Overview of the ongoing LLP EU projects at the Chair of Applied English Linguistics, University of Tübingen. The group currently coordinates the Backbone and icEurope projects and is partner in the LLP Pellic project as well as in the Comenius network Wide Minds (WiMi)

1. Blended Language Learning --- Tools and Concepts Applied English Linguistics Group University of Tübingen, Germany All projects have been supported by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme

2. ICEurope Intercultural Communication in Europe Web Collaboration & E-Learning in the Language Classroom Learning together online to develop intercultural foreign language competence Project No: 142672-LLP-1-2008-1-DE-COMENIUS-CMP This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Coordinated by the Applied English Linguistics Group Tübingen

7. A glimpse at the icEurope Moodle Language & culture notes (for learners) Teacher‘s notes for full unit and each activity (didactic and technical tips for teachers) Problem solving and interaction in international teams Materials design using web resources

8. “ Language & culture notes” linking intercultural and foreign language issues to create complex awareness and knowledge - as foundation for language tasks and subsequent interaction in international team “ Teacher’s notes” as a step by step guide through the web collaboration activities (for larger unit and individual activities)

9. icEurope Teacher Workshops “ Intercultural language learning: Web collaboration in the English classroom” What are they about? The teacher workshops deal with creating and running intercultural web collaboration activities with the help of Moodle and other web tools . Participants will have the opportunity to work hands-on with the icEurope Moodle sample units.  Developing intercultural communicative competence through web collaboration and other e-learning activities  How to create own activities & how to teach and support learners online  Networking and exchange of ideas & best practices Target groups  Language teachers (secondary and tertiary education) & trainers  Teacher trainees  University students

10. icEurope Moodle Demo & Community Areas @ www.ael-learning.uni-tuebingen.de/iceurop e For more information, visit the project website at www.iceurope-project.eu

12. Corpora for Language Learning video interviews

13. Search Tool Modes language patterns … topic-based words and phrases topics and ….

14. Integrating Exercises with Corpora ready-made learning packages communicative and exploratory tasks

15. Compilation Tools for Corpora Annotation of words and phrases - Collaborative annotation - Define your own categories

16. Project No: 504823-LLP-1-2009-1-FI-KA2-KA2M This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

17. Project No: 504823-LLP-1-2009-1-FI-KA2-KA2M This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. English business communication skills

18. Project No: 504823-LLP-1-2009-1-FI-KA2-KA2M This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

19. Screenshots from the PELLIC VLE Project No: 504823-LLP-1-2009-1-FI-KA2-KA2M This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

21. Contact and further information For more information about the projects, please contact any of our team members: Prof. Dr. Kurt Kohn (department chair) [email_address] Andreas Glombitza (Pellic) [email_address] Claudia Warth (icEurope & WiMi) [email_address] Johannes Widmann (Backbone) [email_address] www.ael.uni-tuebingen.de

22. Project websites Backbone @ www.ael-learning.uni-tuebingen.de/backbone icEurope @ www.iceurope-project.eu Pellic @ www.pellic.com WiMi @ http://www.wideminds.eu

23. These projects have been funded with support from the European Commission. This presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.