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 Objectives
The promotion of language teaching and learning is an
objective of the SOCRATES programme as a whole, and of the Erasmus,
Comenius and Grundtvig Actions in particular. Lingua supports these
Actions through measures designed to:
- Encourage and support linguistic diversity throughout the Union;
- Contribute to an improvement in the quality of language teaching and
learning;
- Promote access to lifelong language learning opportunities appropriate to
each individuals needs.
In
the context of Lingua, language teaching covers the teaching and learning,
as foreign languages, of all of the official Community languages as well
as Irish and Luxembourgish. The national languages of the EFTA/EEA
countries and of the candidate countries participating in SOCRATES are
also eligible. Particular attention is paid to the development of skills
in the less widely used and less taught official Community languages (the
LWULT languages).
Who is eligible?
The following types of organisations are eligible under Lingua: language
schools; universities, centres providing initial or continuing training for
language teachers, language resource centres, centres for research into
language education; establishments developing curricula, issuing diplomas or
devising methods for testing and evaluating knowledge; local or regional
authorities; local, regional, national or European associations active in
the field of languages teaching and learning; cultural and language support
associations, including national associations; international associations of
language teaching establishments; radio, television or media companies with
an internet presence; publishing houses and software producers or
distributors; adult education establishments and open and distance learning
centres.
Should you wish to specify, whether or not your institution is eligible for
funding, please contact the National
Agency of your country.
Lingua Activities
Lingua is divided into two actions:
- Lingua 1 - Promotion
of the language learning
- Lingua 2 - Development of language learning tools and materials
Lingua 1 - Promotion of language learning
The objectives of Lingua 1 are to promote language teaching and learning, to
support the linguistic diversity of the Union, and to encourage improvements
in the quality of language teaching structures and systems. Multinational
partnerships, which include at least one eligible institution in each of at
least three participating countries (including at least one EU Member
State), are invited to submit projects in one or more of the following areas
of activity:
- Raising citizens awareness of the multilingual character of the
Union and of the advantages of lifelong language learning, and to
encourage them to take up language learning themselves;
- Improve access to language learning resources and increase the
support available for those learning languages;
- Promote the dissemination of information about innovative techniques
and good practices in foreign language teaching in Europe, among its
target groups (especially decision-makers and key education
professionals).
- Facilitating access by individuals to language learning
Lingua 2
- Development of language learning tools and materials
The objective of Lingua 2 is to help raise the standards in language
teaching and learning by ensuring the availability of sufficient high
quality language learning instruments, and tools for assessing linguistic
skills acquired. Lingua 2 will encourage both the development of new tools
and a wider dissemination of existing tools which represent best practice
and provide European added value.
The specific operational objectives are:
- to encourage innovation in the development of language learning
and teaching tools for all sectors of education;
- to encourage the sharing of best practices;
- to provide a wider variety of language teaching materials to more
clearly defined groups, by encouraging the production of language tools
which are commercially under-represented or difficult to market on a
large scale, notably because of the target group or the nature of the
educational approach involved;
- to encourage the acquisition of sufficient knowledge of foreign
languages to meet the requirements of particular situations and
contexts, provided that these measures are not linked to a specific
profession (this would fall more within the scope of the Leonardo da
Vinci programme);
- to improve the distribution and availability of products.
How to apply?
There is a two-phase
selection process:
- a pre-proposal is submitted (deadline 1st
November). Only if your proposal is successful you will be invited to
make
- a full-proposal (deadline 1st March of the
following year).
The Socrates General Call for Proposals 2005 and the Guidelines
for Applicants (edition June 2004) should be read together. They contain
all the information needed in order to apply for Socrates grants.
All applications have to be submitted to the Executive Agency.
Further Information
If you have a specific question
you can contact the Executive Agency by email
Other sources:
Information on previous projects
Several sources of information on past projects are available concerning this Action.
- The Compendium is
a serie of documents containing a description of all the projects by selection
round. It includes a brief summary of the activities and the
contact details of the participants.
- The ISOC database (Socrates projects database) is an interactive database containing all the projects selected
in the past. It is updated by the project coordinators directly.
- The Lingua
Catalogue (choice of languages - EN, FR, DE, ES) on the Europa
website provides detailed information about materials for teaching and
learning languages. These materials have been developed by transnational
partnerships with the support of the European Commission under the
Lingua Programme (1990-1994) and under Lingua Action D of the Socrates
Programme (1995-1999).
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