regional and national levels • publishing the summaries, content and schedule of main activities as well as the expected outcomes